Given that it's a diesel, it's obviously going to be louder than a petrol engine. As with most other diesels, it also suffers from turbo lag - as you have to wait for the turbo to spool up.

Inside, its pretty neat. We bought it because its easy to take care off; and can go through some fun soft off-road adventures without having to worry about it breaking such an expensive 4wd.

Best fun feature is the birds-eye view camera. I've gotten so use to it - it makes reverse parking and parallel parking a breeze.

In terms of running costs; it'...Read more

Bought by sheer accident along the way to purchase the new VW Tiguan we had thoroughly researched. As we went past the dealership we decided we'd better see what Nissan offered, as we hadn't put a lot of work into researching the X Trail for some funny reason.

One of those decisions that really pays off!! The clincher at the time was the full sized spare, and the full plastic rear interior - neither of which VW could offer. Who on earth would want a carpeted rear loading area ... unless of course one lived in an inner capital city - in which...Read more

Love this car and use it as all purpose vehicle. So far have made 88000km since 2012 without any mechanical issue. Done many interstate mileage and moderate off-roading on couple of occasions and very satisfied with it's ride, handling & capabilities. City ride is equally great as it offers a relatively smaller turning radius. Better ride performance if you change the std Dunlop tyres. Not great for towing, diesel is probably a better option for that. The massive sunroof and on demand AWD/4WD are two of it's many other features I appreciate. G...Read more

Had this car since 2010 no problems till now. 70,000 km. Love the boot space for dogs and camping. 10.3-10.7 lts /100kms fuel around city but short trips and I use the aircon all the time. Recently developed oil leak from oil cooler $1000 to repair. Nissan dont make make replacement o ring so have to repace whole oil cooler unit, $570 Giant Nissan, very disappionting seeing as its a 15 min job to replace. Also developed rattle in aircon fanbelt after a few years but still hanging in there. Needs new lower control arm, cant replace bushes, have...Read more

Our 4yo xtrail bought new has done 110k km. It has not had a single mechanical or electrical issue. We use this car mainly for open road driving and get 6.4l/100km fuel economy. It has surprisingly good acceleration and overtakes effortlessly. It is used occasionally to tow a small trailer and a double horse float with 1 horse (1350kg) and does this with ease.

The car is mostly driven on bitumen, occasionally on gravel and the only time I use 4wd is for trips to the snow. I don't do any full-on off road driving as this is not what the xtrai...Read more

**UPDATE Aug 2022. Still haven't had a single repair to this car beyond usual servicing, and it's just about to click over 200,000kms. Touch wood! It is driven almost every day. Being an outside car the plastics are starting to fade but the headlights are still mostly clear and the paint is still good. I'm thinking about upgrading but it's hard to part with a car as reliable as this one, especially when I read about all the problems people have with other cars.

** UPDATE Nov 2018: car has reached 180,000kms and again, not a single problem. We...Read more

We purchased our xtrail as a 2012 runout model.
We wanted a basic car with good headroom (my husband is extremely tall & doesn't fit comfortably in most cars) and with good boot space. We didn't go out looking specifically for a 4WD but the xtrail fit our bill.
It is comfortable, with decent suspension and the fuel economy is actually ok if you fill it with 'unleaded 98' - it is a marked improvement on the cheaper unleaded fuels.
Oh, and the gearbox is fantastic - we highly recommend the CVT gearbox.

With two young kids, it works for u...Read more

I am on my 3rd X-Trail now and all were great cars with little real gripes. Only word of warning is check that the dealer service lives up to expectations (mine did not). Had the ST-S (T30) and 2x ST (T31) models all bought new - no major problems. Performance on-road and off, great economy (7.7l/100k), usability, boot space made it the perfect car to drive to work during the week and to go camping on the weekend. As this is a work vehicle, I usually change after the 3 year lease runs out. Not this time as it seems. The T32 model is missing mu...Read more

Nissan xtrail 2008 TI 4WD model auto, 2.5ltre. Purchased second hand in 2010 with 76000 on the clock. We purchased the vechile after hiring a similar vechile on a trip to Tasmania. Has been an excellent vehicle that has handled long and short distance travel. It now at 165000 kms, 3 set of tyres since new in 2008 with a lot of wear left in current set. No problems apart from one small problem with a switch on the gear box and we managed to get that fixed under warranty. We have serviced the vechile regularly and no other problems. Only reason...Read more

We bought the Adventure version in 2010 brand new (4WD). We have a Neapolitan Mastiff /Great Dane cross dog. It is about 1.2 metre long from head to tail. The ample cargo space gives her plenty of room to stand end to end! At the time we looked at other makes and bought this one due to its ample cargo space for the dog as well as for the convenience of transporting other cargoes. It is a great car to drive and relatively good value considering we were given more options at no extra costs e.g roof racks; privacy cover, cargo tray etc.. We have ...Read more

I purchased the 2011 X-Trail TI top of the range brand new in 2012. It was an end of year run out. In the first week the rear main seal failed and left oil on my drive way which is still stained today. Since then over a period of six month it continued to blow fuses which sent the car into limp mode and unable to drive normal. Macarthur Nissan and Nissan Australia were not prepared to offer any real help or support in fact the whole thing was a great joke for them and I would steer clear from this dealer.The car had good fuel economy but that's...Read more

Have owned the 2008 ST T31 now for 5 years have 163k on clock and have never had a problem besides the fuel gauge when I first bought it, it is regularly serviced every 10k on log book service, minor services are around the $250 mark and $450 for major, the standard tyres it came out with were rubbish only getting around 50k out of them, I put toyo tyres on after that and only replaced front ones so far, they were put on at 56k and have got over 100k out of them, best tyres for them only costing $220 each, only thing is they are not too good in...Read more