Strap in a bit of a story.....
Ok, so for those of you who don't know the Pathfinder automatic transmission spat the dummy about 4 months back and has been sitting idle in the yard.
We replaced her with a shiny new mazda 3 so @cruza driver and @relgate said I was off the hook for buying a small car as it was a mazda
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So what happened is the gearbox died, when you go from a complete stop and try to accelerate it would feel like you are in fourth gear but it was actually in limp mode but once you got up a bit of speed 40+kmh of jamming the gas you where ok and it seemed to start to drive normal. But once you come to a complete dead stop at the lights you are back in trouble again and unable to get acceleration up which made for some fun at the lights and a few expletives.
So it was diagnosed as Mechatronics failure on the transmission which seems to be a quite common fault on these boxes.
Auto shops are quoting close to 3k + for the job, enquiring at Nissan the part can be had for $1400 - $2400 depending on who answers the phone but the part is no where in OZ but is in Japan so they are estimating a 2 -3 week delay but some places are saying expect a 6 week wait which is very close to XMAS.
Alternative is to get a second hand one which can be had for about $750 but not sure on the company as some people have complained about them and you get what you get if you no what i mean when dealing with second hand. But he can get it to me in a couple of days with a 2 month warranty and chuck it in myself. Seems a simple job just drop the tranny pan and remove a couple of bolts and put it back in.
The interesting thing and bit I am stuck on is the shop quoting the job reckons they can get the part new in 2 - 3 days and will provide a 12 month warranty on the job but Nissan reckons no dice and has to come from Japan?
Now first up the auto shop is pretty stand up so far, the guy I am onto gave me the first option of a repair job. This is not something most places do but he said he has about 60% strike rate and he will drop the oil and attempt the repair. If was able to repair it he would charge me if not he wont charge any $$$.
So he tried to repair it and stated its burnt out internally so he can't win on this one which was bad as he couldn't repair it for half the cost but great that he spent a day for nicks and I got fresh oil in the box so good service so far.
But I am wondering if he is going to do the shifty and chuck in a second hand one instead and give me a 12 month warranty for the benefit of $2.2k. Call me a monkey but I could buy three second hand ones and still be in front if that's the case.
Or i could risk it with Nissan and order one and hope it gets here before XMAS.
So I am little hesitant in going second hand myself and would snap up a new one if they where in the county and hesitant as to how the shop can get a new one so quick when no Nissan shop has them in Australia and then also concerned on delviery time so what would you do?
#FirstWorldNissanProblems lol!
Bit of a loaded question but @cruza driver was curios what's going on so there you have it!
Ok, so for those of you who don't know the Pathfinder automatic transmission spat the dummy about 4 months back and has been sitting idle in the yard.
We replaced her with a shiny new mazda 3 so @cruza driver and @relgate said I was off the hook for buying a small car as it was a mazda
!So what happened is the gearbox died, when you go from a complete stop and try to accelerate it would feel like you are in fourth gear but it was actually in limp mode but once you got up a bit of speed 40+kmh of jamming the gas you where ok and it seemed to start to drive normal. But once you come to a complete dead stop at the lights you are back in trouble again and unable to get acceleration up which made for some fun at the lights and a few expletives.
So it was diagnosed as Mechatronics failure on the transmission which seems to be a quite common fault on these boxes.
Auto shops are quoting close to 3k + for the job, enquiring at Nissan the part can be had for $1400 - $2400 depending on who answers the phone but the part is no where in OZ but is in Japan so they are estimating a 2 -3 week delay but some places are saying expect a 6 week wait which is very close to XMAS.
Alternative is to get a second hand one which can be had for about $750 but not sure on the company as some people have complained about them and you get what you get if you no what i mean when dealing with second hand. But he can get it to me in a couple of days with a 2 month warranty and chuck it in myself. Seems a simple job just drop the tranny pan and remove a couple of bolts and put it back in.
The interesting thing and bit I am stuck on is the shop quoting the job reckons they can get the part new in 2 - 3 days and will provide a 12 month warranty on the job but Nissan reckons no dice and has to come from Japan?
Now first up the auto shop is pretty stand up so far, the guy I am onto gave me the first option of a repair job. This is not something most places do but he said he has about 60% strike rate and he will drop the oil and attempt the repair. If was able to repair it he would charge me if not he wont charge any $$$.
So he tried to repair it and stated its burnt out internally so he can't win on this one which was bad as he couldn't repair it for half the cost but great that he spent a day for nicks and I got fresh oil in the box so good service so far.
But I am wondering if he is going to do the shifty and chuck in a second hand one instead and give me a 12 month warranty for the benefit of $2.2k. Call me a monkey but I could buy three second hand ones and still be in front if that's the case.
Or i could risk it with Nissan and order one and hope it gets here before XMAS
.So I am little hesitant in going second hand myself and would snap up a new one if they where in the county and hesitant as to how the shop can get a new one so quick when no Nissan shop has them in Australia and then also concerned on delviery time so what would you do?
#FirstWorldNissanProblems lol!
Bit of a loaded question but @cruza driver was curios what's going on so there you have it!
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