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Hi Shereen, for occasionaly NB FB level is ok without modification, FB+ and above you will need to improve the approaching angle and clearance. i have faced overheating issue during peak summer. and rear independent suspension did cause troubles during self recovery, solid axle does better job,but trade off is much better onroad handling for full independent suspensioned R51 Other than those R51 is powerful, heavier longer wheelbase than Xterra but not too long I would stick to the LC100, its better than R51 in general.

Hi @Rob S, I have got a set of 9m recovery rope 12ton and 2 Soft shackles of 16ton, never used as a backup. If you would like to consider it as your option you can contact me at 0528402096.

Two things to check if the car is FOB (fresh off the boat - never owned used UAE locally): 1: check if the car has a major accident, no affect to chassis/frame, engine, not flooded burnt - search the car vin number on google you should find the accident images and relevent information before UAE. 2: make sure the car is 4x4 - the car must have 4x4 control knob/lever of 4high 4low US cars are cost effective options, and they tend to have higher spec than GCC ones. My dream is to find a V8 pathfinder R51 here, it was only available in US market

Sorry I haven't heard of any Toyota owners complain about any overheating issue in summer 😅 PS: my experience limited to 2021 summer only

Congrats @JeromeFJ 🎉🎉🎉

Congrats @varunmehndiratta🎆🎆

haha I meant the east asian type of milk tea, but surely I can judge a little on south asian type too😁

Happy New Year!! May all us can climb high dunes as easy as tiger climbs trees! (Not sure if this is a right way to put it) Thanks @Gregory for the post 🔆

Couldnt see the bolts in the first picture but the second pictures shows 2 bolts connecting the hook to frame, sufficient but 3 bolts and more are preferable. I think you are good for now. Looks like Prado has won battle with Fortuner without hassel

Congrats @munkybizness!

Congrats @KAMALIO! Keep going

So I found a OEM US spec rear beam with hitch receiver for Pathfinder R51, and have it replaced, While lo oking at the OEM GCC beam, I realized that the recovery point is strong enough (in my opinion), it's a part of the rear beam. And then I remembered that Xterra comes with a metal center piece bumper instead of a rear beam..... I was so sure that Pathfinder has the same recovery points setup as Xterra's, because in the front the recovery points are just identical between the two. I should have checked this better when car is lifted for service ☹️ Ordering Shackle Hitch for this weekend IM drive now

It's all about you, its too early to conclude that a full size suv isnt good for your offroad needs. We have Marshal driving Yukon blasting desert, and so many y62 y61 drivers doing fantasic job too.

you should have as standard,

Engine same but slightly more torque and bit less HP, Trans same yes. Pathfinder R51 is full independent, hence the entire rear is different from Xterra, which makes R51 more comfortable onroad. And Yes its indeed heavier with more seats and length. 2.5 NA engine is pretty weak, same output as the 2,7 Prado/Fortuner, but new Xterra gets rear locker, making it more offroadable than the Toyota rivals. and i heard fuel economy can go as low as 9l/100km on highway, impressive for its size. I was hoping that ME region Nissan will still keep the 4.0 engine, when Xterra was first debuted in Southeast Asia market with this 2.5, but no, its 2.5 Xterra all over the world. Looks like Nissan has kept all the VQ40DE engine supply to the more money making Patrols. In China someone did swap back the 4.0 into the new Xterra, didnt get to see the performance yet.

Congrats @Looper, gotta teach us looping

I hope I'm still qualified for this drive, at least somewhere on my car says Xterra

Bring it on Islam, I know what's coming, I will make sure the fire extinguisher is place, and 2 sets of recovery rope ready !😈

Revalidating "Looper" since some ppl said that you dont loop much now🤣

Thanks Thomas, will definetely bring it to mechanic!

Then probably some sand in MAF, I always blow the residue sand away from the air filter container after each drive, very likely some got into MAF and caused the limp mode. Will get a car use vaccum machine to do the job then, thanks again Thomas, always learning things from you! @Chinthaka Ruwan Be aware of this

Thank you @Foxtrot Oscar for this yalla drive in a Sunday afternoon, I indeed needed the concentration that I wouldnt have in the morning. And I haven't had this thrilling pace for a long long while. Great IM start, and I found many places of improvement. Thank you @Looper and @Russ for supporting the drive, flawless as always, and @Arman for a clean 2nd lead, that surely helped me alot driving behind, hope you and Aisha reached home safely. Really impressive to see @Humayun Ghias driving the probably the "stockiest" family friendly y62 in IM drives, even with stock skid plate! @Zed thank you for staying with me solving the limp mode, I figured out later on from Thomas' post, but really appreaciate that you stayed with me for extra half hour!, Nissan OBD is really annoying, have to find out which reader reads Nissan now. My past fastest drive was 22kmh average moving speed, 27kmh is a new record ! wow.

Thanks @Thomas Varghese for this post, I would be going home in a recovery truck yesterday if I didnt remember to read this post and do the relearning. the throttle body control relearning can be done manually, I did last night and the limp mode was gone immediately, also this procedure corrects the idle RPM if you removed or cleaned throttle control body/MAF. Here is the video. I still doubt the issue is throttle control body motor overheat, as my limp mode activated not during the drive, but after inflation and hitting the road. Ambient temperature was 11C, and the bonnet was open, the motor should have enough time to cool down. But constant acceleration and deacceleration yes, it was a really fun IM Yalla drive with Angela. I suppose there are 2 types of limp mode, a major one and a minor one. I have had both: The minor one should be gone by turning off and on the engine. If the limp mode presists it's the major one, you will have to let the throttle control body rest, and do the relearning. The minor one happened to me onroad few times, because I was running behind clock and I used pedal commander, I definitely did constant acceleration and deacceleration, and pedal commander enlarged the signal to throttle control body. @Foxtrot Oscar I think you had the minor one yesterday, if thats the case you probably wouldnt get any error code from OBD. BTW Zed's OBD reader didnt work on my Nissan as well =-=

Prado has OEM rear locker, not sure from which GCC region but maybe not UAE. The previous Prado VXR I believe it adds KDSS and air suspension for greater comfort. But now I see only adventure GXR EXR trims available for 2022, you can refer to spec sheet for key differences in between. We need some opinions from Fortuner owners, its 0 - 10 for Fortuner so far 🤣 1 adventage of Fortuner I must add, Fortuner's peak torque happens 3800 rpm and Prado's 4400 rpm. Altho Prado has more power, but it weights more as well. Fortuner's engine may be old but not obsolete