Hi there everyone,
Needing some advice from you guys,
I picked up my 05 GT4 on saturday from Market Harborough, ( 140 miles from were i live in Warrington ), had a amazing weekend with it.
so happy with the car overall.
Yesterday afternoon, i started to hear this dreadful clicking noise from the rear and after several hours of reading about it on the forum, decided to call into my local nissan garage ( MIDDLEHURST / ST HELENS )to see what can be done and enquire about services. etc.
Basically SOD ALL...... and regarding the service prices they quoted me P1 ......£194, P2 ......£260 ISH and P3 ..... £344 INC VAT.
well, the car has only done 26255 miles with full service history from nissan dealership and even though i didn;t buy from a nissan dealership, they have provided me with a 3 month warranty, £500 max with limitations.
They also have gave me the remaining warranty of 12 months from WEST LONDON MOTOR GROUP NISSAN , which the pervious owner took out.
It is currently being transfered to me and seems quite extensive.
ANYWAYS.... couple of choice there, but do i still persist on my local nissan fixing this problem or try to claim against my warranties. Afterall this is a nissan fault with a technical bulletin issued and reading the forum, i see some people have had the work done. FOC.
Can you guys offer any advise on which route to go down regarding this matter, I have tried with st helens/ middlehusrt Nissan, with no joy they want me to pay for the labour @ £72 ph to diagnose the problem and wont cover it under their warranty they insist that i would need to pay upfront and claim myself. They will not admit its nissans problem to fix. I have also got another Nissan garage in Manchester which I have yet to try. But just trying to weigh up my options on this and choose the best route to solve the problems with the best outcome for me.
Overall, i don't want to be paying for something that has been a recall and don;t want to be travelling across country putting more miles on my car.
I Would like to know a recommended garage in Northwest that i can start building a relationship with to service my car and fix any further probs.
I know you guys will have plenty to say.
cheers
paul