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xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - mattlostatsea

hi. i have a 2018 18 plate diesel manual. drove to southof france no problem. on the return leg got to the channel tunnel switched engine off at passport control.......30 secs later turned engine on..Car made a horrendous very loud knocking. sounded likethe big end had gone. however after a restart all was well......cars done 3500 miles...

xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - hardway

Possibly diesel "knock".

perhaps some excess fuel has got into a cylinder.

xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - RobJP

It's a 2018 car. Call Nissan.

You have 3 years roadside assistance from new, across Europe.

xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - mattlostatsea
Thanks very much, I will contact Nissan. Thanks Matt
xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - focussed

Sounds like an injector that was sticking, hanging open or hosing - ie not closing properly and/or not atomising properly.

That's exactly what a sticking injector sounds like - a knocking big-end.

xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - gordonbennet

I wonder if the event is recorded in the ECU?

Either way it should be reported (and the report recorded so you have proof of doing your part) so Nissan can do what they think is necessary, if it was an injector one going full flow can crack or hole a piston which won't do the liner/bore much good either, so depending on how long you intend to keep the car the sooner a record is established and the reason for this diagnosed the better.

xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - mattlostatsea
Thanks, I will contact Nissan, cheers guys
xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking - mattlostatsea
I paid nearly £40.000 for this car as well. It’s nice but mmmmm not that nice.