Is Nissan Pathfinder a good tow vehicle? I'm used to a Suburban...

[1fujifilm]

A new truck today - be it a stripper work truck or a top trim - will have airbags, stability control, ABS, and a backup camera. Because they are legal regulations... on everything.

Are you talking about stuff like lane assist and auto-braking? You know the auto press, and car enthusiasts everywhere, generally loathe that stuff? Soccer moms and men who wear skinny jeans love it I'm sure. More safety afforded to play on their phones instead of watching the road.

The first thing I do when I use cruise on the Tundra is hold the cruise button in for 5 seconds to shut off the radar cruise control.
Why? I CAN'T STAND SETTING IT AT 77 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BE DRIVING 70. A true stoner effect.

Bear

 

[old abe]

Did you trade again? And I thought you overcome with "Hemi-itis"?

 

[ICT Sledder]

The first thing I do when I use cruise on the Tundra is hold the cruise button in for 5 seconds to shut off the radar cruise control.
Why? I CAN'T STAND SETTING IT AT 77 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BE DRIVING 70. A true stoner effect.

Bear

Never had a vehicle with adaptive cruise. I’d pay for it as a stand-alone option, but it is usually packaged with a safety nanny, distracted driver package or on the whole hog premium trims. Don’t wish I had it THAT much.

Not a safety feature though.

 

[mrbb]

just throwing this out, rumor has it, GMC/Chevy will have a new Suburban out
with a new in line 6 cylinder diesel , 3.0 liter getting reported 30+ mpg's
sound's like it would be a nice daily driver and wel should tow ok, and not be a huge sticker add on like the bigger diesels, in the HD lines of things

NO clue what the price is, but should be out in 2020 I have heard!
food for thought!

 

[nc666]

just throwing this out, rumor has it, GMC/Chevy will have a new Suburban out
with a new in line 6 cylinder diesel , 3.0 liter getting reported 30+ mpg's
sound's like it would be a nice daily driver and wel should tow ok, and not be a huge sticker add on like the bigger diesels, in the HD lines of things

NO clue what the price is, but should be out in 2020 I have heard!
food for thought!

Sounds like a major disaster.

 

[1fujifilm]

Never had a vehicle with adaptive cruise. I’d pay for it as a stand-alone option, but it is usually packaged with a safety nanny, distracted driver package or on the whole hog premium trims. Don’t wish I had it THAT much.

Not a safety feature though.

Most 2019 and up Toyota's have TSS-P standard..
https://www.toyota.com/content/ebrochure/CFA_TSS_P.pdf

I'm sure the cost is built in but now we do not have a choice.

Bear

 

[indy_500]

Never had a vehicle with adaptive cruise. I’d pay for it as a stand-alone option, but it is usually packaged with a safety nanny, distracted driver package or on the whole hog premium trims. Don’t wish I had it THAT much.

Not a safety feature though.

I have it on my F150 not sure I could own another truck without it

 

[mrbb]

Sounds like a major disaster.

why would you say that?
if it makes enough torque to tow well, and trans to shift well, I see NO reason it would a disaster i~

many said things like this about the turbo charged smaller motors in 1/2 ton trucks and well, most that have em, are VERY happy with em!

 

[xsledder]

Try to find a Ram Ecodiesel, or any of the other baby-diesels from Ford or Chevy. My Eco pulls an inline with 3 sleds, gear and three guys just fine and gets in the teens while doing it. It drops to the around 10-13 mpg at 80 mph bucking a head wind with a trailer. (My trailer is a low-profile inline, sub 6' height.) I get 18-23 mph driving around town, Chicago suburbs. (18 mpg in the winters, letting her warm up real good during the cold mornings.)

 

[snobuilder]

Try to find a Ram Ecodiesel, or any of the other baby-diesels from Ford or Chevy. My Eco pulls an inline with 3 sleds, gear and three guys just fine and gets in the teens while doing it. It drops to the around 10-13 mpg at 80 mph bucking a head wind with a trailer. (My trailer is a low-profile inline, sub 6' height.) I get 18-23 mph driving around town, Chicago suburbs. (18 mpg in the winters, letting her warm up real good during the cold mornings.)

My son bought one with miles on it and it stopped running after making noise. He hasn't had it looked at yet but a week or 2 back he received a recall? notice about the engine which sounds like it could have caused his trucks failure....

Do you have any knowledge of the recall?

 

[russr]

the ECO diesel recall is for emissions .. kinda the sames lines as Volkswagen got busted for .. Ram didnt have the pcm watching fuel curves as needed
so they have come out with a new flash to update the pcm and to verify if the regen is good to go

 

[6mile]

Do you have the XD with the diesel? How does it tow and what king of MPG do you get towing?

For the record, I have a 2007 F150 Lariat I bought when gas was more the $4.00/gal and everyone was dumping trucks. Paid 20K for a Lariat... 12 years of owning this thing and 240K miles and I am ready to send it down the trail. It has been a great truck, and I have not had issues that all the internet crabs about. Here are the major repairs I have had to do. Wheel Bearings and IWE on the front, one rear bearing kit installed, and one Radiator that had a tank brake off. Then regular maintenance stuff like 2 sets of plugs, 4 sets of brakes, and lots of oil changes and trany flushes.

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It's good there are a variety of good trucks to choose from so we can have bitchy "this truck is better than your truck" whine sessions. Lol.

BTW my Nissan Titan XD is the best truck I've owned. And I've owned many.

Do you have the XD with the diesel? How does it tow and what king of MPG do you get towing?

For the record, I have a 2007 F150 Lariat I bought when gas was more the $4.00/gal and everyone was dumping trucks. Paid 20K for a Lariat... 12 years of owning this thing and 240K miles and I am ready to send it down the trail. It has been a great truck, and I have not had issues that all the internet crabs about. Here are the major repairs I have had to do. Wheel Bearings and IWE on the front, one rear bearing kit installed, and one Radiator that had a tank brake off. Then regular maintenance stuff like 2 sets of plugs, 4 sets of brakes, and lots of oil changes and trany flushes.

 

[snobuilder]

the ECO diesel recall is for emissions .. kinda the sames lines as Volkswagen got busted for .. Ram didnt have the pcm watching fuel curves as needed
so they have come out with a new flash to update the pcm and to verify if the regen is good to go

Talked to the kid
..
Recall is for a leaky egr cooler that can lose enough coolant to wreck the engine

 

[xsledder]

Talked to the kid
..
Recall is for a leaky egr cooler that can lose enough coolant to wreck the engine

Yes, I have that one plus another one for autopark functionality. I need to them taken care of in the next week or two. I have been checking my coolant levels regularly. Trying to line them up with a trans, transfer case, and diff services. Already had the emission done. The throttle response took a big hit after getting the software upgrade. Some upgrade.

How many miles did your son have on his? My is approaching 50K.

 

[Carbide]

Do you have the XD with the diesel? How does it tow and what king of MPG do you get towing?

For the record, I have a 2007 F150 Lariat I bought when gas was more the $4.00/gal and everyone was dumping trucks. Paid 20K for a Lariat... 12 years of owning this thing and 240K miles and I am ready to send it down the trail. It has been a great truck, and I have not had issues that all the internet crabs about. Here are the major repairs I have had to do. Wheel Bearings and IWE on the front, one rear bearing kit installed, and one Radiator that had a tank brake off. Then regular maintenance stuff like 2 sets of plugs, 4 sets of brakes, and lots of oil changes and trany flushes.

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Do you have the XD with the diesel? How does it tow and what king of MPG do you get towing?

For the record, I have a 2007 F150 Lariat I bought when gas was more the $4.00/gal and everyone was dumping trucks. Paid 20K for a Lariat... 12 years of owning this thing and 240K miles and I am ready to send it down the trail. It has been a great truck, and I have not had issues that all the internet crabs about. Here are the major repairs I have had to do. Wheel Bearings and IWE on the front, one rear bearing kit installed, and one Radiator that had a tank brake off. Then regular maintenance stuff like 2 sets of plugs, 4 sets of brakes, and lots of oil changes and trany flushes.

I have the 5.6L gas engine. It pulls my 23' long snowmobile trailer with 4 sleds in it just fine. Only get about 10 mpg while towing but I'm ok with it. I think it's a wash for what they charge for the diesel engine and it's fuel.
The XD is rated to tow over 12k pounds.
I love it.

 

[ezra]

Had a 2016 Nissan Frontier V6 pulled a 2 place enclosed trailer loaded with 2 snowmobiles. Pulled just fine at any speed but the gas mileage about drove me bankrupt. Didnt matter if I was going 60 or 80 it got about 8 or 9 miles per gallon. Switched to a Ram truck with V8 and get between 12 to 14 miles per gallon.

BS 12 to 14 lmfao what down a mountain pass at 45mph with a tailwind .
I own a 19 1500 and I am lucky to get 13 to 14 average all around driving empty . hook up my 2 place and 12 at the best 10 is the norm