Thread: Info wanted - 2009 Navara ST-X 4x4 Auto

Hey Gibo I have seen the way you drive (remember the Taupo Napier road about six or seven years back) so it doesn’t matter what you end up with mate coz you’ll fuck it anyway. Just kidding. Nah not really. Ha ha ha ha.

I've got a 2013 D22 navara with the 2.5td, manual though. Done about 20000kms so far, sitting at 85000kms. Half of that running has been offroad. No dramas at all quite capable actually. Only downside is they are the least powerful of today's utes or that era. They are also known for noisy or squeaky tortion bars at full lock on cross axle type stuff. I would buy another.

Nah from me. Did you talk to J?

What's your budget? (the sale of your red beast is variable, I know, but what were planning to chuck on top of that?)

all i can say about nissans is they rust like fuk and nissan seems to have a thing about putting the oil filter in the most cunty spot . I wouldn't own one but they are great for business

Originally Posted by mimms2

Late 80's I hope.
Probly tow the narva and all

‘84.
314,000km, motor rebuilt 180,000km ago ( before I bought the ute)

Tows loads it shouldn’t.

Do not touch anything first generation, love my Nissan’s , but if you mechanic is saying avoid ...then I’d be doing just that ...he’s in the know more than anyone ..Isuzu have a good rep ..and getting better

Around that age look out for an RC Colorado or Isuzu D-Max, both have the 3L 4JJ1 Isuzu engine and running gear. Can pick them up pretty cheap these days.

Just my humble opinion.

Originally Posted by mawzer308

I've got a 2013 D22 navara with the 2.5td, manual though. Done about 20000kms so far, sitting at 85000kms. Half of that running has been offroad. No dramas at all quite capable actually. Only downside is they are the least powerful of today's utes or that era. They are also known for noisy or squeaky tortion bars at full lock on cross axle type stuff. I would buy another.

D22 is a much better vehicle than D40

I have a 2008 King Cab flatdeck. I'm fussy with the service schedule and it's done 190k with no dramas. Best cab design IMO as I have left the back seats up and unused and put a false floor in behind the front seats so stuff we carry in the back is up where it can be reached from the front seats. It was the only king cab type ute of any brand that leaves you with an open space under that false floor to stow two rifles out of sight. All other brand utes have a fuel tank or floor design that hinders that extra out of sight storage.
If I needed another ute I'd buy another Narvara King Cab.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

D22 is a much better vehicle than D40

My bad, I was thinking of the D22 ST-R.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah one of my mechanic mates is saying dont go near it. Other people have said they are ok....

I drove a few between 2006-09 while working in Africa,did probably just over 20000 k's in them ,personally l would avoid unless you had full service history showing faulty Nissan parts were replaced with better quality ones . These were at first extremely popular as company / fleet vehicles in Africa due to heavily discounted prices as they tried to buy market share, in the end the way Nissan handled the various problems lead to them damaging their dealer networks reputation.

With the autos they had a bad problem of a 20 cents circlip in the reverse gears shattering, feed crap through the unit,the timing chains would start to rattle as early as 50000 Klm's ,they had issues with bad injectors,the radiator had a stupid low mounting exposing it badly in rocky creek crossings etc & later on units with tow bars had trouble with the chassis fracturing,light weight drive shafts easily bent in rocky terrain/crossings.

In Africa Utes are nicknamed "Bakkies" these were soon dubbed "Go Bakkies" from regular trips back to the dealers for warranty claims/repairs.The main problem l think was there the dealers kept replacing the poor quality parts with the same shit , l should point out Nissan Africa supplied these utes from the Spanish factory due to a trade deal , so whether the Thailand builds had the same problems you would have to do a bit of research.

I drove 3 of these over the years & all manuals ,one had the chain problem,l knew personally 2 other owners who had the same problem,1 again after having the chain replaced under warranty at 53000 klm . I never had a breakdown leaving us stranded, but 2 different utes leaked like a sieve in heavy rain & had trouble with keeping dust out while driving long distance on dirt.

For me it would be a definite no ,but if you got written confirmation of parts being properly replaced & full service history for a steal then it may be worth the risk for you.

Originally Posted by Savage1

Around that age look out for an RC Colorado or Isuzu D-Max, both have the 3L 4JJ1 Isuzu engine and running gear. Can pick them up pretty cheap these days.

Just my humble opinion.

Yup me too

Yup had a D22 100,000 k's by me No issues

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah one of my mechanic mates is saying dont go near it. Other people have said they are ok....

He’s right.

I had an 08 D40, was a manual, the factory dual mass flywheel are rubbish but didn't have any other issues