To All Canadian AWD Juke Owners

[catwoman]

For those of you Canadian AWD owners who have not been following the thread about the Americans being compensated for incorrect tank size, I will give you a quick update.

Nissan North America was offering AWD Juke buyers a cheque in the amount of $400 or the option to allow Nissan to buy back their Jukes in compensation for incorrectly stating the tank size as larger than it actually was. The FWD version has a larger tank size and Nissan was only advertising the one tank size for both the AWD and FWD versions.

I, as a Canadian AWD owner, decided to do some investigating on my own and called up my dealership who knew nothing about this. He contacted Nissan Canada who informed him that Nissan Canada was not going to offer any kind of compensation as Nissan North America did for the American buyers. I spoke to him directly and he confirmed this information.

As I have since learned that there are rumours of Nissan Canada now following their American counterparts in offering compensation, I decided to contact Mr. Nissan Canada once again. He immediately called me to say that yes, Nissan Canada is going to compensate Canadian buyers of the AWD version, but he could not give me specifics as he had to speak to his executives on Monday. He will be contacting me again when he finds out more details.

So Canadians can now let out a sigh of relief that we are not being overlooked yet again. Nissan Canada is finally coming through for us. We can soon go shopping with cheque in hand, or perhaps even look to buy new cars for those of you not happy with your Jukes.

[msagustin]

Excellent job catwoman. Thanks for the update. I was hoping AWD Canadians would get justice.

[catwoman]

Excellent job catwoman. Thanks for the update. I was hoping AWD Canadians would get justice.

Justice will be served! I just hope it's served sooner rather than later. I could use the money before I head out to Ohio next month.

[East Bay J]

Does this mean you're gonna take all us americans out on a shopping spree?

[alphaswift]

Good info, thanks!

[ValBoo]

This is nice/good news; thanks Cat.

For once in a thread can we not deviate to "shopping" and keep it on-topic. Thanks.

[kamigal]

Yes thanks Cat

[jek jek]

Nice job cat! We salute you for your effort...

[Petro]

Justice will be served! I just hope it's served sooner rather than later. I could use the money before I head out to Ohio next month.

Have you figured out if your stickers was printed wrong yet?

[maggs&crash]

Have you figured out if your stickers was printed wrong yet?

Our sticker makes no mention of the tank size whatsoever. The brochure I have states that the tank is 13.2 Imp gallons. Nissan.ca lists the tank as 11.9 Imp gallons. We know that the brochure is wrong and that both are wrong in that they list the measure as Imp gallons when in fact it's U.S. gallons. On the lot, when I asked our salesperson the tank size he referred us to the brochure. It wasn't until after we took delivery and I was reading the owner's manual that I discovered that the tank was in fact only 9.78 Imp gallons.

It's an issue for us not so much in the mileage but in the range - my wife does not like gassing up the car. Before purchase, I did the math and showed her that it would not be an issue: 35 MPG (as per the EPA) city on a 13.2 Imp tank will net, in a perfect world, 460 miles to a tank.

It was a mitigating factor in our purchasing decision.

The reality is that our Juke gets poorer or equivalent fuel economy and has a shorter range than an AWD Equinox - another vehicle we were considering at the time.

We are so far getting about 250 miles to a tank in the city with the Juke - nowhere near 460.

The truth is that we fell in love with the Juke and would most likely have bought it regardless of this issue. I am, however, not a person who enjoys being walked down the garden path ....... and that's how I feel about this.

Cat, would you mind sharing your contact number at Nissan Canada - I would like to give them a call as well.