1987 Nissan Pathfinder SE 2.4 petrol from North America
Summary:
Wow, I want a fleet of these
Faults:
Clutch slave cylinder, fan clutch, upper A arm bushings, drivers side headlight housing, all sensors, rear latch assembly.
General Comments:
Can go anywhere, off road it is the best I've have for a street legal car, and on road it's quiet and smooth.
Overall it been a really good car, almost 900,000 miles and still drives like a used but well maintained car, and it hasn't been cared for at all.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 8th September, 2008
24th Nov 2005, 08:30
I'm living in northern Mexico close to the Texas border were the sun has no mercy. I had a '87 Pathfinder (red) which I gave away to my sister in-law. She is still driving it.
This 4x4 SUV is a tank, ever since I bought it used in '95 it had already about 80K miles on the ODO. It was originally from New Mexico and was in very good conditions when I got it. The paint job was completely intact, even though the sun in our area is tough.
I added another 100K to the ODO over time and had no major issues except for the normal stuff such as belts and hoses. Changed the tires and the alternator, but that's about it.
Even after 18 years of sun bathing the color still looks like new! Rust? No way, here in northern Mexico cars don't rust!
Plastic parts is a different story, they dry out and break - some simply pulverize. The dashboard has cracks all over, not even the good old Armorall could prevent that from happening.
My wife was pushing to get a newer looking car (design-wise) and wanted to get rid of the good old Pathfinder. Don't get me wrong, it was not due to malfunction of any kind, she simply did not want to spend all that money to upgrade, you know CD player, etc.
Well, as I said above, we could not sell it for what it is worth, so we simply kept it in family.
Now we drive a Nissan (of course) X-Trail and are really happy with it.
Nissan really rocks, nice designs, reliable solid cars. Not the cheapest ones, but worth every penny.