x trail shall I ???

[John B]

Hi chaps looking for a bit if advice, today I went to look at a 2010 x trail with 63 k on the clock. Not a cheap car at Ten and a half but really fancy one but the sales man said I will only get auction money for my terrano so have decided to sell it private. Does any one know what the new x trail is like for reliability and any common faults ?? It's a 2 lt deisel top spec 173 brake and the tax is a little less than the terrano. Am I doing the right thing ?? Cheers

 

[jims-terrano]

I like the look of them but when I asked same question a couple of years ago i got shot down in flames, still like em tho:thumb2

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

I have seen a couple close up, one is in the SE4x4R group, and they seem a nice car. I must admit it's a car I will be looking at as a replacement for the T2 when the time comes.

Can't comment on the long term reliability, but I would say that the lack of owners on a forum like this imply people are not needing to find stuff out about them, so they must be pretty good.

 

[emjaybee]

I give any car the Honest John test. Go to the "Honest John" website and have a look on there. You tend to get a "warts and all" review.

The reason I bought a Terrano in the first place was because I trawled through all the 4x4 reviews until I found something that didn't look like a turkey!

 

[Gazza]

I had two from new as my company car. that was from 2003. I had the first one for about a year and then moved job, no problems with that one. In the new job I ordered another one and ran it for 3 years, did about 75000 miles. The only problem with this one was the turbo started to whistle so had to be replaced. Really enjoyed driving them.

 

[macabethiel]

They look nice but ??

A lad I work with bought one it was a 56 plate with 60 k miles that he owned about 4 years ago he loved it until it broke down with a suspected turbo failure. It was a 5 door diesel model.

He took it to local dealer that was within the Inchcape Group where I work and they said it was likely the turbo had caused engine failure but could not say until the head had been removed.

Cut a long story short he traded it in elsewhere as a non-runner as the repair cost was more than it was worth.

I really like them and you can hear hard luck stories with many different makes but it put me off them. I suspect it was not serviced at main dealer by the previous owner.

 

[jims-terrano]

In the four years he owned it how many miles did he put on it too?

I'd be tempted by one I must say but it'll be a while before I need another car with a bit of luck.

 

[AlexD333]

(No) :hide:

 

[SilasStingy]

I think if you like to do repairs on your own, the xtrail ain't a car to go for. That's probably why so few people attend any forums owning one? To much electronics and most is computerised.. That's why I went for the Terrano!