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re: Nissan recalls nearly 500K vehicles due to engine failures
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:07 pm to SpotCheckBilly
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:07 pm to SpotCheckBilly
From what I understand it’s a matter of when it goes not if it goes. I ended up just saying frick it and got a new car.
This post was edited on 7/3/25 at 1:08 pm
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Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:12 pm to SpotCheckBilly
A coworker had engine troubles with her Hyundia. Something to do with the oil pump I believe.
The dealership kept the car for a number of weeks while fixing it.
She picks it up from the dealership, and drives to work. She comes in the office and asks why her oil light is coming on.
I check the dipstick, and it is bone dry. The service department neglected to refill the engine with oil.
Paint also just randomly flakes off her car. Not like a clear coat failure, but whole sections of paint just randomly flake off the car.
The dealership kept the car for a number of weeks while fixing it.
She picks it up from the dealership, and drives to work. She comes in the office and asks why her oil light is coming on.
I check the dipstick, and it is bone dry. The service department neglected to refill the engine with oil.
Paint also just randomly flakes off her car. Not like a clear coat failure, but whole sections of paint just randomly flake off the car.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:13 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Part of the problem is the vehicles keep getting bigger and bigger also. The size of vehicles are not needed for most people. But people keep buying bigger and bigger. So as vehicles get bigger, fuel efficiency goes down. But as CAFE stricter the fuel economy vs cars getting bigger it’s making a serious issue.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:14 pm to Gator5220
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What is it with manufacturers and engines? First Hyundai, then Toyota, GMC and now Nissan.
First? It's always been Hyundai's.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:31 pm to Nitrogen
Can Nissan (Datsun) afford this ?
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:31 pm to Nitrogen
I could have told them that the VC turbo design was crap. Super risky and very complicated for almost no return in better fuel economy. No way a company like Nissan could make that work with the maintenance philosophy of their typical customer.
This post was edited on 7/3/25 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:45 pm to Nitrogen
Nissan sucks and I hope they go out of business.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:49 pm to JodyPlauche
This might be what finishes Nissan off
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:00 pm to Nitrogen
We are all getting fed a shite sammich based on government over reach. It's impossible now to sell autos with engines that last trouble free long term.
I sold a lexus with half a million miles that drove like a new car with the original trans and engine. I had a 99 Nissan maxima give up the ghost at 420k miles. It's a damn shame cars like that can't be made anymore.
I sold a lexus with half a million miles that drove like a new car with the original trans and engine. I had a 99 Nissan maxima give up the ghost at 420k miles. It's a damn shame cars like that can't be made anymore.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:04 pm to Nitrogen
The 5.6 and the V6 in the Frontier are bullet proof.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:08 pm to Nitrogen
Here’s the automotive industry to Nissan:
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:09 pm to Obtuse1
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They are trying meet the ridiculous CAFE requirements
Really not the case here, it is improperly manufactured bearings. One could make the argument that higher cylinder pressures usually seen in FI engines were the cause, but it is easy to engineer bearings to take the extra pressures.
Yes, it is the case. It is "easy" to engineer bearings to take the pressures ONLY if you don't have cost, weight, package, and even hydrodynamic drag requirements to meet. CAFE forces all four of those targets to be incredibly tight, with no margin whatsoever for error. Then layer on high cylinder pressures, and you get......kaboom.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:10 pm to LSUtiger89
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Part of the problem is the vehicles keep getting bigger and bigger also. The size of vehicles are not needed for most people. But people keep buying bigger and bigger. So as vehicles get bigger, fuel efficiency goes down. But as CAFE stricter the fuel economy vs cars getting bigger it’s making a serious issue.
Not at all accurate. CAFE is a complex formula that factors in vehicle footprint. OEMs with larger vehicles actually get a little bit of a break. This is the only reason you can still buy a full-size truck or SUV.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:14 pm to Nitrogen
Should be the final nail in the coffin for Nissan.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:23 pm to TigerHornII
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and you get......kaboom.
Well, usually more like eeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuyuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwackwackwackwackwackwackwackwackwackwackwackwackwonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnk
Followed by silence
Or wackacwacakakwackwackwakaPOW
followed by silence
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:27 pm to TigerHornII
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Not at all accurate. CAFE is a complex formula that factors in vehicle footprint. OEMs with larger vehicles actually get a little bit of a break. This is the only reason you can still buy a full-size truck or SUV.
Cafe is actually what killed the small trucks. Manufactures had to make compact trucks midsized to avoid the cafe fuel economy standards. Basically a compact pickup is subject to the same economy standards as a small car so they just made them bigger.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:29 pm to Nitrogen
Toyota and Honda will continue to eat.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:32 pm to TigerHornII
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Yes, it is the case. It is "easy" to engineer bearings to take the pressures ONLY if you don't have cost, weight, package, and even hydrodynamic drag requirements to meet. CAFE forces all four of those targets to be incredibly tight, with no margin whatsoever for error. Then layer on high cylinder pressures, and you get......kaboom.
All that is irrelevant unless you have information that contradicts Nissan's assertion that it was a manufacturing issue.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:38 pm to Nitrogen
Big Altima Energy is back baby
Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:50 pm to Nitrogen
Govt regulations bruh. I’m gonn drive my 2007 tundra till the wheels fall off 220k and still great
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