63 plate nissan juke - is it a lemon?

Marktheshark

It's a Renault with a Nissan badge .
That answers the lemon question in it's entirety.

motorguy

geerex wrote: »

You did say one fault light (I quoted it), corrected to two. Also, two fault lights may indicate more than one fault, according to various sources.

Ones a light to tell you you have a problem, the other is a pointer towards what the problem is. Either way, the dealer will sort it.

geerex wrote: »

I agree, you do appear to own a lemon.

You are misquoting me. I said i had more reason to believe my car could be a lemon, but that i dont. Because the dealer fixed the problems. As yours will.

geerex wrote: »

Whilst you may be happy to continually spend time going to dealers to have your car fixed, I can't say that I fancy it, especially because I simply do not have the free time for such an exercise.

Cars are complex beasts. They sometimes have problems. A "warranty" is there to ensure you get those problems fixed. Thats exactly what happened with mine - they were fixed, at minimal pain to me.

It would be ridiculous to think that a car must be fault free forever.

geerex wrote: »

As for buyers remorse - absolutely. I feel extreme remorse for buying a car which has shown such early signs of needing attention.

And therein lies the problem. You've decided you no longer want the car. You've come on here asking for "advice" but what you really wanted was more support of your viewpoint.

geerex wrote: »

A number of colleagues and friends have suggested I should demand a replacement, so I suspect that this sort of thing isn't really all that common after all.

Its not uncommon for cars to have problems.

It is however uncommon to demand a replacement for what is probably just a simple fix.

In fact, i would say you dont have any right to a refund or replacement at this stage.

motorguy

harveybobbles wrote: »

The OP is one of the reasons I got out of the motor trade. Nightmare customer by the sounds of it.

Warning lights come on, its what they're for.. Probably just a duff sensor or maybe the car was jump started recently.

You will find that both lights work alongside each other, so it will be one fault.

Maybe the Mrs has been bouncing it off the rev limiter or has thwacked a kerb?

Its under warranty form Nissan so just ask any Nissan dealer to read/clear the faults. Which_will_be_free,

Indeed. Customers like this just arent worth the hassle. They'll never be satisfied.

"my car has a warning light on therefore i demand a new car!"

*sigh*

motorguy

Marktheshark wrote: »

It's a Renault with a Nissan badge .
That answers the lemon question in it's entirety.

And have you any real world evidence to back that up or just your own personal prejudices?

Marktheshark

motorguy wrote: »

And have you any real world evidence to back that up or just your own personal prejudices?

Nissan-Renault

The B-segment B platform was jointly developed by Nissan and Renault.[2] As of 2010, the next generation of this platform has been renamed V platform.

• Nissan Cube
• Nissan Micra K12
• Datsun Go
• Datsun Go+
• Renault Clio II[3]
• Renault Clio III
• Renault Clio IV[4]
• Renault Modus
• Renault Symbol II[5]
• Renault Twingo II[6]
• Renault Wind[7]

Nissan-Renault B0 platform

A version with stretched wheelbase is named B0 and used for the following cars:

• Nissan Cube³
• Nissan Bluebird Sylphy (G11)
• Nissan Livina Geniss
• Nissan Note (E11)
• Nissan NV200
• Nissan Tiida/Versa (C11)
• Nissan Wingroad (Y12)
• Nissan Juke[8][9]

mjoneseyjones

I think he meant your accusations of it being a lemon due to its Renault roots

SmellyPetrol

Heard of a few failures on nearly new Juke's from friends/friends of friends who have purchased one.

Still; shouldn't be going on and I reckon the garage will be happy to take a look at it. 100% take it back.

motorguy

Marktheshark wrote: »

Stuff

And how does that make it a lemon?

AdrianC

I think Motorguy might have been meaning the "answers the question" jibe.

It's really not exactly unknown that Renault and Nissan are longstanding corporate partners, nor that the Juke is based on heavy technology sharing between the two, including not only the platform but electronics, jointly-developed petrol engines and pure Renault diesel engines with a lineage dating back to the early '60s and the Dauphine. Nor that it's built by Geordies.

None of that is even remotely relevant to the OP's warning light, though.

motorguy

SmellyPetrol wrote: »

Heard of a few failures on nearly new Juke's from friends/friends of friends who have purchased one.

Still; shouldn't be going on and I reckon the garage will be happy to take a look at it. 100% take it back.

Yes, take it back to get fixed.

They're a decent enough wee car.