Patrol 3.0L class action???

Clarry,
Did AT own the vehicle from new?
Was it an ex-lease vehicle with suspect service history and hard driven?
It is a 2000 model which we all agree had problems, posts refer to much better reliability from current model.
Find it strange that 3lt fixed, then swapped for 4.2 TD, cheaper to trade on 4.2 of same age, but hard to find. I know, I tried
Rolande

What did nissan offer on the tradein???

Brian

Hi Josh
That's right... I've got the 3.0L in the shed... it's done about 1200km since rebuild, new turbo also.... AND YES... IT'S FOR SALE.

Hi Brian,

You wouldn't want to know what they offered trade. Let's just say that if I said what I think of Nissan Aust. and the people that work for them I'd probably find myself in court. We love the vehicle, just hated the 3.0L motor, we'd already spent money on it (lift kit and accessories) so figured if we did the change over at least we wouldn't be paying interest on the money it cost, where as if we had traded out of it we would have financed the loss. Bit hard to understand I know but it worked out pretty evenly weighted either way, the only factor we didn't account for was the five months from start to finish that we were without it.

David the reason I asked was that if Nissan are not willing to offer a deacent trade in on the 3.0l then it would seam that they are acknowledging that it has problems in the most important way.... not willing to buy them back!!!!!!

Brian

or you could always buy a "fixed" 3.0 and keep 20k + in the bank.
We are still looking for a series 3 with engine problems. No one has reported any yet.

Josh.

Towbar,
Why do 'cruiser enthusiasts insist on comparing the 3lt with a LC. Toyota don't have a direct competitor in this market unless you consider the Prado, Pick the faults with the 4.2 TD6. Remember "apples and oranges"!
Rolande

I'm in NSW. We did contact the Dept of Fair Trading but the person we spoke to was not of much use.

DavidAT,

Try the Motor section of the Fair Trading, ask for the supivisor if you are not happy, I did and had very good results

Have a Good one

I took out the extra twi years, $750 insurance for 2 years isnt too bad but you shouldnt have to do it, only reason I did is cause of the engine probsIf you hold your heart and focus,
you will end up holding your dream

Thanks Peter, will look it up and hope it gets me some results. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, I would have had I known.

Exactly Bonz! When you buy a $60,000 vehicle from a reputable car manufacturer you don't expect things like this to happen.... It's not like your buying a Kia or a Daewoo! Any if anything goes wrong you would thing the manufacturer would stand by his product.

Hey what sort of 4b do you own Andrew?

GU Patrol ST 4.2TD
my website

And he loves braggin to 3ltr owners that its better than theirs..

bruce

you are the oworst offender of the lot

you have ZERO 1st hand experience or knowledge of the ZD30 at all....

disinformation.org strikes again

Andrew doesnt brag about anthing on the other hand

Roly,

Im the biggest offender? You open your mouth, then panic when someoen quotes you...

Your the biggest offender, you brag how much of a bleep box your car is when it dies, and your selling it **** nissan they can shove it... Had enough getting a Cruiser, getting this getting that...

First hand experience, Plenty listening to you and Steve, and Nutha bloke in our club who traded his in last week(his was 2-4th on the country), picks up his cruiser 2 weeks time, and quite happy to have not made the mistake others have...

And the Bragging was in Andrews OWN words .
I quote.

ANDREW: got 2 guys in my club. 1 auto, 1 manual
ANDREW: after embarrassing them totally offroad I threw the keys to the one with the manual. He came back 10 minutes later almost crying that he we was locked into a 3 year lease. he bleep ing hates his now. loved it right up until he drove a real one

and

ANDREW: classic case: robe this year. boys having trouble getting up steep beach exit with bend half way up. I told them you need to get off the power at the bend then get straight back onto it. They both replied the same: they cant! once its off boost it wont spool back up under load...
ANDREW: I showed them 3 times how to do it - coz Im a ****....

Sorry to make you look like a fool again....

Quoting sections from a private conversation is pretty poor form Bruce, especially when it has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. If this thread was about “why the 3.0 Patrol needs a dtronic” then it might be relevant. Please don’t involve me in your sandpit wars.
All of the guys in my club with 3.0 Patrols are very happy with them, its only when driving/riding in my 4.2 that they realise how lacking theirs are at low revs in heavy sand or rock climbing. They certainly aren’t getting suicidal over it though.

I hate to get in the middle of your battle but couldn't help myself.
If Andrew owns a 4.2 just what "first hand" experience does HE have with the 3.0L??? I'm not up to speed with you all but I do know this...
Anyone who denies the 3.0L have problems is blind or uninformed! Maybe you will understand this... When you own a old VW Beetle you drive around and you see them absolutely everywhere, untill you owned one you never even noticed them. Same goes with this situation... if you have had a 3.0L with problems you suddenly find that when you look around they are everywhere (and not just in Nissan workshops!) and these are not minor problems either. Perhaps you would find Andrew that if you were talking to the right people and actually listening to what they say that you might have a different opinion. Especially if you had been affected by it all in the hip pocket where it hurts.

David
My sole contribution to this thread was to point out that the poll on Patrol4WD group was not related to a rumoured class action, although it does give owners a chance to share knowledge of ownership problems. I don’t think anyone is denying that there is a big problem with 3.0 engines built in the first 6 months. My knowledge of the 3.0 is based on several years as a member of Patrol4WD group and other forums and four wheeling with owners. The difficulty is separating the wheat from the chaff on the internet.

Well I don't think I'll make it into a second one..... the amount I've spent on this one I've been told I'm gonna be buried in it! Just as well I look after my gear!