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Wow, crazy what the prices are. Put mine on FB marketplace Sunday morning for $10k more than I paid for it and had offers within 30 seconds. Sold it today for full asking price. This one was my 4th, and probably last, NV. Great van. Never 1 complaint with any of them.

I am on my fourth NV. Started with a 2015, then got a 2016, then a 2018 and now a 2020 SL Passenger. We got it in March of 2020 and, with the pandemic and resultant lock-down, we hardly drive it. Even with things opening up, we still seem to barely drive it. It has 14,500 miles on it and, seeing the prices of used NVs on kbb.com and cars.com I am wondering if I should look at selling it. I have seen 2018's with 25k miles listed for $55,000. I have seen brand new, 2021's listed for well over $60,000. Of course, what it lists for and what it sells for are two different things. None of the Nissan dealers in a 50-mile radius of me have any NV passenger vans on their lot so maybe mine would be somewhat sought after. Anyone know what late-model, low mileage NV passenger van's are actually selling for?

On my third NV (2013, 2015 and 2018 two weeks ago). I live in North Central Ohio and have never felt the need for snow tires. We get lots of snow and the van seems to handle just fine to me. You are going to love the NV!!

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It if is the OEM wire harness there is a very large (maybe 50 pin) connector on the passenger side, under the van, probably mid-way back. You connect right to that and then tie-wrap the harness all the way to the back. This is the OEM wire harness: https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Nissan-Accessories-999T8-KR020-Trailer/dp/B00B9ZKDMA I think these are the instructions: http://www.nissan-techinfo.com/asistgc_1/diskdocs/1/S/W/1SW1.PDF Hope that helps.

I think the NV will be tight with 10 kids including car seats. We have 8 kids (ages 17-7 mo). In row 1 we have a front facing booster for our 6 yr old and the rear facing for the 7 mo old. Also, in the front row sits one of the boys (9 or 11 yr old). I don't think you'd want a much bigger kid sitting there - not much room with the two seats. In row 2 we have a front facing for our 3 yr old and our 15 yr old daughter sits there. Again, not sure you could fit another bigger person in between. Even though there are three seats, having the car seat in one and a 15 yr old in the other really doesn't leave much room. In the last row (the 4 seat row), we have a front facing for our 5 yr old, our 17 yr old sits back there and finally one of the other boys (either the 9 or 11 yr old; which ever one is not in row 1). Technically, that leaves 1 free seat in the last row, but again, with a 17 year old back there it is tight. Not bad for a 1/2 day trip but if it was full time seating like that it would be too tight. If there were no car seats you could probably fit the prescribed amount of passengers (i.e. 3-3-4) in the seats assuming they were all kids, teenagers or thin adults. You could not fit 10 average-sized American adults in the back seats of the van and most car sets take up as much room as an adult so they eat up a lot of space. As far as towing, you won't have any problem with that. We had a 2009 Chevy Express 3500 with the 6.0 V8 and the Nissan will pull circles around the Chevy. We tow a 32 bunk house camper that weighs more than 7000 lbs and you can't even feel it back there. Storage, there is a lot of room behind the last row. Enough for 2-weeks worth of groceries or suite cases for the family for a weekend trip so that shouldn't be a problem. We LOVE our NV (our current 2015 is our second one) but I am afraid it might be a little tight for you.

I replaced my grill a few years back in my 2013 after my wife hit a chicken (yes a chicken while going 55 mph). It was time consuming to do (maybe 60 minutes) but nothing broke so it can be done at home relatively easily.

No update yet. I will probably spend some time tomorrow doing some final checking to make sure I am not missing anything. If not, I will make an appointment for next week.

Thanks. I looked at the under hood fuse box and all relays were there. I only intend to spend just enough time to verify the van is the problem and then to the dealer it goes. We already canceled our camping trip this weekend so I am not going to spend a lot of time on it - that's what a warranty is for. I will let you know what I find.

I have a brand new 2015 NVP SL with factory tow. I installed my Tekonsha P3 brake controller using the Nissan wire harness. The P3 says 'No Trailer Connected' when I connect the trailer. Here is what I have tried: 1. used a test light to make sure the P3 is putting out power when you manually engage the brake switch - ALL GOOD 2. ran self diagnostic on the P3 and it senses the brake peddle being pushed per the output voltage test - ALL GOOD 3. applied 12 volts to the ground and brake wires at the trailer end connector and verified the brakes did activate - ALL GOOD 4, tested all lights on trailer when connected to the van - ALL GOOD 5. used a test light to see if there is power between the 5 o'clock (brake) and 7 o'clock (ground) pins on the van-side 7-pin connector when the P3's manual brake switch is engaged - NO GOOD With test 5 failing it seems like there is a problem with the wiring at the 7-pin connector. I know the brake controller is putting out power (test 1) and i believe it is wired correctly (test 2) so i would expect power at the 7-pin connector but there is none. Is there anything I have to do in order to make everything work with a factory supplied tow option? Any relays that have to be added? Thanks! Derek

In our current van we have the Nissan rear floor mats. They cover all visible carpet and have kept our current van's carpet in perfect shape. We will be taking them with us to the new van!

Yours is as bad or worse than mine. I traded my 2013 in this weekend and while at the dealership I was talking to the GM and he said that Nissan is fixing this under 'good will' as the appearance part of the warranty is 12mo/12k. Like I mentioned previously, this is the second time it has happened to me. I pick up my new 2015 Monday or Tuesday and expect to have the same issues. However, so long as they keep fixing it for free I guess I don't care too much.

Had to take my van in for some minor warranty work today and decided to ask what kind of deal they would work for me on a new 2015. We have a 2013 black SV with 35k miles on it and love it but really want leather. Coincidentally, they have a black 2015 SL with the tech package on a truck on its way. They worked me a great deal, gave me what I wanted on trade so in a few days I will be the happy owner of a 2015 NV SL. I think we will love the leather (with a bunch of messy kids) and am really excited about the 5/100k mile bumper to bumper warranty.

Update: service manager emailed me and said they will be replacing the bumper and bolts and that his engineer contact at Nissan wants to examine the rusted parts. Service manager said they also have two other new NVs on their lot with the same problem.

I too have a Tekonsha P2 and a 2013 NV 3500 passenger. It did not come with the tow package however I purchased the factory 7-pin wire harness and added it myself. I used a Tekonsha Nissan wire harness and plugged directly into the factory connection point under the dash and right into the back of my P2. No issues, no splicing just plug in the 7-pin harness from Nissan and route it to the back.

Happened on our 2013 NV passenger about a year ago took it to the dealer and they replaced the bumper and bolts under warranty. Just noticed that it is rusting against like before and now I am at 35k miles. Took it in a few weeks ago and the service manager said he would fix it but wanted to wait and get some feedback from Nissan on how to prevent it from happening again. He told me there is a Nissan car that does the same thing on a rear trim bezel. They put a plastic film on it to fix it. I am waiting to hear back on what they plan to do with my bumper and will let you know.

Had the same problem. Shimmed the connector out with 2 flat washer at the top and bottom (4 total) and works like a charm! Thanks for the info.

My daughter's best friend previously lived in a very bad part of town. The apartments that she lived in had daily drug busts and constant arrests. One day this summer we pulled up in our black NV to pick my daughter's friend up and people started screaming 'COPS!!! RUN!!!' and they took off in all directions. I thought that was kinda funny :)

I have no idea on fuel economy. I don't track mine on my NV and didn't look on the Ford rental. I gotta pay it so what it ends up being is really irrelevant to me. I did fill the Ford up once during our trip. I don't remember the exact cost but it was similar to my NV so I imagine it has a 20-25 gallon tank. I don't know what the MPG was but I can assure you it was not noticeably different than the NV. Maybe 1 or 2 MPG better or 1 or 2 worse but nothing that would be very noticeable. As far as my comment on the NV being roomier, I was talking about seating and over all cabin space (i.e. head room). When we returned to the airport and I got into my NV I felt tiny. There is just so much more head room and room between the front seats more room between you and the windshield - it is just so much bigger. The NV is much more powerful too (at least it felt that way). Every time I would get on the highway in the Ford the engine would roar, the van would downshift and it just felt like it was giving all it got to get up to speed. Each time the kids would start screaming 'Dad why are you speeding'. In the NV, getting up to speed is effortless. On a related note, I have always been impressed with the power of the NV. We have a 32 1/2 foot travel trailer that we pull with our NV. We also pulled it with our 2009 Chevy Express 3500 with a 6.0L. With the Chevy you could for sure tell it was back there. With the NV, I find myself checking the mirrors to see if it is still there since I can barely fell it on acceleration and on breaking. As far as storage in the Ford, the 15 passenger we rented had 0 behind the back seat storage. Not even enough room to fit a stroller. I think you'd have to take the last row out if you wanted to carry anything more than a few bags of groceries back there. We had to unhook the back seat and slide it forward just to fit our stroller and backpacks back there and put all of our luggage in the first row of seats. The problem I have with buying a 15 passenger van and taking out the last row for storage is that a 15 passenger van (4 rows of back seats) is NOT 33% longer than a 12 passenger (3 rows of back seats). That means the 3 rows you left in have less leg room than the 3 rows would in a 12 passenger. Now if you could take out the last row and space the remaining 3 rows evenly in the entire space then you'd be talking but you obviously can't do that so you are left with a 12 passenger van, with lots of storage but less leg room than a true 12 passenger van. We had a lot of luggage to take to the airport so we just took out half of the last row in the NV. That gave us enough room for a stroller and 9 suit cases and additional carry on bags and everyone still had the same leg room as they always do. If you have a need for a 15 passenger then that is another story but to get a 15 passenger just to turn it into a 12 passenger with lots of storage doesn't make sense to me. Especially when removing seats in the NV is so easy. My son is over 6'2" and had trouble getting comfortable in any back seat of the Ford. As far as ride, I think you are in for a surprise when you drive the NV. It is still clearly a big, huge, heavy van - it doesn't ride like my Cadillac CTS coupe. But compared to our previous Chevy Express and the rental Ford the ride was hands down better on the NV. The ride on our Chevy was borderline unacceptable - it was really, really, bad. On the 2015 Transit the ride was OK. You'd think you were in heaven if you were comparing it to the Chevy. But when compared to the NV the NV, in my opinion, is much better. If I had to assign some arbitrary rating (1-10) to them I would say the Chevy is a 2 (with a 1 being a 2x12 strapped to a skate board going down a bumpy highway at 60 mph). The Ford would be a 5 (better than I expected and I wouldn't complain if I had to ride in it every day) and the NV would be a 7 or 8 (so maybe I exaggerated a bit when I said the NV's ride was 1000x times better :)) Finally, the NV looks soooooo much cooler than the Ford and you don't see them everywhere. I saw 1 NV in 11 days in Orlando while I saw about 20 2015 Transits. It is no exaggeration to say I get stopped weekly and asked what is that, where did you get it and told how cool it is.

My wife and I and our seven kids recently took a 11 day trip to Orlando and rented a 2015 Ford Transit during our stay. At home, we have a 2013 NV 3500 SV. Previous to our NV we owned a 2009 Chevy Express 3500. I will say the Ford is much, much nicer than the previous Ford Econoline and nicer than the Chevy Express. It rides nice, has cup holders and the interior is not so utilitarian looking. However, in my opinion, it is no where near as nice as the NV. The NV is just so much more roomy, has a much better interior and rides 1000x better. We plan to trade our NV in soon for a new van and had thought that the new Ford might be an option. After renting one I will for sure stick with the NV.

I have rotated my tires in my 2013 NV passenger van 3 times in the 1 1/2 that I have had it. It is a bit of a pain and takes some time but I have never had a problem resetting the TPMS. I don't have the manual in front of me but the process seems pretty straight forward (albeit more complex than it should be) 1. Rotate your tires 2. Fill all tires up to at least 10 or 20 lbs above the numbers below 3. Reduce tire pressure to LF=25, RF=40, LR=80, RR=60 4. On the dash, set the computer to TPMS Relearn 5. Wait for the chimes 6. Put the correct amount of air in the tires and you are done I have never had a problem but maybe this is something they fixed in 2013.

I am not sure I would agree that it rides like a 1 ton truck; at least not the NV passenger van I have. I have had a few 1 ton trucks and a 1 ton Chevy Express passenger van and this van rides 100X better than any other 1 ton I have been in. It doesn't ride like a nice car but I think it rides close to as good as a full-size 1/2 ton truck.

My wife and I have 7 kids ages 16 years -10 months. We had a 2009 Chevy Express 3500 for three years and have had a 2013 NV3500 SV for the past year. In our opinion, there is simply no comparison. The NV is 100X better than the Chevy in every way imaginable. Ride: The Chevy rode like a 1 ton truck. Bounced like crazy, kinda loud. The NV on the other hand rides like a dream (my work car is a Cadillac - it doesn't ride quite that nice but is close). Power: The Chevy had a 6.0L while the NV has a 5.6L. We pull a 32 foot travel trailer and the NV pulls the trailer much, much better. The first time we pulled the camper with the NV I found myself checking the mirrors to see if the camper was still there because I could barely tell the van was pulling anything. Interior: The Chevy looks like it was designed to shuttle people back and forth from the airport; no cup holders, hard to get in and out of (seat belts that have to be moved, etc.). The NV's interior is so much more car-like. There are cup holders in each row and multiple power outlets. Built in navigation, a nice looking dash (the Chevy dash looks like a work truck).