Nissan struggling with Quest minivan's slow sales, quality issues
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Much better than the previous Quest .. that used to sell like 200-400 a month. This one sells around 4,000.
Suckers???
I'm sure even with those problems, those Vans will still be Roadworthy and on the road for many years long after domestic Ford, GM and Dodge Mini-Vans bite the dust.
If the initial quality sucks so bad, what makes you think long term quality/reliability will be any better?
Agreed. That is probably one of the most obnoxious vehicles on the road. Even worse than the Excursion IMO.
Based on experience with Chassis/Mechanical/Engine performance and longevity of the Nissans compared to comparable domestic Products and said death rate of them.
Well if this new Quest is anything like any Nissan some of my friends have ever owned, or anyone in my family, initial quality is certainly a tell tale sign of longterm quality IMO. We've had horrid luck with them in the past and these problems certainly don't make me want to go out and buy one.
Pliablemoose
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He he, a Nissan bashing thread on AT, surprised it hasn't been locked.
I suspect I won't be purchasing a Nissan product for the rest of my lifetime (unless I get a killer deal), or until Renault sells their holdings in Nissan.
I honestly like Nissan products, but they brought the new plant on line too quickly & introduced too many new models @ once.
Where's Skoorb? His ears must be burning
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Huh? The only bad chrysler vans were the ones with mitsu engines and *maybe* the turbo-4. Domestic minivans consistently show up as longest-lived vehicles on the road today...
meh, I'm not surprised. All these models are out in their first year and came out in the same general time. I'd give it atleast two years until all the minor bugs are fixed.
Four new products at the same time is a manufacturing nightmare.
EDIT: read the article. Good to see Nissan standing behing their products and applying fixes for them. And all the problems are minor and nothing serious. It looks like Nissan is listening to the customers and doing everything they can to become better.
Regarding sales of the Quest, it's more due to odd options and supply of certain trims rather than no one liking the van (which isn't true). It's an appealng design both inside and out. Very unique. And Unique sells. Maybe won't bring in volumes of sales (and since the sales target is only 80k a year, they know that), but it brings more attention to the brand.
Four new products at the same time is a manufacturing nightmare.
EDIT: read the article. Good to see Nissan standing behing their products and applying fixes for them. And all the problems are minor and nothing serious. It looks like Nissan is listening to the customers and doing everything they can to become better.
Regarding sales of the Quest, it's more due to odd options and supply of certain trims rather than no one liking the van (which isn't true). It's an appealng design both inside and out. Very unique. And Unique sells. Maybe won't bring in volumes of sales (and since the sales target is only 80k a year, they know that), but it brings more attention to the brand.
3chordcharlie
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Makes you wonder how the new chevy line-up will do doesn't it?
Used to be only GM who couldn't get it right in the first model year
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I think some other factors are influencing the survey also, the car buying public has become more sophisticated & less willing to beta test a $30K car they'll have to deal with for some time...
ummm...Chrysler van's have repeatedly had faulty transmissions from the 1993 models to the current models. Their 4-speed tranny were utter crap. Ford's Windstar minivan had engines that ate headgaskets for lunch and dinner, and spewed out coolant for breakfast..
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well I'm being "web-sense'd" out of looking for anything about "vehicles" here - I remember seeing (not here) that minivans had much better reliability records than pickups and SUVs, in response to someone listing reliability as a reason to buy an SUV instead of a minivan. They cited a pretty good study at the time; but I'll admit it's a cop-out to say I can't produce that study because of a firewall
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