Which Nissan X-Trail to tow my caravan?

I've been looking at the X-Trail to tow my caravan but people are reporting fuel pump issues and going into limp mode are both these models affected by this. My caravan is 1400kg. I am looking for something with a budget of £3000 that is sort of reliable with the best fuel returns. I have been looking at Mondeos, but these suffer from injector issues was this on all three models can you recommend anything? I have also been looking at the BMW 3 Series, but these also have cam chain braking the m47 engine. I am stuck and just don't know what to look for i know every car has its problems but some have more than others and frequently.

Asked on 17 November 2016 by alan

Answered by Honest John

For a towcar for £3,000 you could get trouble with anything. Maybe the answer is something very robust like a Nissan Terrano II. The original X-Trail 2.2 diesel was an excellent, honest car apart from the problems that developed with it, but complaints now seem to have died down (possibly because people don't complain as much about old cars). See: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/nissan/x-trail-2001/...d

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