Common Problems with 5th gens?
#1
Common Problems with 5th gens?
I'm interested to find out what are some problems that have been experienced with 5th gens with the VQ engine. I'm interested in mainly repairs, such as engine problems, trannys, etc. - Not problems with or caused by aftermarket equipment.
For instance, what common problems can be expected around 50-60K?
Thanks
Trevor
For instance, what common problems can be expected around 50-60K?
Thanks
Trevor
#2
Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
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Originally posted by Trev_Daddy
I'm interested to find out what are some problems that have been experienced with 5th gens with the VQ engine. I'm interested in mainly repairs, such as engine problems, trannys, etc. - Not problems with or caused by aftermarket equipment.
For instance, what common problems can be expected around 50-60K?
Thanks
Trevor
I'm interested to find out what are some problems that have been experienced with 5th gens with the VQ engine. I'm interested in mainly repairs, such as engine problems, trannys, etc. - Not problems with or caused by aftermarket equipment.
For instance, what common problems can be expected around 50-60K?
Thanks
Trevor
#3
Re: Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
Originally posted by Trev_Daddy
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And, since problems can arise throughout ownership, at different times for different people, a 50-60K +/- list is not really meaningful.
Good luck.
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What I might suggest is a quick romp through the Technical Support Bulletin sticky. Reading the titles of the TSBs will give you a pretty good idea of the problems people have run into with their 5th Gens.
#5
Thanks - I'm buying a 2K SE with 34K on it...Just want to know kind of a heads up with what to look for soon..I'll check the stickies
Originally posted by y2kse
What I might suggest is a quick romp through the Technical Support Bulletin sticky. Reading the titles of the TSBs will give you a pretty good idea of what people have run into in the way of service issues.
What I might suggest is a quick romp through the Technical Support Bulletin sticky. Reading the titles of the TSBs will give you a pretty good idea of what people have run into in the way of service issues.
#7
Re: Pay attention to...
It's funny you mention the coils - He just told me this morning that one of the coils started misfiring around 30K - So the dealer replaced all 6 under warranty. YIPPY!
Thanks for the help, guys. This time next week, I'll be in a black on black SE Wish it was a 2k2....hehe
Thanks for the help, guys. This time next week, I'll be in a black on black SE Wish it was a 2k2....hehe
Originally posted by jjs
among other things:
coils
fuel cut
MAF problems
brake rotor warp
etc.
among other things:
coils
fuel cut
MAF problems
brake rotor warp
etc.
#8
Re: Re: Pay attention to...
Originally posted by Trev_Daddy
It's funny you mention the coils - He just told me this morning that one of the coils started misfiring around 30K - So the dealer replaced all 6 under warranty. YIPPY!
Thanks for the help, guys. This time next week, I'll be in a black on black SE Wish it was a 2k2....hehe
It's funny you mention the coils - He just told me this morning that one of the coils started misfiring around 30K - So the dealer replaced all 6 under warranty. YIPPY!
Thanks for the help, guys. This time next week, I'll be in a black on black SE Wish it was a 2k2....hehe
Enjoy!!
#9
Re: Re: Re: Pay attention to...
Oh baby...It's a 5 speed - And I wouldn't have it any other way
Actually, while I have the floor - It's a loaded 2K SE 5 speed. Black with Black leather, BOSE, Meridian, etc. 34K miles.....$17K
I didn't think that was bad at all..Considering it was a $29K car 2 years ago
Rotors - I'm thinking of buying Brembo x-drilled rotors..Haven't decided yet...
Actually, while I have the floor - It's a loaded 2K SE 5 speed. Black with Black leather, BOSE, Meridian, etc. 34K miles.....$17K
I didn't think that was bad at all..Considering it was a $29K car 2 years ago
Rotors - I'm thinking of buying Brembo x-drilled rotors..Haven't decided yet...
Originally posted by jjs
Excellent! One potential issue down. Since you did not mention if it was an auto or stick, pay attention to threads on auto tranny's...they don't seem to be long term as strong as the manuals (from what I have read).
Enjoy!!
Excellent! One potential issue down. Since you did not mention if it was an auto or stick, pay attention to threads on auto tranny's...they don't seem to be long term as strong as the manuals (from what I have read).
Enjoy!!
#10
Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
Horrible, HORRIBLE things!
At 4k my exhaust manifold cracked; after bringing it in for service I finally get the car home and the next day as I back out notice a huge puddle of green fluid!
So I get that leak fixed, and no longer than two weeks later my tranny refuses to shift into gear properly - sometimes slipping or just staying stuck in 2nd or 3rd. I get ****ed off and I boot it trying to shift manually.. well that sorta goes against me - I end up blowing the engine at 7,500rpm as the tranny jerks, gives up, and jams the revs all the way up there while the car slowly goes down to a crawl on the interstate. Some guy in a CL Type S even passed me, pointing and laughing.
So, in less than 15k, new engine, new transmission, tranny leaks, cracked exhaust manifold.
And as if it couldn't get any worse, just as I'm hitting the road again after paying the dealer 12k for a new engine and transmission, I hit a big canadian moose and total my car! The impact just pi$$ed him off too, so with three giant bites he eats my gf right out of the passenger seat. Well let me tell you folks, the canadian meese up here are huge and more dangerous than polar bears; never get in the way between a canadian moose and its meal... yet I just couldn't take it anymore and in all my fury I ran out to my trunk, grabbed my Louisville f'in Slugger and gave it to the hairy beast real good (I'm still talking about the moose, not the CL-S guy's mother).
As they say in that little french province out in eastern canada, MERDE!!!
Now I just wonder how many people will say "meese" instead of "moose" in plural form.
Sincerely yours, eh,
(Crazy) Jer
65,000km w/replaced solenoids and coils (covered under warranty in both cases - there were known issues with early 2000's and coils). Oh yeah and rotors are wimpy.. get bigger brakes
At 4k my exhaust manifold cracked; after bringing it in for service I finally get the car home and the next day as I back out notice a huge puddle of green fluid!
So I get that leak fixed, and no longer than two weeks later my tranny refuses to shift into gear properly - sometimes slipping or just staying stuck in 2nd or 3rd. I get ****ed off and I boot it trying to shift manually.. well that sorta goes against me - I end up blowing the engine at 7,500rpm as the tranny jerks, gives up, and jams the revs all the way up there while the car slowly goes down to a crawl on the interstate. Some guy in a CL Type S even passed me, pointing and laughing.
So, in less than 15k, new engine, new transmission, tranny leaks, cracked exhaust manifold.
And as if it couldn't get any worse, just as I'm hitting the road again after paying the dealer 12k for a new engine and transmission, I hit a big canadian moose and total my car! The impact just pi$$ed him off too, so with three giant bites he eats my gf right out of the passenger seat. Well let me tell you folks, the canadian meese up here are huge and more dangerous than polar bears; never get in the way between a canadian moose and its meal... yet I just couldn't take it anymore and in all my fury I ran out to my trunk, grabbed my Louisville f'in Slugger and gave it to the hairy beast real good (I'm still talking about the moose, not the CL-S guy's mother).
As they say in that little french province out in eastern canada, MERDE!!!
Now I just wonder how many people will say "meese" instead of "moose" in plural form.
Sincerely yours, eh,
(Crazy) Jer
65,000km w/replaced solenoids and coils (covered under warranty in both cases - there were known issues with early 2000's and coils). Oh yeah and rotors are wimpy.. get bigger brakes
#11
Re: Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
Originally posted by Jer
Horrible, HORRIBLE things!
At 4k my exhaust manifold cracked; after bringing it in for service I finally get the car home and the next day as I back out notice a huge puddle of green fluid!
So I get that leak fixed, and no longer than two weeks later my tranny refuses to shift into gear properly - sometimes slipping or just staying stuck in 2nd or 3rd. I get ****ed off and I boot it trying to shift manually.. well that sorta goes against me - I end up blowing the engine at 7,500rpm as the tranny jerks, gives up, and jams the revs all the way up there while the car slowly goes down to a crawl on the interstate. Some guy in a CL Type S even passed me, pointing and laughing.
So, in less than 15k, new engine, new transmission, tranny leaks, cracked exhaust manifold.
And as if it couldn't get any worse, just as I'm hitting the road again after paying the dealer 12k for a new engine and transmission, I hit a big canadian moose and total my car! The impact just pi$$ed him off too, so with three giant bites he eats my gf right out of the passenger seat. Well let me tell you folks, the canadian meese up here are huge and more dangerous than polar bears; never get in the way between a canadian moose and its meal... yet I just couldn't take it anymore and in all my fury I ran out to my trunk, grabbed my Louisville f'in Slugger and gave it to the hairy beast real good (I'm still talking about the moose, not the CL-S guy's mother).
As they say in that little french province out in eastern canada, MERDE!!!
Now I just wonder how many people will say "meese" instead of "moose" in plural form.
Sincerely yours, eh,
(Crazy) Jer
65,000km w/replaced solenoids and coils (covered under warranty in both cases - there were known issues with early 2000's and coils). Oh yeah and rotors are wimpy.. get bigger brakes
Horrible, HORRIBLE things!
At 4k my exhaust manifold cracked; after bringing it in for service I finally get the car home and the next day as I back out notice a huge puddle of green fluid!
So I get that leak fixed, and no longer than two weeks later my tranny refuses to shift into gear properly - sometimes slipping or just staying stuck in 2nd or 3rd. I get ****ed off and I boot it trying to shift manually.. well that sorta goes against me - I end up blowing the engine at 7,500rpm as the tranny jerks, gives up, and jams the revs all the way up there while the car slowly goes down to a crawl on the interstate. Some guy in a CL Type S even passed me, pointing and laughing.
So, in less than 15k, new engine, new transmission, tranny leaks, cracked exhaust manifold.
And as if it couldn't get any worse, just as I'm hitting the road again after paying the dealer 12k for a new engine and transmission, I hit a big canadian moose and total my car! The impact just pi$$ed him off too, so with three giant bites he eats my gf right out of the passenger seat. Well let me tell you folks, the canadian meese up here are huge and more dangerous than polar bears; never get in the way between a canadian moose and its meal... yet I just couldn't take it anymore and in all my fury I ran out to my trunk, grabbed my Louisville f'in Slugger and gave it to the hairy beast real good (I'm still talking about the moose, not the CL-S guy's mother).
As they say in that little french province out in eastern canada, MERDE!!!
Now I just wonder how many people will say "meese" instead of "moose" in plural form.
Sincerely yours, eh,
(Crazy) Jer
65,000km w/replaced solenoids and coils (covered under warranty in both cases - there were known issues with early 2000's and coils). Oh yeah and rotors are wimpy.. get bigger brakes
Why did you pay anything for the engine and tranny? Sounds like you should still have been in the warranty period, unless I missed something.
#13
Re: Re: Pay attention to...
Originally posted by Trev_Daddy
It's funny you mention the coils - He just told me this morning that one of the coils started misfiring around 30K - So the dealer replaced all 6 under warranty. YIPPY!
Thanks for the help, guys. This time next week, I'll be in a black on black SE Wish it was a 2k2....hehe
It's funny you mention the coils - He just told me this morning that one of the coils started misfiring around 30K - So the dealer replaced all 6 under warranty. YIPPY!
Thanks for the help, guys. This time next week, I'll be in a black on black SE Wish it was a 2k2....hehe
#14
Re: Re: Re: Pay attention to...
Was it squeaking from the rubber around the windows?
Originally posted by y2KAOSMax
Yeah one of my coils started to mis-fire around 23k miles and Nissan replaced them all. But one thing I can't stand is my 2 fron windows that keep on sqeeking when I put them up and down. I went to Nissan like 6 times about it. They put some lubrication stuff on them 5 out of the 6 time and once replaced the door sills, but they eventually start sqeeking again....
Yeah one of my coils started to mis-fire around 23k miles and Nissan replaced them all. But one thing I can't stand is my 2 fron windows that keep on sqeeking when I put them up and down. I went to Nissan like 6 times about it. They put some lubrication stuff on them 5 out of the 6 time and once replaced the door sills, but they eventually start sqeeking again....
#15
Re: Re: Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
It was brought out of warranty by the moose
Originally posted by jjs
Question:
Why did you pay anything for the engine and tranny? Sounds like you should still have been in the warranty period, unless I missed something.
Question:
Why did you pay anything for the engine and tranny? Sounds like you should still have been in the warranty period, unless I missed something.
#16
Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
Originally posted by Trev_Daddy
For instance, what common problems can be expected around 50-60K?
For instance, what common problems can be expected around 50-60K?
#17
Re: Re: Re: Re: Pay attention to...
Originally posted by Trev_Daddy
Was it squeaking from the rubber around the windows?
Was it squeaking from the rubber around the windows?
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Re: Re: Common Problems with 5th gens?
Originally posted by SSandMaxima
I have this problem where I'm accelerating up the freeway on ramp and when I merge into traffic and look down at my speedometer, I'm going 90 or 95.
I have this problem where I'm accelerating up the freeway on ramp and when I merge into traffic and look down at my speedometer, I'm going 90 or 95.
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