1992 NISSAN STANZA User Comment / Complaint

With no warning, the timing chain skipped sprockets on startup, causing valve, cylinder, and crankshaft damage. this neccessitated replacement of the engine at a total cost of $3902.21. nissan would do nothing about reimbursing any of the expense due to a tensioner design defect, since the auto was out of warrantee. since internal timing chains usually last the useful life of an engine, about 120-140k miles, this was very premature. while, the incident happened while the auto was stationary, it could very well have happened on a highway while traveling at 70 mph. the engine would possibly seize, with an instant deceleration with a manual shift car.