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I want to buy a used suv from 2000-2002 and the budget is around £3000-£3500. I'd like a petrol. Anything out there better than Nissan X-Trail? Needs four-wheel drive.
As I get older I notice every bump and grind along the road. I love my X-Trail petrol T spec, but wonder could you recommend tyres for comfort?
I read with interest a recent article you posted regarding supermarket fuel and thought I would share my feedback. Following your advice, after purchasing my Nissan X-Trail in 2004, I used only Shell or...
How extensive is Nissan's goodwill on X-trail design faults (e.g. Turbo fails DPS etc.) for Cared4 Dealer stock who's service history can't be proved to be entirely within the Nissan network?
At the last service a couple of months ago (59000 miles) I asked the mechanic to investigate what I can only describe as "hunting" at tickover or steady low revs. No fault codes were identified and the...
I have an 2005 2.2 DCI Nissan X-Trail, 50,000 miles. Does it have the potentially ruinous components of a diesel particulate filter and a dual mass flywheel? Having read your column I am thinking of selling...
The washers on my Nissan X-Trail won't work - any idea why?
I have been offered at reasonable price a 2003/53 Nissan X-Trail, 31k miles, 2.5 litre petrol, automatic. What are the pros and cons of this model?
I have a 2005 Nissan X-trail SVE 2.2 which I use for towing a caravan. I've always towed within the 1,500kg that is about the kerbside weight of this model (caravan MTPLM is approx 1,350kg). I'm looking...
I own a 2004 Nissan X-trail 2.2 diesel. Whilst I was driving the car suffered loss of power (limp mode). Diagnosis was done by a trustworthy local garage and I was given a fault code of p0089 and quoted...
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