jdohants replied on 16/04/2019 19:33
Posted on 16/04/2019 19:33
In March last year, I took delivery of a brand new Nissan XTrail 2 litre diesel for towing my Swift Callenger 565 caravan. The electrics to the van would not work the fridge or charge the caravan battery whilst towing. Tests were made and the car manufacturers contacted. The outcome was that it is a built in problem with new X Trails, It is something about eco or energy conservation. Try as they might, the expert tow bar fitters, who I have used many times, could not come up with a solution to this problem, which they had encountered with several new X Trails. To add to the problems, the gear box was awful, grindy, lumpy, difficut to get in and out of gear. The ride was so harsh that it hurt my spine. There was tremor through the footbrake ( not ABS ). It was an all round awful car, the worst of the very manyI have had in over 40 years of towing. So bad was the Nissan, that after 11 months I changed it to a Ford Kuga 2 litre diesel. A very superior tow car indeed, better in every way. What relief !!
jdohants