My brother once had a couple of Metro bangers, one of which had such a badly rusted floor pan, it let water into the footwell if he drove through a deep puddle. He rearranged the badge letters on it to read "ROT ME".

Assuming your new radio has a standard ISO connection, you need a converting harness that plugs onto the existing Nissan wiring at one end and plugs into your aftermarket gear at the other. Something along these lines: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Stereo-Radio-ISO-Wiring-Harness-Connector-Adaptor-...

Cheap as chips, as the orange fella used to say!

DaveBerlin wrote: I tried this today on our QQ J11A (14) and it worked great I pushed CAMERA twice and this appeared (snip)

Interesting - I tried it on my 2015 N-tec+ but no full-screen pic. Maybe it's only on the Tekna?

Glad to have you aboard, and yes, D's the man!

I don't know about the petrol version but for the 1.6 diesel, Nissan recommends replacement at 180,000 miles or after 10 years. Generally they don't need changing as long as the tensioner is kept in good condition; a change now would give you peace of mind about the component for the rest of the veh...

Lucky13 wrote:No I've already tried that and it's a no go...

Ah well, it was worth a shot just in case!

switchback wrote: Just looked at mine. It goes under the metal cross brace and is mounted transversely behind the parking sensor housing and in front of the AC condenser.

Well done that man!

Chain. Only the 1.5dCi is cambelt.

So the plug doesn't just connect to that second position on the device, with the spur locking into the hole?

Motability (not mobility) vehicles are generally kept by the customer for three years. The first J11s went on sale in February 2014, so yours must have had its third service, albeit an intermediate one, at a Nissan dealer shortly before you bought it from the unhelpful ex-Motability dealer in June. ...