Thanks I'll add your points to the list of what I want the garage to check...

"Had since new on lease, no trouble at all except “Connect” system ...."

Could you make this a bit clearer? If it's a 65 registration, it was new in 2015/16. So is that February 2016 you mean in point 2? And which year are the other dates?

You refer to 'Nissan': does this mean the dealer? Or are you leasing through a leasing company, in which case who is responsible for contacting the dealer that will do the repairs?

When does the lease, already nearly 4 years old, come to an end?

Finally, I'm not sure what 'no trouble at all' refers to in point 1.

All of this is relevant if we are to give you any useful advice.

Yes Avant, the OP's post really isn't very clear!. However, my interpretation is that the OP initially took the car on a lease deal, then after it finished, for whatever reason, decided to buy the car. "no trouble at all" (point 1), i would assume means that during the lease period, there were no issues other than the Connect system.

Not much help now, but buying the car was a mistake. The Nissan Qashqai is little more than a jacked up re-badged Renault Megane, and as such the reliability is not great. Also, i'm not 100% sure, but i'd guess the auto on this car will be a dual clutch automated manual. This is a type of gearbox which offers much in terms of performance and economy, but reliability is usually poor due to the overcomplexity of them.

If you get these issues resolved (fingers crossed), get rid of the car as soon as is possible. Should sell easiliy enough as they are popular despite the poor reliability. Assuming you decided to buy the car as you wanted to get off the lease/PCP merry-go-round?. If so, that was a sensible enough idea, but you need to do some research as to which cars are going to offer long term reliability outwith the warranty period. And if you must have an automatic, make sure it is of the torque converter or CVT type which will be much more reliable.

The op said it was an xtronic automatic making it the CVT box.

All this Nissan bashing on this thread but my Nissan has been faultless. Maybe it seems like they have loads of problems due to the fact they're so popular

"All this Nissan bashing on this thread but my Nissan has been faultless. Maybe it seems like they have loads of problems due to the fact they're so popular"

Very much my thoughts. You will mostly read about the problem cases on the web. Most people don't write about how great their car has been, only if it's problematic.

You may as well say that about most car makes (the super car/luxury ones aside) - but the difference between having 3-5% serious reliablitiy problems and 10% is significant, especially if (as you say) sales volumes are higher.

They also appear to sell a lot of cars as hire cars too, with many (especially Jukes and QQs) ending up on car supermarket forecourts after a year or so at ridiculous discounts, as well as cars that couldn't be sold as new.

I think what also gives Nissan a problem is that they appear to have to heavily discount their cars (they and Renaults often have discounts via brokers of over 30% [sometimes as high as 40%] and rarely below 20%) to keep sales up, but (like Renault) spend a great deal of money on fixing faults and is the reason why they aren't more profitable.

Great if you are lucky enough to get a great deal and the car is reliable (basic versions are better), not so good if something goes wrong. It's a bit similar with Mazdas - buy a non-rotary petrol-engined car and you think they're really good (and don't notice the often patchy customer service from main dealers), buy a rotary-engined car or diesel and don't use it exactly as it was designed for and you end up hating the car and the brand.

My old K11 (mid 90s) Micra was a great little car, never really any problems of note, but that was before they sold out to Renault and the quality dropped.

It's why both Ford and GM (amongst many US manufacturers) have struggled over that last 30+ years because they had their priorities all wrong and eneded up spending money in the wrong areas, leading to lower profits or big losses. VAG obviously found this out over dieselgate and other major issues, such as the DSG twin clutch gearbox, but have a much better reputation globally and, if they avoid any more scandals in the mdeium term, should continue to do fine.

All this Nissan bashing on this thread but my Nissan has been faultless. Maybe it seems like they have loads of problems due to the fact they're so popular

Saying the Nissan Qashqai isn't a reliable car when the evidence supports this is not 'Nissan bashing', it is simply being prudent and realistic. You (and Xileno) on the other hand seem to be doing the opposite by assuming because you personally have had no trouble with your cars, Nissan's are in fact very reliable. Look at the truly vast list of 'things to watch out for' on the Qashqai review on this website (www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/nissan/qashqai-2014/.../). Look also at reliability surveys, the 2019 What Car one for example, in the list of 21 family SUV's the Qasqai diesel is 18th, the petrol version is 19th and the mechanically identical Renault Kadjar is 20th. The only car in the sector worse, is, unsurprisingly, the Evoque.

But you have a voice, if you feel the OP would be better off keeping the car then say so, instead of complaining about folk (like myself) who think she should get rid of it ASAP.

It's not my decision what the OP should do that's entirely up to them. I'm not saying they should keep or sell I'm just pointing out that there our some people on here that like to put down the nissan qashqai whenever someone has a question about one.

The OP obviously got a lemon possibly a Friday afternoon carr and I'm putting forward that my one a 1.6 DCI xtronic at 4 years old has been faultless.

They may not be a great drivers car but what they do is make a good family car. Yes they may offer discounts but they are a volume manufacturer and by owning one yo . An see what they are so popular with families.

When we got our one at 3cyears old we got a good deal that included 3 free services and 4 years manufacturer approved warranty.