2004 Nissan Quest SE 3.5 from North America
Summary:
Overall best style/performance of the family vans
Faults:
Driver side automatic sliding door mechanism will not close the door. When just about to close, it beeps and pops back open.
Heater defaults back to floor heat icon only whenever turned off.
Irritating rattle noise in sunroof; dealer cannot hear or locate.
General Comments:
Contrary to most 2004 Quest owner postings here, I have been overall very satisfied with my Quest SE. Wonderful ride, lots of power, lots of room and all the bells and whistles, very few problems.
I bought it in 2005 with 18,000 miles, and now have 78,000 and just brought it in to dealer for its 60K major maintenance service.
However, service at the dealer is not cheap! ($600 for 60K major maintenance) + front/rear brake pads ($750) + new front tires (third set since new) $350 + alignment ($100) +... anyway, finally the bill was over $2,000. Additionally I was told the faulty left-side sliding door was not covered by my 100K wrap-around everything extended warranty, and would be another $300. Now that was disappointing.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 18th January, 2010
8th Jun 2008, 22:37
You said your lugs broke 2 weeks after having a brake job done. If your lugs were not torqued when the mechanic put the wheels back on this will cause the studs to break. If a air gun was used to tighten the lugs, I could almost guarentee the lugs were over tightened. With the lugs over tightened, the studs would be stretched past their maximum strength point. In this weakened state as the stud goes through heat cycles it would expand and contract putting more stress on the studs until they eventually break.
Always have your lugs torqued to avoid such problems.