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I've been smacked with a last minute task which includes getting to know everything there is to know about D22 Navara's.

If anyone here happens to work in a Nissan workshop or knows lots about them (any issues, tiny or major) and can help me out by answering a few Q's please pm me or email v84runner@gmail.com

Alternatively anyone who's heard anything worth noting if you were looking to buy one for example, feel free to post away...

Cheers,
Nem

while i'm no guru.....

depends a lot on what motor it has in it. D22's have quite a few different deisels and a couple of petrol motors.

rear springs sag like crazy. with exception of some of the early 3 litre turbo they are fairly reliable.

Is there a particular engine that is most popular? I always thought of them as having the 3L TD like the later ST/R's. I assume they were different before the ZD30 (?)

deisel D22's came out with the same motors as the later D21 and terannos had ie 2.5(TD), 2.5T, 2.7(TD), 2.7T, 3.2(QD), 3.2T, then finally the 3.0T (ZD) and 2.5T (YD).

also the later D22's are sometimes called the D23 due to the face lift they had.

one pain in the butt is the ZD30 full throttle at half way.

EGR valve (like most egr valves) tends to stick and cause a few problems.
gearbox switch sometimes packs up resulting in a very gutless motor.

AU/NZ models miss out on the exhaust brakes and don't get the option of locker diffs (only rear LSD).

seatbelts that don't fully retract is a minor pain.

Thanks for the info mate. I'm steering more towards the later D22's for the purpose of the task.

Those latter things you listed are great. If you know:

Is the 'gearbox switch' something that can be checked for operation on inspection? Assuming this is for the auto variants...

-Nemesis- wrote:Thanks for the info mate. I'm steering more towards the later D22's for the purpose of the task.

Those latter things you listed are great. If you know:

Is the 'gearbox switch' something that can be checked for operation on inspection? Assuming this is for the auto variants...

gearbox switch is for the manual. afaik no NZ new deisel navara (ZD30) has an auto. its not somthing you can easly check but afaik its esy to disconnect if it goes faulty.

Is there any ZD30 navara that has an auto, like a japan spec one?

Dad had a stroke a while ago and is having trouble managing a clutch at the moment, but before he had the stroke we got the truck just the way he likes it with suspention, dual batterys and heaps of other stuff.

If i can source an auto for him i would like to swap it in so he dosent have to sell it.

Sorry for the hijac mate!

I'll try and hunt down some contacts tomorrow mate and email you.

That would be great, Thanks!

Stay away from the YD25 ! I have a couple of them between my customers and plenty of them die before they reach 100k km's. The steering is one other weak part if taken off-road or fitted with bigger tires. The center drag link is very weak and wears out quickly.

Excellent, thanks guys. Keep the brainstorming comments coming

-Nemesis- wrote:Excellent, thanks guys. Keep the brainstorming comments coming

what sort of info are you after - anything specific?

as mentioned on the nissan forum, squeking drive belts. also had bearing failure due to mechanics overtightening the belt to make it quiet.

also timing chain tensioner wear and failure.
(ZD30)

Offroad-Events
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:15 pm

Stay away from the YD25 ! I have a couple of them between my customers and plenty of them die before they reach 100k km's

i don't think they where ever sold new in AU and only in 2WD in NZ. the dieing seems to be the lead free bearings on the euro models.

bogged wrote:

-Nemesis- wrote:Excellent, thanks guys. Keep the brainstorming comments coming

what sort of info are you after - anything specific?

Mainly any querky issues that happen in more than one. For instance, if your mate was going to look at one to buy and you had heard about a few things, you'd tell him to make sure he checks that the "......" and "....." aren't buggered or playing up.

check out http://www.nissan-navara.net/index.php
there is a tech section on d22's
Alot is for o/s models but you get a fair idea of issues there.
Hope this helps.

Oh front diffs can be a bit shite...

body mounts like to come loose