GU Fifth Gear Failure

Bugger, fingers crossed, mine is 2000 model too. Hope it doesn't happen, but if it does, in my books and I am sure consumer law, Nissan are liable. Will be watching this thread with interest. Good luck.

yes, known fault with early models. The shaft was changed with a modded one

how many thousand yrs do people think nissan/yota/mitz etc should be liable for repairs on machinery?

Thanks guys. I will be watching the thread with great anticipation.

I understand and share your pain.

Know someone who had the same problem, only it happened on a trip to cross the Simpson. Had to tow the var to a nearest town, remove the gearbox and send it to QLD for repair. When it was returned, it worked for a few weeks, then the gearbox packed it in. Had to be sent away again.

Thankfully (and touch wood) it is gone OK now.

Hi Niss42,

I have the same model and I replaced mine about 2-3 weeks ago also. Nissan flat out refused to have anything to do with mine but I have 275000km on mine so I am in a very different boat to you with only 110000km on the dial.

One point I will let you in on, check the spacer for the 5th gear on yours and if it is solid (no cut-outs), have a look at the same spacer from the GQ's (to see the difference) and talk about any advantage of using the GQ spacer with a gearbox specialist as this option may help lubricate the mainshaft a lot better than the GU spacer??? and possibly be a better option than using the GU spacer again.

Also was the oil in the box a rusty brown/red colour? Most of the people I have seen and heard of with this problem have the discoloured oil.

In my opinion this is another chaotic shambles that Nissan has not handled very well at all. (the 3lt motor being the other that comes to mind) This problem is well documented, and those that flogged the guts out of 5th gear early on, got a replaced mainshaft, 5th gear and whatever else was needed at the time of fix. But the rest of us who actually nursed or looked after our gears are left to foot the bill in what is a manufacturing fault not a driver based problem and this is what stinks in my opinion. It's got nothing to do with the fact I rarely used 5th in mine to make it last as long as it did more the fact that a dodgy part was used initially and Nissan refuse to own up and fix their mistake.

Good luck but don't hold your breath waiting for Nissan to help you out. Some people do get some recompense when they have the k's that you do so the letter you sent may bring some justice to you and I hope it does. Won't help me now though.

Regards, Trevor.

Our Nissan 4 2000 went in June last year. They stopped supporting this problem a couple of months before we started on the 17000 trip, if my memory serves me well. So if it had broken at the beginning of the trip April we probably would have been ok but because it happend on the last day driving back to Brisbane we didnt get a look in at Nissan. Will admit we didnt get the car to Nissan straight a way because we had rushed home from WA to a sick father who lost his battle a week later when if we hadnt rushed home would have still been on the road.
Nissan dealer did give us a discounted price for repairs. Our other problem was we had a extended warranty and because we didnt get the car serviced every 6 months or 10000 ks which we had always done prior to the trip but when we tried over in WA no one could fit us in for a service unless we waited around a week in one place and we didnt have the time to do that, so we lost out on that warranty as well. My husband ended doing his own service on the road but they still knocked it back even though on the service that was required thaey would not have even lookded at the oil in the gearbox.

Like to add a little bit here. Nissan have known of the problem yet I don't believe they did I general recall, seems funny to me that comapnies like Mitsubishi who we all know are suffering withsales in OZ, can do a total recall on 1993 to 1995 Pajero's for the front balancers. Wouldn't it have paid nissan to just use the boxes as truckster said but replace the 5 gear and shaft.

Scary stuff, my GU 1999 4.2 TD I did my g/box oil change a few weeks ago and I am sure mine was discoloured too but i drained it into a old oil tin It was I am certin it was brown but my box is not noisey or loose is there any other signs of a box failure mine has 107,000km on it cause I also treat it good so am I in for it or what. My 5th gear seems ok quite and not sticky,anyone know of any other symptoms or should I just go get it pulled out without any more symptoms big bucks.I woudent stuff around with Nissan again after my Engine failure.I wont ever buy another Nissan though.
dj patrol

Niss42,

Sorry to hear about your problems mate. If you can rally up a few people that are currently having the same problem you will fall into some luck after constant pushing with the people at Nissan HO.

I have a '02 TI Patrol and haven't had a single problem with it, awesome truck and damn its nice offroad. Some people think taking a TI offroad is mad but, hey, that's what they are built for.

The other car is a 2003 Nissan Pulsar, I have had the world of problems with it basically since day one. I only finally had the problem resolved last Thursday but, most unfortunately I have to sign a confidentiality agreement so I cannot disclose the arrangement we came to.

Basically, the car had loads of engine faults which ended up being a faulty wiring harness. Mind you, on this visit to Nissan it took 2.5 months to fix.

The letters will get answered but they take ages. I actually wrote a letter to the CEO of Nissan Aust and the CEO of Nissan Global in Japan and actually received a response from Japan first (which made a great bargaining tool ;-)

The standard Customer Service phone number 0397974100 is a crock. I got some lady on the phone that just fobbed me off. Trust me, when you push really hard, they give in.

I dont want to go posting too much info on the thread as I believe Nissan is a sponsor and probably wouldnt appreciate it. Feel free to contact me by email: tomjones@people.net.au and I will give you a few direct lines and email addresses of senior management which I am sure will aid in your cause.

Kind Regards,
Tom.

Thanks Guys I did not know Nissan had a problem WITH THERE 5th Gear LOL..

no no I haven't heard of it

ROFLMAO