Patrol 2001 ST 3TD Engine blow 6 weeks out of warranty

It has done 140K

With 140k I would say you would not get a full claim. Be prepared to pay something, and negotiate intelligently and calmly but stick to your guns. How much would I be prepared to pay, 40% maximum, and preferable around 32% to 36%. You need to realise you need to be fair and equatable about this and have a balanced view.

thanks for the advice

No 4 and No 1 pistons are normally the culprits, and I was recently at a large Melb dealership which had 2 series 3's one with less than 10k and one with less than 50k which also had the same problems the series one GU has had.

If the car has full factory servicing, I woudl expect Williams claims above to be pretty correct, but alot depends on the dealer working with you, and you would be best having the car done at a dealer who would be familiar with the problem ;-)

Go Offroad, I note your comments re series 3's also having the same problems. Being the happy owner of one, this is the first time I have read or heard of a series 3 failing in this regard, also the odometer readings you quote are much less than the usual 100K plus. Are you sure these cars were at the dealer for the same reason?

Positive why they were there, they had just sent a series 3 out with 70k that had the same problem that week, and got 2 more in, this dealer does afew, and they reported 7 series 3 GU engines for warranty replacement of late, with the 10k unit the smallest km they had seen.

Both vehicles were apart as well, awaiting a nissan guru to come for a look see.

The km seems to be an indicator of how hard the vehicle is worked, a standard bus seems to be out of warranty, but if larger tyres, towing lots, working it hard all the time, the km drop before it expires.

it is a series I with 140K. I haven't fitted a Dtronic

Who would give a truthful answer to the dtronic question on an open forum.... [not that Im saying the reply was a lie.]

Andy,

Forgot to say that you may be better off returning vehicle to your dealer you purchased it from (sounds a bit you come from a major centre - and are now stranded in a much smaller one ). I know dealer servicing costs - perhaps this helped in my case, however they cannot hang their hats on non dealer servicing either.

After my replacement the turbo bearings went as some gasket goo had blocked the oil feed hole. A dealer in a Major NSW Country Regional Centre where I live (I work in Sydney & have services done there ) charged me 3hrs labour to find problem - I went into the shed and asked what was going on after 2 and 3/4hrs and their prize (the expert) mechanic had pulled every thing to bits and was scratching his head about computer error codes. In absolute disguist I demanded that he take the hose off the front of the turbo and poke a finger in to check the impeller - viola stuffed bearings/shaft.

This mob then demanded I put $3 grand on the table before they would even
Got the vehicle packed up & towed to my place where I stripped it down to find the problem.

Moral of the story is that some of the experts aint - this guy even crapped on about the 3.0l being a heap of Sh-- and he worked for the dealer!!. (My second bad experience with this one - thought they had changed after 10yrs - needless to say I do not recommend anybody even take a dead dog there for burial.)

I ended up there as they were the closest nissan dealer whom my servicing dealer (I did not buy the vehicle from them) said to take it to for a look. Lord help me they even sell BMW's as well as a c ertain 4 letter brand - imagine this electronics goose on the loose with a top of the range Bimmer.

Anyway since this experience I now can relate another horror story that happened to my son who bought a low km's ex gov vehicle from them. Wont go into details unless someone asks (it was the 4 letter brand)

Jeez mate - got me started on dealers and service.

Regards

Pete G

Pete,

Thaks for your help!

Did Nissan cover the labour costs as well?

Regards

Andy

Andy

They covered the whole lot including labour.

You state that yours is a series 1 - these were the 2.8 - I think yours is a GU2. Where do you reside & where is vehicle now?.

BTW this a good site and well worth the joining fee.

Regards

Pete G