GU 4.2 TD Patrol 5th Gear Failure!

do some searches on here and you will find much info on this topic as it's an ongoing prob.

Leroy

Customer Satisfaction Policy!!!! Thats a funny name to call what is usually a fight to get anything fixed without the customer putting his hand in his pocket. They should call it " The Blank Look Policy". Michael

A letter to customer relations manager in Melbourne should do the trick, it worked for our 3.0 L Gu rebuild. Good luck

We should hear from Bonz, his has just gone this week I heard
NickR

Shaker,
Which month 2001??

In Nov. '04 when mine (built May, regd. June '99) went, the dealer fixed it expecting Nissan to cover it..
Unfortunately, Nissan rejected the claim, saying that the vehicle was "too old", and that they would not cover it.. Bugga!!!
Could have been worse I suppose, as the dealers told me that they would charge me only that which Nissan would have paid them to do the job (a little under $900.00 in my case)...

The bottom line, as explained to me by the dealer, is that Nissan are/were covering this 5th gear failure for 5 years or 200,000 km (whichever occurs first), and mine was 5 months past the 5 yr cut-off when the failure occurred... (Bugga!!)

Good luck with it;-))

My Uncle had his covered to the tune of $1500 when his let go in Norseman last year. His is a 2001 model (Jan I think) and at the time had 120 or 130K on the clock.
I told him to write a letter to Melb, which he did and low and behold the check was in the mail when he got back to QLD. He has had 4 Patrols, which he mentioned, so I don't know if that had any bearing on their payout.

I also have this same model but treat mine like a 4 speed and it is still going with 275K on the clock so I doubt whether they would cover mine now even if it did go.

Cheers and good luck.
Trevor.

I have a 2001 4.2TD Patrol (purchased new May 2001, now with 125,000 on the clock). 5th geat blew up in July this year a day out of Perth after travelling from Brisbane. Perth dealer said it was a known fault with Patrols manufactured during a certain period (which mine was).

Dealer in Perth fixed it at my cost (>$3000) and logged a Tec Line Contact with Nissan. I'm about to contact them now as I have just got back to Brisbane from my travels across Oz. Hope they come to the party to some extent.

Ray

Shaker, Call Nissan Customer Service NOT the dealers and speak directly to them. Mine is currently at City Nissan in Melb being replaced under warranty 8 months out of warranty.

Email me and I can give u the contact at Cust Serv.

All went well for me, mine was 5 yrs and 8 mths in my care, 8 mths out of extended warrantly and 79000 km, its a common problem.

Bonz