Navara NP300 adblue

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GT4_Abz

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11 posts

199 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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A year and 12000miles into Navara ownership that's the truck filled up with Adblue for the 8th time.
Despite being told I would get 7000 miles per tank, this clearly isn't the case.
My local dealer informed me today that I should get 120 miles per litre; 2,040 miles per 17 litre tank.
This was not as per what I was sold and I really don't have time to visit the dealer every 300 miles for a check up!
I assume there must be many other owners with the same issues, therefore I am looking to group together and take action against Nissan. Any others interested please get in touch. I'm fed up with some stuck up service manager telling me different stories every time and thinking I'm stupid enough to believe them.
This may not have been such an issue if it wasn't for all the other issues I have had over the year. This has got to be the worst purchase I have ever made!

Bristol spark

4,402 posts

190 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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My Transit also gets through a fair amount of this piss. Seems to need 10L around every 3-4K miles.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

174 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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I fill my tractor up every day. It's dirt cheap.

vikingaero

11,237 posts

176 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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Wasn't there some hoohaa on some French cars where they recommended only filling up when the fuel tank was near empty? If you topped up a fuel tank with fuel then the computer would say: "Tank refilled - inject another load of adblue."

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

174 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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vikingaero said:
Wasn't there some hoohaa on some French cars where they recommended only filling up when the fuel tank was near empty? If you topped up a fuel tank with fuel then the computer would say: "Tank refilled - inject another load of adblue."
uhh?

I have had the dash tell me there isn't enough urea to cover the tank of fuel, but as long as there is enough urea in the tank to sort the emissions out at that moment it won't de-rate, you can fill it when ever you fancy.

Speed addicted

5,710 posts

234 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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I bought a new Navara a couple of months ago, I'm sure the salesman told me that it would need ad-blue every 6k miles.

Why would you need to go to a dealer to top it up (I haven't needed to yet) there's a cap on the drivers side and you can buy the stuff from petrol stations.

What other problems have you had? I've been away for most of the time I've owned mine so it hasn't really been used.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

193 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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My manager has a Navara and she has also reported Adblue usage in excess of that expected.

It's taking the piss...

GTIAlex

1,935 posts

173 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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what happens if you dont fill it up

Bristol spark

4,402 posts

190 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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GTIAlex said:
what happens if you dont fill it up
Engine wont start.

Sheepshanks

35,040 posts

126 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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Missus has a Tiguan that uses it and the dealer did tell us, but didn't know much about it at all. For a while the information about AdBlue was different every time I looked at the VW website. Her car is doing about 500 miles per litre.

I did read that some business users who weren't told about it where handing cars back, particularly because it's a right faff to fill as the filler in the boot floor and the spare has to come out. I buy 5 litre containers of it and drop them in when it's a nice day.

GT4_Abz

Original Poster:

11 posts

199 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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Speed addicted said:
I bought a new Navara a couple of months ago, I'm sure the salesman told me that it would need ad-blue every 6k miles.

Why would you need to go to a dealer to top it up (I haven't needed to yet) there's a cap on the drivers side and you can buy the stuff from petrol stations.

What other problems have you had? I've been away for most of the time I've owned mine so it hasn't really been used.
Nissan demand that you take it to them every 300miles so they can do 'checks'. I don't see why I should pay for excessive Adblue consumption. Nissan claim it is new technology, however as pointed out by previous posts it is used in tractors, lorries etc for many years.

Faults:
Dealer supplied vehicle with a huge crack in hard top spoiler hoping we wouldn't notice.
Multiple issues with vehicle not locking.
Hard top not closing securely. Nissan unable to fix after several attempt, however RAC sorted in 2mins.
Car tries to pull off despite foot hard on brake.
Car fails to move from a standing start, however it then shoots off all of a sudden.
Engine warning light comes on and off.
Oil low warning comes on despite oil level being fine.
Rear view camera stopped working.
Radio/nav display cuts out and just freezes on the Nissan logo.
Excessive Adblue consumption.



Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

193 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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Has it fallen in two yet?

Frio3535

603 posts

142 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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I put 10l into mine with 300mi on the clock, now at 2600mi and haven't had a low level warning yet.

powerstroke

10,283 posts

167 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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My hilux uses 10 ltrs in about 7000 miles ,

Quattromaster

2,949 posts

211 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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I didn't even know they used adblue, my NP300 is 18 months old with almost 17,000 on the clock. Don't think mine must use it.

Speed addicted

5,710 posts

234 months

Sunday 12th November 2017
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Quattromaster said:
I didn't even know they used adblue, my NP300 is 18 months old with almost 17,000 on the clock. Don't think mine must use it.
Not sure when euro 6 came in for the Navara, yours might be before they started using it.

Jackarmy100

516 posts

210 months

Sunday 12th November 2017
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Quattromaster said:
I didn't even know they used adblue, my NP300 is 18 months old with almost 17,000 on the clock. Don't think mine must use it.
I’m in exactly the same position regarding time owned and the mileage covered in mine. We had the earliest trucks which don’t have adblu tanks.
I have to say; my truck has been faultless and utterly brilliant so far, just to add balance to the topic

GT4_Abz

Original Poster:

11 posts

199 months

Sunday 12th November 2017
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I had high hopes after reading various reviews and articles, however out of the 30+ vehicles I've owned this has been by far the most unreliable and biggest let down of any to date.
A vehicle that accelerates when your braking is dangerous and Nissan don't care.....'we can't get it to fault so it must be fine'.
After some research it appears that Nissan have had this issue with other vehicles and have never been able to resolve the issue.
Anyone any experience of forcing the dealer to take a dangerous vehicle back?

CFirst

1 posts

72 months

Thursday 15th November 2018
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Hi I’m having the same issue with new navara , it’s now done about 15000 miles and been filed up 5 times so far , nissan not interested , did you get anywhere with nissan ? Last fill up 17 litres after 2500 miles

Speed addicted

5,710 posts

234 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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Mines on about 12k miles now, filling it up every 3.5k or so with add blu. I asked Nissan about it and apparently it's within spec.

Apart from that and some squeaky brakes it's been pretty good. The Bluetooth music can have an annoying lag when skipping music, so you press the button and noting happens, press it again and it skips then plats a bit of a song and skips again.

Overall I'm quite happy with it, my work use an older L200 and the Navara is about a million miles ahead of that.