Comments on: 2008 Nissan X-TRAIL diesel

By: susan

susan — Fri, 06 May 2011 03:17:08 +0000

Hello any owners of T31 X-TRAIL

I’m looking at a 2008 diesel.

What is important to me is whether I can fit a 8ft6in malibu surfboard inside the cabin….

and how high off the ground is the roof… ie I’m short and have to get stuff off the roof racks.

Can anyone help with this vital information???

Much appreciated..

By: Syd

Syd — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:04:47 +0000

DP chip. Google it, it’s worth it. Mine has all the power and torque under the sun, but now, look out, no need for petrol. I raced my cousin in his 2010 ST Xtrail and flogged him!!!!

By: Byron

Byron — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:38:56 +0000

G’day all!

I bought a brand new TS X-Trail back in August 2008 when they first came out. Today (31st August 2010) it has just clocked over 70,000km of trouble free running. Mine is a TS manual, it is a very comfortable car to travel in with great room in the boot, and plenty of power.
I’m happy and am considering trading in on the new series 3 updated version!

By: JMorris

JMorris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:08:21 +0000

Do yourself a favor and ignore XTrail Diesel. Had a 2003 XTrail and required overhaul before 200K as said XPert.

If you like it badly, get the petrol version.

Quieter ride and way more reliable.

By: oduro stephen

oduro stephen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:02:31 +0000

my is question what is the cause of engine oil coming into radiator tank on Yd22t engine manual.thank you

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:23:41 +0000

The petrol X-trail is a better bet than the new diesel version. I own a diesel X-Trail and it has an oil leak which continuously contaminates the EGR valve and air filter, affecting performance. Nissan has been trying to fix the problem for 8 months, but no permanent solution on the horizon.

The Diesel X-trail is a lemon.

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:47:06 +0000

Just got mine a week ago. Applied hypermiling driving techniques to see its fuel sipping capacities and boy was I surprised! Coasting in neutral, turning off the engine while waiting at intersections and accelerating very gently and slowly, with car navigation, radio and AC turned off, to my great surprise I got average 25km/liter in a dense city driving conditions (Tokyo). The car is still too new to do its best mpg capacity in hypermiler’s hands, see how it goes after the car has at least 5000 km on its odometer.
Nissan, fabulous ecology car. Hope they could start thinking about X-Trail diesel hybrid plug-in version (phev).
Cheers.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:48:21 +0000

IS THERE A POWER CHIP TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMY OF THE DIESEL X-TRAIL?

By: DoubleDee

DoubleDee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:44:13 +0000

Friday 25th July 1pm: I have just driven an X-Trail TL Cdi diesel automatic from Northern Nissan in Melbourne, and very, very nice it is. I previously owned the old model 2.5 litre auto and the new diesel has a lot more low revs power and very smooth, with its 6 speed tip-tronic gear system (as reported from overseas sites). I had pre-ordered one (in May) subject to test drive and I can’t wait to take delivery – next week sometime. Getting on for $20,000 less than the Freelander 2 HSE, which it equates too in terms of standard leather trim, huge sun roof etc etc. The Freelander 2 was very nice, but not worth the huge price difference. Currently the X-Trail diesel has no competitor in terms of drive and price. Can’t understand why Nissan has kept so quiet about the diesel version – perhaps they have very few models arriving in July?

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:21:30 +0000

A comparison of these three diesels would be interesting,
Nissan X-Trail, VW Tiguan and Hyundai Santa Fe.