Pathfinder: Tranny related.

[DonM]

Guys, a friend of mine has a 95 Pathfinder 4x4. It crapped out on him. So he wound up taking it to Nissan to have it repaired.

He Knew the tranny would need a rebuild and expected to pay no more then 1500. He got a call a few days later explaining that being the SUV was a 4x4 it needed to be replaced with a "NEW" tranny and could not be rebuilt!

Now when I heard this I was somewhat shocked. Of course the work had allready been done and at this point nothing could really be done. He ended up paying $3200 for a new tranny from the dealer.

My question is, is this for real? Ive never heard of this before. If so, why must a bad tranny be replaced with a new one and not rebuit because of the fact the SUV is a 4x4.

My old Ex was a 4x4 and I had two rebuilds.

Nissan took him for a ride huh????

 

[sncwfo99]

I'm no tranny expert, but it sounds like they screwed him.

 

[rhyno]

That sounds awfully fishy, however, your friend never should have given them the authorization to do work on his truck without calling him first to get his OK. That is like handing them your whole wallet.

 

[DonM]

Originally posted by rhyno
That sounds awfully fishy, however, your friend never should have given them the authorization to do work on his truck without calling him first to get his OK. That is like handing them your whole wallet.

He did give them the ok. He doesnt really know much about cars/trucks, so it didnt sound fishy to him. It wasnt untill he told me this. Then I told him he got ripped off!

I guess there is not much he can do huh?