2000 Series 2 Nissan Patrol ST Wagon Engine?

Also rumour has it that Val Davis has left Nissan HQ so it will be even harder for a claim to be accepted by Missan :(

Cheers Kev

G'day John

While i do agree with what you have said, regarding research, to be fair, Nugget may have bought the POOTROL new, and without any previous problems, has just found out the hard way what we now know.
If he bought it in 2000, there would have been VERY few reports of these failures, if any.

Donks1

Hey John,
I went to the local Nissan/Holden dealer on Friday as I was considering trading the GU on a Colorado. Anyway I bought the GU from them and it imploded and had heaps of other stuff happen to it and I was talking to the new salesman and said I was thinking of trading the stupid Patrol, and he said "they are a great car!". I told him it was the worst car I have ever had and he said nothing ever goes wrong wiith them. It was like I had driven to a car dealer in Mars! I told him heaps had gone bang and he reckoned he had never heard of it. I was looking around for the hidden camera. Anyway the salesman who sold me the Patrol came over and had a yarn with me and I have no hard feelings about my saga with the thing but if the salemen still crap on about them then most of the public will be unaware especially as the general media seem uninterested in the subject also. What a great story for those stupid today tonight type programs but it is too hard for them.
Dont think I'll get the Colorado either. Sat in it and did nothing for me and a liittle overpriced.

donks I understand were your coming from but even if it was bought new I would find it difficult to come to terms with any current owner of the ZD30 (particularly one who may have owned the car for 9 odd years??) not having heard about its issues somewhere along the line??

I interpreted the post as being he is somewhat surprised that this happened and is looking now to see how common the problem is??

AJB What can ya say!! Car salesmen Eh!!

This issue is a total $hit and I feel for those affected.

John, if you're not a internet person you wouldn't have heard of it (unless it your that has gone kuput). I know people with them and they've never heard of it. In one other thread about this I questioned just how many have happened as the documented list would probably be a drop in the ocean!

Nige.

Thanks Nige,
It was only a week ago that I was able to connect to the internet EVER!
Still have a lot to learn I feel with the www thing.
I cannot believe that there is so much bleep on these engines and that they are very unreliable. I have never had a problem with this vehicle until last Thursday, now it's a big problem.

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John (Vic),

I bought the vehicle NEW and it wasn't till 2002 that the problem started so I have been told.

I have never heard of this issue with this vehicle until I spoke to the NRMA tow truck driver that picked my vehicle up & he recommended this site to me.

The research I completed was more than sufficient for the new vehicle when I was looking at buying it. You can still search this vehicle & find the "old" reports and test drives and how much they praise the vehicle. No mention of the engine issue in the test drives etc.., when the vehicle was new!

AND, I don't live on another planet, but I wished I did at the moment! Cheers..........

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To all others that responded, thank you, I appreciate it.