Posted: 30 July 2010 at 4:36am | IP Logged

Good day all.

I am new to this forum and I hope someone can help me with a few thing.

I resently bought a Nissan Hardbody 3.3 v6 4x4 2004 and I'm very impressed with the car, it has alot of power!!!

the garauge I bought it from gave me a 30 day warranty for any problems i find and they fix it for free. I'm not very good with car and i'm not sure what the problem is but let me try to explain.

when i change gears, its very noisey as if something is loose and if u stand outside you can hear it more clearly, its like a clicking sound from the bottom which i dont think is right. the other issue is when i start the car it sounds like something is scratching in the gear box but whe i start riding the noise become intermitted, the sound is something as if the gearbox has no oil or something but it doesnt sound very good. if i ride for a very long time then the noise goes way.

when i took the bakkie back, the machanic told me the following, the clicking noise i hear is the links in the gearbox but since when do you hear the links from outside the car????? the funny scratching noise he said is the 5th gear and is normal on all Hardbodies?????.

the final problem i noticed but havent taken it back for that yet is if i engage 4x4 and turn eith left or right then a click click click noise comes from my front diff, is this normal?

if someone can please help me with these issues before my 30 day warranty is over?

HELP!!!!!

Posted: 30 July 2010 at 5:14am | IP Logged

thanx jakeslouw.

do you maybe know how much it will cost for a gearbox place to look to see if there is something wrong?

BTW... the machanic that checked my car is the machanic that the garage uses to fix their cars, so somewhere they have an agreement.

thanx for the advise, will take my car back to them so that they can sort it out.

Posted: 30 July 2010 at 7:41am | IP Logged

Hi gohardbody, that mechanic is a bulls%*ter.....

Go direct to nearest AA shop, or Nissan dealership, this afternoon, or tomorrow morning. Do not wait. AA caught a problem in my van at 45 000km (when I bought it) - would have cost R 6000 to fix - it was fixed free of charge by seller. Van now at 327 000 km no issues. If your seller says they will fix, ask Retail Motor Industry Federation for guidance, ask for qualified gearbox, suspension, people to do the job. Otherwise you will end up with sawdust in your gearbox, motor.    

let us know where you are. send photo. 

Posted: 02 August 2010 at 1:46am | IP Logged

hi everybody.

thanx for all the replies, i did take the bakkie to another machanic and it is true, my gearbox is shot and so is my CV Joints.

i took it back to the place from where i bought it and they said they will fix it for me.

unfortunitly i dont have any photo's of the bakkie, all i have is video clips of when i went to de wildt but as soon as i get my bakkie back i will post some pics.

thanks guys for alll the help.