Nissan Navarra D40 Cracking in the front undergaurds

Andrea11,

Sorry to hear of your friends problems, but Nissan don't pay for anything that is wrong, just look at the patrol engine saga.

They have ya money then don't care.

Cheers,

Cruiser

a lot of other things are not covered by warranty .you see your friend made the same mistake i did - using it as a 4wd, something it isnt ment to be used for according to nissan

Patrol22, you are extremlely lucky that is the only problem you have had. many many people have complained of many problems with them and my best mate is one of them. i tried to talk him out of it when he first looked at them but dollar for dollar it won. it has NEVER been off road and he drives like an old woman and it has eaten 5 clutches all proven NOT to be because of his driving style, diff issues, door handles and lock issues, electrical gremlins and all of these have happened numerous times and continued to go back to the dealer. it is now out of warranty but even before that he was sick and tired of going to get it fixed. so like i said you are lucky, and yes i do drive a toyota and i have had issues with it and toyota/dealers. i am not one eyed but i bought a toyota over a nissan purely because of nissans bad attitude and poor products(ZD30 for instance), sometimes toyota is not much better.

You must be real happy with the replies so far as not one is relevant to your question
yes they do crack the inner guards on rough roads ( as do many other brands) especially with 2nd battery ( assuming left side cracks)
Things to look for are
1 - loose front body mounts under the headlights and under front of cab
2 - excess load on inner guard 2nd battery
if all looks ok its metal fatigue not a lot you can do about it as the inner guards are designed to flex as the chassis flexes
when you get it repaired make sure they do not reinforce it too much because that only transfers the the load to the firewall which may then fatigue and crack
cheers Kev