Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 21:09
I have the cab chassis and most of the cracks have appeared at the mounts to the tray. There is also a crack on the radiator support for which I saw a second hand one in a car yard with the same crack. There also seems to be cracks on the upper control arm welds.
Now funny you should mention that I treat
mine differently Ian. For some reason that Navara is the only vehicle I have treated very kindly too. I am a qualified motor mechanic and with all the vehicles I have had (Subaru's, cortina's, Corolla's, 4 Runner, Hilux, Landcruiser). We still have the 03 Hilux and one of the worker's is driving it at the moment and I have seen them put that thing through hell. It has never had a problem.
The first cracks appeared in the Bull bar after 12000 kms after driving from Alice to
Exmouth on the
Gary Junction rd and Tallawana track. Had new bull bar installed at Kalgoorlie. Returned via the great central and the Simpson (people say they do the simpson in 3 days. I am pushed to get it done in 4 days and my average speed was 18kms an hour. Still have the GPS tracks for proof). The new bull bar had cracked in only 4000 kms. Nissan put another on. This time No Dirt driving for 20 000kms and bull bar cracked again, this time noticed chassis cracked too.
However saying that, I now have a suspicion the ute may have been involved in an accident prior to me picking it up. I bought it brand new and it had 296 kms on the clock when I picked it up. I am finding a few tell tale signs as age wearies it.
I will never give Nissan the time of day again.
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