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by chrisw99
Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:38 pm
Forum: Electronic systems
Topic: Hill Start Assist
Replies: 23
Views: 15916

Re: Hill Start Assist

Tried it on my way home, didn't seem to happen where I thought it would and couldn't find any suitable slopes. Ironically, when I got home my driveway is sloping but of course every time I've ever turned the car on on the drive, the parking brake has been applied. Put my foot on the brake and turned...
by chrisw99
Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:23 pm
Forum: Main QashQai Discussion
Topic: Nissan Connect - Send-to-car Google
Replies: 11
Views: 8177

Re: Nissan Connect - Send-to-car Google

you have to set it up here...

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/sendtocar

For the account ID, it's the email address you setup for your Nissan connect account.
by chrisw99
Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: Electronic systems
Topic: Hill Start Assist
Replies: 23
Views: 15916

Re: Hill Start Assist

Is Hill Start Assist a standard feature? Looking at the spec pdf it was standard in the Visia and therefore in all models. Mine is a 2014 N-tec+. It has lane drift, TSR, front avoidance, etc, all confirmed present and working. But I have yet to find out if I have hill start assist. I did come to a s...
by chrisw99
Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: Bodywork & Interior
Topic: windscreen scratch removal
Replies: 10
Views: 6013

Re: windscreen scratch removal

Got some cerium oxide solution from Amazon, and the scratches are now gone. It says it won't remove scratches you can feel with your fingernail but it will get rid of surface scratches - and it did. I used my electric sander with a big thick polishing pad and just pressed hard against the glass and ...
by chrisw99
Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:26 am
Forum: Main QashQai Discussion
Topic: Radio Code
Replies: 4
Views: 4099

Re: Radio Code

Can anyone confirm if it's true that J11s with the Connect 3 system don't need a radio code if disconnected from the battery? I didn't get a code with mine and when I asked Nissan for one he said if its got a sat nav it doesn't need one.

My J10 with sat nav certainly did though.
by chrisw99
Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:27 am
Forum: Bodywork & Interior
Topic: windscreen scratch removal
Replies: 10
Views: 6013

Re: windscreen scratch removal

I had a new screen fitted that had a small scratch in it. The screen company buffed it out with jewelers rouge to remove it but it created a lens effect that distorted the view of road signs. In the end I got them to replace the screen again. Was it a scratch that could be felt with a fingernail? I...
by chrisw99
Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:37 am
Forum: Bodywork & Interior
Topic: windscreen scratch removal
Replies: 10
Views: 6013

Re: windscreen scratch removal

Are you sure it's a scratch and not a part of your heated windshield? I haven't got a heated windshield, and its a definite arc in the same path as the wiper. I've read cerium oxide solution and a lot of buffing (probably requiring an electric tool) will do the job nicely. Lots of reviews and video...
by chrisw99
Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:00 am
Forum: Bodywork & Interior
Topic: windscreen scratch removal
Replies: 10
Views: 6013

windscreen scratch removal

I have noticed a hairline scratch on my windscreen in an arc, obviously caused by a wiper blade. It is just above my eyeline and I don't see it when driving and focusing ahead anyway, but now I know it's there.... quite annoying on sunny days if it catches it right, although then I've lowered the vi...
by chrisw99
Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:02 pm
Forum: Electronic systems
Topic: testing aircon in cool weather
Replies: 2
Views: 1538

Re: testing aircon in cool weather

It was around that I'm sure, as it was painfully icy to hold my hand in front for anything but a few seconds. But when it's cold outside, your AC only has to cool the incoming air a few degrees to get it down to that and even a knackered, low gas AC system could probably manage that, which is why I ...
by chrisw99
Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:24 pm
Forum: Electronic systems
Topic: testing aircon in cool weather
Replies: 2
Views: 1538

testing aircon in cool weather

Bought my 2.5 year old J11 a couple of weeks ago, and with all the air con problems reported on here I was wondering if it's possible to test it in cool dry weather? I just had a 10 min drive with it turned it down to LO and it was blasting icy air at me, but it's only 12C outside. At the end of the...