Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Nissan Patrol

Pat Callinan, one of Australia's leading experts in four wheel driving guides you through ten interesting facts that you didn't know about the Nissan Patrol.

[@philipwyllie3753]

Great vid, thank you, I am embarrassed to admit that even as the owner of my third Patrol, many of the points raised were new to me! Cheers Philip, Johannesburg

[@adamgadowski2881]

"Making the ford maverick the most reliable ford ever". True

[@Hazardbone]

@Hooha888 maverick is the best ford patrol ever made😂

[@muzzaball]

Good on you Pat! Always nice to see you on the job. I could only afford the ST but I liked the limo in the rear, and added a Lock Right to the front - problem solved!

[@Krounz44]

i just bought a Nissan Patrol Safari - VTC and i have couple of questions.. when to use the 4H and L and when to combine that with the difflock.. also, there is a small button on the gear says shift lock, what is it for?

[@utedriven]

Great video Pat! I have a GUIV it's seen alot of the country from Tassie to the Kimberly and has never let us down!

[@natashaparry6808]

Hi Pat! In september were coming to Perth and we want a Nissan Patrol for sure. Planning to buy a 2005 and on model with the facelift because of the resolved problems with the ZD30 grenade engine. Are there any other common problems or things to check out while inspecting the car? Hoping you can give us some awesome tips and tricks. Regards Natasha & Hans from the Netherlands.

[@gwebster6600]

Make sure you don't buy an ex mining vehicle i.e. any white vehicle. The mines in WA water there haul roads with salt water from under ground so the vehicle will have rust and compromised electrics. Also company vehicles have had an extremely hard life. Trust me, I'm a mine worker. Hope this helps.

[@PTCX]

I don't want to seem like a know it all but I knew all that lol I'm on Patrol #2 and 17 years into it I still love my now 26 year old Patrol. When I bought it I said it will be with me until one of us is to old and decrepit to play the game any more and I think it will be me that breaks down first.

[@mengugreg]

when stuck in 2H go to 4H. When the going gets real slow or to steep get into 4L. If stuck again lock the diff

[@ColinVanderheide]

Nissan Patrol 1998 TI - Bloody ripper of a 4WD it is so comfortable on road and off road it is a tank. Having owned a number of 4WD's from Toyota, Mitsubishi not taking anything away from them they were good vehicles and did not let me down. The Patrol 98 TI has that extra wow factor for me. However, at the end of the day, everyone has their special 4WD, no matter the make, style or year, if it does what you want it to do that, is all that counts ................... So just get out there and get some dirt between your tread. Happy 4WD'ing to all ..........................

[@Yuki2204]

I am the owner of a 98Ti, got it third hand, It's seen years of abuse it's seen all sorts of unholy things and yet it still keeps on going, The leather is a bit worse for wear and the drivers seat needs replacing but at the end of the day when i got absolutely lost in the dark and all alone in a forest, It never let me down

[@jmagnessdrums]

I would love to get my hands on a Patrol and add it to my old school 95 4x4 Pathfinder, 2010 Armada, and my 2007 4x4 Titan. Unfortunately, they won't allow these in the States due to the emissions and "supposed" lack of safety features. We are stuck with the full size 4x4 Armada, mid size Xterra, and the Pathfinder which is only good for dropping the kids off at school, not a serious off road machine.

[@nikosgrigorakos]

That's a good reason to come and live in Australia

[@claytonpunter6555]

I have seen one in the states, obviously a private import but it was there. I also have read the reason USA stopped getting the patrol, was due to a gentleman’s agreement between Nissan and Toyota. Nissan got the z car and Toyota got the land cruiser

[@ifminecrafthadfloods3659]

The armada is the newer y62 patrol so yes you did get the patrol just not the y61

[@didierbeaudequin]

Does #10 shifting 2wd to 4wd on the fly also apply to the GQ?

[@bryancallaghan1769]

Didier Beaudequin no mate its not as electronic as the y62 is

[@Yuki2204]

@@bryancallaghan1769 the Y61 which is what was demonstrated is not electronic either, It has a shifter for transfer case action

[@benno8588]

I love my y61 gu series 10

[@ammatapierron7740]

Is the patrol better than a gx470?

[@trueaussie3097]

On my second gu patrol and already new everything you’ve said.. and I’m sure many others have aswell

[@takumifujiwara6838]

Trueaussie y61 patrol*

[@mustafahasan5296]

my family has a nissan patrol 4.8 but i dont see any switches or gear for 4x4...or 2l or 4h...just gear 1 2 3 and D N P..... but there is front and rear axle.... i believe its 2003 nissan patrol.. soo is it 4x4 or just 4x2.. can anyone me give me some info on it. thank you

[@jessejames5310]

Auto or manual ?

[@MrBenjintheengine]

I love that you throw shade on ford in this video, and are now sponsored by them.

[@samyeomans6710]

It’s gu (pre facelift) against the 80 series and the newer gus are compared to an older 200 series.

[@clooperman3745]

Whilst I haven,t owned a Nissan Patrol I have a few friends that have and all of them without exception say they have been 100% reliable even after quite a lot of abuse, all have been Patrols with solid front axles and include some with leaf springs, the only slightly negative comment being the smooth 6 cylinder petrol engine is a bit thirsty.

[@douglasjohn3544]

yes thirsty but very reliable

[@jempot77]

Why doesn't the GUI - GUIII have a plug on the bell housing drain like yours Pat?

[@bEeEm43ver]

Love the Patrols, got myself a VW V10TDI Touareg with Air Suspension Centre Diff and Rear Diff lock. Absolute weapon off road but suspension travel is non existent.

[@t-dog8528]

I drove one off the beach at straddle for a surgeon who couldn't negotiate the car or sand, they are a beast.

[@TheOgnum]

why not tell us about the ZD30 grenade Pat?

[@PatCallinans4X4Adventures]

I owned five of them and they never grenaded on me!

[@CreatorOfSwag]

Looks to be 2004+ which are the lot better models zd30.

[@fairdinkumpiereviews5357]

@@CreatorOfSwag my brothers is a 2008, his blew up at 200k. Mine is a 2001 and at half a million kms so far hasn't blown up or had a single problem..

[@1Lukemusic]

Wow you killed 5 patrols

[@meringandan]

The Y60's are still manufactured in Iran and the G60's were still made in Pakistan until 2000

[@TheROWAISHED]

meringandan they're from Australia they could be manufactured somewhere else

[@jasif6209]

I love Nissan Patrol and am a proud owner of Y61. I am Pakistani and G60's were never made in Pakistan! You need to re-check your facts here.

[@maxandrade3918]

I have my1993 y60 LWB. The Best car I have had.

[@SmacSA]

Cool

[@peterlogan706]

I had a 1988 maverick

[@JHsadler]

Is it only the OEM roof rack that can take 100kg? What if you want to fit a roof tent? Will it be fine with an aftermarket roof rack?

[@1nazarett1]

Now i want 1 even more.. :( not available in the US.

[@ramiramitto9679]

Wow ,its not available in the u.s Thats bad

[@vinceruland9236]

Nzrtt21 it is now. Its the 2016 and newer Nissan Armada

[@Brad_hj2tuff]

Pat never said about the overboosting and oil stavation features :/

[@MultiBrac]

It's a shame that the Patrol Y62 only comes with petrol engines as far as i know but i hope that Nissan will make them available with diesel engines

[@omarphilotimo2839]

i have good news , a 360hp 5L cummins V8 Turbo Diesel it will be fitted in Y62 soon

[@CJFranciss]

+Omar Intercooler holy shit is this legit?

[@CJFranciss]

the big petrol v8s in the new patrols are pretty insane though

[@patriot7997]

1998 model patrol is a tank

[@abdallahmoussa1983]

who can supply patrol OEM accessories from Australia? there is one seller and he refuses to export!

[@paganborn2]

+Don abdo What do you need?

[@abdallahmoussa1983]

+Jayson Bowe the bonnet wind deflector, the roof racks, the rear spoiler and the nissan snorkel

[@adventuredownunder2131]

Don abdo do u still need?

[@Sarioah]

3:00 Or you could just, you know, leave it in 4wd, in gear o_O Front axle's not going anywhere :S

[@danxxx66]

I just bought a gu y61, auto duel fuel.

[@samiam4932]

patrols are always at the front of the pack after the land cruiser! go the mighty cruisers!

[@noahwebster626]

Tg

[@fairdinkumpiereviews5357]

I had 8 cruisers over 10 years everything from 1hdt 80 to 100 series fte, and everything in between. I got back into the 4x4 game and I couldn't afford another cruiser without selling 1 of my SSV's.. so I bought a grenade 3 litre GU Patrol. Best thing I ever did she now has half a million kms and has never had one single problem! And is soooo much nicer and better then the cruisers she is so solid and strong down low underneath its like driving a truck feels so heavy but also so light at the same time like gleaming the cube! I can breeze threw broken crossings of mud and slush without even getting out of 2wd whereas given the same scenario in my landcruisers I would be slipping all over the place!! Honestly.. I was a die hard cruiser man all my life.. and now, you couldn't give me one for free and if you did id only accept it just to sell it to buy more patrol parts! They absolutely demoralise land cruisers!! I love them! I guess all those Patrol fanatics all those times arguing with me were right! Especially that person who told me cruisers were built on a Car production line and patrols were built on a truck production line I know what they meant now!

[@samiam4932]

@@fairdinkumpiereviews5357 the thing with land cruisers and especially the older ones such as the 40 series is that they were super tough and much more reliable. I dont know about the newer ones so much and maybe you have had bad experiences with them but the real land cruisers are a better car.

[@brianmaclennan561]

Pay the cruiser tax fanboy lol..

[@williamstewart3469]

So there you have it, there are are only 2 Nissan vehicles worth customers money today, the Patrol and the Skyline GTR. The rest, second rate Renault products that will leave you stranded. Oh what a feeling, the once great Datsun/Nissan.

[@williamstewart3469]

No no, I want to put 1,000Kg on my roof rack. A heavy 4X4 is the superior choice yes?

[@bjbuckley6108]

It be good to see you back in a patrol

[@user-yt3rj8nr2u]

I love this Nissan gu

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

People need to read the owners manual first, LMFAO. I have always liked Nissan Patrols and want to own one and mildly modify it for fishing, camping and light-medium 4x4ing. The new ones look rather shit compared to the older models, yet, I much prefer the older ones due to them being better looking, having more aggressive body-lines and stance. Typically, a Patrol sounds awesome compared to a Toyota, however, I do like Toyota's, just not as much as a patrol though, Cheers for the video bud :-)

[@davidjohnston7512]

I've owned a couple of them 2000 model was a shit box,2012 model was ultra reliable.The only downfall with it was it was under powered.It should have been fitted with a Cummins 5.0 litre V8 diesel.

[@claytonpunter6555]

1997 Pat, not 1998

[@allahsnackbar9915]

well if the transfer is in neutral you better no be able to move at all and that should be enough of a heads up already

[@1Lukemusic]

I've got thing eleven . The motor is guaranteed to blow up at any moment . Welcome to the joys of 4wd ownership.

[@ian9toes]

Not the TB48, it’s known for being bulletproof

[@ChosenOne563]

Nissan should never stop y61 patrol. It is better than Landcruiser 70.

[@caseyimaging]

Our offroad/onroad Racing Patrol :- vimeo.com/75638224

[@julianwilson5174]

Gq y60 is the best patrol. Change my mind

[@dawidxcom6233]

diff in y61 is stronger then y60 diff. If you put y61 diffs with slow ratio into y60 you get best offroad card in my opinion

[@sammart4333]

I love 3-doors this is body❤️👍 Only benzine engine

[@WhiteWolf-bj7nq]

You can’t compare a base model patrol to a competition truck. Very little on the competition truck is actually Nissan anymore. It’s like saying a Holden Commodore is the best because there’s a commodore V8 supercar.

[@nicholasturner5159]

White Wolf have you ever been to a SSS winch challenge.... GU and GQ Nissan Patrols have dominated all SSS off road winch racing for the last 15 years in Australia

[@dylanrooney5772]

What about the MQ patrol

[@davidday8692]

The MQ was the first to cross the Simpson.

[@Mambey]

The LSD is the best. Get to use it all the time. Not just low range. The series 8 is a disappointing drive.

[@NOCTKINETICS]

I just know one thing: I want a gq with td42.

[@dookzy9611]

Cheaper option go find a Ford maverick w a td

[@Archer28M]

Hmm so how they put roof tents on the roof when the limitacion is 100kg? Just the tent weights around 35 to 50 kilos. Now imagine two adults sleapingbin those roof tents and maybe a dog and some equipment? We easily hawe 250 kg and more on the roof of the car. So i don,t understand that. I see a lot of this wehicles with roof tents.

[@JS-tb9hu]

Totally agree!

[@stuartsmith4882]

The limit applies to when the vehicle is moving. Stability when cornering, you can’t have weight that high or it won’t be that high for long... A decent set of racks will hold much more, when standing still. So putting 250kg of tent plus 2 people plus gear isn’t a problem.

[@roadtrain5910]

when are they bringing back the patrol utility????

[@PatCallinans4X4Adventures]

Ahh, probably never. Although a V8 petrol ute would be a nice little rocketship

[@roadtrain5910]

@@PatCallinans4X4Adventures lol v8 like a Oldsmobile diesel??? screw petrol their for race cars

[@abpillai]

Looks like those who cannot afford it are a mite angry... lol. This vehicle is in the same league as the $100,000+ Toyota Landcruiser. Why in the world would you expect it to be smaller, come with less technology, or even affordable? Toyota and Nissan differ mostly in terms of reliability. I respect Toyota Landcruisers - like I respect Mitsubishi Pajeros or Mercedes's G-Series, but worship Patrols. Period. When you're off-roading, reliability, suspension and diffs are EVERYTHING!!

[@carholic-sz3qv]

abpillai moron stfu

[@indiana5588]

Hi guys, what engine you recomend the best for Patrol?

[@karl-markusvijar7531]

4.2 Tdi

[@ramiramitto9679]

Well,am living in west africa Actually i replaced my 4,2tdi To a 4,2 di with no turbo charge Because the turbo chatger was spoiling allot I have a nissan patrol 2000 model by the way

[@omarphilotimo2839]

3,0D M57 Bmw engine the best engine for this beast

[@FUNKYTRIPUNKY]

Stay away from the zd30ti

[@kieranjohnson6651]

TB48

[@ilovehell03]

maybe its because they can't afford to buy expensive parts of the Patrol's engine?

[@benson7600]

Actually I don't know anything about nissan Patrol because I have my Pajero

[@ansett7687]

anything with Benson which you can engage on the fly up to 100km/hr if I’m not mistaken. Also as from being a rental fleet manager our Pajeros didn’t blow turbos, nor did they loose wheel nuts neither did the dash bubble to end up looking like bubble wrap.

[@rscosworthfan]

the newer y62 version is a bit of an ugly duckling whereas this one in the vid is a swan

[@jaber4774]

It’s great but it’s no land cruiser

[@jasegonebush1883]

And the GQ td42 is still the best 🤠👍

[@Legendzzz007]

I love the Y61, but the Y62 is very overpriced!!

[@owenbigdinthelee9752]

No.1 Better off-road than a LandCruiser...

[@1express46]

Land Cruser the best!!!

[@Hazardbone]

Here's a tip for ya. If you want a steaming hot cup of coffee just place a jug of water on the hood of a 4.2 td patrol. Instant hot water at your fingertips. These things could make " rheem hot water systems " go out of business if they had the right marketing team😂😂😂🔥🔥☕☕🌡

[@TheTeachingtheworld]

The Patrol is my vehicle of choice

[@peterbarber7613]

the patrols must be good seeing pat has gone to vw

[@pez6577]

Yer First vehicle to cross the desert But Toyota was the first one in the snow

[@meringandan]

+Pez You're wrong it was a land Rover they were used on the snowy mountains dam building project in number (and they still have all the old book work to prove it) Land Cruisers came later when Theiss imported small numbers to test.

[@keithburgess4088]

that's because they couldn't handle the heat ...

[@bigdoggy6650]

It's runs on petrol!

[@maxandrade3918]

Correct me if I'm wrong; When it comes to engines Toyotas a little better but when it comes to axles and running gears those of patrol's are everlasting.

[@michaelswinford6262]

shame I didn't learn a thing...

[@francejetaime98]

310 000 km for my y61 2006 3.0 litres Ahahah

[@donniesoprano]

Any piece of advice?

[@michaelb6729]

Do a 10 Things Awesome about the VW Amarok V6 TDI 580 !!! 💪💪

[@invaider88]

Main thing I didn't know that ZD30 crd still is crappy engine even in brand new 2019 Patrol

[@sm884vtc]

Only nissan can do l love my patrol

[@stefanorpalsson696]

Ou

[@phantomwalker8251]

whats with the stupid tool to engage 4x4,??.

[@05hit]

That isn't engaging 4x4, it's locking the hubs manually instead of automatically. You would recognise the tool if you've ever removed wheel nuts...

[@torqingheads]

Well I'll eat my hat.

[@RedesCat]

Swivel hub oil, just Nissan things

[@samiam4932]

if i had a patrol i would want it to roll away

[@davo8955]

Sam I am interesting. I traded my 2014 V8 cruiser on one. I would’ve paid someone to steal that Cruiser. Couldn’t be happier with our 3.0 Patrol. Wife also agrees. Yes we use them for real work including the farm.

[@samiam4932]

@@davo8955 fair enough, but i wasn't talking about newer cruisers. especially cause u said u had a 2014? yeah they got bad reviews. but they improved, and basically from 1960 to 2000 every land cruiser made were amazing.

[@andrew-ih8sw]

We have a 3 litre patrol and its a piece of shit. My boss bought it a couple of years ago from a dealer and it blew up within the first 2 weeks. Very uncomfortable to drive

[@ChosenOne563]

Are you joking? 3 litre engine blew up in two weeks , which was bought from dealer. Its a lie.

[@andrew-ih8sw]

It only done 100km. It was used as a work vehicle so it was pulling a 7m trailer doing multiple trips from city to country. After the engine it had a dozen of turbo issues. It would barely get over 90kph without the turbo

[@vangard3415]

How come pat is driving a vw 4x4 now how about that ,Nissan should be on the lemon list there shit

[@the.magnus]

So u undo the nut and find out the oil is shit in the steering knuckle and there is water pissing out the bell housing....NOW WHAT? U said check and just do back the nuts lol. So you crossed a creek and follow your instructions to check, find out u are fucked in the outback, do up the bolts and keep driving?

[@SlaterGator]

the y62.... whichhhhh nobody wants!

[@realaussiemale567]

Only because they’re a petrol V8 that’s required to run on premium fuel.

[@wesammansour1486]

Nissan Patrol is the best 4x4xfar

[@carholic-sz3qv]

Wesam Mansour the best 4x4 is and remains the land cruiser just look at the sales numbers, the land cruiser is available all around the world and no other vehicle can claim that, its used by armies, international organisations, mining companies, even for overlanding artic/antartic deal with that,

[@charliechristensen8140]

Le Chat Botté that doesn’t take away any merits from the patrol.

[@ian9toes]

@@carholic-sz3qv 7:30 Disagrees with your statement

[@acebull7408]

People just buy a land rover they are not bad cars

[@bbtmc]

Lots of bitter toyota bigots must have watched this. They hate it when the Patrol comes out on top of the girlie cruisers.

[@charliechristensen8140]

Le Chat Botté moron. Fucking moron

[@vangard3415]

Nissan have all ways second rate to a landcruser there shit

[@dylancrowley9364]

in the first 10 seconds he made a mistake

[@camfam52002]

1 thru to 10....it's shit...end

[@chrisbest1000]

Saw it at the motor show (sydney) what a fucking horrible design and only in petrol.

[@alimabdullah21]

Useless 10 things

[@rollybuegge5683]

the Nissan is a top 4x4 ,but the do not hold their value

[@BMX73THE2ND]

lol you serious? a 15 year old patrol with a 4.2 motor will sell for 20 grand with 300,000 km on it. and thats a very good price. 10 year old one with a 4.2 and 100,000km will be 40 grand. They hold their value extremely well.

[@samshepherd26]

Ahh yes, the poor man's land cruiser

[@suhailahmed4449]

Cruiser has better ride quality n patrol hve very bouncy ride apart from this both go head to head n r very good suvz

[@alisuroor8962]

日産パトロール そしてレクサスとトヨタを除くいくつかの日本車 モデル2022 人々の心に詰まっているいくつかの質問があります 説得力のある答えはありません なぜ日産車は外観の面で役に立たないのですか、特に日産の冷却エアコンは、世界で最高のエアコンと見なされているトヨタのエアコンとは異なり、湾岸の夏には非常に悪いです 私は新しいトヨタランドクルーザー2022の外観について話していません、なぜならその形は悪いデザインを選ぶ際の誤りのために買う動機ではないからです すべての新車が良いわけではありません ほとんどの人にとって、外観は仕様よりも重要です したがって、自動車メーカーは、自動車の外観と外観についてクリエイターに相談する必要があります ほとんどの現代の車は、外観が気のめいるようで、キャビンの更新がなく、キャビン内で使用されている革、プラスチック、布などの材料が更新されていないため、人々に購入を勧めていません。

[@MikeyNSW1987]

Those useless ten things wasted almost ten minutes of my life!

[@itsneveralways]

10 things I still couldn't give a shit about regarding the Nissan Patrol (and I am a bit of a nissan fanboy).

[@DonHavjuan]

If you low range lever is in neutral you can't go anywhere. That isn't encouraging about how much this joker knows about patrols.

[@FUNKYTRIPUNKY]

God knows how much I hate this car. Since I bought it, it's only problems. It is such a piece of crap, like a fiat or something. Buy a Toyota

[@NothingUnusual12]

toyota sucks farts straight out of my ass

[@sv96jo]

Man i had patrol and land cruiser and i prefer Nissan at all except the interior noises (decor's)

[@reelfishn7044]

My guess a 3.0l?

[@jessewoody5772]

There's really only 1 thing you need to know............Just Get a JEEP

[@arthomas-cj9rk]

Jeeps are crap. Go With nissan. They'll last longer

[@DavidStanleymusic]

Jesse Woody last thing anyone with any sense would do poor reliability is an understatement when it comes to Fiat motors

[@jamesblake4741]

I did that, sold my gq, brought a grand Cherokee ... It's spent two years in the shed broken and I finally brought another gq .... Fucking hate jeeps.

[@davidday8692]

@@jamesblake4741 I bought a wrangler after owning a GU & I agree, fk the Jeeps.

[@donkinzett3961]

One thing I do know they are a piece of crap still no big cube diesel the world is full of LandCruiser a and prados for a reason Pat likes them because it's probably a gift from nissan