2000 Nissan Patrol Warranty Complaint
5 Sep, 2007
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2000 Nissan Patrol 3-litre diesel Warranty Complaint
Name: Alan Johnston
Car Make: Nissan
Car Model: Patrol 3lt TDI
Year of Manufacture: 2000
Car Make: Nissan
Car Model: Patrol 3lt TDI
Year of Manufacture: 2000
Warranty Complaint:
Well known for blowing motors around 130k km.
Mine blew right on cue 3mths outside extended warranty. Nissan paid only for parts to fix, despite this being a manufacturing fault. They didnot supply complete motor and I now have a motor that has a dubious longevity as is it a mixture of old and new parts and put together by small dealer in Broome.
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October 10th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
As you already know nissan’s ZD30 engine’s had a problem of leaning out to much whilst on the highway and the oil level was too low to compensate for the rise in heat from the combustion chamber. Therefore nissan decided to increase the amount of oil in the sump by releasing a revised dipstick which would increase the amount of oil in the engine. When the problem was first discovered nissan released “short” motors to fit to customers vehicles when the motor was blown. Due to such high manufacturing costs nissan will now only supply parts that are affected by the motor running lean such as the pistons. (they blow holes in the top of them if the mixture is too lean) Therefor although the whole motor has not been replaced in your patrol the engine will be only worn to the amount that it was before your engine “blew up”. You should count youself lucky that nissan has come to the party considering that it is outside warranty.
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December 23rd, 2007 at 11:07 am
This is the first i a have heard about unreliablitiy of the 2000 GU2 3 ltr nissan patrol.
I bought a second hand 3Ltr TD 12months ago, i change oil and filters every 10-15000kms. At purchase the nissan had 208,000kms it now has 256,000kms. on the odd occasion the engine light did light, the work shop manual indicates to check fuel filter for water and drain. other issue is, on two or three occasions, the vehicle appears to loose boost, by backing off on the accelerator the vehicle resumes as normal, cant figure it out, everything seems to be in order. have to say, after reading a few comments at some forums and now this site, im stressed, i guess its time to try and sell.
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January 11th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
kmit dec 23 2007
i had the same problem and i put it into nissan dealers across aus for 2 year they did not know what was going on
every time i checked my filter there was no water in it
it turned out to be the air flo senser it was replaced for the cost of $400 and the motor turned into a young thing
jimmy
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January 15th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I have a ‘97 2.8 Turbo Diesel Rodeo an am looking at “upgrading” an to an ‘02 or ‘03 Patrol. Having heard a few stories about the 3 litre ST’s blowing up, I am wondering if anyone out there knows when Nissan corrected the problem, and also what other things to look for in getting the right car(what other bugs are ther????) Should I go for the Cruiser instead???
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March 3rd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I have just the same symptoms as KMIT.
The result is a new injection pump for $ 4200.
Light was on and off and then it did not accept
fuel and produced clouds of smoke.
Can anybody replace pump for less?
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March 4th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Just like Artur i had to replace injector pump at a cost of $4200+. Now four months later it goes back in tomorrow for the same thing.
Mine is a 2000 3.0 litre T/D, 2 weeks ago i replaced the intercooler and just last week i cannot get any power out of it. Nothing. 80km/h is a real effort and god help me if there is a hill.
Nissan have a lot to answer for with this model, it is nothing but a revenue raiser for their workshops. They must be making millions. Some sites praise these motors but at 140,000klms mine is an absolute bucket of s#%t.
This is my last nissan i will ever own.
A mate has just gone through the same things i’m now going through and it cost him a fortune. He is trying to trade in his on a Toyota Land Cruiser but the car yards won’t give him anything for his. 1) They either offer him nothing or 2) They don’t even want the car. Refuse to offer him anything and tell him to try and sell it privately. Again a 2000 model with 135,000k’s on the clock.
Nissan should be investigated under trade practice’s. The Nisaan owners have been taken for a ride by Nissan Aust. Too many instances all the same scenario’s yet they claim there is no problem. Right !
After purchase price mine has cost me over $5000+ since achieving 135,000 and tomorrow the spending will continue.
Oh what a feeling ! That’s my next car.
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March 29th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I have a 2001 model 3.0L with 175,000km on the clock. At 160,000km I would have told you it was a great car. In the last 6 months however, I have had to replace 5th gear, which is common apparently and I believe Nissan replace it with bigger splines because the fault was recognised in models pre 2004. I also had to get a new O2 sensor and drive belt tensioner…again apparently common problems. Now I have just replaced the fuel injector pump which cost me $5.5k! Nissan Australia won’t admit to these items being “documented” problems which have been modified in later models and I am left with the bill for Nissan’s research and development on these motors. This is the second Patrol I have owned but I won’t ever get another one.
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April 30th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I have a 3.0L 2000 GU seies II. Only 120ks. Serviced every 10K by Nissan. Last saturday in the middle of nowhere, towing a camping trailer, you guessed it….bang. Heaps of smoke, engine died.
Had to get it towed from central NSW to Canberra. Luckily I took out NRMA premium cover, which at least covered towing to home and rental car bills.
Nissan are yet to look at the motor. Will submit a warranty claim but doubtful about success due to age of vehicle.
Options are:
a) Patch up motor and sell vehicle
b) keep vehicle and fit series III long motor
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May 13th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Ian,
Did you have any luck with the warranty claim ? My brother went through the same thing last weekend.
His Patrol has 178,000 km’s and he is not sure if Nissan will even listen to him because of the age and number of km’s.
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May 13th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
2000 turbo diesel 3litre, got a no start after the drivers side getting swamped in mud, started to loose power then just stopped, got fuel, engine cranks, goes to start when areo start put down inlet tube but no start HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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May 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
My partner has Just recently bought a Nissan Patrol 2000 GUll
3.0 Turbo diesel”” (After selling his Toyota hilux and his motorbike and trailer to buy it) To drive it to Land cruiser park once and the dame thing blows. He has recently taken the engine numbers to the Nissan dealer at BUNDAMBA thats all they wanted to see… it has now been a week and the HO of Nissan reckon they haven’t even got the numbers and they probably wont cause of the age of the vehical. But i have done some research and a bloke had got his motor replaced in FEBRUARY of this year and another guy got the Nissan KIT to fix his. I have plenty of info to state there are still people getting motor’s fixed and yes without warranty too and un serviced.. Just Google Nissan Problems
My partner has also sent TODAY TONIGHT an email letting them know of the problem… So now NISSAN might listen and fix the problem they produced. Will be letting you know when Today Tonight gets a hold of us……
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May 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I recently sold my (April 08) 2000 GU T/D patrol. Loved it and pampered it. Started having doubts when noticing forum complaints and stories of failures. My engine started losing power going up hills, compression was down on all cyclinders below accepted minimum. Nissan couldnt fix it over a two week period or indicate what was wrong. Started using more fuel. Also had problems with fuel pump and blowing turbo hoses. Got freaked and traded it in on Honda CRV. I got a great deal and am so happy I got rid of it before it blew up. I had written to Nissan on 2 occasions seeking assurances but got nothing. Nissan are totally untrustworthy in their treatment of patrol owners. Get rid of it before you get burned. I could not trust it to drive to Queensland let alone go into the desert regions. The rest of the vehicle is great and mine looked great (lift, snorkel, colour coded etc etc). Thanks Nissan you deserve to be dragged through the courts for contemp of owners.
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June 5th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
We bought a Nissan Patrol Station Wagon 3.0L 2000 model. Over the last 8 years, we have replaced the following.
2 Air Flow Meters [under warranty]
8 Main Drive Belts $230.00 each with labour belt still screams when wet.
Pulley $300.00 with labour
Pulley bearings [Twice] with labour $1200.00
Flywheel and clutch $4300.00 with labour
Gear Box $3900.00
Alternator cant find the Invoice if I remember correctly was around $700.00
Shock Absorbers over $400.00 replace after only 2 years
Engine Mounts $1400.00
lighting electrics sometimes they are on most times they are off
AND NOW THE FUEL INJECTOR $4200.00 PLUS.
C D player has to be replaced
Living in Cooktown,I bought what I thought was a top 4×4
we now have bitumen all the way, even the dirt road was good, so we cant blame the replacements on the road conditions, but hey, its a 4×4 for goodness sake, or do they make 4×4s just for bitumen now and the 4×4 part must just be a pose.Nissan told us more or less that we got a Friday car, good lord how many Friday cars are there?
And as for Customer Service WHAT CUSTOMER SERVICE?
I might add that our nearest Nissan Dealer is in Cairns, 330KM away, therefore I have freight, phone calls etc and waiting for parts is unbelievable, all parts seem to come from Melbourne. P S the stereo sound system is brilliant but, unfortunately Nissan could not fix it without replacing the whole system at my expense.I will never recommend any Nissan to anyone ever again.
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June 17th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
My wife and I bought a second hand 2000 GU ST 3L a year ago from a car yard in newcastle. The 4X4 was going great for about 6 months when the first of the troubles began.
1/ Replaced clutch and mass fly wheel. There is documented info on known fault with the fly wheel going. Changed for later model flywheel. Engine has to come out to perform this job $4500 later.( found that the clutch was wrong model fitted from previous owner and the link for the 2wd-4wd was broken)
2/Power window switches are not working, as well as the crappy OEM cd player display not working all the time and it speaks japanese and also spits out cd’s left right and centre
3/The ocassional turbo pipe blowing off.If the car seems to be running very well one day and not the next, there could be to much pressure building up. Again known problem with Patrols.
4/The best of all. Blown head gasket which is common about the 140k. When this happens the car is hard to start because of the water getting into the piston chambers and causing hydro lock. You will eventually start the car, but by then there will be no more water left in the engine and radiator and white smoke will flow from the back of the car (steam). You can buy a rebuilt kit from EBAY for about $1900 but the removal of the engine about is $2000-$3000 the killer.
5/ The main killer of Patrols is the injector pump. When this goes the car will feel gutless and tired. Buying a new one is $4000-$5000 but to reco the old one is about $1000 but what a difference. young car again.
There is a solution to some of these problems and that is to replace your engine with a new model (2007-) after yours has already gone.this will have most of the fixes done already
Currently our vehicle is having a 2007 model engine fitted which is costing $ 6950 and then fitting cost is $ 1500. (we now have a $45000.00 car!!!)That is only worth about $ 15,000 but worked out to be a cheaper option then refinancing and cutting losses.
hope this helps about our beloved patrol’s
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June 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I have a Sept 2001 plate GU 3.0 patrol that has blown #1 piston and cracked the head in 3 out of 4 cylinders between the glo plug and an exhaust valve. The car has done 163000 km and always servived every 10000 km by Nissan dealer. Also had 5 year warranty. Waiting to contact Nissan for assistance
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July 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 am
I am looking at buying a 3.0L turbo diesel DX (2000) but after reading all the bad feedback mi starting to have second thoughts. it has done 130000kms and has a full log book history but from some of the stories i have read here this doesnt seem to matter… what should i do? can anyone offer any advice cause i really want a patrol but dont want to get shafted. thanks
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July 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 am
Stay away from the 2000/2001 models. Nissan knows there is a known problem with them and do not come to the party when something major goes wrong/has gone wrong with them. They end up costing thousands more than you originally expected. Later models seem to be better - but do thorough research before you buy into these products.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
can you advise if a 12/2001 3l is outside the problem engine series,it has the red white red tail light configeration
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