Just done my 140K service. Now found outer cv boot got crack. Haih

Warranty ends at 100k. I think 60K nothing much, just normal service and most prob they will ask to service the brakes + A/C.

Definitely lousy. Now I have torn suspension bushing and drive shaft boot. I have an old Kelisa 10 years old, and those 2 parts are still good.

Not made in Japan. Parts are made in Japan/Indonesia/Thailand/Malaysia/Korea/etc and assembled in Malaysia.

Definitely Tan Chong skimp out on lousier local parts. Engine is good. What to do... chinaman company. Definitely my last Tan Chong purchase.

Normal drive no symptoms (yet), but at high speed you may feel wobble. Just like out of alignment.

Anyway, mine was found when my mechanic inspect my car during brake pad change. I just thought it was alignment issues.

3 years old tyres should be change, regardless got sound or not, got thread or not.

Yes Tan Chong uses foam cleaner to clean the evaporator. There is residual smell, but I find inoffensive.

You can access the cabin air filter by removing the white clip, then insert finger to pull out the filter element.

If I am not wrong that serpentine belt is connected to the water pump. If broke, your water pump won't work and engine will overheat.

That stupid belt is RIDICULOUSLY weak! Mine already changed 4 times!!! 150k km changed 4 times belt!!! Normally this belt last around 80k-100k km!!

Even Myvi only change once every 100k km!!

Exactly. No surprise here btw, it is Tan Chong afterall. The whole car is riddled by low quality parts.

List of low quality parts
- Wheel bearing
- Radiator fan
- Belt
- Cooling coil
- Seat (the fabric seat all kedut kedut and lumpy)

Mine did. Caused by the belt. Sounds like engine underpowered in old cars right. Was thinking is it pinging or something else. TC change the belt and the noise is gone.

Then after 50k km the noise come again, then gone after changing the belt again.

Also, it is FKING ridiculous to expect belt change every 50k km!! Read my post. Damn pissed at TC quality. Even my old Myvi only changes belt at 80-100k km.

Yeah planning to sell mine too. Fedup with all the repairs!

Don't think this is Nissan problem, but rather Tan Chong localised parts quality problem and also their service sucks. From the moment you step in the SC you can feel all they want is all the money you have. Everything have to pay. Even under warranty they got the balls to ask me to pay!!

Really FED UP with my ALMERA!!!

2 weeks ago, my air cond suddenly not cold. It was warm and cold intermittently. So I send to TC to check. Turns out the hot/cold air servo motor spoilt.

So there goes RM400!!


Then today, the air cond blower motor make noise and suddenly not much air blowing. Roughly 1 hour later the motor stopped.

Now TC quote me RM1100 to replace the blower motor!!!!

4 years old car, so many problems!!!! Big money sucker!!

I have another MYVI, 7 years with ori radiator fan, wheel bearings, air cond blower, cooling coil, steering wheel and other parts. The only parts I change for my MYVI is tyre and absorber!

Air cond blower motor or the outside radiator fan? Failing radiator motor is common for Almera. Even mine is changed before.

PJ service centre is the worst. Everytime tell me can't finish the job, say technicians are all fully booked. Bla bla bla....

For 4 years I own this car, it's the same excuse. It means Tan Chong never bothers to fix the problems they have.

Go to Nissan website to lodge a complaint.... look what I get when I click contact us.....

Thanks for the offer. I am at PJ. Already left my car at SC.

I go outside survey few workshop they quote me about rm200 cheaper only, plus they use OEM parts. Since the whole dashboard needed to be dismantled, so I just leave it at SC.

For most part I already choose outside parts.

However, this involves removing the dashboard, thus I have to choose TC expertise in this. Removing the dashboard wrongly will only results in weird sound coming later on... more headache... in this ac case, one of the workshop out there tell me they will remove the dashboard and the steering shaft too and another say will only need to remove some parts not the whole dash (but decline to explain further) and that worries me.

But other parts, radiator fan motor, absorber, brake, etc.. I have gone to outside workshop...

- Wheel bearing faulty
- Wheel bearing faulty, AGAIN!
- Radiator fan motor faulty
- AC cooling coil leak
- AC hot/cold air servo motor faulty
- AC blower motor faulty
- Steering bubbles/crack
- Drive shaft cover crack
- Absorber boot crack
- Absorber faulty
- Audio head unit fan faulty
- Serpentine belt premature wear and tear (around 30K km)
- Serpentine belt premature wear and tear, AGAIN!
- Exhaust tip fall off/rattling
- Exhaust tip fall off/rattling, AGAIN!!
- Exhaust tip fall off/rattling, AGAIN and AGAIN!!!

This is normal? 4 years car only. Total cost of service/repair over RM12,000.00!!!!

This post has been edited by a_dot_el: Apr 28 2017, 04:41 PM

If the gear shifted to lower gear, you will get a corresponding pick up effect.

However, if you didn't notice any pick up, or increase in acceleration, then your torque converter might be slipping.

Notice some Grand Livina user kena this when I go to SC (from the conversation between the SA and the tech), but I may heard wrongly.

I service my car at TCEAS. Warranty is only 3 years or 100k km, whichever comes first.

I reach 100k km at around 2 years plus, and right after that comes all the major repair

Even the service alone during warranty period is expensive.

By the time I reach 100k km (first 3 service is free, 1K, 5K and 10K) I already spend close to 7K on service and maintenance (including rm950 for tyre replacement).

From 100k km to now, at 160k km, have spend another 6K (of which, rm900 is for tyre replacement).

Right after 100k km, most of my service is done outside, but using Nissan 0w-20 oil and oil filter (bought at spare part shop). I just saved on the workmanship fee, taxes and time (outside workshop can service the car at most 1 hours plus when TCEAS needs at least half day).

Other replacement parts, like brake pad, etc i bought whichever is suitably good and done outside too. These saves a lot compared to TCEAS.

So the big item after 100k km for me is the aircond fixing, which cost a total of RM1600!