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Many people never look under the hood as they believe it's done by service station then when things happen they cannot give statistics on service neither have an idea if burning oil has been a problem and for how long.
I started trying to get them to acknowledge this noise is not normal and this with less than 3000 miles on the vehicle.
I left it there a couple of times as it has always been worst when cold.
It was at the point where it would not even start or get in the shop. Te answer has always been they do that until one day I vented to them and mentioned my intentions of taking them to court for not sharing important information etc. Their spontaneous and immediate reply was the injectors are noisy. Fix them I said, we cant do they replied stubbornly.
That was enough info for me as I do have a bit of automotive experience so went on the web and found out this is a common unmentioned problem with many makes of vehicles.
On advice from a mechanic friend who mentioned that injectors will indeed foul up even in a new vehicle because of poor fuel at the mexico assembly plant. this led me to research th date of manufacture which was mid april 2010. I bought the car new end of august 2010. This meant it has been sitting on the lot for four months with the assembly line fuel in it. I never went back to the dealer but started a regimen of adding injector cleaner and alternately approx 8 oz of motor oil in the fuel tank.
After approx one year of this remedy, the noise is down to what I consider normal level. Dealers will not mention these tricks so not to contradict Nissan's policy of no additives in oil or gas.
You also have to bear in mind that if if you got other problems wit fuel system or sensor and they can prove it, for get about the emission warranty! But it seems to be working for me and if you are not sure dont try it.
What Should I Do If My First Attempt to Obtain Warranty Coverage Is
Denied?
If your first attempt to receive emissions warranty coverage is
denied, you should do the following:
1) Ask for a detailed explanation, in writing as to why emissions
warranty coverage was denied; and
2) Ask for the name(s) of the person(s) involved in the decision
to deny coverage, including anyone from the manufacturer's
regional or zone office; and
3) Ask for the name(s) of the person(s) with the manufacturer you
should contact to appeal the denial of coverage under the
emissions warranty.
4) Contact and, if necessary, write to the person mentioned above
requesting coverage and giving the basis for your request. Repeat
and continue the appeal process until you are satisfied or have
exhausted all means of appeal.
Then hit up the EPA
so the other week i went to get new tires and a battery at sam's club since the car is going on 6 years old and would you believe that after 5+ years of annoyance, getting a new battery completly fixed this issue. I don't know if something was wrong with the battery or if the mexicans who manufactured these cars just didn't do it right, but...
If you have intermittent problems starting your nissan versa and nissan can't figure it out - get a new battery!!!
After getting a new engine and there's suddenly rattling on top of your radio dashboard then you should bring it back to the dealership and tell them.
They could have left something loose while in the process of replacing the old engine with the new.
The same happened to me yesterday for the first time. The technician tested and No codes have been found on the ECM.
Please let me know what you find. :confuse:
Has anyone else had these issues? The maintenance people are basically looking at us like we are women and don't know what we are talking about or we have hit it into neutral!! I'm about to go off on the maintenance department at the dealer.
We got to the Nissan garage 4 times and never get rid of it -_-. Im actually thinking of complaining to the company itself.
It start exactly like this: when I got to a red light, I apply the brake and I hear a noise, seems like a vibration of some sort.
These days, I heard it almost anytimes I'm driving.
The garage told me it was not from the motor or anything in the hood. It seems like they need to remove my dash, it could be under/somewhere in it.
It does a sound like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1W4VlOsF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNq1n4NRRM
I find a lot of people on internet having the same problem, but the garage never heard of it !!!
If your warranty is expired, more so as I am not sure anything will be done about it by Nissan. I don't drive Nissan anymore.
I currently have two Versas and we're on our third (4th if you count the one that got totaled getting rear-ended by an F-150 that didn't stop) and the only engine issue I've run across in 200,000+ miles was with the 2007 when I flooded the engine by reaching back into the past and pumping the gas once while starting up. The techs told me the engine was prone to flooding in just that way, so maybe that's another reason I gravitated towards a fuel issue.
Do you get any engine hiccups if you turn the blower up while the engine is running?
$500. just to check it is simply crooked and pure robbery. You knew that in your heart anyway..
Is $500 the estimate to track the problem down and fix it? Since AC use is causing a tranny code, it sounds like and electrical/computer issue. It doesn't take a long diagnosis to get start to add up costs at the labor rates charged at most places. Add in any parts, modules, or the like that need to be replaced and I could see $500 being a possibility.
If they want $500 just to look with any repair being added on to that, that's crazy talk. That's like 8 hours of mechanic time.
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Wiring and connectors in the alternator harness in good shape? No chaffing, loose wires? Nothing perhaps over-torqued when connecting to alternator?
Where did you get this new alternator? If it's from a chain store, there's a 1 in 10 chance it's no good.
Also, how was the battery tested? It should be tested as a "load-test".
You da man
Since i have your attention this far, just 1 month ago my muffler rusted off at about 65k. Midas said this was very common for nissans. my civic never had this problem and i had over 100k. Midas said because Nissan uses cheap connectors for pipe to muffler. and it takes about 60k for it to rust off. i spent $200 on the fix. until now. 2500 is alot. thats a major percentage towards a newer car. i dont know what to do.
if anybody has any experience with major repairs like this and has had good results or bad ones with advice to avoid the replacement engine option. please let me know here.
Appreciated
Mushroomer