1992 Lada Niva from Venezuela - Comments

Today is the 13 of march and I have my lada jeep for a week now everything is great about it you really have to get behind the wheel to expeirence aeuro jeep. the only thing wrong so far is the gas gauge lite keeps blinking on and off but a friend of mine who has had 4 nivas says they all do that otherwise it is atrue jeep. I am very pleased with it and they have a lada service area in and near my purchasa of the jeep oh yea this weekend I will do some 4 wheeling in the country I will tell you about it at a later date take care for now and god bless all the readers of the lada news.

Well hello again. I think I should tell you that I bought a Lada Campero jeep 2007 and it is a load of fun. It is a true 4x4; some people don't understand the driving ability.

First of all it is not a race car; what I am saying is if you are looking for speed, a Lada is not for you. It is a sport vehicle and a great off road jeep. Don't get me wrong, you can cruise on a highway, but don't try to keep up with other jeeps. The Lada jeep can surely out do some of the others on rough terrain.

I just took my jeep in for service; the 10000 mile check up. I will not let anyone touch my jeep but a Lada tech. That way I am sure of long driving without a problem.

If anyone wants to know about a Lada, please feel free to ask me a question on this web. By the way, my name is Don.

Pleased to hear that you are happy with your Lada. Have not heard of a Lada Campero though. Is it a Niva under another name? What country are you in? All the 4X4 Ladas are called 'Nivas" as far as I know. Some countries have local names such as Lada Niva "Cossack" or "Hussar" - such as in the U.K.

Hello again, my name is Don. Someone out there asked about my Lada Jeep. The name of it is a Campero; it does not have Niva on it at all. By the way, you have asked me what country I am in; I live in South America (Ecuador), and this is where I purchased my Campero. It is a 2007 and it also has power steering, which makes a big difference when driving. So far so good like I said in an earlier e-mail.

It is not a speed jeep; some people get the wrong idea, but me and my family are very pleased with it. As they say, it could be called the son of the Range Rover.

Take care and God bless.

Hello again lada jeep fans this is don I just want to tell you that I been thinking about undercoating my lada jeep with a anti corrossion tar I stoped in at a service area and they said that it could be done so I am gonna take it in for the undercoating which will protect the underside of the jeep and give me years of worry free rot because lets face it all cars and trucks get the corrossion sooner or later to do the job it will cost me 30.00 dollars that's not so bad but I have to convince my wife ha ha ha plus with the undercoat it will deaden the sound a bit please let me hear from you and give me your opinion take care for now and god bless.

Hello again this is don from ecuador south america I just thought I would tell you that my lada jeep is doing fine we are very happy with it and my family and I are going to drive it to banos this weekend last week I gave it a wax job and it looks great I drive the kids to school with the lada monday to friday and it seems that the engine is breaking in fine oh yea there are a few noises in the cab but I know it is a jeep the other day a freind of mine asked how the lada performs I told him I love it he is going to look at them today our trip to banos will be a four hour drive that will be a test for the jeep of course I will not try to speed with it as I said in an earlier e'mail if you are looking for speed a lada is not for you one thing I know for sure is the lada jeep is a wonderful 4 x 4 for the money and here comes the best part I do not have car payments when I return I will let you know how the trip went with our lada jeep have a great weekend and god bless all the lada drivers.

Hello lada fans this is don again as I said earlier that me and my family will be going to banos for the weekend and I just want to tell you the jeep had no problem of course it was raining a lot but we made it to banos fine when we got close by we were stopped by police saying the road was impossible to go by now here comes the good part there were lots of cars stuck inthe mud on our way up the hill but the lada jeep had no problem making it by in fact everyone was looking at us passing them by another good reason to own a ladajeep well we made it to banos after all and we had a great time soon we will take the jeep in for its 15000 mile check up for now take care and god bless the lada drivers.

June 2 2008 hello lada drivers I would like to tell you that my new lada jeep is running fine I do not owe any money on it of course if you have a low self esteem you probly driving a bmw or a vitara but as for me we are happy with our lada campero and yes I would purchas another one in the future their price is right and lets face it who needs heavy car payments thank you for your time.

Hello again lada jeep fans this is don again today is the 23 of august and me and my family just love the lada jeep I use it to go to my brother in law farm and the roads there are pretty rough I mean no car is gonna make it there. you better be sure I take my lada jeep there we never fail to arrive and everyone wonders if they should purchase a lada what else can I say if you got to get there do yourself a favor and get there in a lada jeep. take care for now and god bless your freind don.

Lot of negative feedback on the Lada Niva in previous comments, and to be honest by the way they sound and what hey say, I don't think people know what they are talking about in regards to Ladas.

I have owned 2 Nivas within the space of about three years, it was my first car! A 96 model that smelled of fuel. It was in terrible condition and I mean terrible. I believe all this came from a lack of maintenance and general care you would give to any car.

I think people are so taken up by the fact that Nivas are a very tough car, they think they can skimp on essential maintenance both mechanically wise and body wise.

It took me hours or hard work to get my first Niva looking respectable, and it was well worth it in the end, apart from the rust, which I did not know how to get rid of properly back then.

In the end it got the better of me and so many things went wrong with it (The list really is too long for me to say here) so I bought myself a new car after that. But even so, it was an awesome little car and I was saddened in a way when I got rid of it.

Then a few years passed and I caught the bug again, and ended up getting another one, a 94 model, which was a little banged up, but I fixed it pretty well and now it is one of the nicest looking Nivas on the road here in Western Australia, not the best but close to it!

A multitude of things went wrong with it; timing chain damper broke and ended up logged in between the oil pump gear, thus loose timing chain damaged the head a little, (this I believe was due to lack of intermittent timing chain tensioning), distributor was gone (spark advance ie no power), rear main end oil leak, new clutch, it caught fire! Because of the precious owners doing and my addition of fish oil as corrosion prevention, still a oil leak on the bottom of the bell housing, which I think is gear box seal, so I am now replacing that.

They are getting quite rare here now and good specimens are getting very hard to come by. The only immaculate and as new Niva I saw was on a holiday down south. I saw a red Niva toro EFI and it was like it rolled off of the factory line an hour ago! Awesome, I went for a closer inspection and this thing had it all, even air conditioning! A credit to the owner! Look after it whoever you are for goodness sake!

Easy to work on if you have basic tool kit and are practically minded. I only wish I had the opportunity to have purchased one from brand new, and to have owned it and looked after it from then till now, to prove that with a little love they will perform reliably and give you all the satisfaction you could ever want in a 4x4 off road vehicle.

And does anyone know what the original Niva tool kit contained? That 21 piece kit that came original with the car? I am very eager to get myself or make one up if I knew what it contained.

And like a quote I remember seeing on the Internet somewhere, Built For Siberia Not Suburbia. Long live Niva!