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Who makes the decisions? If you, then get something else as it doesn't sound like you are too happy with it. However, at 100k, to not have the usual maintenance issues pop up would be odd. I'm over 100k with mine & literally had the plugs done today. I also need to replace one of the cats. But, aside from routine parts replacements, no problems at all.Lebesd wrote:I have a 2008 Pathfinder with 96,000 miles on it & trying to decide if I should keep it, and if I do, what next to expect will go wrong with it. So far, I have replaced the radiator (before it was able to leak into the tranny cooler), rear coil springs, wheel bearings, and had to repair the Bose system a few times. The SUV is terrible (I mean terrible even with new tires) in the winter. My wife likes the look and versatility of it, but I am not sold on its reliability.
5k more and I will be doing the spark plugs if I keep it. Any thoughts from those with over 100k on these cars? Worth keeping or dump now?
Dan
I had the flashing airbag light as well and fixed it for free! It took me like 20 attempts but eventually worked. I recommend removing the negative battery cable first and letting it reset. Then reconnect and proceed with these steps:DanJetta wrote:I have 175K miles on my truck now and it actually hasn't been terrible in terms of reliability. As one would expect, I've replaced a few suspension components, bushings, and have had a few portions of the muffler replaced. I've replaced the exhaust manifolds twice but that's a V8 thing. I also have a flashing airbag light that, I'm guessing, will cost about $1K to fix if I wanted to fix it.
Around 150K miles I did notice little signs of age. For example, the heated seats only work on the hottest setting and the heated steering wheel doesn't work at all. The power window motors struggle a bit when it's cold and the front power seat motor takes a second to get up to speed.
I'm hard on my truck and, though it handles rough roads like a lowered Honda Civic, it's held up extremely well.