Update I now have the car back after 10 days in dealership. Touch wood; they seemed to have solved the problem and the car is nice and quiet - as a new car should be It has been very stressful trying to get this far. To start with you arrive at the dealership with a warm engine and fewer symptoms. H...

Hello again, Update on my previous posts. The car is now in the dealership again. I had feared this would be a difficult, un-rewarding process trying to get any where The service manager rang me up and there were three strands to his comments. Its only a ticking sound. Its caused by the fuel pump It...

This is an update to my earlier post I bought the car from Nissan Weston super Mare, which is not my nearest dealer. I took the car in to Nissan Exeter on 5 - 7 November. they did not solve the issue. One of the problems is that its best to demonstrate when the car is cold. They told me they had fou...

Thank you for comments and the Autocar article. I have started to think that the rattle issue is problematic and might be difficult to solve and that I don't want to be fobbed off or have to keep the car if its a tricky issue. So knowing where I stand is useful. My car is booked in again on 25 Nov f...

Hello, Just joined the forum. I bought an Ex showroom !.2 dig petrol Qashqai in September. So essentially brand new in all but name. Fine for three days then on about the fourth day this rattle starts. similar to that described in earlier posts. Throaty rattle. Noticeable for 10-15 minutes. Mainly a...