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I wonder how reliable the Nissan Hybrid will be over the long haul?

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#1 of 2 I wonder how reliable the Nissan Hybrid will be over the long haul? by pego99 Aug 06, 2008 (4:48 pm)
My wife got 150K on her last 1998 Altima. Up until now I had Maxima's and got over 100K with each one. And I really like the new Altima Hybrid but worried about how much more complicated the hybrid system is. All the voltage converters and hybrid control systems and the fancy gearing and high power electric motors and motor-generators. Can this stuff really last like my past Nissans? At least the warranty is longer on the hybrid system and high voltage battery. Replies to this message: langjie (Aug 07, 2008 6:26 am)
#2 of 2 Re: I wonder how reliable the Nissan Hybrid will be over the long haul? [pego99] by langjie Aug 07, 2008 (6:26 am)
Replying to: pego99 (Aug 06, 2008 4:48 pm) expect 100,000 miles out of it, buy i'm banking on my car to go 125k easily. the electric motors and motor generators are really no-maintenance items. i would think about it this way...an electric motor is pretty much powered by magnets (relatively stress free) whereas an engine goes though millions of tiny explosions (pretty high stress). and these aren't cheap fan motors either, they are high quality motors. i think the motor is the least of your worries.   i would worry about the battery first (which has 100k warranty), and then the voltage converters second.   you also have to figure that no car company would warranty a car only to the point where they think things will fail (it would cost them too much if even 25% of their engines failed before the warranty period was over). powertrain warranties usually go to 5 yr/60,000 mile and most engines do double that easily (100% more). the NAH has a 8 yr/100,000 mile so you would figure it's designed for at least 25% more miles than it's warrantied for, 125,000 miles.   just my logic

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