Buying Used 1.2 Petrol or 1.6 Diesel Xtronic?
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I have a 1.6 diesel CVT and find the gearbox fine. It does give a smoother ride than an auto box as you just don't notice any gear change. Most of my journeys are relatively short, with the occasional Motorway trip, and the DPF filter (to date) hasn't clogged up. On a long journey it will average around the 50 mpg mark, but on short journeys it only averages around the 30-35 mpg.
My Qashqai is just over 2 years old, and as of last week I would have said no problems. Unfortunately last week I got a stop/start system failure message along with the speed limiter and cruise control failing to operate. It went into my local Nissan dealer last Thursday who diagnosed a faulty battery which was replaced under warranty, as Nissan have accepted that a "duff" supply of batteries were fitted to some Nissans. Sadly due to the incompetence of my Nissan dealer, when I picked the car up, the speed limiter and cruise control were still not working, so it is going back in this Wednesday to be looked at.
In my opinion the car is nice to look at, lovely when it works, but the thing that has turned me against ever owning another Nissan is my local dealer, whom I have experienced nothing but cock ups since ordering the car. I dread going into the garage, and if I had owned my car a bit longer, would be chucking it in for a nice new Peugeot 3008!
Good luck
Doug
I have a 1.6 diesel CVT and find the gearbox fine. It does give a smoother ride than an auto box as you just don't notice any gear change. Most of my journeys are relatively short, with the occasional Motorway trip, and the DPF filter (to date) hasn't clogged up. On a long journey it will average around the 50 mpg mark, but on short journeys it only averages around the 30-35 mpg.
My Qashqai is just over 2 years old, and as of last week I would have said no problems. Unfortunately last week I got a stop/start system failure message along with the speed limiter and cruise control failing to operate. It went into my local Nissan dealer last Thursday who diagnosed a faulty battery which was replaced under warranty, as Nissan have accepted that a "duff" supply of batteries were fitted to some Nissans. Sadly due to the incompetence of my Nissan dealer, when I picked the car up, the speed limiter and cruise control were still not working, so it is going back in this Wednesday to be looked at.
In my opinion the car is nice to look at, lovely when it works, but the thing that has turned me against ever owning another Nissan is my local dealer, whom I have experienced nothing but cock ups since ordering the car. I dread going into the garage, and if I had owned my car a bit longer, would be chucking it in for a nice new Peugeot 3008!
Good luck
Doug
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I bought the 1.2 CVT in Dec and certainly hope they have sorted the problems they had a few years ago. They have too much at stake to not do anything about problems they encounter with their cars. Very pleased with the car so far but just owned it for 2 months.
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I've had no problems at all with the CVT on my 2015 1.6dCi. Whatever the early problems were, they don't seem to have manifested on my car. It's as good an automatic gearbox as I could ask for.
Used to have 2015 1.6dCi 130 Xtronic N-tec+ in Gun Metallic
People can be warned but they won’t necessarily listen. This Jatco CVT has been a disaster from the beginning. While there are plenty that have given no bother [yet], the failure rate has been exceptionally high. Same with the 1.2 petrol engine.......... of the age the OP is considering. Also Diesel engines of any and all brands are no longer suitable for lots of stops and starts where the engine doesn’t properly heat up under load for a good while. That’s just the way it is I’m afraid.
If I were you, i’d look at a Honda CRV, or a petrol Golf or something. I’ve no loyalty to any brand and am not blinkered or blinded by passion for the cars I own. Perhaps there is a larger engine available in Qashqai with a conventional automatic? Nissan do seem to have gone overboard with specifying the Jatco CVT wherever they can, but probably only because they now own Jatco.
Honda make a far more reliable cvt., yet for Europe they don’t fit it to the CRV, instead choosing to fit the ZF 9 speed torque converter box. Very wisely in my opinion.
From here. https://youtu.be/QD2BYStP2bk
Paulie Proton
1 hour ago
I agree. Nissan CVT are craps nowadays.
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Made by Jatco - should be Crapco.
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If I were you, i’d look at a Honda CRV, or a petrol Golf or something. I’ve no loyalty to any brand and am not blinkered or blinded by passion for the cars I own. Perhaps there is a larger engine available in Qashqai with a conventional automatic? Nissan do seem to have gone overboard with specifying the Jatco CVT wherever they can, but probably only because they now own Jatco.
Honda make a far more reliable cvt., yet for Europe they don’t fit it to the CRV, instead choosing to fit the ZF 9 speed torque converter box. Very wisely in my opinion.
From here. https://youtu.be/QD2BYStP2bk
Paulie Proton
1 hour ago
I agree. Nissan CVT are craps nowadays.
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AutoExpertTV
44 minutes ago
Made by Jatco - should be Crapco.
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our new 1.2 petrol with now 600 miles on it is failing to get more than 25mpg town driving... overall mpg is 26mpg.
Hoping once the weather warms up and engine runs in the mpg will increase !!
Hoping once the weather warms up and engine runs in the mpg will increase !!
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Every time Nissan has a problem with engines or CVT boxes iam sure they will look into why it failed and look to improve the engine or box they are not going to keep on making the same ....if one part or more to blame then make it better...they make around 600 cars a day at Sunderland....lots of engine problems are people not checking oil levels....mind I think nowadays that oil looks after its self....like a petrol gauge.....
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Our 1.2 CVT has about 1200 miles on it and I get 34 mpg around town. I don't use the stop and go which I hate.
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Hello Folks,
Returning the thread after coming to a conclusion that 1.2 Xtronic is the one I would go for.
Just wondered about reliability of CVT and 1.2 petrol model in general, as they received poor publicity for it. I'm looking QQ that are over 3 years old, so hopefully all the gremlins would have been ironed by Nissan during the first 3 years.
Also can you disable stop/start function permanently as I don't want to damage/weaken the battery, I'm aware you can disable it when you first start the car, so that means you have press that button every time you start your journey.
Returning the thread after coming to a conclusion that 1.2 Xtronic is the one I would go for.
Just wondered about reliability of CVT and 1.2 petrol model in general, as they received poor publicity for it. I'm looking QQ that are over 3 years old, so hopefully all the gremlins would have been ironed by Nissan during the first 3 years.
Also can you disable stop/start function permanently as I don't want to damage/weaken the battery, I'm aware you can disable it when you first start the car, so that means you have press that button every time you start your journey.
Apparently there are lots of problems with Honda CRVs with Diesel getting into the oil. So even the great Honda is not bullet proof
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/CR-V/2017/
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-china ... KKBN1FW124
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/CR-V/2017/
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-china ... KKBN1FW124