Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

RedCat,

Absolutely 100% my situation. I also scared to crap out of a passenger the other day for the same reason .

At least I can say the Pajero loves lifting its skirts for a good dash.

Greg_SA wrote:Thanks Jakes.

I'm hoping that more Gen 4 owners share their experience

In general I find that my Gen 3 Pajero handles corrugations best at higher speeds. At low speeds it does get quite rough.

Found the same with my gen3. My gen2 was smooth at low speeds and high speeds but the gen3 was a bit hard at slow speeds and super stable and smooth at higher speeds. Same story with touareg (air suspension) I have now.

RoelfleRoux wrote:Here are my options:

1)Do I just accept things as they are and live with it - with the radio volume a few notches above normal?
2)Do I spend zillions on labour and have the whole dash taken apart and re-assembled with new clips? (hopeing that it will make things better)
3)Do I follow my instincs(heart) and follow-up on the special offer on a new Treg 3.6 V6 petrol that is going around at the moment? I did contact VWSA, but they haven't come back to me yet (more than a week later) - not a good sign either.

If you really are interested in the treg, go to a dealer and speak to the young new salesman on the floor who would probably be low on the wages and high on the commission. He will be keen to help you if you show seriousness in purchasing. It's also nicer to have a physical person with a direct number and email to deal with.

My recent purchase (and my pajero a few years ago) with a private dealer was an absolute pleasure with outstanding service.

PS : I took my boss's cayenne 3.6 V6 in for a service the other day. Accelerator got stuck on his toyota floormats (luckily kept cool and saved it). That engine moves like the proverbial!!!!!!...... and his long term average consumption is 9.6l/100km.

It may look a bit slow on the video but trust me. It moves!

PS : If you are looking at the touareg without the terrain ackage, you may as well look at the porsche. The price difference is not much (but you may have difficulty finding a porsche - the waiting list is long)

http://www.fuelly.com/car/porsche/cayenne/gas%20v6

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RedCat wrote:What a pity! I love my car to pieces! but not if its going to fall to pieces! i guess i can live with the bouncing dash, but those rattle will force me to drive at hellish speeds, or crawl along every sand path. i don't know which is worse!

I've driven many kms (days on end) on heavy corrogation and bad/rocky dirt roads (Lesotho) - no sign of the dash breaking / getting worse.

Mine is now 5 years old with over a 100k kms. As Roelf says, crank up the volume or open the windows and enjoy the ride

An update:

on my way home from work last night, i noticed that my Paj was feeding back every single imperfection in the road.When filling up this morning, i asked the attendant to check the tyre pressures. she didn't. so took my tyre gauge out the boot and did it myself. they were all between 2.9 and 3.2... This might explain why i really noticed the corrugations this weekend.

How many filling stations bother checking the accuracy of their tyre pump gauges? pathetic! Every time i check my tyres myself, they're never the pressure i requested! normally always harder! Now i need to find some sand roads this weekend to check if the rattles are worse.

RedCat wrote: How many filling stations bother checking the accuracy of their tyre pump gauges? pathetic! Every time i check my tyres myself, they're never the pressure i requested! normally always harder! Now i need to find some sand roads this weekend to check if the rattles are worse.

For this reason, I never let petrol attendants inflate types or check oil. Much better to do it yourself. I carry a pressure gauge in the center console and check at least one tyre with it to make sure the gauge is calibrated (they usually aren't). Many, many times I have found tyres pumped to over 3 bar and it is now a hard and fast rule.

I am yet to find a garage that has an accurate pressure gauge.

For that reason I bought an expensive R600 digital gauge that I use to monitor pressures in the car.

PS : Even the touareg's inflatable attachment (german made original VW equipment) that can be used to inflate the wheels is inaccurate.

The issue under discussion will be exacerbated by over inflated tyres, no doubt. Tyre pressure is however not the underlying problem, but a <censored> dashboard.

Given my car to mitsu for dashboard dismantle and checking..they say they need 3days...

Josef,

Cool, please keep us posted.

Who is going to pay?

Myself