Advice on 3.0 TD patrol problems

Hello All,

I am new to this list and i apologise for asking any silly questions about the Nissan patrol as they are not popular in the Uk. After reading many of the forums i am shocked to see so many faults with the Nissan patrol 3.0 TD. I come from a Landrover defender background and as you all know have there share of problems. I travel a lot in Europe and North Africa and have used landrovers for years but the new TD5 has let me down a few times. I done some reasearch into the patrol and the general opinion was of ultra reliability, so i bought a 2003 3.0 TD as thats the only engine available in the Uk. I have been shocked by the amount of problems that the early ones have, i always thought Nissan went forever. So where is this all leading, i notice that there is very little written about 2003 models. HAVE all the problems been sorted or is it just the case that they are too new. I also notice that you guys can rack some heavy mileage up in a short time so i guess 2002 models would be showing faults, but i see no mention of this. From this i can guess that Nissan has sorted the initial problems and this engine will be as reliable as we come to expect from Nissan. Can anybody confirm my theory that the new models do not really have any major problems.