Nissan Primera, recall

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Wed 25 Apr 2007 21:52
Nissan Primera, recall - Joe 90
Hi,

My 3 1/2 year old 2.2 Primera developed a fault with the turbo, so I took it into a main dealer, who has been servicing my car from new, he told me that there where three campaigns (recalls to you and me) that needed doing, the first two have been outstanding since 2005

1/ Replace a hose that supplies the turbo
2/ Remap the engine management software to take care of the black smoke from the exhaust
3/ Improve the handbrake efficiency (nearly failed it's MOT two months ago on that point)

Do you think there has been any long term damage or accelerated wear to the car? I asked the service manager why had these three recalls had not been picked up during the earlier services? He had no answer.
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Thu 26 Apr 2007 11:25
Nissan Primera, recall - grahamw
Hi Joe 90,

I had an 05 reg Primera with the 2.2 Dci engine as a company car for 6 months last year and experianced the first two problems you have mentioned:

My local Nissan dealer first changed the glow plugs to help with the excess smoke from cold start and the engine clatter, resulting in no improvement. They then replaced the turbo and had a go at remappimg the engine managment system again this resulted in no improvement.

Has any work done on your car improved things?

It's a real shame as apart from this it was a good car.

Regards


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Fri 27 Apr 2007 00:57
Nissan Primera, recall - Joe 90
Hi Graham,

The short answer is yes, the turbo feed pipe (or something like that) had actually split, hence the whoosing noise which is why we took it in in the first place, but the engine management upgrade really seems to have had a positive effect, no more black smoke, and I think there is now a better response from the throttle.

As you are a fan of the Primera, it seems a shame that Nissan are not going to produce another family saloon/hatchback, but instead have gone for the Qashqai which I had on loan while my car was being fixed, in fact we picked it up on the Friday, and we were to return it on Monday however because it was not a patch on the old Primera, I phoned up on Saturday to see if our car was ready, which it was, and took my car back early.

Joe 90
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