A 2003 GU failure !!!

Holy bleep . 3k for a car with 105,000kms???? I would want someones blood for that.

My fathers 2000 did the same thing 4 years ago, The mechanic told him this was the first one he had seen on a 3.0, apparently the 2.8 had a habit of chuckin' em

I had the same thing happen to my 2003 GU in Jan last year, with only 40K on the clock, and 2 weeks out of warranty! This patrol had only towed the odd trailer to the dump, and has had a couple of beach trips. That's it.

It started out with a shudder at low speed when depressing the clutch. I took it in to Nissan and the workshop manager said they had no idea what would be causing it. They wanted $1000 to pull the gearbox out and diagnose the problem, to which I said no way. After a few letters and phone calls, one of the guys in the workshop office calls to tell me they have agreed to cover the cost to pull the gearbox out to have a look and see what the problem was, and then discuss options. As a side note, always get this kind of thing in writing - I know I will from now on.

They discovered a crack in the dual mass flywheel. I was given the option of a new flywheel, at about $3K, or weld the flywheel to effectively make it a solid one, at a cost of $1000. I argued pretty heavily that this should be replaced under warranty, given the low k's, being 2 weeks out of warranty, and the fact that they were the only workshop to ever touch the car. Some state manager became involved and declared that the problem is "wear and tear" and not covered by warranty.

I chose the weld option, being assured that it would be as strong as new (hahaha) and would not fail. On picking up the car they tried to then slug me with the $1000 labour charge as well, with the workshop manager saying the guy who called me to say they would pay for the labour didn't have authorisation to do that. Pretty much told them to f*&* off at that stage. In the end they relented and I was $850 out of pocket.

dual mass flywheel,, dont you love technology??? Michael

I know someone the same thing happened to.

Patrol was not old, and in warranty, and they told him his mrs had abused it, which wasnt true, and wouldnt do on warranty.

I'm a Nissan man, and am firmly keeping my older Navara, all the new ones from all the manufacturers seem to have issues!

Its the old saying,

they dont make em like they used to do.

Ron

Perhaps due to muddy water or some crap getting up in the clutch area..?

BIL's has the same symtoms as yours and it's what we decided the problem was as well. But what is odd is that there is a yellow substance oozing out of the bottom of the bell housing. I gather this is the gel?

Leroy