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MODELS TO AVOID!
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:06 pm
by Joely_Bland
Hey all!
I’m seriously considering buying myself a Pathfinder, just doing some research. It’s likely to be anything from the 2005-2012 range but I’m just wondering if there are any particular year/model that I should avoid reliability wise?
Also as regards MPG, how do you feel the diesel engine stacks up for long motorway journeys?
Cheers
Joel
Re: MODELS TO AVOID!
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:32 pm
by VStar650CL
Anything '05~'10 can get SMOD if it hasn't been bypassed or fitted with an upgrade radiator. The worst for that are the '05~'07's. Anything '05~'10 can also have the bad Borg-Warner timing chains, so if there's no documentation that they've been replaced, don't buy anything with a "mad bumblebee" whine coming from the front of the motor that gets madder when you rev it.
Re: MODELS TO AVOID!
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:54 am
by palmerwmd
Joely_Bland wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:06 pm
Hey all!
I’m seriously considering buying myself a Pathfinder, just doing some research. It’s likely to be anything from the 2005-2012 range but I’m just wondering if there are any particular year/model that I should avoid reliability wise?
Also as regards MPG, how do you feel the diesel engine stacks up for long motorway journeys?
Cheers
Joel
We dont get the Diesel in the US but long motorway journeys I would expect to be its forte.
The 04-10 model years have a reputation for bad radiators ( that when failing take out the otherwise quite reliable, automatic transmission almost instantly).
But I do not know if this applies to the Diesel models as well.