Thread: Info wanted - 2009 Navara ST-X 4x4 Auto

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah one of my mechanic mates is saying dont go near it. Other people have said they are ok....

I drove a few between 2006-09 while working in Africa,did probably just over 20000 k's in them ,personally l would avoid unless you had full service history showing faulty Nissan parts were replaced with better quality ones . These were at first extremely popular as company / fleet vehicles in Africa due to heavily discounted prices as they tried to buy market share, in the end the way Nissan handled the various problems lead to them damaging their dealer networks reputation.

With the autos they had a bad problem of a 20 cents circlip in the reverse gears shattering, feed crap through the unit,the timing chains would start to rattle as early as 50000 Klm's ,they had issues with bad injectors,the radiator had a stupid low mounting exposing it badly in rocky creek crossings etc & later on units with tow bars had trouble with the chassis fracturing,light weight drive shafts easily bent in rocky terrain/crossings.

In Africa Utes are nicknamed "Bakkies" these were soon dubbed "Go Bakkies" from regular trips back to the dealers for warranty claims/repairs.The main problem l think was there the dealers kept replacing the poor quality parts with the same shit , l should point out Nissan Africa supplied these utes from the Spanish factory due to a trade deal , so whether the Thailand builds had the same problems you would have to do a bit of research.

I drove 3 of these over the years & all manuals ,one had the chain problem,l knew personally 2 other owners who had the same problem,1 again after having the chain replaced under warranty at 53000 klm . I never had a breakdown leaving us stranded, but 2 different utes leaked like a sieve in heavy rain & had trouble with keeping dust out while driving long distance on dirt.

For me it would be a definite no ,but if you got written confirmation of parts being properly replaced & full service history for a steal then it may be worth the risk for you.