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Mon 27 Aug 2007 23:18

Forum Members Views - Deskpilot

Being rather disillusioned with my 2007 Honda CRV (Sport) which has quietly been driving me bonkers, I have been looking at various SUV type vehicles to get some idea of what I could replace it with. Although I have had Honda CRV's since 1997, (four automatics) I get the impression with my current CRV that it is in charge of me, rather than the other way round! Having said that, I must admit the drive is very smooth and a great improvement on previous models.

I suppose in real terms I find my current CRV too large and awkward compared with earlier models (although it is, in fact, shorter etc.)

I have read HJ's admirable road test of the Qashqai and extensive reader reviews on another magazine website (which I guess I had better not mention!) and everyone has nothing but praise for the car. In fact, I have never seen such glowing reviews.

I would be very interested to learn the views and experiences of forum Qashqai owners, please.

Personally, I think I would go for the Acenta 2.0i 4WD CVT6 model. Any comments?

PS. What sort of spare wheel has the car got, please? (If any)

NB. I may have made a duplicate post on this item. Apologies if so. I find this site somewhat confusing these days.

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Mon 27 Aug 2007 23:24

Forum Members Views - Pugugly {P}

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=50377&...f

Have a decko at the above whilst you're waiting for the answer about the specifics.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 10:19

Forum Members Views - drbe

Now that Nissan and Renault are the same outfit, has the Renault influence had any effect on Nissan's reliability?

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 10:32

Forum Members Views - Xileno {P}

No, it's all hearsay.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 14:48

Forum Members Views - L'escargot

I take the Qashqai telly advert at face value and assume that they're intended to just be big skateboards! The ad wouldn't make me buy one.
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L\'escargot.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 15:28

Forum Members Views - jase1

No it's all hearsay.

... assuming you consider all the reliability and consumer satisfaction data to be hearsay.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 17:14

Forum Members Views - drbe

No it's all hearsay.

What is?

I didn't say whether I thought it might get better or worse. The hearsay that you have heard said that it had got - what?

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 18:54

Forum Members Views - LinuxGeek

I find it quite amusing that people are questioning Nissan's reliability just because its part of Renault umbrella now. When Renault releases a new model of any car British people don't even think twice of reliability issues. I still think Nissan would be much more reliable than Renault because as far as I know Nissan is doing their own engines (petrol ones at least), gearboxes, electrics (Renault sucks here) etc..

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 18:57

Forum Members Views - jase1

Perhaps because reliability isn't top of the Renault buyer's wishlist?

If it were, the horror stories you see everywhere would put the majority off.

Whereas Nissan buyers are buying them on the strength of what was once unimpeachable mechanical toughness.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 19:25

Forum Members Views - Altea Ego

Having had a Cashcow for three days, and peeked about under covers and stuff, I can see shed loads of renault influence and bits under the skin.

Now if thats a bad thing or a good thing I dont know, but recent renaults have been much improved in the last 3-4 years. One thing for sure Renault has brough a much needed design boost and financial stability to Nissan Probably wont be enough to convince the renault haters on here tho.
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Tue 28 Aug 2007 19:32

Forum Members Views - jase1

In terms of engineering the latest Renaults and Nissans are very much hybrids between the two, ie Nissan platform and some electrics, larger petrol engines, transmissions, Renault diesel engines, some electrics etc etc.

At the same time (around the period that this has been happening), Renault appear to have become more reliable, and Nissan appear to have become less.

A cynical person might say that they are averaging out somewhere between the two.

So Nissan go from unburstable to average, and Renault go from iffy to average.

Meanwhile the design of Nissans is becoming more edgy from previous bland Asiabox, and the Renaults (witness new Laguna, Clio) are becoming more generic Eurobox again.

So, while on average both sets of cars are improving in absolute terms, their major selling points -- design flair for Renault and bulletproof reliability for Nissan -- are being diluted in the process.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 19:37

Forum Members Views - Altea Ego

Cant argue there, Renault are loosing the edge style wise, witness the disapointingly bland new laguna. The clio 3, despite being a very good car is really quite boring.
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Tue 28 Aug 2007 20:22

Forum Members Views - carl_a

Meanwhile the design of Nissans is becoming more edgy from previous bland Asiabox and the

Renaults (witness new Laguna Clio) are becoming more generic Eurobox again.

Hmm don't think the Mk2 Micra was an asia box, far less bland than most European stuff

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 21:25

Forum Members Views - tintin01

I sat in a Qashqai when they were advertising them at the Lowry Centre. I thought the interior was very nice - as nice as my sister's 02 CRV, obviously not as high. No idea if they are good to drive but in terms of size etc it seemed a good compromise between a car and MPV/4x4.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 21:59

Forum Members Views - Deskpilot

Many thanks for the information containing earlier reviews and comments. Most of the other replies to my enquiry seem to have generated in-fighting re Nissan/Renault and not much else.

Thanks again.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 22:10

Forum Members Views - p2l

father in law has the 2.0 litre petrol with 6 speed CVT. Can't remember the trim but its the one with 6 cd changer. Its not 4wd though. We went round Sheffield in it and it was very smooth and quiet - great front seats very comy but also supportive. Not much wrong with it really. I thought the interior a little plasticky looking although the materials were good. The instrument cluster was a bit cheap looking too. But everything fit well. CVT was smooth and I didn't really notice the funny noise that some have mentioned with these boxes (ie rev noise).

F in L very pleased with it all. 2.0l petrol has lots of torque and coped with hills well. He's getting around 36 according to the computer, but this included a long run from Norfolk to Sheffield to see us. Boot not as big as I was expecting though and interior space relies on the upright position to give leg room.

Phill

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 22:06

Forum Members Views - Deskpilot

Many thanks Pugugly(p) for the information containing earlier reviews and comments. Most of the other replies to my enquiry seem to have generated in-fighting re Nissan/Renault and not much else.

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Tue 28 Aug 2007 22:13

Forum Members Views - p2l

forgot to say it has a space saver spare wheel.

Phill

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Tue 4 Sep 2007 21:34

Forum Members Views - gord

I was very tempted with teh Qashqai, having had a good test drive, I was all set to but on Spetermeber 1st reg, but decided to wait until March so that they have a years road use (probably go for the 2 ltr deisel, if at all).

Have you seen the update from a very disgrunlted owner (or should I say ex owner), have a look at this site under the car by car breakdown.....nightmare!

Gord

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Tue 4 Sep 2007 21:37

Forum Members Views - Pugugly {P}

www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/index.htm?md=1146&

a direct link.

PU

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Tue 4 Sep 2007 21:46

Forum Members Views - jase1

If your priority is reliability, don't buy a newer Nissan.

Like the Renaults they are heavily based on, they sell on perceptions, drive and looks.

You may get a good one, you may get an utter nightmare.

Luck of the draw.

Buying a French car has always been like Russian Roulette. Now Nissan follow suit.

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Tue 4 Sep 2007 21:53

Forum Members Views - Nomag

interesting jase1.
I have no personal experience of the Squashy, but as I work near Sunderland, a number of my patients work at the Nissan factory. Recently I have had conversations with two of these guys and when I told them I was impressed with it, they told me to steer clear, apparently they are having a number of problems at the factory and have had more than they would expect returned for investigation of faults.
Interestingly, they both drive older Primeras....>> If your priority is reliability don't buy a newer Nissan.
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Tue 4 Sep 2007 22:25

Forum Members Views - Bill Payer

You'd have to slightly insane to buy one after reading the comments in CBCB - not necessarily the faults, which all seeming like minor bugs, but the complete lack of response from Nissan who it would see just abandoned this customer.

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Wed 5 Sep 2007 13:27

Forum Members Views - Babygotoo

We've just ticked over 5000 miles in our manual 1.6 Acenta, have not experienced any of the problems in the CBCB. What little contact we had with the dealership in Crosby has been positive to the extent of them offering a few quid off the set of roof bars i was buying due to us being Motability customers.

The car averaged around cornwall with 4 and a roof box on 35mpg and will hit high 30's on a run minus roof box, hopefully engine loosening up and the mpg will get better.

It's an excellent motorway car, I'm 6ft 1 and just the wrong side of 16st and the 6hr recent journey from cornwall was pretty good. Good around town light enough steering, the boot does swallow a lot but on the very few times I've needed it the rear seats folding flat would be beneficial.

Rear view can be bit obstructed but the parking sensors are very good.

It's worth noting that there are two "proper" seats in the back and not a bench. Positive comments are usually mentioned by rear passengers.

I had gone from a '95 C Class 220D so it was a huge move up and hadn't gone from another "new" car to the Qashqai, however so far impressed.

Any specific questions I'll try and answer.

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Sun 16 Sep 2007 22:05

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - Deskpilot

I seem to have missed your above post which I found to be most encouraging. (Must have been in Rip Van Winkle mode!)

Although I have searched very carefully through the Qashqai brochure, however, and various other site reviews, I haven't been able to discover whether the car has a tonneau cover or not, to cover up the contents of the boot area.

I would be most grateful if you (or someone) could enlighten me, please.

I certainly wouldn't buy the car without one!

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Sun 16 Sep 2007 22:13

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - Pugugly {P}

www.nissanqashqaiforum.com/

Might be worth asking a question in here.

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Mon 17 Sep 2007 01:00

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - ForumNeedsModerating

I would be most grateful if you (or someone) could enlighten me, please.

why don't you just ring up a Nissan dealer?
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Mon 17 Sep 2007 08:05

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - Waino

I haven't been able to discover whether the car has a tonneau cover or

not to cover up the contents of the boot area.>>

From my experience with the tonneau cover for the load space in a Mondeo estate, I would say don't rely on one for security. Scrotes take an unfurled tonneau as a sign telling them that something is being kept in the load area and will smash a window to get in.

If you need any sort of security, don't get a vehicle with an 'open' load space - don't rely on a tonneau.

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Mon 17 Sep 2007 09:27

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - Babygotoo

It's not of the roller variety that I'ver seen in mainly estate cars but the all in one hard cover that lifts via attchments to the boot lid, just unclips to remove for tall loads etc

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Mon 17 Sep 2007 12:37

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - Waino

Ah - thanks for pointing that out. I guess that if the majority of drivers kept it in position like the parcel shelf in a hatchback, then scrotes wouldn't view it as anything unusual. I suspect that the problem with estates is that the load compartment is usually 'on view' and if the tonneau is drawn over, then it is a signal that there is something of value hidden.

This sort of thing gets noticed by the light-fingered folks - it's abit like the signal given by householders who only shut their garden gates when they are away on holiday!

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Thu 20 Sep 2007 21:50

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - Tonneau - Deskpilot

Many thanks to you, Waino, and everyone else who were kind enough to reply to my question regarding the tonneau or other boot cover in this car.

Funnily enough, on Tuesday afternoon I spied a Qashqai in the Clark's Village car park in Street, Somerset, and saw that it is, in fact,
a moulded shelf which rises on opening the boot. I must say that it looked a bit "cardboardish" but I guess it will serve its purpose well enough.

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Mon 22 Mar 2010 08:27

Forum Members Views Nissan Qashqai - kirky

the new 2010 has it fitted as standard on Tekna models but you can always get one fitted

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Thu 20 Sep 2007 23:14

Forum Members' Views - Avant

It's also worth bearing in mind that the rear seats in the Cashcow don't fold flat - that may or may not be an issue for you. That and the poor rear visibility were enough to put me off.

In a previous thread Altea Ego had one for 3 days and wrote a detailed and very helpful post about what he thought of it. I seem to remember it had to0 many snags for hin too. I think it was the 'TVM metamorphosis' thread.

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Fri 21 Sep 2007 13:41

Forum Members' Views - Babygotoo

It is a bit "cardboardish" but you wouldn't know from the outside, the visibility is a bit of an issue but the big wing mirrors compensate quite well.

The Qashqai forum mentioned earlier in the post is well worth a look, it confirmed my suspicions on the handbrake and let me know about a potential problem with the seatbelt.

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Mon 22 Mar 2010 08:24

re;quashqi - kirky

just purchased new 2010 spec 2.00 Tekan best thing ever with the new rev camera etc always had honda prevoiusly accords this is the best so far

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Sun 22 May 2011 14:36

Devorcing my Qashqai - Tony_b

Hi, I'm liking the forum and hoping it will be come more popular especially when you consider, unlike some other Qashqai forums, you dont have to pay to post!

Anyway i've had my Qashqie since new, which is 3 and half years now. Initially very impressed with it and the service Nissan offered however things are now changing. On the first service (12 months,12000 miles) Nissan had to change the rear shocks and bushes. According to the Nissan mechanic at the time this was a common fault. Second service (28 months, around 26000 miles) saw replacement brake pads all round (expected), some Nissan recalls, door hinges fixed, belt fan tensioner had seized and a few other things all of which was done under warranty. 7 months later I had expected it to breeze through the MOT but unfortunately it failed due to worn bushes again, fortunately I still had a months warranty on it so for the second time Nissan replaced the rear bushes.

Now the car is 3 years 6 months old and I'm really thinking Nissan design everything with a 3.6 year live span. In the last 6 weeks or so amazingly I've spent every weekend at Halfords getting one part or another, its had 5 different bulbs fail on me, the wiper blades have split and last weekend my drivers interior door handle snapped. I had thought this part was metal but seems Nissan prefer plastic with chrome on. No great worries as you would imagine a plastic part cant be that much to replace well guess what?! For this 'Dealer only part' you'll pay £58 + VAT (£69.60). Thats right £70.00 for a piece of plastic, a piece of plastic which has failed after 3.5 years or 34,000 miles or 5110 pulls. Now funny thing is up until it failed last week I was considering a new car one of which was a Nissan X trail but now I've discovered how much Nissan charge for their cheap plastic, inferior, interior parts I wont be bothering. Thanks Nissan for the heads up!

I've fallen out with my Nissan Qashqai...hows your relationship going?

OH and PS...just incase your thinking this is a warranty covered item, while you'll be wrong again. In fact according the Nissan Chorley spares dept they sell a lot of these!!! Personally I'll be making a visit to my local car reclaimers yard but till then a piece of string is doing just fine and is indeed properly now stronger than Nissans "urban proof" piece of plastic door handle!

Tony...How much did you say ?!

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Thu 27 Sep 2012 20:12

Devorcing my Qashqai - BettyBo

I have a 2008 Qashqai bought second hand less than a year ago. Two months ago the passenger side internal door handle broke, I begrudingly paid to have it replaced having been told it wasn't covered on the warranty. Now the drivers side internal handle has snapped as well.

Is this a common problem, Nissan seem to think it has been previously damaged or I have used it too roughly!!

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Thu 18 Oct 2012 13:20

Devorcing my Qashqai - Q+2

I have had my Qashqai for 3 1/2 years and the inside front right handle, inside rear right handle and just recently, the inside rear left handle have all broken. This is clearly a problem with the type of plastic used, possibly the injection molding technique, or the interface between the parts inside the door.

I can say that this never happened to me even once on any of the past Nissans, Toyotas or Hondas that I have driven for the past 35 years. So three times on the same car is a real statistical outlier if it is not, in fact a faulty part.

Though when I brought the problem to the dealer's attention, I was assured that this was not a prevalent problem and that I was the only one with such bad luck . . .

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Wed 27 Feb 2013 08:24

Devorcing my Qashqai - Vuade

Hi Tony_b and BettyBo

<blockquote>and last weekend my drivers interior door handle snapped. I had thought this part was metal but seems Nissan prefer plastic with chrome on</blockquote>

It seems this is a common problem. Bought a Qashqai in 2008, and in it's 5th year, within a span of 2 months, three of my four inner door handles broke. Both rear, and driver. Upon contacting Nissan in my country, I was informed this is considered as normal wear. So it seems, when you are budgeting for tyres and break disks/pads, if you own a Nissan, you should also save up for replacing door handles now and then.

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Fri 28 Sep 2012 13:35

Forum Members Views - Sulphur Man

I purchased a new 1.6Dci Tekna 2WD in May.

Nearly 5K miles in and no issues so far. The jewel in the crown is the new Nissan-Renault alliance chain-cam diesel engine, which is the best small diesel I've experienced. Smooth and sweeter than my previous BMW 120d, and the poor VAG 1.6TDI I tried in a Mk6 Golf. The 1.6dci has Excellent, linear torque delivery and the ability to rev to 5000 rpm with an almost twin-cam engine rasp.

The car is comfortable and soaks up broken West London roads well. I commute from Surrey/Hants borders to West London, approx 50% M3 motorway, 50% suburban 30mph driving. So far, averaging 52mpg, some way off the 62mpg combined EC figure. The engine has sweetened a lot since new. A friend was surprised it was a diesel.

There's a lot of tech in the car - media system, 360 degree cameras, keyless entry - which I'm slightly wary of. The panoramic glass roof is superb though. The quality of the leather on the seats is also good. Start/stop works as it should, but Im also ware of the longevity of the system

Downsides - notchy gearbox. Occasionally sticky shift from neutral to first. Helps to hold the clutch down for a few seconds, then shift. Will bring it up at the first service. The BOSE stereo fitted to the Tekna is nothing special. All boom and fizz with no delicacy or detail in the sound.

These cars are everywhere, They've sold tens of thousands of them. If there's serious quality issues they'd be well known by now. I did my research before purchase, a long with plenty of test drives of other options, and the Qashqai was the winner.

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Fri 28 Sep 2012 22:43

Forum Members Views - piggy

<<The BOSE stereo fitted to the Tekna is nothing special. All boom and fizz with no delicacy or detail in the sound. >>>

I find that difficult to believe. Have you tried adjusting the sound balance paramiters eg treble/bass etc? The radio in my Mazda sounded muffled until I tweaked it a bit. Now it`s superb.

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Thu 14 Feb 2013 13:45

Forum Members Views - Sulphur Man

Believe it. It's mid-range and detail is sorely lacking. There's no detail or finesse to the spound, which is a flaw of all BOSE products.

None of the prestige marques offer BOSE options now, instead offering monitor manufacturers with genuine pedigree in professional sound, like Dynaudio or Bowers & Wilkins.. I'd say the 6-speaker stereo in the wife's FR-V sounds sweeter than my BOSE-equipped Qashqai.

At least TEKNA spec had heated seats. A lifesaver these past few weeks.

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Thu 14 Feb 2013 14:00

Forum Members Views - Collos25

Believe it. It's mid-range and detail is sorely lacking. There's no detail or finesse to the spound, which is a flaw of all BOSE products.

Bit of a rash statement to make "all Bose products2 or do mean just those in the Qashqai

Bose 101s,303,606s,909s are world standard speakers.Bose own the company make speakers and other audio equipment and equip the top venues in the world .

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