Nissan Qashqai

Bought the Qashqai 2.0 after 16 yrs of continental ride. Have to say that I am very impressed with the car. The car drives well, with decent 2.0 NA power. Most importantly the car is very well insulated. It is extremely quiet. I can safely say that it is better insulated compared my previous Golf GT, Volvo S40, Jetta GLI, Alfa159 and Merc A180. As for FC, I will say that it's at the normal range of 10km/L. Overall I feel that it's one of the best family SUV money can get within its similar class.

I used to own the pre-facelift Qashqai but I had decided to upgrade to a bigger SUV as I found the car rather small and under-powered for my liking.

I was drawn to the exterior design and lines of the Qashqai a year after it was launched. Having driven the Sunny way back in 2000, I found that Nissan had made good progress over the years, so decided to sign on the dotted line. What attracted me too, was that it came turbo-charged at 1.2L, so I ended up paying much less road tax for a car that is almost at 1.8L size.

I drove it to Malacca and back within 1 day and I was quite impressed with its ability to cruise and its fuel economy. The high driving position and rather cossetting interior made driving along the NS highway a breeze if you go at about 110 - 130 km. The doors closed with a reassuring thud (unlike typical Jap cars) and the car feels real solid and heavy.

Daily driving, however was much less ideal. The engine felt under-powered, even though the turbo kicked in at 1750 rpm to pull it along. At about 3500+ rpm it ran out of grunt quickly. I must have used the Eco mode only once in my four years of ownership - a bicycle probably can outrun a Qashqai set in eco mode.

The CVT gearbox was another of my bugbear with this car. While it tried to mimic a traditional 6-speed autobox, the shifts were rather unnatural, and often, I found the car seemed to be in a wrong gear (whereas technically it shouldn't cos it a CVT!).

Other than its mechanical aspects, I had little complaints about its interior. There were plenty of buttons and functions for you to play around with. The only downside was that it had no Android auto or Apple Carplay for the pre-facelift version. Also, it did not come with an auto tailgate. I got really tired opening and closing the tailgate manually, especially when you have bags/boxes to carry and are trying to get it to open or close with your hands full.

Maintenance wise, I did not expect it to cost as much as the X-Trail. I was also doubtful of the mechanical reliability of the engine and CVT gearbox.

Many people would be shock that this car is Made in U.K. Yes quite a CONTI not very nihon car. U get a left side signal like any other CONTI. Come with a 1.2Litre Turbocharged Renault made Engine mated with a Nissan XCVT transmission.

Was my 5th car and the generation that i crossover to a much more technology car that come with

ITC(Intelligent Trace Control)

IRC(Interlligent Ride Control)

IEB(Interlligent Engine Brake)

The best is ITC trace control, many people would be amaze that the first time when u test drive, the nissan salesman would tell u to accelerate during a hard bend instead of applying brakes. 4 brakes will work together and make sure u feel almost zero body roll or either way of saying that u wont feel that your car is flying side ways when approaching bend.

In all variant it comes with Electric hill control/hill assist, which i think is very helpful.

The GPS in this car is pretty accurate too.

Full loads of technologies

At this price i would say pretty smart car and it comes with almost full features

pretty overall car from point A to B car.

There is many aftermarket mode u can try like Reflash or piggyback, so that your car wont feel sluggish after traffic light turn green.

My email to Nissan explain it all

Well, My family used to own most of the Nissan model from Sunny, Cefiro to Sylphy, all with no issue except wear and tear.

This Qashqai model I'm driving have been giving me so much problem, went in and out of Tan Chong Service Center often and they are unable to discover the root cause which disappointed me so much.

Nissan had no idea whether the problem lies in the Gearbox or whatever - My rpm fluctuate during cruising and your staff concluded that there is no issue and asked me to come back Tan Chong again when issue arises. Hello, the issue was there all along, you never rectify and resolve it yet you are telling me that there isn't any issue? Did you test drive it after checking? I have sent my car in from warranty period till now and that the warrant is currently out of warranty yet no one can rectify the root cause. This CVT gearbox of Nissan has a well known problem among the owner yet all I received from the staff was that there is no issue and that there is a no need to resolve it. Issue is not being rectified and what's worst was my time and money was wasted.

Car seat noise- during warranty period the SA told me this problem can't be resolved but after warranty period another SA told me that they able to change the frame for $1k+. This is also another well known problem among Qashqai owner!

Dashboard vibration - Tester said finisher problem and can't be solve. Nissan quality? I think Kia Picanto has a better finisher.

We paid so much for a car that gave us so much problem and yet Nissan can tell us that you can't solve the issue?! This is a Nissan not a Chery QQ! This is totally unacceptable.

I'm going to sell it and this is gonna be my last Nissan.

Had this car for 2.5yrs and decided to write this review. Overall, the car served me well with no major issue related to engine. Car itself for me is considered one of the nicer looking SUV at the point of purchase. Interior looks more premium with less dull plastic part

After 2 years of ownership, i find that this car is kind of okay i guess...

I own the pre-facelift 2.0 litre model. Overall, a really comfortable and well-insulated car, though lacking a bit in features. However, fuel consumption is quite bad, i am a light-footer and average around 650km per tank. I also do not like the nissan-renault alliance, comprimises nissan's reliability as french cars are nortorious for breaking down and have expensive parts. The design of the car is quite attractive too, though this is another factor of french cars. So far, no issues/problems mechanically and i hope that lasts, would not want to fork a fortune on repairs. Only time will tell.

My previous cars were Toyota Camry 2.4 and Volvo s70.

I test drive Qashqai 1.2 1.2 DIG-T premium with a friend who was then driving a Volvo XC60.

We were both surprised by its overall performance, premium interior, features, and good looks. Best, it's houses a low 1.2T engine.... Yet powerful enough, with road tax at $500 for 12 mths and low insurance premium.

We, both being used to higher cc powered cars, ended up loving the test drives. We both placed ours orders. I took a white, my friend's red on 28/6/2018 for imm delivery and trade-in our cars. SR Vivien gave us max discount.

So far, the QashQai 1.2T has not disappoint us. Still very happy and glad today.

With the low COE, went to test drive drive the 2.0 L model .. My first experience with an SUV after years of driving sedans of many makes.

Was initially OK with the car's interior and handling, but along the way I found many quirks that I think I will have issues with if I own this car..

Had this 2.0 litre for about 3 years. Overall, a good car let down by cabin rattles and reliabilities. Had several cabin rattles, after several rectifications, rattles still return. Biggest disappointments are reliability. These include:

- engine shuddering under hard acceleration, this led to CVT overhaul

- suspension bushing noise, this was ratified

- after disengaging parking brake, random knocking noise when driving off

- (latest) steering motor grinding noise, still awaiting parts.

My service technician has been kind to address the above issue, but the countless trips to service center is a hassle. Had owned Honda, Benz, this Qashqai is unfortunately the most problematic.

Owned the 2014 or pre-facelift 2.0 litre model for about 1 year now. Previous ride was a 2006 Toyota Yaris, was very reliable, no problems at all for 9.5 years. Decided to upgrade as family needed a larger ride. Initially wanted to get a Wish but decided against it as it had very few features and the styling looked very dated. Went for the 2.0 litre NA model as i will never ever buy a TC car in my life, turbos do not last and they require high maintenance. Recently went on a trip to Genting, car was extremely stable even at 160km/h, sound insulation was excellent too, barely a whisper. Car breezed up the mountain easily, 3000RPM was enough for even the steepest areas, unlike the yaris, which kind of struggled to get up the steep gradients, had to rev up to 4500RPM constantly. Fuel economy ain't that great, averaged about 10-12km/L, yet still acceptable as the car weighs like 2 tons. However, overtaking requires planning as the 2.0 engine feels lacklustre at high speeds, acceleration from stop is excellent though, really strong torque but peaks out around 100km/h, similar to a tesla but does not really bother me, i can live with it. Boot space is great, the leather seats are really comfortable, moonroof is kind of useless though, usable only at night as it's just too warm during the day. One feature i hate is the heated seats function, great for the UK or europe but obviously redundant here. Overall, still a great family car. Pricing is kind of steep though.

Owned the 2.0l 2018 model since Dec 2017.

First complaint on this car is the the Safety sensors,

When u stop at traffic junction and tons of motorcycle pass by, it will trigger alarm, switching the screen to external camera multiple times.

Second, a MAJOR flaw.. The collision warning/alarm system, we it happen a total of 4 times, 2 times that car was travelling without any vehicle in-front of us and the alarm is triggered and it activated the emergency brakes!!! There is 1 time while we are exiting an expressway, the alarm system triggered, there is also no vehicle in front of us and we nearly got rear ended!!!! Then the last time is entering a car park at HDB HUB basement, there is a hump at near the end of the slope and the car triggered e-brake!!!

Spoke to Tan Chong Motors they say there is nothing they can do as it's programmed like that, and advise to us is to keep the sensor and camera area clean.....

This car, the aircon "Air flow" Is very loud when using the recycle mode. Our previous 3 cars are not as noisy. Tan Chong says "Picture air rushing thru a chamber.... Blah blah..." Nothing they can do as well.

Oh the 2.0l model sport rim and tire.. It is a very strange tire model 19" 45 225 those common ones are 19R 45 245..... Anyway heard workshop guy mentioning that people revert to 18" As it's more fuel efficient

I love the design of the Qashqai and feel that it is a notch above rivals such as the Honda HR-V/Vezel, Subaru Forester, VW Tiguan. While most SUVs plying our road shows performance over style, the Qashqai stands out in terms of its elegant and gorgeous design. Definitely a huge improvement over its past design of the Qashqai/Dualis.

It turn out better that I expected

Although the boot space is crammed

And back seat has ltittle leg room

Bought a Nissan Qashqai 1.2 6 months back in April'2017 and wish that I had not.

This Qashqai is not designed appropriately - Every each time when I start this Qashqai I must depress the ON/OFF Engine Button otherwise the engine just switched off when I stopped at any traffic light and it takes a few seconds to restart - silly design to save petrol but putting stress on my Battery and engine starter. Secondly, the Aircon is incredulous ! Similarly, I will have to depress the "Recycled Air vent" Every each time I start this Qashqai and the worse is that after driving for maybe half an hour it crazily switched over to "Fresh Air vent" Which allows all the fumes from outside to come into the car so, I will have to check this button every half an hour drive.

Wrote to Tan Chong Motor few times, their mechanic said that they cannot do much because this is the design of this Qashqai. The last time I wrote again to Tan Chong Motor 2 weeks ago, Tan Chong Motor did not even reply.

To all prospective Car buyers - consider carefully when buying Nissan from Tan Chong Motor. I will even consider their Car next time when I get rid of this silly Qashqai.

Come as standard: LED headlights, Speedometer in metric units, TPMS

Improved: Louder horn, quieter cabin