Hi all
Just thought I'd relate a recent experience, its a long post so bear with me. Vehicle is a 2012 D22 with 33000 ks, had it since new. Was camping in Sundown National Park a few weeks ago and the clutch shat itself. Seemed fine on the way in to the park, went for a bit of a drive on the tracks one day and said to the missus something doesn't feel right but couldn't put my finger on what it was, packed up and left the next day and after the first pull up to the ridge from the river valley worked out that the clutch was going. Then babied it as far as I could and had to get skull dragged out the last 4 ks.
Car arrived at dealership on tilt tray and admin lady said "Nissan don't cover clutches under warranty". I said that I expected this conversation and told her that I'd only ever owned a manual vehicle for 20 years, 15 of those a 4WD and never had to replace a clutch (put 150000 on my old troopy). She said she would approach Nissan with my story. She called back and said that Nissan wouldn't replace it. I then called Nissan Australia myself and told them the same story. They said "we might replace it as a one off gesture out of goodwill". I asked what that meant; would they or wouldn't they? He responded that given it only has 33000 ks on it "Nissan would likely assist in some way". I said, "I'll take that".
Upshot is, Nissan did replace it and it didn't cost me anything. My thoughts are that Nissan must know there is a problem and are replacing them free of charge if you push the issue, because if they could get out of it without paying, surely they would? Have since heard a number of stories about premature wear of clutches in both Nissans (story tellers didn't know what type of Navara) and Hiluxes. Woman at the dealership said I must be the luckiest bloke in Australia as Nissan just don't do that.
Just thought I'd relate a recent experience, its a long post so bear with me. Vehicle is a 2012 D22 with 33000 ks, had it since new. Was camping in Sundown National Park a few weeks ago and the clutch shat itself. Seemed fine on the way in to the park, went for a bit of a drive on the tracks one day and said to the missus something doesn't feel right but couldn't put my finger on what it was, packed up and left the next day and after the first pull up to the ridge from the river valley worked out that the clutch was going. Then babied it as far as I could and had to get skull dragged out the last 4 ks.
Car arrived at dealership on tilt tray and admin lady said "Nissan don't cover clutches under warranty". I said that I expected this conversation and told her that I'd only ever owned a manual vehicle for 20 years, 15 of those a 4WD and never had to replace a clutch (put 150000 on my old troopy). She said she would approach Nissan with my story. She called back and said that Nissan wouldn't replace it. I then called Nissan Australia myself and told them the same story. They said "we might replace it as a one off gesture out of goodwill". I asked what that meant; would they or wouldn't they? He responded that given it only has 33000 ks on it "Nissan would likely assist in some way". I said, "I'll take that".
Upshot is, Nissan did replace it and it didn't cost me anything. My thoughts are that Nissan must know there is a problem and are replacing them free of charge if you push the issue, because if they could get out of it without paying, surely they would? Have since heard a number of stories about premature wear of clutches in both Nissans (story tellers didn't know what type of Navara) and Hiluxes. Woman at the dealership said I must be the luckiest bloke in Australia as Nissan just don't do that.
