On 6/8/17 5:37 PM, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:29:37 UTC-3, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/8/2017 2:08 PM, Tim wrote:
Richard, it's a sorry shame that the corp doesn't allow lol cal decisions to be made. And who was the pr man that Meade up the air conditioner story? Baghdad Bob??



I was just at the dealership again. The guy with the AC cooling the
engine story isn't a tech/mechanic. Nice guy and all but I told him
that some of this is getting comical.

He also told me that the Nissan Service Tech and the dealership service
tech seem to now think that the engine overheated at some point.
There's no codes in the ECU that indicate that but they suspect it for
some other reason.

If so, it happened sometime between coming off the assembly line and
being shipped to the dealership. It had 3 miles on it when I took
delivery and for the two days I got to drive it it did not overheat.
On Monday I was watching the temp gauge closely to make sure the engine
was at normal temp because I noticed the no heat situation.

It's possible that when the car was built they forgot to put coolant in
it. Drove it out of the assembly area to a staging area and it may have
overheated then.

It would explain the suspected bad water pump (running dry) and a air
lock in the heater core. Maybe they realized it, filled with coolant,
reset the ECU code and shipped it.

If so, I told the service advisor that I don't want the car. Too many
problems can result from overheating ... especially with aluminum heads,
etc.

I have been told I'll get a call from Nissan Customer Service within 24
hours to resolve the problem. I am going to tell him/her I don't want
that car and will accept a replacement of equal or better value.

Smart move...let them unload that vehicle somewhere else.
Did I mention that the Highlanders have a very good reliability rating?
My salesman called today. Claims he has a sale for my 2013 model Highlander if I purchase a new one. Told him I was happy with mine although there are a couple of minor irritants which don't really bother a low mileager like myself.
The Base Plus model I have has the small backup screen that is hard to see with sunglasses on, the vehicle is a little wishy washy travelling slightly over limit on a very curvy narrow 2 lane highway, and visibility could be better.
otherwise...enjoyable to drive. Oh yeah..hard for two people to eat in the car. The dash has no flat spots to lay the fast food grub on. At least three of these items have been improved in the 3rd generation model (2014-2017)
On the other hand there are just over 39k kilometers on the clock and I see a few scratches in the soft clear coat paint...mmmm.


I agree. 20000 miles is a lot ror that kind of car. It's starting
to show it's age . Better dump it. There are small rvs with
eating facilities. You might want to look at them.



You really don't know **** from Shinola. With reasonable care, a Toyota
engine is good for 200,000 miles or more, including the smaller engines.
The Toyota I gave to my brother in law had about 225,000 miles on it,
and has nearly 300,000 now, and is still running well. What sort of
U.S.-branded P.O.S. are you driving?