Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Why Nissan sucks some serious ass
Nissan builds some pretty good cars, I’ll grant them that. I find no fault with their vehicles. However, their corporate office really needs to pull its head out from its ass because they seriously don’t know how to run things. Here are a few fine fuck-ups I’ve encountered with them:
- After leasing one of their vehicles for 2 years, none of the credit bureaus have any record of it. Every single payment has been on time, but according to the credit agencies, it’s as if nothing happened. Nissan failed to report our activities to them.
- Awhile back when we were thinking of trading the Pathfinder for a different vehicle, we visited the dealer to go over our options. The lady we spoke to said our lease ended in April this year. Much to our dismay we found out there are actually two more years left on the lease. What the hell was that lady smoking?
- I co-signed the lease, with the understanding that my sweety was going to be the primary driver. We made this clear to the leasing agent. Or so we thought. My name started appearing on all the bills we received. It took three separate calls and a letter to get them to put her name first on the account.
- A family friend finished her lease and returned the car to Nissan. Months later she got a letter from them demanding the return of the vehicle. WTF? What kind of scam are they trying to run?
- Nissan has very lackluster support for hybrid technology. They are finally beginning to offer one or two hybrid cars, but only in select markets. Apparently they think it’s just a fad.
It’s a shame the maker of such good cars can’t get its act together. Unless they are giving away cars for free, I will NEVER buy from Nissan ever again. (Come to think of it, even if they did give me a free car, I’d probably receive a bill for it later.) Let’s hope Toyota runs things better.