tomjones83 replied:

stick it to them really hard about your gearbox problems calling it an unreliable P.O.S!

i got a free 2 year warranty from my pulsar blews...

cheers,
Tom

On Patrol (Aust.) replied:

You know you will be bound to them (Nissan Dealers) for servicing for the entire warranty period.

You cannot use any other service agent under that warranty and you must be VERY precice about service intervals.

Just like any other insurance company they will do everything in their power to minimise payouts. Read the fine print carefully.

Member - Woodsy replied:

Hi Leroy.

I have a GU 4.8 auto purchased November 2001. No major problems but plenty of niggles with Nissan due to poor design and other minor problems. I only have 90,000 on the clock.
I questioned the value of extended warranty but decided to take it out, just in case. That's basically what insurance is all about. The extended warranty finished in November 2006.

In October 2006 while in the NT on a trip I started to experience the A/T warning light flashing when the GU was started. According to he owners manual this meant that the car had to go to a dealer as there was an auto transmission problem. I took it to Kittle Nissan in Alice Springs. They tested the car and downloaded the computer record of the faults but could not find a cause. I also contacted FTG Nissan and advised them of the problem.

Subsequently the A/T warning light continued to come on, particularly when I was towing. FTG Nissan looked at it in Jan 2007 (out of warranty time) and could not replicate the fault or find a reason for the A/T alarm. I took the GU to a crowd that loaded up the engine on a dyno and after a period of time they were able to get the A/T alarm to come on. The suggested that the Transmission Control Module should be replaced.

To cut a long story short, yesterday, after some discussion with FTG Nissan, they replaced the Transmission Control Module under warranty even though they could not replicate the fault nor find a reason. The fault had originally occured one month before the end of the extended warranty and I was able to prove this.

So! From my point of view, the extended warranty was worthwhile.

greggu replied:

leroy mate
i have had 2 nissan patrol 3.0 l td and still have my 2004 series 1V and never really had a problem to now with either - regardless of all the horror stories on the forum from time to time and the trucksters great obsession - but have taken extended warraty with both vehicles - cheap insurance in my opinion - a bloody fuel pump cost about $4K to replace let alone a blown engine and yes some do fail according to my mechanic - i share my services turn about between my local nissan dealer and an accredited local mechanical workshop - as long as the vehicle is serviced by a an accredited mechaical service workshop nissan cant deny warranty -as in breach of trade practices
great 4wd vehicles IMHO but yes they do have an occassional problem
so in my opinon take the extended warranty if you can afford it
see you greg

joc45 replied:

Definitely get the warranty - I had two turbos replaced (about 100,000km) and a gearbox 5th gear fixed (about 120,000km) on my 4.2L on the extended warranty.
The $895 sounds about right.
Gerry