Another Sad Story! Customer brings the CAR WIZARD a 2015 Murano with hidden wreck damage! 

And that's exactly what keeps him in business.

Why Gold? Rhodium, Platinum, and Palladium are worth lots more than Gold. He is the Rhodium standard!!!

Of course he’s going to point out all the things wrong with it. That’s how he makes money. Make that money!!

No doubt! After losing our old reliable mechanic to retiring, it took us a couple years to find another. Finally found a good shop and we’re latching on to them for the long haul now. The other important factor is that this new shop also can talk to my wife respectfully. That’s harder to find than you might think and it’s very important. She can take cars in and not be talked down too. I’m sure Wizard is very good at this as well.

You can only be honest if you take the monumental financial risk of owning your own shop, or if you're incredibly lucky and find a shop owner like him to work for. If you're honest, good freakin luck working for a chain.

Yup going through OfferUp and Facebook market place and some people asking too much for clapped out cars

Just go look at a used car lot at a new car dealer…the quality of car is absolute trash.

What's funny is that I look for gaps on "new" cars and it's hilarious how some manufacturers just don't get it... Detailed cars for years, so you just start noticing everything, especially around headlights/joints/seems/paint variation

At any other time, this would have been a 10K car, or less. At that price, some minor damage is acceptable. Now its probably worth 20K or more but the condition isnt any better! Its also a 2015 and the first year for that generation, best to stay away as usual.

I agree

Auto pre purchase inspections rank just under contraception as the best and cheapest money you could ever spend.

@@jon309 Something like this does not even require a pre-purchase inspection. Just need to take a careful look at the car.

Seriously, after buying a 4Runner that blew its head gasket like 5k miles later and was probably already failing when I bought it, I will never buy another vehicle without a PPI. And if the seller discourages it or doesn't allow it I'm walking.

LOL, it's a Nissan Murano, it was already trash when it left the factory.

@@kuebby Head gaskets are a tricky one as even a fairly extensive PPI can fail to pick up issues if they haven't happened yet, or if the head gasket leak isn't obvious. At least being a Toyota it's worth spending money on to get it fixed properly - this Nissan was garbage even before the accident as it has the notorious Jatco CVT in it.

Should have reported them to the insurance company.

Usually best to avoid dealer body shops and those flashy chain store body shops with rental desks inside. Old school body shops are more likely to give a damn, but also have to avoid the grimy ones who half-ass everything.

Tesla owners have the exact opposite experience: "These gaps are too precise and consistent, I think this car was in a wreck." 😅

Rich's Rebuilds flooded Tesla has entered the chat.

@@VirtuaDesign That's a problem with concours level restorations. They have to make them fit poorly to be truly authentic! 30+ years ago fit and finish wasnt a thing for most manufacturers! Lexus finally whipped everyone's ass into shape.

@@bigpjohnson yeah, the dawn of modern car quality is undoubtedly due to Lexus. Lexus went after the quality that used to belong to Mercedes and then upped the game some. Tesla on the other hand seems to have gone after Ferrari: the model S has the performance of a modern Ferrari with the fit and finish of a classic one! 😂

@@VirtuaDesign And now we wait for a pissed off tractor builder to tell Elon to fuck off, lmao.

Bingo!

Oh definitely

I traded in my 2005 Camry with 140k miles that had a broken clock spring from after my mechanic replaced the rack and pinon and refused to fix/pay a dealer a to fix, needed two new front tires, had a leaking valve cover gasket and I noticed when I was cleaning out the trunk that it had a leak. I got $1,400 for it and they had it on their lot the following week for $5,600. I suspect they probably only fixed the clock spring because it was causing the airbag light to be on and probably just rotated the tires to get rid of the vibration and sent it.

@@TheCobruhAlienat0r damn

Most definitely. Dealers are even over-paying for crappy auction cars just to have something with 4 wheels on their lots. I'm about to buy a brand new car. 1-2 year old cars are literally the same price and sometimes higher! Going 4-5 years and no warranty is maybe 5K less, its insane.

and that somebody was the curb lol

I think of a channel called Dank Pods, he does Videos on old Tech, like IPods and things. And when he opens one up. And sees it's been messed with he says "Someone's been in here!"

"Somebody's been here before. " Nope never heard that before. When I was a mechanic for a small engine shop we referred to that kind of presence as "Monkey Tracks".

Vehcor is great!

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq a fellow DankPods viewer! Always glad to see one!

You're correct. This is why you bring someone, ANYONE, with you that won't fall in love with the car and give you practical advice AND you get a mechanic to inspect it.

The customer must not have been a car person and probably didn’t know what they were looking at. Probably didn’t even road test it which you should always do new or used.

And the missing coolant cap?

Some people just don't check, especially if you buy during the day and you don't notice the lights aren't working right. I was guilty of this myself when I bought my 2017 Camry in March of this year. I did a walk around of the car, but not while it was running and I didn't notice that both front turn signal bulbs weren't working properly. They lit up like normal but some how the housing where the bulb screws into on both signals were not mounted in the hole they were supposed to be and were just dangling lose in the assembly. I noticed it later that day when it got dark and I couldn't see the signals flashing on the ground like I could on my previous car. Thankfully the dealer took care of it when I brought it to their attention the next day.

Didn’t check the horn, signals or anything basic being stupid is expensive sometimes

Very much in the category of "Spend a little money so you don't end up spending a lot of money"!

It's not underrated. In fact it's rated quite highly. It is, however, underutilized.

Ok... Where is this mysterious "Big Book of Underrated Things" that people keep implying exists? Is it the same thing as "The Big Book of Overrated things" or are those two different things?

@@herrunsinn774 Exactly!!!

Billy Mays never said ‘But wait, there’s more’. Find a clip of him saying it. Was never said anymore. Mandela Effect.

@@nyccollin please go away with this crap. Get a sense of humor

People need to understand that once you put your signature on the dotted line of a purchasing contract for a vehicle by law.THAT CAR IS NOW YOURS... Along with all of the potential problems that that car may have remember that the car lot is not responsible for those problems after you sign the contract.That's why you do a pre-inspection on that vehicle BEFORE you purchase it.!!

@@rodferguson3515 most states have laws against dealers if they don't disclose the prior wreck.

Everyone saying pay for a ppI, but 95% of the population has no one they know of who does this in any given city. I think the conclusion that folks are too cheap, or too lazy to get an inspection is misguided. It has more to do with the lack of good honest folks doing this. Honest mechanics and PPI's ready to do inspections are like hen's teeth.

With the lack of supply, that’s like asking for a homeowners inspection pre-closing - and yes, inspections are now routinely waived to get housing deals done, because other buyers are willing to forego it, many of them all-cash investors.

@@EMichaelBall this, I was out a car for 3 months trying to get a half decent deal on something. Vehicles would sell in hours, sometimes minutes. Even when I got first dips and offered asking price they'd have someone in there email offering more but would just say they'd keep my offer in mind. Very annoying to go look at a car, offer asking price, and get turned down. Finally got one by responding within minutes of the ad being posting and offering above asking to do the deal right then and there. Pre purchase inspection lol good luck with that

Agreed

wiz pointing out how blind some people are to obvious salvage vehicles.

Or chewing gum.

....or Duct Tape & chewing gum

With the way the car market is, there's probably a dealer out there trying to sell a broken 3 wheeled car with the excuse that you get better fuel economy since only 3 out of the 4 wheels are touching the ground and creating friction. New? Used? Just stay away. Try to keep what you got going for another year, it's not worth getting into a pile of crap that's been patched up or rushed out the assembly line. Or, if you need a car like right now and you're going to pay the extra 💰💰💰 at least do a PRE-purchase inspection. Not POST-purchase.

or zip ties

had an '05 infiniti. first and last Nissan product

My brother had a Murano. 07? I cant remember. Cvt went out at 50k

My wife’s last car was a 2011 maxima trans blew up at 90k

I'll stick with my millennial anti-theft device transmission

@@tashawegmueller1866 Two weeks ago I asked local Toyota if they have manual Yaris - zero chance.

My Muranos have been great to me. I own a 2012 and a 2016.

@@ARU-vidChannelwithNoName I'm thrilled for you, but I've fixed more than you've owned.

@@JossRickard Muranos or just Nissans in general? Muranos are usually the most reliable of all Nissan vehicles.

@@ARU-vidChannelwithNoName Muranos specifically that are traded in because of CVT problems

This is the first thing I thought of I saw this video

I personally would rather have that than a Toyota or Honda equivalent.

Could’ve been worse, could’ve been a convertible Murano.

@@Natethegreat200c well that's just not smart.

My brother bought one new cvt went out at 50k. I think it was an 07 08?

At least he’s not in a Japanese jail for helping to smuggle the last Nissan President out of Japan!

yes, scams in every part of life especially in relationships & marriage & family & friendas

@@MrSamadolfo Yeah, that's another bad one. :/

Sad what has become of a once great car company....

yep. nothing a couple of zipties can't fix. same for the seller ;-)

My Murano had worse damage at that age. Value was too low and it would have been totalled, so threw on another bumper and its still going 8 years later! This Murano should be a 10K car but with fucking Covid its 20K+.

I guarantee over 90% of the scams targeting Americans stop the moment Google/Facebook stop letting any Chinese/Indian/Russian make unlimited fake profiles to directly interact with American citizens. Time to treat digital interaction like physical, we would never let anyone freely interact with our children without rigorous background checks in person yet we let anyone on the planet target any child or person on our own social media. It’s infuriating

He wasn't crying, he was getting the message out.

Easier in the digital age, and very low personal risk.

@@DonZenOfficial Hey, I am asian.

@@kirkcunningham6146 Really ! Letting us know about scams is hardly big news. He is mainly creating content, which is fine, but if people are not aware that scams exist, then I do not know what else we can do !

How's it hangin?

As soon as they looked at a modern Nissan they were screwed.

@@skytheguy0438 modern nissans arnt as bad as people make them out to be, they arnt tolerant to lack of maintenance which most people put off or just dont do.

​@@DirtyDanRacimg that makes them shit. If they require constant and attentive maintenance in order to do a basic job they are shit.

I thought Jeffery Epstein was dead???

Its called crazing. Usually happens when solvents are used to clean headlights. Ask me how I know NOT to use carb cleaner to clean headlights!

I would almost imagine the dealership was just like the customer. Probably bought it and checked the vin for accident reports. My guess is the vin doesn’t show the vehicle had any accidents. I’m guessing it didn’t get reported. Maybe even whoever owned the vehicle “repaired it”. It doesn’t seem the dealership even opened the hood. With those hood struts not holding. That one of the cheapest and easiest fixes on any car. (Most of the time).

Bought it from the owner after dark and didn't drive it first would be my guess.

🤣 🤣 🤣

Don't buy them period.

@@billycausgrove9657 I just said exactly that. 😂. But thank you for reaffirming. They really are quite terrible vehicles. It's been a bit since I've sold these, but I've noticed even the new ones are already bleeding rust from behind chrome piece on the trunk that holds the rear licence plate lights.

Really? I have a nissan rogue 2015. It is gutless but never has any issues in the last 7 years.

You got lucky

My 08 Infiniti runs fine though

There is no scam here. As-is means as-is.

"Jatco transmissions are nothing to write home about." Tell that to every 1/4 million mile 350z running a jatco auto on dealer fluid 20 years later thats still shifting after years of abuse. Jatco literally stand for "japanese transmission company". Toyota, Madzda, Honda, and mitsubishi all used the same cvt jatco that nissan had issues with. Nissans problem? They attatched a near 300 horsepower engine to this cvt, something toyota and madza wont dare do. You look at these jatco cvts that failed in nissans, they do very well in sub 200-150 horsepower cars, because that was the engineered hp limit. Jatco makes some of the strongest transmissions in the world, RWD planetary infiniti and Nissan automatics last far longer than toyota/lexus and honda/acura transmissions. Z and G cars get driven much harder than lexus and acuras as well, making the jatco transmission even more impressive, super sturdy.

@@MINTBERRYCRRUNCH i am a gm guy but i bought a 2018 rogue an i see nothing wrong about it or the trans ,,like all cars i dont let any get past 50.000 on the oil in the trans,,,i know its very important on any cvt...

I call bs almost no transmission will last 250k with never having the Trans fluid changed it just dosent happen! Even the best atf fluids are not ment for 250k

And Honda and Toyota Trans are good? Tell that to the 300 plus customers I have had to replace theirs Trans at bearly over 100k.

ivycycles - Oh Dear! How do you work that out. Nissan was going BUST because of their reliability and build problems until Renault stepped in and saved them. Renault and Nissan design and engineer their own vehicles with Nissan using some of Renaults engines etc - especially the excellent Dci diesel engine and Renault continue to come out with excellent reliable vehicles while Nissan continue to struggle and still make huge losses. Dacia owned by Renault makes big profits as well. Renault comes out as the best of the European makes for reliability while all of the German makes come out as POOR. Dacia comes out as excellent for reliability as well - then again they are just Renaults under the skin anyway. We have used Renault Kangoo and Clio vans for a very long time and they have been excellent reliable vans so much so I bought a 2008 Renault Kangoo 1.5 Dci Expression car version and last of the original Kangoos that has been totally reliable as well.

Those hedges have to stop getting in the way lol.

@@dannydaw59 😂 true, specially y he ones that have steel as reinforcements.

Decent? Are you blind?! This looks like a 1sr grader with zero knowledge did this patch job. This is not a repair, this is a sleezy scumbag taking advantage of the uneducated....

@@jmabs5096 I said recent, not decent. In that the poor thing hasn't rusted out out yet.

As the Wizard said, just change the CVT fluid often and you'll be fine, trans wise atleast.

I have a 06 Murano with 314K miles. My family bought it new and I bought it from them, we've maintained it from day one and it still runs great. Its got some body damage here and there but it only broke down once. Bad alternator at 290Kish haha.

Got a rogue love it , Murano is next purchase

In the 80s and 90s there was a big problem with "cut and shuts". Two different cars welded together. Because of that the insurance companies now insist that cars with major structural damage are crushed.

@@MrDuncl Cur n Shuts were never that much of a problem especially if done correctly. The big problem is rebirthing. A wreck would be bought for the vin only and a stolen vehicle would receive that vin . That's what is being looked for in the mandatory inspection when a salvage vehicle is put back on the road, it could be a total death trap but as long as they don't find evidence that it's a stolen death trap they'll pass it.

@@anomamos9095 Cut and Shuts were a problem if the safety was compromised. As for Rebirthing some idiots tried that with a Ford that was written off by Neil Kinnock when he was leader of the opposition in Parliament, and consequently had been in all the newspapers ! The fact that most registration plates in the U.K. stay with the car for life made it completely obvious that a complete wreck hadn't suddenly been restored to showroom condition.

James it's still wrong because the seller didn't inform the customer of the problems associated with that vehicle .

I've seen brand new cars get wrecked in the parking lot and get fixed with no notice to anyone

@@KingSobieski Another reason why people hate stealerships?

@@rodferguson3515 Good point.

Does the transmission physically crack or is it a bad seal?

@@PseudoSpaceMarine - Probably a bad gasket, if it's coming from the pan previous guy that took it off didn't torque the bolts correctly, they also need to be torqued in a cross pattern.

@@PseudoSpaceMarine just a bad seal

Never ever buy a Nissan with a Jatco CVT transmission.

@@Beer_Dad1975 Agreed

ANYTHING with a CVT.

@@16v15 Agreed

@@16v15 What about the new corollas? Have they had any issues yet?

We had a 2015 murano last about 280k miles before we traded it in, I think it's just how you treat them that matters

gee i have a rouge with one...love it...oh my boy just got a 2019 rogue ...put 2,000 miles on it last week ..awd an 34 mpg ,,,yes he will have the cvt serviced at 50 grand my sis inlaw has a nissan altima 180,00 on it //still drives like new..but i did have her service the cvt..an you have to use the right oil...

Sue thier guts out

@@ajcates9136 Agreed bro 💯👍

It means the hood has been opened too many times. Or if you live in cold area and have to open the hood when it's minus degrees the seals on the struts may go bad and leak, then they're gone.

@@ville85 hahaha. It probably has been opened too many times since it’s a Nissan 💀

@@ville85 Im up in northern Ontario, Canada my 02 Sequoia has original hood struts, still working. It gets -40C regularly here too.

@@jordanmercier3616 Well bad quality struts (Nissan quality?) and one -20c morning and you get hit with the hood 😅

My 1994 Firebird's original hood and hatch struts still hold fine.