Loose alloy wheels on Nissan Patrol

[jeffan]

I recently lost a left hand back wheel and contacted Nissan for a warranty claim. They refused to acknowledge there is a problem with these wheels, even though there was a recall to fit plastic indicators to show that wheel nuts may be coming loose. I have photographic evidence of another 2008 patrol with the same problem. I would like anybody who has had the same problem to contact me, as I have not finished with Nissan Australia at this stage. Jeff

[NissanGQ4.2]

Welcome 2 the forum Jeff,

Sorry 2 hear your drama's with Nissan, good luck with it.

Hope you keep the Patrol and stick around on the forum, great bunch of members that are always willing 2 help out where they can.

You might want to re-post your problem in a new thread under general chat as some members may not see it in the intro section.

Cheers

Todd

[Tweakedoffroad]

Weelcome aboard mate good luck with hope it all gets sorted keep us posted

[Clunk]

Gday Jeff and welcome aboard mate....... I hope Nissan come to the party for ya considering it is a known problem.

[Maxhead]

G'Day and welcome to the forum mate

[Woof]

Just moved this thread to the correct section Jeff, slip over to the introduction section and post up a intro, always good to do that first before asking any questions, it gets everyone on side from the beginning mate

[BillsGU]

Good luck Jeff. It will be interesting to see how it ends. They must know there is a problem - why else hand out some stupid plastic indicators. And then what? Pull over every 10 km to check your wheels? If I bought a set of CSA wheels and they continued to come loose I'm sure that CSA would replace them.

[Bulbous]

1. There IS a recall on the Alloy wheels because they can work loose and fall off
2. There IS not a problem with the wheels so warranty denied

Maybe it's just me but I see a major contradiction with those 2 items. If there's no issue then why the recall. If there is a recall then the warranty should cover.

Personally, I would be going back to Nissan and stating that I see the recall as an admission that there is an issue with the alloy wheels and that therefore the warranty should cover the damage caused by the wheel falling off.
Don't get angry with them just be firm and stress that there appears to be a LEGAL contradiction where they admit and deny a problem at the same time. Stress the LEGAL part and make it clear that if they don't cover then you will investigate the Full LEGAL position and publish the result.

What have you got to lose?

[Rumcajs]

Whilst I sympathize with OP, aaaaand Nissan has also some explaining to do the main issue here is incorrect wheel fitment made worse by a silly design.
These wheels ought to be centered correctly and must be torque tensioned correctly otherwise they're coming off especially LHS.
Cheers

[geoffayres]

Steel wheels are good.......