Faults:

Had a Nissan X-trail 2.0 Sport from new in 2003, and in 4 years and 50000 miles not one problem. Traded this in for a 2006 2.2 dci Columbia in October 2007.

While at first, the performance was fantastic, this started to vary on some journeys, to the point of wondering if the turbo was faulty. It's intermittent and does not last long but annoying.

Then my front brake jammed-on and got so hot I thought it would burst into flames. To Nissan's credit, both front brakes were replaced free and they blamed grit in the caliper.

Then yesterday, the brakes failed completely with the pedal sinking straight to the floor. This resolved itself in a minute or so, but not before a few hairy moments!

It's in the with Nissan today, but they just scratched their heads as I had not been over-working the brakes prior to the incident. I know they will ring and say it all looks fine and can't find a problem. It does not leave me feeling too confident though!

General Comments:

A great family car, but brake problems and turbo issues seem to be common on later models.

Faults:

Minor issues, squeaks and rattles, rough idle when drive engaged while stopped.

General Comments:

This car is very good, however dealer service is expensive. For example, over $500 for a 40,000K service. And the service is every 10,000k.

Also the dealers seems unable to repair the rattling sunroof or squeaking rear suspension (1 dealer moved on).

The fuel economy is very good at 10 liters per 100km average. Does not seem to matter whether city of highway driving, 600 km on a 60 liter tank is always achievable.

There is an issue where the idling is rough if left in Drive when stopped at lights.

I think Nissan make a great car for the money, very high tech and very reliable, but they just don't have a suitable service support infrastructure, here in Brisbane Australia anyway.

For this reason I will not be purchasing another Nissan.

Faults:

Having serviced the car regularly, with only 28,000 miles use, The TURBO BLEW. I note from this site that other owners have the same experience - is this a common problem?

General Comments:

The towing experience with this car is a little disappointing. The car does not respond well in reverse, unlike the Patrol and Terrano it seems/feels laboured in its performance. I have towed the same trailor and horse in all three models and feel the x trail lacks lustre.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong.

General Comments:

The usual comments (difficult to adjust mirrors, center console is weird, but you get used to it fast). I don't have much experience with other cars and I'm not a car fan, but I can say that everything is tight with this vehicle. I should have got the sunroof, otherwise awesome.