Car guys: best, most dependable engine Nissan has made this century?

I have an old xterra that is extremely unreliable. But that is probably bc we put an aftermarket supercharger in it.

XTerra? More like XTerrible. Knew one person that owned one and it was trash. Frontiers are pretty reliable. Judging by the Altimas I’ve seen driving around, they could survive a nuclear bomb.

Nissan is a prime example of what happens to vehicles when technology goes too far.

There used to be 20+ year old Nissans all over the place and last forever. Then they decided to add all the fancy shite and kinda became crap

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The answer in to the question in your subject line is simple: VQ35DE, and it isn't close.

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This.

The VQ is by far the most reliable engine they have made.

I remember the old 240z engines were popular for a long time.

The Nissan 4.0 is in the running for most reliable engines ever.

The early 2nd gen xterras and frontiers had a strawberry milkshake of death problem due to faulty radiators. By this point, any defective ones are dead.

I ran a 14 to 360k miles before trading it. It had ZERO ISSUES. I did change the valve cover gaskets and all hoses at 200k...and an alternator after it ate a bunch of silt in 3ft of water.

The frontier used the same engine trans and drive line until ...19 I believe.

Mpg is bad. It's a half ton drive line under a mid size SUV.

But... Mobil1 0w40 and it'll basically run forever. It doesn't care about running it hard.

Nissan truck platforms were never the issue. Their cars and jatco CVTs were the problem.

I drive a Nissan 5.6 currently. Tuned. B pipes. Banks 3in exhaust (replaced banks muffler with something very quiet), dirt king mid travel, Bilstein bypass shocks. It gets aired out...daily. 220k miles and counting.

I have a 2005 Infiniti fx35.. Whatever engine that is in there is a workhorse.. It has just about 80,000 miles.. I just got it back from the mechanic because a spark plug and coil went out.. About $340 to replace.. A lot of crap had to be taken off to get to the plugs so about $200 in labor.. A known issue is leaky valve covers and that would be around $1900 to fix. Mechanic said it's not gushing oil so just keep an eye on the oil..

I am thinking about getting rid of it but there are other things that need attention and not sure anyone would want to buy it... AC has a leak.. passenger window won't roll down.. steering wheel controls are not working.. otherwise a solid car... Paint fading.. Of course the dash has cracks..

I had a 2005 Maxima and the engine was great.

Transmission rant that expensive K Fluid tho.

Nissan cannot piece together a good car. Why would they want to tho?

$200 in labor is cheap. It cost that to get a mechanic to open the hood.

90s hard body trucks with the 4cyl and 5 speed stick shift are as reliable as reliable gets