Hi,
New to these forums. I bought a Nissan Almera 1.5 in January 2008 from a dealership - 3 years old, 12k on clock,one elderly previous owner. My 3 main reasons for buying the car were reliability, reliability and reliability.
It's been back to the dealership around 10 times with faults in as many months.
The latest problem is a high pitched scream it emits when the engine is warm - either in traffic jams or when u switch the engine on or off). This started in June at 17k on clock and the dealership diagnosed and replaced a faulty water pump. 3 months later (at 20k) the exact same whine started again and I've just been called by the dealership who say its very strange but the water pump has gone again. I just don't buy this at all, every mechanic I've spoken to states a water pump should last far longer than this, yet the dealership are insisting it's just bad luck - unfortunately the warranty runs out in January 2009 and I'd bet anything in a few months this issue will re-emerge.
The screaming noise only occurs when the engine is fuilly warmed up and when you start/switch engine off or when in traffic jams. I've read the almeras are prone to stretched timer chains/tensioners - could this be related as when I got the car I tried to reject it because the rev counter was all over the place and was told "this is normal with almeras".
Can anyone shed any light on this ? This has to be the single worst and most stressful purchase I've ever made, but I'm sure I've just been unlucky and there's a single underlying cause here...
New to these forums. I bought a Nissan Almera 1.5 in January 2008 from a dealership - 3 years old, 12k on clock,one elderly previous owner. My 3 main reasons for buying the car were reliability, reliability and reliability.
It's been back to the dealership around 10 times with faults in as many months.
The latest problem is a high pitched scream it emits when the engine is warm - either in traffic jams or when u switch the engine on or off). This started in June at 17k on clock and the dealership diagnosed and replaced a faulty water pump. 3 months later (at 20k) the exact same whine started again and I've just been called by the dealership who say its very strange but the water pump has gone again. I just don't buy this at all, every mechanic I've spoken to states a water pump should last far longer than this, yet the dealership are insisting it's just bad luck - unfortunately the warranty runs out in January 2009 and I'd bet anything in a few months this issue will re-emerge.
The screaming noise only occurs when the engine is fuilly warmed up and when you start/switch engine off or when in traffic jams. I've read the almeras are prone to stretched timer chains/tensioners - could this be related as when I got the car I tried to reject it because the rev counter was all over the place and was told "this is normal with almeras".
Can anyone shed any light on this ? This has to be the single worst and most stressful purchase I've ever made, but I'm sure I've just been unlucky and there's a single underlying cause here...
