£2000 repair bill only had car 5 months from dealer.

Flyboy152

zappahey wrote: »

I occasionally wonder who thought it was a good idea to combine Japanese design flair and French engineering.

Obviously Nissan and Renault shareholders.

rodenal

It's good that you've had the complaint escalated but just for info, 4 fuel injectors (which sounds very unlikely but lets take their word for it) certainly isn't anywhere close to £2k of work!!

mike_m_5

they said the injectors are £500 each, and a little hunting on google shows thats not far off - crazy price.

Hammyman

mike_m wrote: »

They also said they had to replace the fuel filter and air filter - but the car was supposed to of had a service when we bought it and would of thought these were replaced as part of a service?

On my Mondeo the fuel filter is every third service so every 37,500 miles.

Hammyman

vax2002 wrote: »

They are trying to re-coup costs of the clutch
4 injectors do not go wrong at once
My guess the EGR valve is gunked up, needs stripping off and washing out in petrol.
take the car to a local garage.

+1 for the above.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Is this an Xtrail perchance?

attila_

You havent dabbled with biodiesel have u? Or accidentally fille at a morissons b30 pump?

mike_m_5

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

Is this an Xtrail perchance?

lol, yes it is an X-Trail, and no havent been anywhere near a bio diesel pump!

But, obviously cant vouch for the previous owner, hmm.

Its an 07 2.2Dci with 72k on the clock. Internally and externally its in perfect condition and all the trim and leather seats are 100% unmarked so it doesn't look like its had a hard life. It has a towbar but was assured it was just towing the occasional little trailer to the skip - but as my OP the clutch had to be replaced almost immediately. Its had a full Nissan main dealer history and with the 6 months warranty I thought i;d have no problems - how wrong I was.

If Nissan HW come back and say no, i have no other option than legal action i suppose.

Wh05apk

What is their justification for saying it's not under warranty? are they saying it's down to you?

mike_m_5

Although they have passed the case onto Nissan HQ, yes the Nissan dealer is categorically stating that fuel injectors are NOT covered by warranty and that I will have to pay in excess of £2000 to have them replaced, despite the fact we've only had the car under 6 months.

I'm obviously hoping that Nissan agree to have them replaced, and i'm even prepared to pay 1/4 of the price, but i'm left wondering what else it going to go wrong and am hunting for a warranty that covers everything!