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mick

Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2109

2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Rimini Red

Snapped chassis

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17th Feb 2016 9:03pm

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

Nissan is recalling 40,400 (out of as many as 90,000 4x4 models it sold in the time period) of its Navara D40 series, manufactured in Spain between July 2005 and January 2010, for an inspection.

But Navara owners who opted for an aftermarket set-up with cracks in the chassis rails could face repair bills of $1000 or more.

The company said the problem relates to faulty towbar designs specific to the Spanish-built D40 ST-X and RX model Navara and while 40,400 vehicles were being recalled for inspection under this campaign, around 9800 were fitted with the affected Nissan genuine towbars.

The Pathfinder SUV - also built on a ladder-frame chassis and rated to a braked towing capacity of three tonnes - was not impacted by the recall, according to Nissan.

Spokesman Peter Fadeyev said the attachment points on the Navara's genuine towbars could cause excessive stress upon the chassis frame rails over time.

``As a result, cracks can occur at the ends of the chassis rails,'' he said.
``In extreme cases, sections of the chassis rails around the towbar may bend when a heavy tow load is applied,'' he said.

Mr Fadeyev said the vehicle's towing capacity was not being altered.
``The vehicle can still tow exactly what was identified in the owner's manual - that's the specification of the repair, the vehicle can still tow exactly what is identified as its capability in its manual from the start,'' he said.

The company has agreed to inspect customer vehicles fitted with a non-genuine towbar at no charge to the customer, but any chassis repair or replacement to a new revised-design genuine Nissan towbar will be at cost to the customer, Mr Fadeyev said.

The company said the inspection takes under 20 minutes to complete or the worst-case-scenario of inspection, repair and towbar replacement would be completed in under two hours.

Navara owners looking for more information are being asked to contact their local Nissan dealer or call the Nissan
Customer Assistance Centre on 1800 035 035.

beware of driving behind as by sound

17th Feb 2016 9:19pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Atleast the defender chassis takes a lot longer to snap through general use, unless you abuse them somthing rotten and even then they can still last. 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

17th Feb 2016 9:52pm

Pilgrimmick

Member Since: 16 Nov 2015
Location: Highlands
Posts: 582

We used to snap a few chassis a year, even the 101" chassis snapped when subject to a heavy landing under parachutes. 80" 1948
Lightweight V8
Bowler Tomcat
130 Station wagon
90 300tdi
(Santana PS10 pick up)
Range Rover L322 (Ful fat)

17th Feb 2016 11:00pm

Cupboard

Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2971

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey

That's not a snapped chassis

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On a "motorway" in Kazakstan pre the Chinese making them better.

17th Feb 2016 11:07pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Pilgrimmick wrote:
We used to snap a few chassis a year, even the 101" chassis snapped when subject to a heavy landing under parachutes.

I would class this as abused

and I'm sure some had a little more than a cracked chassis. 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

17th Feb 2016 11:21pm

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