Did Nissan make a 2x4 OFFROAD SE?

**** PLEASE USE SUBTOPICS BELOW FOR NEW TOPICS ****

Moderator: volvite

User avatar
Captain
Sponsored Member
Posts: 692
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:41 pm
Location: S.w. Chicago

Postby Captain » Fri May 14, 2010 8:31 am

Please post pics of your PF and let us see a SE 4x2 OFFROAD. :D


skwerl
Posts: 39
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 10:35 am
Location: Birmingham, AL

Postby skwerl » Fri May 14, 2010 8:47 am

Captain Smoke Eater wrote:Please post pics of your PF and let us see a SE 4x2 OFFROAD. :D
I never stated for a FACT that it is an offroad model.

User avatar
pawjr74
Posts: 597
Joined: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:11 am
Location: Gilbert, AZ

Postby pawjr74 » Fri May 14, 2010 9:26 am

It seems to me that the Pathfinders with the "Off Road" package are far and few between. (be it 4X2 or 4X4) I don't think I've even seen one driving around out here in Phoenix or on any of my trips to California.

User avatar
eieio
Sponsored Member
Posts: 1841
Joined: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:42 am
Location: Prescott, Az.

Postby eieio » Fri May 14, 2010 9:31 am

yep, a 4X2 "Off Road" would, indeed, be very (non-existant) rare! :)

User avatar
Captain
Sponsored Member
Posts: 692
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:41 pm
Location: S.w. Chicago

Postby Captain » Fri May 14, 2010 9:42 am

Here in Chicago I've see mostly SE and LE, but I have seen 2 OFFROADs.
I parked nexxt to one at Jewel and looked at the difference between mine after my mods. With the steps removed and 265/70r17 BFG A/T on they sat the same height (mine looked about 1/2" taller) and had the same stance. If I put OFFROAD badges on you would think they were the same.

User avatar
Captain
Sponsored Member
Posts: 692
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:41 pm
Location: S.w. Chicago

Postby Captain » Fri May 14, 2010 9:48 am

skwerl wrote:
Captain Smoke Eater wrote:Please post pics of your PF and let us see a SE 4x2 OFFROAD. :D
I never stated for a FACT that it is an offroad model.
If you post a pick please we can tell you what you have exactly.
Inside of the dash and out side. :D

User avatar
pawjr74
Posts: 597
Joined: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:11 am
Location: Gilbert, AZ

Postby pawjr74 » Fri May 14, 2010 10:01 am

I think I'll get some "Off Road" nameplates for mine once I lift it. Then there will be a fake SE Off Road 4X2. LOL!

User avatar
NVSteve
Sponsored Member
Posts: 1987
Joined: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:27 am
Location: Salt Lake City

Postby NVSteve » Fri May 14, 2010 10:21 am

I started looking at all the online car buying sites (specifically for the 2005 model) & they all listed the same thing. Here's a grab from MSN autos:

Image

User avatar
myriad46
Posts: 120
Joined: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:51 am

Postby myriad46 » Fri May 14, 2010 10:56 am

I don't know about Off-Road, but certainly Off-Topic.

As far as the down shifting, it has to be just the right conditions. Hill grade, speed, braking... I have a hill I drive all the time that it does it occasionally on. Nothing wrong.

I also just got a brand new tranny after the radiator fail and it still does it, no different from the toasted tranny.

User avatar
08Datsun
Posts: 244
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:51 pm
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

Postby 08Datsun » Fri May 14, 2010 11:01 am

I've never figured out the auto downshift feature. It does it sometimes and not other times under the same conditions. I've tried to provoke it to downshift, but can't get it to do it. It's a really useful feature when you are towing.

I can tell you that they DID make an SE OR model with 2WD. The first R51 I test drove was a 2005 SE OR. The dealer thought it was 4WD as it was an Off-Road model. I showed them there was no 4WD switch, no t-case, no shafts, and no front diff. By 2008, when I was looking at new ones, the SE OR was 4WD only. I test drove one of those, too.

User avatar
eieio
Sponsored Member
Posts: 1841
Joined: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:42 am
Location: Prescott, Az.

Postby eieio » Fri May 14, 2010 11:11 am

well, I stand corrected :oops:
i just got out my copy of the 2005 Pathfinder sales brochure, and there, indeed :shock: :
"SE OFF-ROAD Available in 2WD or 4WD"

skwerl
Posts: 39
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 10:35 am
Location: Birmingham, AL

Postby skwerl » Fri May 14, 2010 11:58 am

08Datsun wrote:I've never figured out the auto downshift feature. It does it sometimes and not other times under the same conditions. I've tried to provoke it to downshift, but can't get it to do it. It's a really useful feature when you are towing.
Actually mine has gotten less random. I can almost guarantee that on two steeper curved hills on my daily drive it will happen. Occasionally on different random straight hills but usually steep. More random is why it's just now become noticable and I've been driving it on the same route for nearly a year.

I could see it being useful for towing but it'd be nice to turn off when you don't want it. Most of the time I don't see it being useful and it wastes shifts.

It's odd that after the auto downshift to 3rd...pressing OD off makes it shift from 3rd back to 4th. What I haven't tested yet is setting OD off BEFORE it happens to see if I can trigger the downshift or not.

User avatar
Captain
Sponsored Member
Posts: 692
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:41 pm
Location: S.w. Chicago

Postby Captain » Fri May 14, 2010 2:37 pm

Topic split. If you would like please make a new post back in the original topic and edit this post. :D

G35TR
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:39 am
Location: NE Florida

Postby G35TR » Sat May 15, 2010 3:48 am

I originally didn't think 2WD OR models existed either, but here is one for sale on Autotrader. There are more then one listed like this.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?c ... isplay=off road&color=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=2 wheel drive&default_sort=priceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=32256&advanced=y&end_year=2011&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=422&standard=false

User avatar
eieio
Sponsored Member
Posts: 1841
Joined: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:42 am
Location: Prescott, Az.

Postby eieio » Sat May 15, 2010 7:08 am

:shock: From the 2005 Nissan sales brochure......

Image


Return to “2005-2012 Pathfinder (R51)”