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I'm closing in on 70,000 kilometers. Gently broken in, but not so gentle after that. So far, so good, should I knock on wood?

This is not uncommon, nor has it been recent. In fact, there was a "King of the Hill" episode about the shrewd Hank Hill keeping all of his oil records:...

There is an old saying in the Grassroots motorsports circles..."If you want to play, you gotta pay." If you've modified your ECU, it's a safe bet you're "Playing," and therefore should not expect the...

Even the legendary Honda Civic is not made perfectly every time, so there's no guarantee you would get a brand new Civic trouble-free:
http://www.hondaproblems.com/Civic/

Lucky you didn't buy a...

Compared to everything else in the new car market, $18,800 doesn't buy much except a bare stripper from most other manufacturers. To get ABS, traction and stability control, six air bags, bluetooth,...

You know what, when it comes to problems, I think they're all the same. Don't get me wrong; Midway Nissan was awesome by providing me with a free rental car indefinitely until my Micra arrived to get...

The fact that it occurs within a specific RPM range leads me to believe something else starts vibrating, due to sympathetic harmonics. I think a piece of metal is warming up, in doing so expands and...

They would know when they identified the quality control problem and the last car built from then, and then they would work back in manageable groups until the problem has been identified. Since this...

What on earth makes you think Nissan will never make a recall? On what do you base this assumption? Everything I've seen about Nissan demonstrates they're very good at being pro-active with recalls,...

Maybe not normal, but certainly not unusual...again, the reason why we have a warranty.
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Of course, if it really is a faulty rod bearing, the most logical thing that will happen is that the bearing will deteriorate to the point where the resulting sound will be easily detected and...

I'm fairly certain it's a legal requirement for car manufacturers to have this label:

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Driver's side door, above the rocker, bottom of the center pillar.

April 2014. Mine is the same, but no engine issues yet. I found a more specific date when I removed the plastic cover from my back hatch for rust-proofing:
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Nothing faulty with my car so far, and I'm quickly closing in on 20,000km, so I suggest your blanket statement about there being something faulty with these cars is unfounded.

My money is on the timing chain. My opinion is that it will get worse. My advice is to relax; you have a powertrain warranty with roadside assistance from Nissan, and the issue will likely manifest...

You mean this noise?
http://mymicra.com/2015%20Nissan%20Micra%20S%20(Auto)%20Knocking%20noise%20while%20accelerating.mp3

After amplifying it, putting it through a high pass filter, amplifying it...

Actually, I said it wasn't piston slap two times, the third time I posted a video for reference. The sound of piston slap is very different from what you're experiencing. Yours sounds like the sound...

For the record, this is piston slap:


http://youtu.be/w6UsjtaxEw8

Mine makes occasional "Whooshing" noises while cruising at highway speeds with the A/C on. I've concluded that I'm hearing engine bay noises I'm not accustomed to, as the performance of the car is...

Definitely not piston slap.

You don't even need to spend that much. I got mine from Canada Computers for $60. Personally, if I were that concerned, I'd use my digital flash audio recorder (decent ones can cost as little as...

Just for clarification, piston slap is a very specific condition which is easily identified; it can be heard the loudest when the engine is first started and is idling cold, and goes away (or at...

See if the sound relates to RPM's. It's quite possible that it's there during the 2-3 and 3-4 shifts, but the wind and road noise at those speeds drown it out.

The A/C is very loud, as are other aspects of the engine. In the tradition of every other Micra that has come before, there is little to no sound deadening material. The compressor is startlingly...