Overheating 2010 GU Patrol

[happygu]

Sorry to hear about the camping thing.....I know what it is like when you have all your gear setup you want to use it.....

Mic

[megatexture]

id be hitting them up for a full rebuild as all this overheating will be cooking/warping and just genraly F#%in up your motor and its reliability because of it is out the window

[Goat]

Nothing from either the dealer or Nissan Australia to 12 noon today so rang both. Service manager at dealership not answering phone. Contact person at Nissan Australia not contactable but will "ring you back". Have now contacted MTA and Fair Trading. Waiting for a call from both.

Can only assume that the "mechanics" have found nothing (again), or they have found something dramatic that they had poopaahed before. This saga is becoming long enough to rival "Peyton Place" and "Blue Hills".

[Goat]

We've given up. The missus rang Melbourne as there had been no contact from Nissan's so-called customer service, and got onto the woman named "Kath" who I assume is the Customer Service Manager. She apparently said that the techs could see evidence of coolant burn on the glow-plugs (from the picture sent by the dealer), and that they wanted a weighbridge ticket showing the weight of the front and rear axles on the Patrol. They also wanted the service manager to travel with me towing the load and videoing the dashboard gauges. The missus hurled the phone at the wall at this point and burst into tears. I spoke to the woman on the other end who was quite "nice" but unbending. She mentioned that, although the Patrol had a rated towing capacity of 3.2 tons, there was something about a "drawbar download" or similar expression of 100kgs??? No-one I have spoken to since knows anything about this.
We have lodged complaints with Fair Trading and the MTA, and when they come back to us, I shall tell them what happened and why we have taken this path.
I have had it up to here. Even when the axle weights come back fine (as we know they will), we can see that they will find something else to prevent them from owning the problem. So, the dealer is bringing the vehicle back this afternoon, I will remove the canopy and other "extras" I have installed (HIDs, push and pull, etc) and get rid of it.
Just want to thank you all for your support, but we are too old to be trying to cope with this much hassle. I can see why there is so much trouble in getting Nissan to honour their warranty obligations. After owning 5 Nissans over the past 50+ years, this is the last one I will ever purchase.

[Maxhead]

Mate, bloody don't give up! Hopefully you'll get some help from fair trading.

Don't let Nissan screw you on the tow ball download weight. It is 200kg but maximum of 350kg(if gvm is reduced)
See this pic. It's from my barn door on the car
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..........on the move

[threedogs]

X2 with nisshead ,hang in there mate Patrols have one of the better tow ball ratings going around, Chin up to you and the GLW

You have rights as pointed out, follow it up

[Goat]

The dealer has bought the vehicle back and we've had time to calm down. The missus is no longer referring to the woman at Nissan Australia in terms of four letter words. Have decided to keep the Patrol and, if the motor blows up (or should that be "when" the motor blows up), I will put a V8 diesel in it. After lots of talk last night, we decided that the Patrol was too good to be rid of (great tray and storage, the canopy fits well, etc). In the meantime, I've taken the canopy off, put the driving lights back on and am waiting with baited breath for the letter the now only slightly-ruffled missus is putting together to go to Nissan Australia and Fair Trading, as well as anyone else she can think of who may be remotely interested. A friend has a radiator repair business, and I may get him to rod the radiator in the meantime.

I would be interested if anyone else has put a V8 into a 2010 GU Patrol, where they sourced the motor etc. Have been looking at Marks 4x4 Conversions, and the prospect looks promising.

[MC97GQ]

Mr Goat,

I cannot believe this thread, mate it would do my head in.

The downforce weight on a towball is to do with braking and steering of the tow vehicle and absolutely nothing to do with over heating. Mate I know it's frustrating but keep on fighting, DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.

Anyway mate good luck with it, and judging by the cold front coming through here you might be glad you're not going camping this week end

[threedogs]

Yo Goat Brunswick Diesel in Perth WA do complete conversions, pricey but looks factory.
No harm in getting some prices together, we'll meet up on the track one day hopefully.
Duramax are an other option as is the tojo 6 td. thread is in archives I think.
Remember you are not alone, PM anyone, any time.

[MudRunnerTD]

Go to Nissan Australia's FaceBook page and start posting on the hour every hour your plight and see how much notice they take of you then.