Thread: 07 Ranger XLT or Navara STX

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

If it's the 3.0l ranger just watch out all the ones I know have blowen the head at some stage.
I have the Nissan for a few years good Ute for the money.

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Ahh, I've known more Navara's to crap themselves than the Ranger/BT50 of that era (as an aside, the BT50 is virtually the same vehicle as the Ranger and usually costs a lot less spec-spec). The Navara's with the 2.5L funky hairdryer setup was a poxy thing then and had all sorts of weirdities going wrong with them. The earlier version was notorious for dropping number 3 cylinder, the 2.5L suffered from turbo, head, cooling system and EGR/emissions nasties. Also, auto trans could be a lottery if used for a lot of towing.

It's the old story, buy the vehicle not the sob story from the seller so get a full check done before you hand over the cash. Could save you thousands in repairs and hassle costs, but having said that if you get one that's cheap enough and honest enough it could still be worth a punt. The problem with these types of vehicles, the cost of the unit goes down as they get older but the cost to repair them gets dearer as labour goes up, parts get harder to get and etc etc etc.

The rangers/bt50's had their share of issues, clutches on the manuals was one area where they didn't do so well but on the whole they gave a reasonable run if well serviced and not abused. The Navara's left a few people marooned on the side of the road that I know of - one was the turbo shitting itself, another cracked a cooling fitting at the engine which cooked the donkey (was repaired under warranty luckily) and another suffered a clod of crap into the intake manifold which caused the dreaded lean out on a rear cylinder and holed out the piston (Four! - the owner was a mad nut golfer). Whatever you decide on get it checked and buy the vehicle, not the story!