MrOlaf

swear to god, if the damn pad falls off again i'm breaking out my pop riveter

has happened to me about 4-5 times on my 2013 nv passenger got it to work in about 30 secs to a min. this happend to me once in my 2007 sante fe and i was there for like 15 min.. googling and eveything trying to figure it out.

On cold mornings I will start the vehicle and I can smell the exhaust being extra stinky, this only happens when it's cold and another member Mc2guy on here mentioned that it will burn a lot of fuel trying to heat up the catalyst.

I'm going to have to check out that website, looks cool.

I tried the link and it works even when I sign out of google. her is a gif

The back end of the promaster looks like something is missing, the rear bumper is so small. Sometimes in my chevy express i would backup and bump a telephone pole and just laugh cause I know the bumper is steel and already had some dents in it from a previous owner. The bumper would only be marred and not have a dent.

I'm keeping tabs of my gas mileage to see if you it compares well to others. It's a NV Passenger SL V8 87 fuel type https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11IqPY-gQqjOPFdKY09sYD-xCRP1Nj08i4kgzXIKS2K0/edit?usp=sharing btw I tried copying and pasting a table from google docs and it pasted well but when you post it the table goes away and it's just text. Maybe someone can look into that?

is this the commercial in question? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUyhKJNejHA To be honest I think my NV would be stuck lower on the slope lol. Also I'd like to point out that I had to make the video full size because I couldn't tell the difference between the vehicles. The front ends are nearly identical.

Thanks for the mention about the paint radin2son :-)

I got an estimate and it was for $769 to fix the roof paint from a local body shop. I asked his opinion and he said he couldn't say for certain but something could have got onto it or if they waited to long between priming and painting (i think that's what he said, I may be wrong on the actual term) NV Envy Nothing has been touched up, all the marks that are circled are the tiny bubbles that I've noticed The stuff that isn't circled to the left are normal parts of the roof where welds are at Here is the estimate I got. I looked over the estimate and I don't see any information on there that would be bad to give out to the public. If you think otherwise let me know. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B52XZ9CfSbEsU2lvTVpOdnN0azRFeEFkVW1oeUdSVnU5WUFN/view?usp=sharing

When I first bought my NV I thought the sensors were defective because they would go off during heavy rain or snow. I thought this way because my wife's 2012 Cadillac SRX also has sensors but they operate in a different way. Instead of always being on, the front and rear sensors only engage when the speed is low and either the button has been pressed or the vehicle is put into reverse at low speed. In other words if you don't press any buttons and crawl forward into a wall no sensors will go off. But it you press the button first OR if you have the vehicle in reverse OR go into drive after being in reverse and stay at a crawl speed the sensors will go off.

The spot where the paint had actually curled up and flaked off is exactly over a spot weld.

I'm giving everyone an update on my van roof, my local dealership got me in contact with their rep that basically stated that it's not under warranty because it's not a defect. The rep said something probably dripped onto it. This really upsets me, I have new van that I paid $35k+ for and it's less than a year old and the paint is bubbling up on the roof. The last thing I want to worry about is getting my vehicle repainted that has less than 365 days on the road. It's really frustrating to be left out in the cold like this. I'm in the market to replace my 2001 Chevy Express 3500 and if this is how Nissan treats their customers I'm not sure I'll be looking for another Nissan van. I don't know what happened to the paint, bird dropping leaves marks but I've never seen it do this. My personal theory is slag or lubricant from the spot welding process got onto the metal and wasn't cleaned off before it was sent to paint. Regardless, I run a business myself and if my customer has an issue with a product I sold them that is less than a year old I take care of it. Even if the issue isn't technically under warranty from the manufacturer I'll eat the cost myself because I know that will make the customer happy and when a customer knows you are willing to go above and beyond to resolve and issue they will stick with you, which in turn ends up being more profitable in the long run. Sorry if I seem to be ranting but I just needed to let some people know of how I feel about my experiences with Nissan's service so far.

Practical and purposeful!