Nissan Navara D22 Review of Ownership // 3 Years

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On today's upload I'm giving you my thoughts on my 2011 YD25 D22 Nissan Navara. After owning the car for over 3 years I decided it was appropriate for me to do a review of ownership video and give a few recommendations and suggestions for people who may be looking at buying one.

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[martindonohue]

I loved my 2011 you said, they do lack power. The first mods I did on mine were 2" lift, 2.75" exhaust, EGR blank, catch can and a Steinbauer. Made a huge difference to how it handled and how drove! One thing I will say is they are quite capable as a 4x4 too. Once they get a bit more power, they can keep up with pretty much anything as long as it's not extreme. They are a very light 4x4 compared to cruisers, patrols etc, so making a few mods helps them keep up. Mine never let me down in the 280k I did on it. I love them!

[Eurland]

I’ve had my 2011 d22 for the last 9 years. Haven’t had one thing go wrong with it. It is a bit sluggish and I’ll admit it’s more sluggish now since i’ve added extra weight with all the mods i’ve done, but like you said, keep it serviced, take care of it and it will take care of you.

[waynesawyer]

I've just bought a 2018 model, here in South Africa. I love it. We have a really bad 4km dirt mountain pass road. I love the 'basic' practically. The continent of Africa seems to have millions of them, even in darkest corners of Africa. Good reliable old workhorse.

[kylejackman]

They are super cheap now here in Namibia, it's probably due to the zero safety rating! But I love mine!

[hamishfelder]

I’m 195cm and just fit in mine. But I wouldn’t even bother trying to hop in the back seats.

[dwayne]

I was looking a review and that's exactly what you delivered, informative and honest great video and wish there were more like it for other cars.

[terryg]

Ok, my experience with my sons 2008 D22 YD25. The crank angle sensor is in a vulnerable position to water and more importantly oil leaks. And when you get oil on it, it will run like shit (mine at idle). Before a mechanic tells you the timing chain needs replacing, get under the car and make sure its not soaked in oil. It can happen from oil spilt when the oil filter is changed, causing oil to run down the electrical conduit and a worn sensor "O" my case both had happened. Mine was throwing out the code 0336, which is a number of things including crank angle sensor and it does also include wore timing chain. Now, to make sure the top chain had not jumped, I took off the front cover (real easy) and rotated the engine a lot of revolution to get TDC (I mean a lot, and take out the glow plugs). Mine was perfectly aligned at TDC through to the cam marks. But what I saw and what I read about the top tensioner it's obviously is a bad design, to where the after market guys include in their kits a tensioner piston spacer (7mm I believe) because over time with chain stretch, which is probably caused by it jumping/wiping around, it doesn't surprise me they jump. What I did was to purchase a new top chain tensioner and I cut a 10mm spacer from the old tensioner piston and inserted it into the new tensioner first followed by the new piston. Perfect fit and no more cam chain noise! Again before you have a mechanic tell you the timing chain needs replacing, check your crank angle sensor for contamination. Before you ever get to that point of it failing, get under the car and Denso wrap it all the way up as far as you can reach. Happy motoring!!

[rafizihazim]

Great vid very informative and accurate...I owned a 2004 Nissan Frontier D22 YD25 2.5l Turbo Intercooler from Malaysia been following you since you did the installation of your new intercooler...its nice that you took the effort to upload these videos about the Navara aka Frontier which not many youtube video has, mostly in youtube its about them toyota...so good luck in moving forward with your channel and keep up the good work mate love from your Malaysian viewer

[ianwilley]

I bought a secondhand d22 yd25 diesel (39000k) 2 years ago after owning a Captiva and I love it, does all we want on or offroad have offroad camper trailer 1750kg and pulls ok you feel it on hills but get around 950ks to a tank round town, it is my daily driver for work etc.. have put 75000 on the clock since I bought it and only changed oil (6000k) and fuel filter (40000k) the bloody Captiva used to cost me around 5k a year in servicing.

[dancinpigeons]

And on the cup holder point I mounted fold down cup holders in mine $6 each from Bcf

[dean]

Great vid, an Idrive makes a big difference with the D22 I love mine.

[shamicentertainment]

thanks for the video, pretty in depth and well spoken. I've been looking for a 4wd for a while, just spotted one of these for 12k at a dealership. I sort of want to just do some basic off roading and tow my pop top caravan.

[vackyh]

Bought a d22 from new only issue I have had in 6 years of owning it was fan belt snapped and took the other belts with it as you said very reliable vehicle just not super flashy or fast but it shaped like a brick for a reason lol .... Only other think I can suggest to anyone thinking of buying one is avoid white ones the paint they use is absolute crap from factory had issues with rust on mine and paint flaking off on the roof

[haydenparfitt]

Love my d22 zd30 running 35's. Had d40 and d22 is a lot better to maintain and a lot that does not go wrong

[nomis]

great video man, just bought one myself and new to 4x4, im keen.

[alexbold]

Solid video mate. You earned a sub and a follow

[dancinpigeons]

Victorian here and i got a nav a few months back got the zd30 havent been able to take it out yet but ive got heaps of mods done during covid. Nice channel mate subbed

[jam_custard]

I have done a few mods to mine but the best one so far is the idrive for something so simple it changes the car. Can use all those 98kw 😂

[konkidis]

Great vid mate. Im about to buy a Navara, wasnt sure which one to buy, this has helped alot.

[Nahfuckdisshit]

Loved the video. Thanks mate. Just purchasing one of these from a friend and seems perfect for what I need it for 👍