gu patrol suspention fault

Contact Nissan Australia...
Dont bleep around with the morons at the dealership.. They are paid to screw you around.

Go directly to Nissan, dont pass go.. dont take any bleep .

Sounds like a safety issue, which should be addressed by Nissan regardless whether in warranty or out.
cdetails@nissan.com.au
Gerry

Kaos, you have not said if it is a front or rear spring. I have heard of rear spring mounts allowing springs to be punching mounts out.

Local mechanic shot has bolted two steel bearrers over the top to make sure the carriers were in placefor Cape York trip this year, for their GU.

Sounds like a recall issuue for checking at the very least.

let me guess?

drivers side rear? i know of another going recently

mine is also sitting low on that side nowadays so i'm going to be checking the mount before it snaps, its much easier to get it welded before it snaps.

Roly

Kaos,

There is a web based reporting system that I have seen under the Federal Department of Transport.
Unfortunately it has been some time since I saw it and these departments are forever changing their web addresses. Either go in under the Fedeal Gov. Portal then to Dept of Transport or do a search on dotars.

Once you find the site complete the report form and hopefully the Dept of Transport will get onto their case. Some of the recalls make interesting reading. As your case has safety implications they should at least be receptive to your issue.

Please be aware that the Manufacturers go to some lengths to get on well with the regulators and that there are two types of recalls that get issued - Mandatory or Voluntary. The latter seems to be a bit of a favour for those who self report - a bit like the GU wheels saga (no general recall or alert has been issued but Nissan will replace them when they fail) whilst Honda had one recall because the sump plug might fall out. Makes one chuckle !!!

Pete G

what suspension changes have you done to your car? how much offroad travel has it done?

Hi Kaos
How much heavier springs did you fit to the rear.
When fitting the heavier springs to the Ute to carry the camper, I had the Nissan Dealer check that they were alright, apparently some of the aftermarket springs need the bump stops modified to stop the springs fully compressing and putting pressure on the spring mounts
Ray

Robotic systems can get out of whack easily, just look at the problem hyundai had with their excell which had a lack of spot weld penetration and they didn't pick up on it for months meaning thousands of units recalled.

Deal only direct with nissan head office and it may be worthwhile to get a independant engineer to inspect and verify a substandard welded joint due to lack of penetration. You could also get a mobile NDT (non destructive testing ) unit to come and x-ray the offending areas . but this will cost money that you shouldn't have to spend. Hassle Nissan for a replacement car for the time yours is with them, as they will take their sweet time about it.

Tell them you are going to get an independant certified inspection as this may shake them up, also contact your state motoring organisation. Federal office of road safety may also be interested.
This is a major safety issue and fault and nissan should treat it as such. Good luck and keep us informed with how you go. BradMoo... everyone knows what a Jackaroo looks like :-)

i recently had a new navara(20000 ks) in for a wheel alignment and noticed all the welds where the front cross member joins the chassis had been welded while the welder was out of gas.told the customer who went to local nissan dealer to see about getting it welded up and nissan dealer said our engineers looked at it and said it should be ok dont worry about it.
customer came back for alignment and told me what they said.
how many small coountry dealers have nissan engineers working for them. get on to nissan australia.
havnt heard back from him yet.back by popular demand
:-)

I put a post on here a couple of weeks back about a similar problem with my GU sitting down on the drivers side front and rear by 35mm compared to the front and rear passengers. The chassis looked straight and the general consensus was mass production problem. I will be making sure now however that it is welded properly. At this stage to fix the problem I am having some spacers made up to sit on top of the springs to pick the height up. The drop on the drivers side was leading to a bit of left hand pull in the steering which I am led to believe was probably due to difference in trailing arm height from the sagging drivers side.