Issues & Defects from factory

markymark

another vote regarding crap nissan paint quality



the front bumper has a yellow tinge to it, the rear and sideskirts too but less noticable.

I've been bugging nissan over the last month but they're saying "its normal" - a bit annoying since ive seen nissan micra's with better paint matching.

kdo2milger

thats due to the parts you described being plastic...

painted plastic verses metals with the same paint code will undoubtedly have some slight tonal variations to them...less noticable in darker colors and more noticable in lighter colors...

nissan isnt the only auto maker with this unfortunate side effect, many auto manufacturers experience this same issue...

ex: my 04 ford is oxford white and it has the same yellowing issue on the front/rear bumper as well as the side moldings...

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jekel

hhmm how odd i can kinda see it in your pic, when i look at my white in real life seems even to me though, cant see a tinge.........

man bad lucky everyone on the fuel guage issue......hope doesn't happen to mine while i have it

Yutzi

Does anyone have any issues with the fuel guage and how many kms you have left when close to empty?
I dont think its a fault but its kind of annoying that when the fuel light comes on it will say 60-70 kms left of fuel. I will do about another 5-10km and it has states you have about 30-40 kms left, 2 seconds later it starts flashing.

This is all while under normal drving conditions, no driving hard.

I am still working out how many kms on average per tank of juice i will get and ill start trusting how many kms i have done, I do reset the travel guage each time i fill up though.

GTRFAN

Yes, exactly as described. I still think it's the fuel sender and the lights are just displaying the innacurate level.

Has anyone reported this to Nissan yet?

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PreciousMetal

I find that on my car "kms left to empty" seems to work as I'd expect. If I drive hard, it reduces the "kms left", If I drive gently it goes back up. I haven't run it all the way to empty, but this week I went from 70km to 50km left, and I'd done about 20km. It certainly doesn't drop from 60km to 30km to none in a few km like Yutzi's does.

If I remember correctly, you can reset the fuel economy meter (if that's what it's called). It's one of the settings on that useless orange screen that I wish showed a digital speed read-out. Anyway, maybe yours needs resetting Yutzi (I'm assuming it is used in the kms left calculation).

I did find the last light on my fuel gauge was not lighting, but the last two fills I have made sure I filled the tank right up. That fixed it. It seems there is a lot more room after the pump clicks off.