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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Where does that experience fall on the luckiness continuum?
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The process was a pain, but other than time, it cost me nothing. I had a supplied rental vehicle for about 3 months that cost me nothing other than gas, and eventually I received a buy-back offer that was about 50% more than I paid for the vehicle 4 years earlier.
The rusted out hulk that wouldn't hold fuel because of all the rust holes in the gas tank, wouldn't stop properly because the rear brakes dildn't work due to the rear brake lines being rusted through, and as far as I was concerned was nothing but scrap metal, was bought back by Nissan's agents at a payout figure that was close to $1000 above the private sale blue book value of a similar age vehicle in good condition.
I've spoken to a lot of Pathfinder owners in this part of Canada, and only about 1 in 10 are even aware of the recall and repair/buyback deal. If I had the time (and lower moral standards), I'd be searching for similar condition Pathfinders that haven't been through the recall process, buy them and do it all again. People were doing this with an earlier Ford mini-van repair/buyback until Ford figured out that a lot of the vehicles were being pulled out of junk yards, and required that the vehicle had to have been owned and licensed/insured for at least 6 months by the person presenting it for the recall.
While I was going through the process, I mentioned the recall to a friend of mine in Australia. He had relatives living in Montreal that were about to move back to Australia and were selling up most of their possessions. All four members of the family each owned a Pathfinder in the affected range of vehicles. Only two were drivable and they were trying to sell those two and were about to scrap the other two before they moved. He told them about the recall, and after inspection, Nissan bought back all four.