Nissan patrol brakes

I love that reply from dealers... "it's supposed to be like that". I had a viscous fan clutch once that just would not unlock. It was going all the time until the motor actually started to overheat, then it would unlock and make the engine get even hotter. (it was a second hand car). I got the same answer from them... Der! I wrote them a nasty letter and got the fan's cluctch replaced and the radiator re-cored and it was sweet after that. It's just a cop out.

I dont know about that but mine are hard until you start the engine once the booster cuts in they soften up a bit sounds like your getting the run around

Fatboy,

If the brakes have to be pumped before they work,and are good for that use of the brakes, and require pumping again for a good pedal. Check the wheel bearings. The front wheels wobble from side to side, ths dics rotor also wobbles from side to side, this pushes the dics pads out, the brakes then have to be pumped to first get the pads close to the rotor and then to apply pressure to the rotor.

The dealer should have checked this first, so may be this is not the problem.

Wayne

Vacuum operated??

Nissan would say thats how its supposed to be, Yota, Mitz the lot would also all say the same thing..

Yo, Fatboy

Same pedal symptoms in my bus with only 87,000 km on it (1998 GU), except that pedal didn't go to the floor.

Therefore just had a reconditioning of the master cylinder. The new Nissan master cylinder was gunna cost about $ 600 +, so I got the old one fixed for $ 425

Does not seem much better, but I'm grateful the service sation allowed me to keep them employed!

Cheers

Thanksw for a few ideas guys , will be delving further into the problem tomorrow , hopefull will find a solution.

fatboy

I have a 99 Gu 4.2 TD have the same problem soft pedal would love to know if you find a solution.
I beleave the cars are too new to have master cylinder problems but suspect it may be a lazy cylinder piston on one of the brakes they have two point calipers from memory so thats 8 pistons, i have not had the time to look at mine.
If one of them were slow to extend it would give you a soft peddal feel.
Thats the direction i am taking at this stage anyway.

Hi Fatboy,

I had a similar problem with soft/spongy brakes in my new 08/2003 3.0ltr GU Patrol Wagon fitted with ABS system. (Prior to the Patrol I had an 1985 Toyota HJ60 which had much better brakes.)
Without going into much detail, I took it into several dealers complaining about the brakes and they all tried to convince me that they were OK. (One Dealer told me they bleed them and found no air in the system.)
To cut a long story short, In the end after much insistance that they were not OK, I finaly managed to get a dealer in "Tassie" to bleed them properly. They did in fact find air in the rear brakes and there was a marked improvement after this.
As a comment: When I have worn out the existing Nissan brake pads, I will be replacing them with (Non Nissan) after market pads with the view to improving the Braking Performance even further.

My advice is, get someone to give the system a "good bleed" to ensure there is definitely no air anywhere!!

PS: Apart from the brakes, I have no complaints.

Cheers,
Terry.