Bad oil leak from gearbox.
Clutch went at 55,000 miles.
2nd gear synchromesh weak.
Persistent drive shaft/coupling faults.
Clonking from suspension.
Fuel guage is very erratic/unreliable.
Key programming failure-would not start.
Radio/cassette locked in secure mode.
Wheel trims have reacted to brake dust.
The car feels well built. and has excellent handling.
The performance 1.6 engine is not very inspiring.
The biggest disappointment has been reliability. The agent blames speed humps and uneven road where we live for abnormal wear on the drive shafts and suspension, yet we have no problems with our other cars.
The various electrical faults are even more frustrating as they simply should not arise on a car of this age and mileage, but are expensive to correct.
The dealer indicated that the radio unit locking up in SECURE mode is quite common. This is frankly, unacceptable.
I have a 99 primera with which I'm pleased, broadly. But it eats clutches! Anyone else had this problem? I bought it in yr 2000 with 20K miles on, now it's up to 80K. And it's had 3 clutches. I think its the manually adjustable clutch that's a problem, most cars are self adjusting now. Maybe I just need to check the adjustment more frequently.
If anyone else knows anything about this issue, perhaps they'd let me know: jonbailey@waitrose.com.
If you are burning out your Clutch each 20k Miles I should examine your Driving Style somewhat.
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