Posted: Mar 10 2008 at 8:37pm | IP Logged

Wazzup?

I've had my 2000 Frontier for 6 years this spring.  I've never had a vehicle for 6 years, and I have never put this many miles on a single vehicle that I've owned.  It is also the most trouble-free vehicle I've ever owned.  It had 9,000+ miles when I bought it, and currently has 125,000

Mostly, I've had air conditioner issues...thermister, fan speed switch, and both refrigerant hoses.  All at different times.  Oh, and 2 relays.

When I did the front brake pads at 92,000 miles (still haven't done the back brakes), the left side caliper had been assembled incorrectly and had worn the pad down at an angle.  This never affected the braking until about 91,500 miles, when I started to notice a slight pull to the side under hard highway-speed braking.  A new caliper was pretty cheap.

I went to a slightly larger set of tires on the stock rims.  I had always thought the stock size tires looked like little donuts in the huge wheel wells. 

The headlights get cloudy, but off-the-shelf plastic cleaner gets them almost like new.

The dashboard gauges freeze up once in a while.  It's a pain in the butt, but it's a problem I just kind of live with.  We tried cleaning the wire harness, which made it a little better, but I have found that dimming the dash lights helps.  It only happens once a month or so. 

Other than common maintenance things, I have had so little trouble from this truck!  I bought it because my sister and her husband drove their 1987.5 hardbody for 300,000 miles!  Aside from a window crank and a water pump, it didn't ever need much else!  Her husband has over 300,000 on his Pathfinder, and my sister has almost 200,000 on her Altima. 

My other vehicle is a Suzuki DL650 "Wee-Strom", but I guess that's for another forum.

Posted: Mar 10 2008 at 11:21pm | IP Logged

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