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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.