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As a personal opinion I dislike TPS systems immensely, I find the trouble outweighs the benefits. Up here where we can get to -40c it's just a big hassle when the weather swings. Our service bay spends the first week of cold winter topping up everyone's tires. - NV TPS part is about $100 retail just for the part (remember I'm up here in Canada and you guys in the US tend to get parts much cheaper, never mind labour...which in my town is $145 an hour) - If I redo tires for someone or someone purchases winter tires/rims we use an aftermarket one and it retails for about $70. No clue on the brand name, tire shop handles for me. I was told by one customer that somewhere is the ability to turn off the TPS in the computer on the vehicle but my techs have never been able to find it and Nissan says you flat out can't turn the system off.

Wish I was bright enough to remember to grab some pics. Sorry. Next one I sell and put dvd in I'll be sure to grab some for you.

Your local Nissan dealer might have someone who can do that sort of stuff. About 2 weeks ago I did one 10 inch dvd player mounted in the roof just behind and between the driver and passenger, and 2x8 inch ones mounted on the sliding door side of the headliner in the back. (angled a bit at the rear seats). The back 8 inch screens can play their own dvd's or slave to the one up front. 6 wireless headsets and the ability to run it through FM radio too.The angled screens struck me as odd at first but the installers didn't want to tinker/puncture the HVAC in the roof and it'll work out fine in the end. Customer was happy. Local electronics shops, pretty much anywhere that will install a remote start/stereo system would be a likely place to look. I'm sure there's a wide range of skill levels and results out there though.

http://www.nissancommercialvehicles.com/fleet/nissan/ordering-upfitting Under the body builders guide heading.

Looks absolutely fantastic.

rad - it certainly looks like the US is putting a push on, nissantoughlove.com, boosting the warranty etc. I'm told at launch the goal was for 15% marketshare, have quite aways to go. Incidentally, I was at that test track shown in the tough love videos in May, it's a completely amazing facility, got to do a ride and drive event (nv, nv200, promaster, chev, sprinter, transit connect) over all the various tracks they have. All the tests they show are completely real. The heat chamber one he downplayed a bit but they rain salt water on the vehicle for several hours, drive the vehicle on the high speed oval for a few hundred miles then back in the 140 degree room. What he didn't say was at the end they take the vehicle apart by hand to see how everything has fared, too see how corrosion affected it. They had an example of something changing on an infiniti SUV because of their testing.

I worked the local auto show in the commercial vehicle section....I had the passenger van at an angle and people couldn't see the brand easily (back doors all the way open front facing away from direction of traffic). People would look at the van, check the inside out and then walk around to the front see the badge and go "Oh, it's a Nissan." or "A Nissan, I had no idea they made these." As a fleet/commercial vehicle sales person since day 1 it's frustrating that we still aren't known for our commercial vehicles. Prior passenger van customers tell me they have people waiting to talk to them about the van in parking lots when they come out of walmart/costco etc.

4.0L has a different one that the 5.6L. The 5.6L has a different one before a certain production date (I think July 2012) and a different one afterwards. However for present production the 3500 cargo does have the same as the 3500 v8 passenger.

We often sell the kkplus floor with our cargo vans from these guys: http://fleet.legendrubber.ca/products/coated-plywood-flooring/kk-plus

I just bought a 3500 SV passenger, V6 engine 2012 version for our pre-owned lot. Been used by a framing crew, god knows how they drove it (it's in below average shape) Flipping to the fuel economy measure shows 14.6L/100km or 16.11mpg. No idea when it was last reset, showing 37,000km on it.

Just eyeball them, see if one seems to be pushed in further than the others. Inspect the rubber around the sensor for it being broken too. All that said, every now and then there's a defective sensor. I haven't had it with an NV yet but other vehicles I've sold in the past have. Any other than that....I have no idea and you'll have to get service to dig into it.

Dirty sensors is the most common problem, yes, you'd think it'd be constant but not always so. Winter plug in cord hanging down also causes it. I had one end user who also had a broken sensor which was slightly pushed in (someone must have pushed hard on it) which was causing the problem.

Ah yes, that was april fools, about 10 comments down truck trend said "Believable, which is why we went with it, but as far as we know...April Fools. :-)" That article got me too. I talked with a fleet guy at a GM dealership last auto show, the thinking is that GM is going to hang back for a bit and watch and see what happens to Ford with the re-design before deciding to either re-design theirs as body on frame or bring over a unibody Euro van.

"that Chevy vans will be NV 1500, 2500 and 3500s as of the 2017 model" <--- where'd you hear that? I was worried about that once the NV200 was launched but was told that our Canton plant wouldn't be able to meet the volume demands that GM would bring.

Nissan doesn't release info (to dealers, to the public) on changes until very close to the start of production of 2015 models (December/January).

Not clear that the diesel is coming in the NV at all never mind which one. All that we were told at the dealership level was "it's being considered." One would think that for towing you'd want the bigger diesel.

Only read about it online, nothing from Nissan. Some site reported that it's only going to be on all 2014 models, not extended back to prior years. Being a Canadian dealer nothing has been reported/changed up here....yet. Nissan has a NV at the test facility that ran almost 900,000km with very few problems. I heard a while back that the NV has the second least amount of warranty claims per vehicle. Don't know if that's true or not.

I think it's a CVT transmission thing over here. If you have no CVT might be different.

I have seen it several times now, at least 5 vans. Our parts driver did it about 3 months after getting our first vans.

We were expressly told during sales training (north america) that the NV can't tow. Period. End of story, don't even try. that said have used these guys on the big NV, not sure if it's possible for NV200. http://supersprings.com/supersprings_overview_general.asp

1. I have sold 3 units that are being used as wheel chair/transport units. All have been high roof vans. The high roof seems to be optimal for both caregivers and wheel chair occupants. 2. I haven't heard of anyone lowering a van. The local disability upfitters offer power lift ramps designed for wheel chairs. They had one that folds up to a roughly 1.5 foot by 1.5 foot square when not in use. It was fairly impressive. 3. There is a high roof all around window package on my order guide for SV trim levels (though I am a Canadian dealer). I have not actually seen it in person nor is it something that I would order for inventory. There is aftermarket glass available for the back of an NV. I've done glass for the back doors and it looked equiv. to factory glass. 4. The body builders guide is the definitive source for this sort of thing. See it here: http://www.nissancommercialvehicles.com/fleet/nissan/ordering-upfitting 5. Rear Air-Con can be added by a local upfitter. Your local NV dealer (hopefully) will have someone to direct you too. I'd also suggest spray foam insulation in the back of the van to help with noise and with temperature. 6. SV with tech package comes with a built in backup camera. Accessory or aftermarket ones are widely available. The last wheelchair van I saw had a solid floor, spray foam, finished interior with rear windows, complete with tie downs for the wheelchair. The person in the wheel chair could ride up front where they took the passenger seat out and built up the floor to be completely flat. Basically, anything you can dream up can be done to a van. Just takes money.

Click on photo gallery, Sdiesel has a shot of a passenger with a roof rack there. Like to find out where he got it from too.

My 2014's have finally started to ship.

Try this instead of airbags. Helps out considerably. http://www.supersprings.com/supersprings_overview_general.asp

What's the Fleet rebate on the 2013 NV in the US at the moment.