Nissan Frontier Navarra [ARCHIVED]

**jatcos** · July 17th, 2009 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by marktriton

i admit that navarra is fast enough than my strada ride which in the other forum has a lot of comments regarding sterring, uneven height, leaf spring noise.

there is no perfect car out there, well just want to voice out my views,
thanks, its nice to read all of your thread

Considering poor diesel quality in the Phils, black smoke in the case of navara is no different with strada or any other pickup.

Here's my view with strada. Ive been driving this 2.5 strada as company vehicle and ocassionally two family 3.2 a/t when doin long trips. All i can say is 3.2 power is great but Navara's 2.5's can keep up very easily without hesitations.

What i dislike with strada is driving feel during cornering or when goin thru potholes where steering gets shakey and tires feels like jumping sideways. This turns my confidence off when maneuvering zigzags because of instability feeling. Another thing is the engine noise inside cabin when you hit 1.8k rpm and up, its so loud.

They are both good pickup though but from my experience Navara drives more like a sedan. imho

**huggiesxl** · July 17th, 2009 06:50 PM

good day po mga sir!! tanung ko lng po kung mayroon bang cabin filter ang mga navs natin? ung parang sa xtrail? TIA...

**karlitozz** · July 17th, 2009 09:23 PM

good day nav owners

share ko lng truck namin after 30k+, 1year+ old 4x4 MT
clutch disc replaced (as far as i knw two navs na replaced sa cdo nissan)
last week AC ayaw na mag function,they fixed it but after a day,di na mag work.fan or blower needs to be replaced.(ika 3rd nav kami na siraan daw AC)mechanic said sakit s aulo daw AC ng Nav coz they have to remove the whole dashbrd just to check AC coz evaporator is placed near back of the stereo.

mods:
bigger horn w relay
halogen lamps w relay
carryboy roll up
bilstein shocks coz ome sobra lambot cant handle heavy load.
ironman loadplus(sold coz doesnt work sa leaf spring ng navs)
lift 2 inches using block shackle and spacers front

**huggiesxl** · July 17th, 2009 10:47 PM

sir karlitozz... how much po inabot ung clutch replacement?
talgang ubos na daw po ba ung clutch? 1 year only? parang ang bilis naman nun maubos po?

**loki_chaos** · July 18th, 2009 04:22 AM

sir karlitozz, sakit daw talaga sa ulo aircon ng nav... if you've read some of my previous posts regarding my aircon problem, di din nila maayos and di nila maayos tapos sa casa ko naman, ako pa lang nagkakaproblem sa aircon... di pa nila sinabi sakin na ganun ka hassle magtanggal ng evaporator, buti na lang di ko muna pinababa yung evaporator kung kailangan pa tanggalin yung dashboard...

tapos yung sakin mag 3 months pa lang, 3kmileage... mukhang pahirapan magpaayos ng aircon ng nav in the long run...

**karlitozz** · July 18th, 2009 03:02 PM

sir huggiesxl covered p warranty clutch disc and AC blower pero nag order pa sila parts for AC. found out about the damage clutch disc everytime pasok nav sa garage meron rattling sound (metal).

sir loki suggestion lng po, try other nissan dealers.and if posibble pag down ng dashbrd present ka para ma tingnan mo.look on the bright side mas ok labas mga problema truck mo while under warranty pa.heard that parts ng nissan expensive daw.

for those who were told dapa navs nyo or low ground clearance
(this is not our ride)

http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/v...?do=view&g=176
http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/v...p?do=view&g=21

**erexb101** · July 20th, 2009 12:52 AM

[SIZE=4]Gooday everyone![/SIZE]

[SIZE=4]Share ko lang sa lahat ng owners, nagpa service ako for 40K mileage. Wala naman problema nav ko kahit na 1 year and 5 months na yung akin at gamit na gamit lalo na sa province. OK talaga mag pa service sa Nissan Westgate. Binayaran ko lang 11K plus. May discount kasi binigay din sa akin SA ko. Share ko lang po sa lahat, Ako po ata pinaka bagets dito? 23 years old lang po ako. hehe. And sino nga po pala dito more than 40K mileage nila? Thanks po! [/SIZE]

**loki_chaos** · July 20th, 2009 07:07 PM

Update: tumawag sa planta yung SA... check lang daw lahat ng basics, last resort na yung pagbaba ng evaporator... 2 weeks na sya sa wednesday....

**Wh1stl3r** · July 20th, 2009 08:48 PM

Nearing 20TKm, no problems pa naman.

Medyo nagugulat lang mga motor/other cars pag umoovertake ako, di kasi naririnig yung engine. Tried Petron diesel but didn't like it. Parang walang hatak. Got 10km/L mixed driving. Went back to Caltex and got 11km/L.

*loki
If it's any consolation, my other pickup's aircon also smells, nasanay na lang yata ako. hehe

*jatcos
Mababa kasi ang center of gravity ng Nav natin kaya maganda and takbo specially when you throw it into corners.

Damping is also tuned for stable cruising at high speed. Medyo ramdam lang yung mga small ruts but I guess that's an acceptable trade-off. Yung sentiments mo about your Strada naramdaman ko din in my Dmax. At speed sobrang nakakatakot na. Malaro masyado yung suspension.

*erexb101
Ground clearance is easily cured by replacing the tires with higher aspect ratio (245/75, 255/75 or 265/75) tires. Di pa rin sya malikot lumiko at 245/75r16.

**julezjampad** · July 21st, 2009 12:13 AM

Mga sirs maiba naman ako, para di lahat problems sa Navara usapan natin... hehehe.... Share niyo naman pics ng Navara niyo... Ano na ba mga mods ninyo para magaya.

Here is mine taken at our farm in the province. Share ko lang kahit wala pa masyado mods.... and feel free to comment...

http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/P1010807.jpg

http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/P1010809.jpg