Extended warranty

Prob wouldn't worry with the 4.2.

Leroy

thats for 3 years .I havent shopped around im not sure if you can get a better deal elsewhere.

so is this not a genuine nissan extended warranty?

there is a few variants and they go for 1,2, or 3 years. so the pricing will vary quite a bit.

The folks who look after my lease offer a similar "insurance", but they couldn't do it at that price.

this is a genuine nissan warranty the price they are offering for 1 year is $995.00 for 2 years its $1095.00 and for 3 years its $1295.00 all up to 150000 klms with full roadside assist.

I have the 3 ltr turbo model I never new there were any problems with them until I started reading this forum.

NOT TRUE.
My truck has not seen a Nissan dealer since it's first service. EXCEPT for warranty issues, including a stripped 5th gear which was fixed by replacing the whole gearbox under warranty.

Cheers

If you buy the genuine Nissan warranty you can service it where you like. Non genuine parts however would be an issue.

Service does not have to be done at a nissan dealer and for the extra dollars for extended warranty its still about 4grand cheaper than a TD42 and some 20grand cheaper than a Tojo for the same thing.
All parts must be replace with genuine nissan parts for ful warranty as is usual for most vehicles.
Don't worry about your 2003 model, the problem has been well and truly sorted out. Fails are now similar to other makes of 4WD.

Pooley
very happy 2003 auto patrol owner.
(with extended warranty for extended caravan trips)

Im not to sure if its a ZD30 or not all I know is its a 3 ltr turbo auto 2003 ST-L

yeah the ZD30 is the model no. of the 3ltr turbo patrol engine, the other is the TD42 which refers to the 4.2 litre engine.

Blown,

What was the 'Good Will' Nissan were offering if you still had to cough, cough up $13K+ ?

Aaron.

G'day Aaron

Despite being well outside the extended warranty period Nissan made available to me a heavily discounted replacement ZD30 engine.

Normal Price range is from $10,500 - $11,500 for a new long motor depending on which nissan dealer you ask.

After applying some pressure through melbourne they sold one to me for $4600 odd, add the labour, fluids etc, the total cost directly associated with the new engine was $6827.

Whilst I am grateful for their "good will" assistance, especially since I guess they could have told me to knick off, I like so many others I am sure, would be much happier if Nissan Australia publicly acknowledged the ZD30 problem and when these failures are due to melting/cracking pistons blowing holes in themselves that all owners are entitled to a replacement engine at zero cost.

Whilst my engine was out, we discovered the dual mass flywheel was buggered, that was about $2500 to replace, the fuel pump needed an overhaul and this cost $2800 then there were worn out engine mounts and the water pump had to be replaced also oh and the clutch whilst it was OK was replaced given the saving in labour since it was all out.

Whilst some of these extra''s don't apply to a warranty situation anyway the concept of having to part with this amount of cash to keep a 5 year old vehicle on the road just seems ridiculous to me.

Cheers
Brad