The crossover was named after the Qashqai tribe - nomads living in Iran. Along with the Asian origin of the name in Japanese car there is also a significant proportion of the European genome. After all, it was completely developed in England. The design was done by a division in London, and technical filling designed in Bedfordshire.
From the moment it appeared on the market, the crossover was in good demand all over the world. In 2008, its seven-seat modification Qashqai + 2 appeared: wheelbase increased by 135 mm, and total length machines - by 211 mm. The body has become higher by 38 mm.
The car was also successful in Russia, so they began to produce it at a plant in St. Petersburg. And the second-hand Qashqais of the first generation continue to play actively on secondary market.
BODY
- The left lamp board, on which the lamps are located, is installed very close to the body panel. As a result, over time, it overheats and burns out. Most often because of this, the brake light fails. Fortunately, the board is available as a separate one.
- Paintwork rather thin and poorly resists chipping and surface scratches. But the body does not suffer from congenital foci of corrosion. Moreover, in Qashqai, unlike many models, the trunk lid under the lining does not rust.
- Original windshields short-lived. The risk of cracking even from a small pebble is much higher than many competitors.
- The front wiper trapezoid does not last long. Critical wear of its rods occurs after two years of operation. To significantly delay this moment, do not turn on the wipers if there is a pile of snow on the glass. Repair parts are not officially offered, but some services have learned how to restore traction. Therefore, do not rush to change the trapezoid assembly.
- There are cases of fogging headlights. This applies to both restyled and "pre-reform" cars. Even without external mechanical impact over time, the tightness of the headlight housings is broken.
CHASSIS
- The front suspension of Qashqai is frankly rather weak. Silent blocks of the front levers serve only 30,000 km, ball joints- a little longer. It's good that they can be changed separately.
- Only 40,000 km keep the rear silent blocks front subframe. Fortunately, they are available as separate spare parts even in the original version.
- Front shock absorbers run an average of 80,000 km. But their support bearings will have to be changed more often.
- Qashqai is equipped with . The control elements of the system are located in the steering column and do not cause any complaints, but rack and pinion mechanism starts knocking after about 60,000 km. The new rail is expensive. Fortunately, the old one can be restored, and not spending much. Steering rods and tips are also the same great resource. But the market offers original spare parts individually and good substitutes.
- Of all the elements of the system, the razdatka is subject to the greatest wear. It is constantly under load, since its gears always rotate when the machine is moving, regardless of the transmission mode. It contains only 400 grams of oil. It is advisable to change the fluid every 30,000 km and monitor the seals of the unit: they flow quite rarely, but if this happens, the transfer case will die very quickly. The most unfavorable mode for her is when the car starts off sharply with the wheels turned out in automatic mode transmission operation: the clutch abruptly connects rear axle, and this creates an increased load on the dispenser. The rest of the nodes are quite reliable - with reasonable operation, of course.
- When driving off-road, you can maximize the safety of the transmission elements by the following method. We turn off the stabilization system and forcibly block the center clutch. If it is on the car, then forcibly turn on the first virtual gear. In this embodiment, it is more difficult to load something unnecessarily and overheat.
- crosses cardan shaft broken only after 100,000 km. They die the fastest on cars that are idle for a long time on the street: the connections turn sour, this accelerates their wear.
- Rear brake calipers located unsuccessfully, and their design is not the most thoughtful. Even during normal operation, a lot of dirt gets into the calipers, as a result, they become very sour. Therefore, with each replacement of the pads, it is imperative to carry out a full preventive maintenance with disassembly of the brake mechanisms.
- Weak link in rear suspension- silent blocks in breakup levers. On machines older than five years, rubber-metal elements begin to break down. And inside them, the camber adjustment bolts turn sour.
- The rear shock absorbers live a little less than the front ones, regularly nursing at least 60,000 km.
SALON
- Over time, the steering column cable is frayed. At risk are cars older than four to five years. Most often, because of this, the controls located on the steering wheel for the multimedia system and cruise control fail. The driver's airbag and switches also hang on this cable. external lighting car.
- Pre-styling cars are characterized by unstable manufacturing quality of interior elements. For example, on relatively short runs, the steering wheel peels off, as well as the paint on the plastic, the seat trim is wiped. When updating, the manufacturer significantly improved the quality, and most of the shortcomings were gone.
- From age, the wiring connectors located at the driver's feet under the front pillar trim often oxidize and rot. In this place, condensate from evaporation actively accumulates, especially in winter period. The trouble is that almost all the electrics of the rear left side of the body are tied to these connectors, including the power supply of the fuel pump and the rear lighting. Anything can refuse, there are no characteristic patterns. The wiring has been successfully repaired.
- Often the stove fan fails. Over time, it becomes clogged with dirt, the motor starts to work at its limit and eventually burns out. This usually happens after four to five years of operation. Sometimes the air conditioning compressor clutch breaks. This happens in cars of the same age. The coupling is available as a separate spare part, but can be repaired inexpensively.
Thank you all for your attention and comments - I took into account, generalized, systematized, supplemented. Personal opinion, based on exploitation, I do not pretend to absolute truth, and everyone has their own.
ADVANTAGES OF QASHQAI:
1. Wealth of equipment and price. It's out of competition. Moreover, the configuration does not depend on the engine and transmission, if you want to take the mechanics, if you want - a variator with both 1.6 and 2.0 liters. engine, in any configuration, 2.0 l engine - with all-wheel drive or without it, T.E. you can "configure the car for yourself", and minimum configuration already quite rich.
2. High clearance (declared 200 mm., Really did not measure) - enough.
3. Comfortable high seating position and good forward and side visibility. Low glazing line, large rear-view mirrors (folding), front side pillars Narrower than competitors, but still limited visibility (especially with windshields). IN rear glass and "loopholes" on the sides there is no visibility (especially with tinting), it helps out stock camera rear view.
4. Good standard soundproofing, you can’t hear the engine in the cabin, BUT the arches sound when you leave the asphalt, both front and rear. The spikes of Nordmann 4 are also audible.
5. Exterior - compact, ideal for a close metropolis, not long, not wide. Not brutal, but not feminine, universal middle peasant. Practical plastic moldings and plastic edging wheel arches. The long front overhang and low “chin” are not practical - they do not combine with high ground clearance.
6. Interior. Nothing superfluous and flashy, the strict charm of the classics, almost everything is in its place. The cabin is quiet, cozy and warm (in winter after warming up after 20 minutes). Plastic does not rattle, but periodically creaks, the doors close softly and silently. HUGE refrigerated glove box, glove box under armrest (but protruding flash drive limits it). The seats are comfortable but hard. Dashboard and BC - everything is simple, clear and informative. I didn’t even read the manual, I ran through all the settings intuitively. The regular five-inch radio tape recorder is useful only with the rear camera, there is no navigation (an update for OD costs 8 thousand rubles), the screen is small. Sings from the radio, CD (MP3), USB, displays the rear view when parking - and okay! Bluetooth and Handsfree have not yet checked.
7. Aerodynamics. It keeps the track normally, rulitsya is also good, but it feels ruts and oncoming trucks, despite the severity. I acknowledge the comments. Naturally, this is not a squat sedan, short base, high clearance do the trick. But at speeds up to 140 everything is very good, comfortable, smooth, imperceptible and does not shake with the wind.
8. Engine and transmission. The two-liter engine became faster and more economical after 10 thousand km. Its power, combined with 6 tbsp. There is enough manual transmission, including for overtaking. But of course, everything needs to be commensurate with the situation, I don’t rush into the oncoming lane, before overtaking I switch to 5th or 4th gear in advance. The manual transmission works well, but in the city the lever is 6 tbsp. Manual transmission has to be pulled more often than 5 tbsp. Manual transmission, there is more run. Here, at a speed of 50 km / h, 4th gear suggests itself, 80 km / h - 5, 100 km / h - 6th. There is a chance to confuse 3 and 5, 4 and 6 gears (you need to get used to it), the reverse one is turned on through the ring on the handle. The handle itself has not yet been erased, I read that it is very tender, until I noticed.
9. Suspension. Soft, off-road, and therefore, with sharp fluctuations, it breaks through, imposingly swings the machine in the pits - you can snort the bumper overhang from euphoria, since it is not painted and elastic. On the track does not heel. Minor irregularities swallows with a bang.
10. FULL DRIVE - works in 3 modes: 2WD, 4WD AUTO (torque is transmitted electronically to the "necessary" wheels, but not all at the same time), 4WD LOCK (turns all 4 wheels simultaneously and up to 40 km / h), some competitors - only in 2 (front and auto), and in some - permanent full. Here everything is relative and according to needs, but it will not save you from off-road. Separately, about 4 WD LOCK. I tested it when climbing a rolled snow hill - it drags well (on spikes), but it won’t save in viscous mud. Under load, you need to maintain a speed of at least 2000, otherwise the car stalls, and this is in 1-2 gears - fast and very unstable rotation of the wheels, throwing mud and self-burrowing. Also in the summer I tried to climb a hill on the grass, I stalled several times, I had to step on the gas hard, I smelled fried halfway (either clutch, or tires with grass), as a result, I left the venture halfway. So SUCH ALL-WHEEL DRIVE is not for heavy loads, those who refused it may be right in something. Or I haven't learned how to manage it yet.
11. Huge selection dop.optsy and accessories (I went for a week choosing floor mats, protection, visor, I still didn’t guess on the floor mats, they lie badly).
12. The bulbs have not yet burned out (although while I went for dopami, they were heavily imposed on me, referring to the small resource of regular lamps).
13. Consumption is very small for 2.0 liters. (mechanics), but he, like most performance characteristics depends on driving style and conditions. I don’t tear anything from a traffic light, but I don’t slow down either, 80% in the city.
14. The rain sensor normally and adequately copes with precipitation, the main thing is to turn it off in the winter - when it starts, it rows with the wipers without sparing itself and snow and ice (the wiper drive can tear) or bend the wipers.
DISADVANTAGES Qashqai (J10) - searched very biased, and only for balance.
1. A long and rather low front overhang, which is superfluous for a crossover with a clearance of 200 mm.
2. Close rear end, narrow openings rear doors(inconvenience of boarding and disembarking passengers), an uncomfortable rear sofa, a small trunk (but quite large for hatchbacks), although the car is classified as a station wagon (according to the technical ticket).
3. Limited visibility when driving in reverse(the camera helps), and in front of the parking sensors, too, would not hurt (low overhang, massive hood). Visibility back into the slush is even worse (throws the glass and the camera, rubbing endlessly means scratching).
4. At car washes and tire shops, the car is billed as a huge jeep, although it is smaller than many station wagons in terms of size and scope of work.
5. From time to time something creaks in the interior, when driving not on asphalt, the arches make noise (both the front and especially the rear). But in general Shumka GOOD (compares favorably with competitors).
6. Throw mud engine compartment, even with protection installed.
7. The door sills are still not completely closed by the doors (see photo), the legs get dirty from time to time.
8. A regular 5-inch radio is not worth the extra charge for the SE + package (no navigation, photos, videos, text files does not read, Russian song names are recognized every other time, it is inconvenient to search for songs, there is no remote control), it only sings and displays readings rear camera. (see photo).
9. Soft suspension not suitable for off-road, with a good shake it breaks.
10. Four-wheel drive is not suitable for off-road, when it is turned on under load, you need to keep the speed (slip, throwing mud, clutch wear), otherwise you will stall. Those. four-wheel drive, and in general the car is not for fishermen, mushroom pickers and other foresters. Gives excessive imaginary confidence, in fact unjustified.
11. Forced dipped beam (dimensions), annoying neighbors at startup. And yes, it's attractive excessive attention, reduces lamp life.
12. The headlight washer does not cope with its purpose, only a part of the headlights is washed with jets and then to no purpose. But the consumption of non-freezing increases significantly.
13. Few compartments and niches in the cabin for small things, regular box under the seat front passenger and he was pulled out after restyling and put as an additional option. (I put it and the eyeglass case at the OD). Apparently they decided to limit themselves to a huge glove compartment, a glove compartment under the armrest and pockets in the backs of the seats. There is only one outlet for the whole car. It would not hurt one more in the cabin and one in the trunk.
14. The database does not provide door sills (from heels), although in many budget cars this option is present by default. I put it with bends down (see photo).
15. A collective-farm trunk for a car for almost a million, the bottom could be made more noble and divided into 2 parts, so that when opening access to the space around the stowage (you can put any small things there), you don’t have to lift the entire bottom and collect splinters on unhewn plywood. But all this is covered with a rug and habit.
16. rear seats they do not fold out into a flat floor and in general their transformation is extremely limited (40/20), a hatch in the trunk would not hurt (for long and narrow things).
17. Door locks are too sensitive to freezing moisture. To drive her out of the shirt of the lock cable inside the door, in my case, the OD succeeded only 3 times.
18. Not a masculine exterior.
But this is all individual and relative, shortcomings, if desired, can be found everywhere. It didn’t start a couple of times (I suspect that the candles and the air filter will not change after 15 thousand km). And so no complaints.
In general, the machine is VERY LIKE and perfectly copes with its intended purpose.
Again, a lot of words, I dilute with pictures, thanks (even for the deuces), do not blame me.
Hello again, dear readers of Droma and my review of the Nissan Qashqai.
Thanks for the comments, with your positive reaction you add confidence that I didn’t sit down to write it in vain, and I can write it more or less readably.
The color of the car is really wonderful, in my opinion the most interesting in the model, although there is no dispute about tastes. It is almost black, so there are operational problems similar to black. Dirt, chips, stains after washing. All in all dark car it's pretty but not practical
Well, I called it a jeep so for the sake of formality - I just couldn’t even think that I could get myself a purebred Japanese - well, the budget is not the same, although this particular one is from the city of Sunderland, United Kingdom, however.
And he’s not an all-terrain vehicle, that’s for sure, I’ll tell you like a thread how I traveled without a single prior for three years without a single jam, and twice during the winter I got stuck on a jeep ... an interesting story, but more on that another time. By the way, the Shovel in the trunk is the same as the Qashqai Jeep :)
The car was equipped with SE + with an extended electrical package - electric mirrors, foglights, a tape recorder, a two-zone climate control, a cruise, light in the visors by the mirrors. In SE instead of climate Conder. In general, not the worst equipment, although the people have more respect for 2.0 with all-wheel drive.
But back to the topic of the review, and it is Qashqai.
In this part of the review, I will talk about my impressions of owning this vehicle:
After the VAZ, it is certainly gorgeous: a high seating position, the clearance on which you can ignore the presence of curbs, upset the track a little - it is wider than that of the VAZ (as you rightly noted in the comments, this is Togliatti, you see only basins in the frame)
so the track of Qashqai is wider than the track of the VAZ, and this leads to a certain discomfort when driving on snowy rolls and tracks knurled by VAZs, well, of course, in winter there is not enough all-wheel drive, especially at the start.
I really liked the salon, everything is beautiful, high quality, comfortable. all the way I was pleased to work with the box, clearly, conveniently, good gear ratios. In general, I had enough dynamics, I left the traffic lights when I wanted to, I was sure of overtaking. Although the car certainly does not shoot
and a relative driving a two-liter Qashqai + 2 with a CVT after RAVa4 with a 2.4 engine said that Qashqai is a vegetable. I press, but he does not go.
maybe because of the variator - I didn’t even try it.
On the plus side, I would include a multi-link rear.
I would like to note the acceptable quality of the Togliatti officials (the Salon is located on the Moscow Near the MREO) they missed the repair zone, the suspension on the stand was shaken.
But at the same time, I cannot fail to note the low professionalism of craftsmen and locksmiths.
Pro low level: No, they can change the oil, they even managed to replace the stabilizer and traction for me. moreover, I even did the collapse.
In general, about visiting the dealer immediately after the new year, I will write a separate note.
And this one is dedicated to the pros and cons of the car.
After the purchase, I was surprised by some of the shortcomings that SUVs have, with the whole family.
1) this is a rather stiff and shaking suspension, in my Qashqai it is also prone to swaying when driving slowly on a not very good road.
Yes, at speed it is like a glove on the highway, yes it steers cool, but when driving at low speed along bad road- this is a uniform mockery (on the prior, when replacing the racks, I did not put gas meat, but bought an oily Kayaba to make it softer)
2) a small interior with not the smallest size of the car, it is especially crowded for rear passengers.
3) The size of the trunk in the family of SUVs, but I put the stroller in the prior easier .... she doesn’t stupidly get into the trunk, only sideways. in general, the trunk is small (whether it's the front-wheel drive Duster - a summer resident's dream) I myself go fishing, picking mushrooms, I don't have a dacha. So one way or another, sometimes the trunk is in demand.
4) mediocre Shumka, and the engine, and wheels, and gravel on the fender liner are my companions, although after the vase is cool :)
Well, perhaps all of the minuses. I will not find fault with a generally good car, especially since citizens vote for it with a ruble. Look around how many there are.
The advantages of the machine are:
1) design - girls like it in a very broad sense of the phrase.
2) ground clearance is far from the last argument in favor of purchasing a front-wheel drive SUV. at least in the yard it has become much easier with parking :)
3) The dynamics of the car, although 1.6, but still smarter than the previous one, the car will be, although the prior to the honor of the VAZ can accelerate with an engine of less than 100 horses! And this is again the lowest tax, OSAGO .... if you wish, you can find pluses in the VAZ :)
4) interior trim - after VAZ - premium, soft plastic dashboard, normally working belts without jamming, comfortable seats with many adjustments, steering wheel in two planes, excellent materials, leather armrest with a huge box and USB inside, a huge cooled glove box ( I looked in other cars - Koshak steers), 4 power windows, even the driver's Automatic.
He turned the game on the crossover market, made this segment truly massive, forced competitors to rush after and unsuccessfully try to reach their level for many years. But what do those who know him best, his owners, think of him?
It returns to our favorite section with a slightly updated title - a slight allusion to Igor Nikolaev's musical masterpiece seemed to us a very appropriate humor. Otherwise, fortunately, everything will remain as before - we will closely study the opinions of the owners about the most popular cars our modern times and try to derive the arithmetic mean from these opinions.
Everything ingenious is simple - to come up with new class crossovers, you just need to make a smaller crossover. And bam - revolution! The first-generation Nissan Qashqai compact crossover needs no special introduction, and the praises sung at the start of this text are enough. After all, he is not sinless, and today we will deal with what at one time allowed him to capture world domination, and with why, after all, there were those who more or less convincingly tried to throw him off the throne.
Hate #5: Fragile and peeling plastic
Of course, it is not flawless literally on any car, but on the first Qashqai, it somehow passed especially quickly: the buttons on the center console and the “silver” on the door handles began to peel off already at 50,000 kilometers. There were also problems with the plastic of the exterior - wing linings, mirror covers, bumpers and, most importantly, the mounting clips of this entire economy turned out to be very fragile and unreliable, especially when low temperatures. Yes, and painted exterior plastic elements(mainly on cars before restyling) is not too thorough. And the plastic of the headlights, besides the mileage, is pretty overwritten.
Love #5: Reliable, but...
When the Nissan Qashqai first appeared in Russia, it was not that budget car but quite affordable option. And for such a massive (as it turned out later) car, it turned out to have surprisingly few problems with the reliability of components and assemblies - in addition to those discussed in this article, there is hardly one or two more worthy reasons to grumble. However, many, many Qashqais of the first generation are still quite fresh cars, and it is possible that in 7-8 years a completely different article can be written on this topic. Therefore, reliability is so far only the fifth reason to love Qashqai.
Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2007–14
Hate #4: ...he has too "light" suspension
And then it's time to remember where the platform of the first Qashqai came from. This is the so-called Nissan C - it is the same here as the Nissan X-Trail (in current generation, by the way, "X" and "Qashqai" also share the platform, only already CMF) and like Renault Megane second and third generations. For its time, it was cool - MacPherson front, multi-link rear, all-wheel drive options and different wheelbases, only now ... for Qashqai, it turned out to be too "passenger". After all, the owners believed that since they bought a crossover, they could ride it through the fields. As a result, subframe silent blocks, wheel bearings, ball bearings (complete with levers, of course) and shock absorber struts turned out to be almost consumables, especially, again, on pre-styling machines. Inevitably “dying” are added here to 100,000 km of run internal CV joints drives and stabilizer bushings, and all this fills the elderly Qashqai with knocks and noises that settle in it relatively easily, and are completely eradicated with great difficulty.
Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2007–09
Love #4: good design
“Looks like a tight-fitting burly man without too much aggression,” is such a description of Qashqai's appearance that we came across on the Web, and we want to agree with him. Qashqai design is the perfect compromise between harmony, charm, charm and the ability not to show off too much. And in Europe, and, oddly enough, in Russia, this is an equally valuable message.
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| Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2007–09 |
Hate #3: Two Liters Eat Butter
This is not to say that this problem is fatal - a lot here seems to depend on driving style, operating conditions and, in fact, the oil itself. However, there are really quite a lot of reviews in the spirit of “eating oil” regarding the MR20 motor. At short distances, consumption different owners ranged from 100 to 200 ml per 1,000 km of run, and dealers unanimously claimed that these values \u200b\u200bare within tolerance, however, on older cars that were at the very end of the warranty period (or after it), some owners fixed the values \u200b\u200bin 500-800 ml per thousand runs, which, you see, is not at all normal.
Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2009–14
Love #3: still passable
But, whatever one may say, the engine is up to the red zone, but in general, the reliability of the main units of Qashqai turned out to be almost exemplary. Again, apart from the disadvantages of the motors mentioned in this article, there is nothing special to remember. Jatco variators JF011E made friends with these engines perfectly (and in terms of reliability - in the first place), and five- and six-speed manual gearboxes never caused any particular complaints.
Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2009–14
The union of motors and transmission largely determined the traction and dynamic capabilities of the car (here, of course, we are talking more about the 2.0 engine), supplemented in a number of versions, albeit completely “urban”, but still so necessary for some buyers with all-wheel drive . The main thing to remember is that this 4x4 is for raking snow porridge in the courtyard of your house, and not for conquering impassable country wilds, and not to overheat the clutch ... But even if you have a front-wheel drive Qashqai, ground clearance 200 mm sometimes decides a lot.
Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2009–14
Hatred #2: The heater does not heat
Hmmm, two-liter engines eat oil, and 1.6-liter engines “do not go” - both are true, but, by and large, these are not problems, but rather the givens of this model. But the heater is a real problem: in frosts below -10 ° C, the car interior warms up indefinitely, and the windows freeze in motion. After restyling in 2010, the problem was allegedly solved by changing the wiring in the cooling system, but it didn’t work to the right extent - the owners of relatively fresh cars also complain about the long warm-up of the cabin and the decrease in engine temperature “to half the operating temperature” if the car is idle in the cold.
Love #2: Handling
The very same chassis, which in the same year unfolds on impassable roads, gives a lot of buzz in urban conditions. There is no particular rigidity here - they still tried to soften the purely “passenger” habits by reconfiguring some elements and high-profile tires, however, in terms of cornering behavior and stability in a straight line, the car is really very similar to a regular one. a car. The balance of almost incompatible qualities: high ground clearance, high body, handling and stability - Nissan solved this classic engineering puzzle “perfectly well”.
Pictured: Nissan Qashqai ‘2007–09
Hate # 1: "crickets" and "waterfalls" in the cabin
When the first Qashqais were new, as a rule, there were no complaints about the assembly of the interior, but now one often has to read about squeaks and rumbles in the cabin. Some even argue that the "crickets" began to regularly give concerts in the salon after a year of operation. new car- however, this still applies to a greater extent to pre-styling cars. And we also note that this is not such a rarity for cars of this price segment. But the ability to accumulate condensate under the upholstery of the ceiling and dump it directly onto the front panel when hard braking- a signature feature of Qashqai.
In the photo: Torpedo Nissan Qashqai ‘2007–09
Love #1: comfort and practicality
But these are trifles that cannot affect the essence of this machine. Ease of starts and overtaking in urban and suburban conditions, no problems when conquering curbs ... Add here practical, non-staining interior materials, quite acceptable fuel consumption, a trunk sufficient for shopping for a week, spacious salon(and don’t talk about tightness - you were also offered Qashqai +, but it didn’t become a hit) with a very modest size (length - 4,315 mm) and an excellent “sense of dimensions” - Qashqai generally fits perfectly into the urban environment, into the everyday life of a resident of a modern metropolis. That's what he took.
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We told you in detail how, and shortly before that, for the first time evaluating, we collected all the cars on the market according to the principle of “the same year and for the same money”. Since then, the situation has not changed much - the first generation Qashqai costs about the same money as many other cars of comparable age. However, due to the combination of qualities, it is more often chosen. Because there are good cars, and there are those that turn games and make revolutions. Let these be very small, compact revolutions.
- Weak sound insulation of the cabin. The hum and sound discomfort comes from wheel arches which are not protected by special material.
- Expensive maintenance. The cost of repairs and scheduled maintenance for Nissan Qashqai is indeed considered very decent. By by and large, this is due to the complexity of the layout and the inaccessibility of many components and mechanisms, and the parts themselves often change only as an assembly.
- oil consumption. Distinctive feature this car the fact that the engine eats up oil from the factory and this is considered the norm. With an increase in mileage, the problem begins to progress, especially for engines with a 2-liter volume.
- cheap interior materials. Most owners note low quality car interior trim. In the first place are such details as the braid of the steering wheel and gear knobs, fabric and leather upholstery seats, doors and armrest. The interior of the Qashqai cabin often looks worn out for a run of 50-70 thousand. It can be called obvious, the fact that the manufacturer saved on finishing.
By the manufacturer, the period is set Maintenance car, with replacement lubricants And technical fluids 1 time in 15 thousand km. What not very positive affects how cylinder-piston group, and on the drive chain of the gas distribution mechanism. Owners who change the oil at least once every 10 thousand km are less likely to encounter problems with chain stretching and “oil burn” for a run of 120-150 thousand kilometers.
What are the weaknesses of the Nissan Qashqai
1. Paintwork.
The car body exhibits extremely low resistance to impact environment. Chips on the hood and in the area of \u200b\u200bwheel arches are formed after a year of operation. A pleasant moment can only be considered that all elements are galvanized, and corrosion in places of chips and scratches will not appear.
2. Wheel bearings.
The obvious sore of Kashkaev is considered to be the bearings of the axle shafts, which change as an assembly with the hub. Their resource is extremely low, in most cases it is approximately 30-40 thousand kilometers. This is due to the weak and unprotected bearing design. Failure symptom wheel bearing, serves as a constant howl and buzz from the side of the wheel, which begins to progress over time. Wheel play may also appear, but already in cases that clearly require urgent repairs.
3. Variator.
The reliability of the variator, as a transmission, can only be expected with a very careful ride, without slipping and overheating of the unit. Cars on sale in the secondary market, for the most part, have problems with CVT for a mileage of 150-200 thousand kilometers, and many much earlier.
4. Cardan cross.
The problem only affects cars with all-wheel drive. It's no secret that the average service life of the cardan shaft cross is approximately 80-100 thousand km. This problem has not bypassed the Nissan Qashqai either. If it fails, it is necessary to replace the entire cardan assembly, tk. the crosspiece is not sold separately, and the cost of the whole cardan will be about 80 thousand rubles. A similar situation occurs with a classmate Qashqai Nissan X trail. The only way to save money on repairs is to find a service where they will repress the crosspiece to a similar one and install the shaft in place. This procedure will cost the owner about 10 thousand rubles.
5. Steering rack.
The steering mechanism does not shine with the reliability of the SUV, and in particular steering rack. If the steering tips are able to serve faithfully right up to the 100 thousandth milestone, then the steering rack sometimes begins to knock on the first half of a hundred run. The main problem here lies in the reliable material bushings of the working shaft of the rack, which wear out and create a play that turns into a loud clang and a characteristic knock in steering wheel, when driving over bumps.
6. Support bearings racks.
The failure of the support bearings of the struts is a fairly common phenomenon in Qashqai. By and large, there are several reasons for this - weak thrust bearing, its not protected from sand and stiffness of the suspension. All this does its job. The main symptom is a rattle in the area of \u200b\u200bthe shock absorber cups when turning the steering wheel in place. The detail is small, but the replacement is not very cheap.
The Nissan Qashqai car has earned a huge positive reputation and love from motorists. Its popularity during the first 4 years of sales made the manufacturer make restyling, with the refinement of all existing sores and shortcomings, which led to an improvement in the working properties of the suspension and increased the level of sound insulation.
