The Nissan Cube I Loved is back -~- BROKEN! I sold it a year ago!
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- I can't believe my old 2013 Nissan Cube I sold over a year ago is back in my shop. It was a great odd little car that I really loved driving. SO why is it back and what does it need? ➡️Don't forget to check out @MrsWizardsWays
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#nissan #nissancube #cvt #transmission #lockedout #catalyticconverter
What type of engineer misses the practical use of a mechanical operated door lock
One who has no common sense.
Probably an echo chamber thinking it was a smart decision
A Renault inspired one
Likely it was thought of but was dismissed for whatever reason
those senseless decisions are often driven by budget. the engineers' ideas are filtered by program management.
I'd add a hidden hood latch cable under the bumper, or at least a battery charging port.
Who on earth would design a car that couldn't be opened with a key?!
I was hoping he'd show us the issue.
this channel is a little too popular to teach you how to break into one of these cars
@@oldfag_adventureseven better
Who would make a car that you can't open with a key? Say hello to tesla... He did show why the key didn't work. Stupid little electrical button died.
they are quirky cars, if you go to a country where they drive on the left side of the road like the UK, the rear window wraps around the left side instead the right, I read they made the wrap around window that way so the driver can see better.
Grandma had bought one back in 09 when they first came out in Canada and loved it.. The car came with a bunch of odd things one is that carpet square on the dash was something you could order from Nissan It was also a part of a first year
edition if you lift it off underneath there's a matching spot molded into the dash also they had that water drop pattern allover it that rear door was also where they had the factory sub also the red elastic bands were meant to hold small maps and other small light things
I've had that cat code on my 6 for years. Unless the cat is blocked or missing, reset close to inspection, pass inspection and repeat the next year.
Normally, on an emissions inspection, even if the 'Check Engine' light stays off long enough to get tested, the test will bring up a "Not ready" warning and the car will fail, unless the problem stays away after multiple driving cycles!
Fun fact, the rear glass wraps around on the left side of the RHD version.
Some Nissans have a hidden keyhole on the passenger side. My Versa Note had one when you peel back the half oval cover by the door handle.
Can someone check this out? It would be in the owner’s manual, in the what to do about a dead battery section.
The Cube looks like the afterbirth of a Kia Soul that lived. 😂
It does 😂
I kinda like these goofy looking hatchbacks. My daily is a 2013 Scion XD and it’s crazy how often people ask me about it. It’s two tone colored. Black roof top half/ blue on the other half. I actually love the thing.
your a lucky lucky man Wizard ,your lady just has the most amazing voice ,could listen to that voice all day ,incredibly therapautic
Thank you, Wizard and Mrs. Remember when CUBEs were all rage, every manufacturer seemed to have one. Station wagon want-to-be. Originally hated then loved Honda Element.
Scion had the Xb - seemed like a great first (high school/college) jalopy. Better than my hand-me-down 70 Dodge Monico w/ rebuilt 383 @ 80k using quart of oil every tank
The only thing I didn’t like about the MR series of engines is the fact that the spark plugs are under the intake manifold. Other than that they are super easy to work on. The 1.8 also had a tendency to burn oil because of a piston ring issue
I actually own a '98 Altima. That door lock design alone would keep me from buying a Cube!
Your altima is before Renault acquisition. That's when Nissan actually built good cars. French ain't making cars.....
@@henrykim4230 I know 🙂
As for this Cube, do the inside lock controls also depend on electric power? Worse than not being able to get in your car, is being trapped inside it without electric power - especially after an accident!
On my friend's '05 Audi, the key only unlocks the driver's door. His front passenger door lock has failed and it's been permanently unlocked for a couple years now. There's no key-lock outside, and the inside button appears to be electric, with no mechanical linkage. (I haven't checked, but wonder now if ALL his doors are like that!)
There's a bunch of vehicles today using electric-only door locks and latches. Where's NHTSA when you need 'em?!
I drove a Cube for several years as a delivery vehicle for the business that I then worked for. You may love it, but the suspension on that thing felt like a go-kart after several hours...not made for long term/distance comfort.
yup a pos! hahaha😂😂😂😂😂
the issue is not the suspension but the front crossmember. they are bushing mounted. they even have a link kit look bracket on ea side that will bang at every bigger bump.
we have 2 for delevery. its also eating alot of fuel pump.
Not gonna lie I'm pretty sure on the front passenger door that tiny plastic piece comes off the door handle and reveals a little tumbler for opening the door.
Agree. My Chevys and wife's VW Golf have plastic pop-off covers too, covering keyholes. They are designed to be popped off with the key, and on the driver's side. Asked AI "How to unlock 2013 Nissan Cube Doors". AI said same thing we all said and that it's on the driver's side. Keep in mind that the battery in the Smart Key should be checked first.
If that was the case it would be that way on the drivers door also.
I was thinking the same thing :)
My 2011 Nissan Versa with a 4-speed automatic with the exact same engine still going strong at 255k miles
I have noticed that the larger the engine attached to a CVT, the higher (and sooner) the failure rate.
My wife has a 2011 Nissan Cube Krom and she just loves it. Great visibility, small footprint, easy to park, and a surprising amount of room inside for such a small car. We keep it in the garage and it’s in great condition with only 75,000 miles. I’ve done two transmission flushes so far. Interestingly, our Cube has the Nissan smart key, and there is a button on the two front doors and rear door, but only one keyhole too.
I’m glad I bought a 15 XB with low miles just before Pandemic Pricing. That seamless Toyota QC, even on a subcompact, and fantastic space. It does everything very well! The manual trans also makes it fun. That weird pubic hair dashboard appliqué option was disturbing. That electric switch in door is Nissan Logic since Renault entered the picture.
Just picked up a 5spd 08 XB with only 46k miles. Hope to have it for many years
@@irsever that’s great!! They can go 300k plus miles. Note (and you may know this) the 08-2010 weee very subset-able to oil burning due to faulty piston design. There was a campaign fir ones burning excessive oil, but many did not take advantage of the updated pistons/lifters. Just watch the oil if t was never done on record with Toyota.
yep, I'm just checking the levels regularly, no problemo yet even on on full synthetic@@djkenny1202
Once Nissan started using Renault electrical parts reliability went down very quickly.
I have owned 3 Japan made Nissans they were called Datsun in the UK and had very
few problems with them other than the early ones rotted away far too quickly.
Today they are best avoided, they are not in the same ball park as Toyota and even
the latest models from them are starting to use a lot of plastic parts.
The sweet spot for Japanese quality and reliability has been and gone.
So we left our car at a hotel next to airport and while gone for two weeks the loud noise/ vibrations set off our car alarm repeatedly and drained the battery. Luckily manual key lock access and stick shift so push started it,! Thanks for your videos 👍 happy trails to y'all
About 10 years ago, my elderly mother wanted to replace her 1992 Mercury Sable. The Nissan Cube was one of the cars we were looking seriously at. Thank God we didn't buy one! Had no clue about that door lock "feature."
Needs one of those AC adapter plugs accessible on the outside to feed it with a portable 12V battery.
They should run a 12 volt connection to the outside of the car to use for jumping the battery when it goes flat.
Another trick to get into Nissans with that lock design when the battery dies is to put a jump box on it from underneath at the starter
Thought you could remove the end cap on the passenger side door handle and reveal a hidden key lock.
Connected to another micro switch or a mechanical linkage to the door look?
Hi Wizzard, I bought a 2011 Kia Soul 2.0 5 speed that I have been driving coming up in a year soon, for some reason I love driving this and it has 166,000 miles on it and still going strong. These year souls are known to go over 200K. The box design has its perks, but not for all>
Does this Cube look familiar? It's called De Ja Cube. LOL.
Id add a manual hood popper that can be reached from the outside so when the battery is weak/dead, one can open the hood and slap a jumper box to activate that dumb electric actuator on the door lock cylinder
In addition to fixing the door handle you should install an aftermarket alarm, so they don't go ruining the door switch by using the key all the time.
Clean the converter with some acetone dumped in the gas. I reluctantly tried it on a Subaru and it worked quickly and the light never came back on after tens of thousands of miles.
Wanted to see the door panel off and such. I have a Versa that happens to be identical to these save for the body work. Engine ect, Door lock only in the drivers door..... All Identical. Knowing what I do now, IM worried about that door lock issue, ours has 135,000 miles now.. seems like something I should swap for a new one to save myself and the wife a headache in the near future..
My 2018 Versa Note had a dead battery one morning, and I was still able to open the driver’s door lock manually with my key.
That carpet and the dangly red elastic are thing that were delivered with every Cube!
Please do a video on that green Squarebody Chevy in the background. Would love to see that since I have a 90 GMC Suburban.
i bet theres a secret key hole behind passenger door cap, seen it in another video on another car somewhere, where the car only had drivers door key hole. think it may have been a mini, not sure. anyway they popped the cap off where the lock should be and hey presto a key hole for emergencys
My '20 Blazer has it in the drivers' door end cap, you pull out the key from the "fob"....
@@TheOzthewiz yeah minis are the same, key is retractable, wizards point is the drivers door is the only door that has a key hole for the key, im saying if you take the blank cap of the passenger door there may just be an emergency access keyhole
In the UK a cat warning in the annual MOT (legal examination) test would be a fail and would make driving on the road illegal.
In the US there are places that do not require emissions inspections. Kansas is one of them. There isn't a single county or municipality in Kansas that requires emissions testing. So you can get away with a check engine light for quite some time, especially if it doesn't affect driving quality.
In my home state of Georgia, there are only 13 out of 159 counties that require emissions testing. Of course, those 13 counties are where the vast majority of the population live, but still... I live in a rural county that doesn't require emissions testing, so I could legally register and drive an emissions-failing vehicle, no problem.
*Technically,* it's a violation of Federal law not to have a functioning emissions system on a vehicle that was equipped with emissions controls from the factory. But the Feds simply don't enforce that. They leave it up to the states, and as you can see, many states just don't bother.
we bought a mk 2 nissan micra which had a bad cvt. bought a part that took some finding and cured it for a week or so. ended up scrapping it. the cube is based on a later micra
Transmission is still good? Nice! I was wondering if that's what it was. My '19 sentra hopefully makes it as far as this one did. I have serviced it and will again, it was so smooth right after I got the transmission serviced, the gear shifter shifted like butter. It's already not like butter 🤬They did a computer upgrade that let it rev higher at the same time too, overall it's still going really smooth
Coincidentally, I just saw the "Cubie" video yesterday. I asked if you still had it, so this is my answer!
I'll guess that the elastic band is not there to hold anything, but the owner used the hooks to hold the elastic hair band when not in use.
We bought a CUBE new and loved it. It was the easiest car for my 6'1' frame to get in and out of.....lots of head room too!!! We gave it to our daughter when she needed a car. Don't some Honda Civic have a Nissan CVT trans??? 2014 Civic
No Honda makes their own CVTS. Chrysler and I believe ford uses Jatco CVTS that's owned by Nissan.
@@nicholasadkins6469 THX
I mis my 2010 Cube. I miss all the goofy quirkiness about it. Mine was a fully loaded one and it had a ton of neat features. Mine had the backup camera. Climate control and the lower bumper driving lamps. I loved the head room, the huge door openings front and rear, the sliding and reclining rear seat. And don’t forget those huge cup holders at the corners of the dash. I loved the CVT transmission just because it flat worked in town. My mileage in town was constantly in the 30 to 33 mpg range. About the same on the highway. Around 31 to 32. My daughter called it the box car. It went away when I got rear ended at an intersection and totaled.
Digging that white fox-body Mustang convertible.
That's Nissan for you. My '09 versa sedan only has the driver's side door lock and trunk. I've read on Nissan forums that the Nissan Rogue has a high number of CVT failures most likely because of the higher power engine .
My 2009 VW only has the driver side keylock, not even in the trunk. But that has never been a problem. Mostly because it's remote controlled by the keyfob anyway, and that one has never failed on me. It the battery ran out I can always use the keylock to open the drivers door. Normal stuff.
The Nissan cube has the most comfy seats I’ve ever sat in
Have you sat in a Volvo before? I find Volvo's seats incredibly comfy but never sat in a Nissan before.
@@clover7359 yeah I’ve sold cars for like 7 years and have sat in basically everything. The cube still left an impression on me lmao. The seats are really flat and wide and soft so it feels like your grandmas old couch
I wanna make an aquarium out of one of these
The Cube is back for Dr. Car Wizard to repair.
Given the trek theme the dash rug should be a "Tribble pelt". The one species even the Borg had no use for.
I want a Nissan Cube so bad, but with the 6 speed manual transmission. They look so goofy driving around and i am very goofy so.
I just bought a 6 speed, it's awesome!!!
Dang I bet the Car Wizzard got at least $5000 if not more when he sold "cubie" less than a year ago. Now he's going to take in another $1500 or so. If the customer would of been listening to the Car Wizzard he never would of bought a Nissan in the first place. How ironic. Amazing David can keep a straight face thru out the video
The problem with CVT flushes is that no dealer wants to perform that service! They don’t wanna be responsible for even touching the transmission because there’s so many failures. Our rogue is due for a CVT service.
I could install a mechanical door lock for that car, so I'm sure the Wizard could, too.
when the QUBE went up on the lift i smiled
I'm amazed that they made it in left-hand drive for I thought that it was a right-hand drive only car
my 02 Sentra had no door handles
y’all ever replaced door handles on a sentra? it sucks.
I remember i had a 2013 Nissan Altima. It drove great for 2 years. I drove it 100k without ever changing the fluid. That was when i novice about cars. One day, it somewhat grenaded on me on the freeway, the rpms dropped a bit, and the car went back to normal. Me and my gf were driving 27 miles and the car rpm started slipping and i would have to put it back into park and drive just to get it to move again, i heard gears grinding and something like a vaccum. This was in March 2020, sold it, and never wanted another Nissan again. I think 2007-2012 are slightly more reliable. But you need to change the fluids religiously, and i really do mean that. My gf 08 Sentra suffered a rear main seal leak, which destroyed the transmission. We drove it for a year with a quart of fluid leaking every 3 days. I replaced it, quiet easy to change by the way and now it drives great, but i do want hwr to sell it
I really hate it when they don't put a key lock on the passenger door. I slid off the road in my Pontiac G6 and smashed the driver's door and damaged the wiring harness inside the door, which meant the key no longer worked. So I had to leave the car unlocked until I could find a replacement door at a salvage yard.
Mindis car is around 116k miles now. Sure am glad you had me do that flush! 😊
The Fat Car Wizards has the coolest walk on UA-cam I'd love to see a continuous loop video of him just waddling around on his stubby little legs with Aerosmith's WALK THIS WAY as the background music
Don't know why, but i love the look of this car. Been seaching for a manual but never could find one neaby. Settled for a Versa hatchback with a 6spd.
In Australia not only is the driver on the right side of the vehicle but for this car the rear door design is reversed also.
This carpet on the dash is Cube-OE accessory for this car.
That Foxbody in the background is looking real nice!
I have a 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee, have been told many times that the transmission will never last. I change the fluid every 30k and now have over 200k on the SUV. I guess there are maintenance heavy in that regard but some vehicles are and some people aren't maintenance people.
My work van, a Chevrolet City Express, same as Nissan NV200 clone, has a Jatco with 203000. No issues.....serious anomaly.
From what i can see, there has never been an episode of Buy this, not that for MINIVANS.
My mom is in the market for a used Honda odessey or Toyota Sienna, a video looking at the minivan segment as a whole would be awesome!
🤔my 2 cents, Honda and Toyota would be the A list, maybe Chrysler and Kia Sedona are B-C list
certain years those honda vans had very bad transmissions
My 120k Cube was given back to the dealer for 1k. CVT is dying. I got whatever I could for it. I did CVT fluid changes every 30 to 40k. Too bad, it was the most practical car I have ever owned.
Wizardd i can see the front bumper on Mrs. Wizard’s Ferrari is missing 🎉 cant wait for an update
The key function is crazy. Do owners know that it is electrical and not mechanical?
Am I the only person who thinks those things are ugly as home made sin? Nissan must have cornered the market on ugly because they were building the Juke at that time too. The Scion xB, which was the Cube's competitor, was very nice looking.
The window frames , combined with the asymmetrical windows, destroy any dignity/class.
Just cut the catalytic converter out and remove the code from the ECU so it never comes up again with tuning software that's what I would do and have done in the past it works great and you get a little more power without the extra restrictions in the exhaust
That's kinda illegal for a shop to do The gov really frowns on it. If you're in an area that does emissions test you won't get a registration
I agree with like ninty percent of everything Wizard says and does.
But when it comes to catalytic converter. I disagree.
(I am very aware hes not an exhaust shop)
Usually not worth cleaning out. Especially if it's making some rattling sounds.
But I do believe they could be cleaned. But it might not be worth the labor. (Cleaned meaning, you remove it from the car flip it over. Let some diesel or gasoline sit inside the cat. Then spray w Pressure washer then Finally Compressed air. )
Anyways you just go on 3Bay or prime and you buy the Cat Pipe kit for 65-$120 Complete.
Should do fine.
I don't know what is in these new Cats, if they are good or not.
But in my area Cats are stolen a lot. Mine got stolen.
I bought $106 Cat + I went out and got Oem Denso Sensor and soldered it.
It's been a few months now and no CEL (not even a blip). No weird smells, noise or anything.
The one for my 06 Prius was actually very Solid & thick material.
And for the car. You put a pull string for the trunk. Some are electric and you can attach from the wheel well or under bumper.. to pull open the lock or manual release thats internal.
I was thinking about a manual hood popper so one can open the hood from the outside and just add a jump box to activate the lock cylinder and eventually start the engine
@@ricebike that works too. So on Prius. The Lift back is Electric & 12v is located there in back. So my father put pull wire made from plastic. Like a fishing line.
Did you see the clip on the fords, you pull the driver handle twice, than the resr door hande 3 times, than the right rear twice, than wate 30 seconds, then pull right front handle 3 times, then it unlocks.
It a borg, as one? Unknown.
"I loved it, so I sold it". 🤔
Dime that recently with a hj60 i loved but couldn’t afford to fix…
Wizard I disagree with the service interval in a guess a good way because I think it should be done every 12k miles not the 30k miles, but that is how I think it should be done on any automatic transmission.
That guys should get bumper stickers for his corvette and lotus: "My other car is a Nissan Cube ... really"
EFFICIENTCY. JUST MEANZ THIER NOT BURNING CLEAN. ALWAYS TRY TUNE UP FIRST. AND OIL CHANGE. ALSO IF THERMISTATE IS GALLING IN TEMP CATS WONT LIGHT. A POOR RUNNING ENGINE WILL COAT THE CATS.
Anyone who doesn't put the aftermarket Renault 4L grill on their Cube, doesn't deserve it.🧐
I loved both my Cubes! Called the carpet Cubic Hair.
I have a 2017 maxima has cvt i service cvt every 30k mile currently have 112k miles have no issue been good car just gotta maintain it it will last.
I have a nissan also with only a drivers side keyhole. Thankfully it is a physical lock not a micro switch.
Same here. 2018 Versa note. Had a dead battery one morning, and I was still able to manually unlock my drivers door.
Nearly *ALL* automatic transmissions these days, not just Nissan CVTs, are sold with "lifetime" fluid in them. Of course, the manufacturer's definition of "lifetime" might not match yours. Their definition is "until the warranty period ends."
If you want to have *any* transmission last 200K miles or more, at the very least drain-and-fill the fluid every 30K to 50K miles like the Wizard said. If you *can,* you should also replace the filter in there -- of course that depends on how accessible the filter is.
The owner's manual might tell you that you don't need to service the transmission. That's ridiculous. Anything with moving parts and lubrication needs that lubrication refreshed periodically. It's well worth it to extend the life of your vehicle.
I service the CVT in my 12' Altima every 2 years or 25,000 miles whichever occurs first. I just do a drain and fill. Bought it brand new and still has the original CVT transmission.
The battery charging point can charge the battery from the outside so you can get it ..
I wanted this as my first car so bad lol. So unique compared to anything else
On nissans when you do a cvt flush as a certified nissan tech you go into consoult>tcm>work support tools>cvt deterion reset. If you forget this step the cvt will function thinking that the new fluid is as worn out as the last reset. You are welcome for the free nissan info screw them for paying 17 a hour for being a tech. Mcdonalds hires for that around here.
If Gumby owned a car….it would be this one
I would try that cat cleaner they have at AutoZone and drive it around for a while see if that does anything. If not if you don't have emissions testing in your state I wouldn't fix it
I would have gladly paid a few dollars more to get a key cylinder on the passenger side of my Nissan Titan but in guess the bean counters thought it wasn't that big of a deal ; )
Dear wizard, I took your advice and bought a 99 Lexus gs400. I have loved the power and smoothness, but its the rest of the car that is nickel and diming me to death. I have had to replace the entire front suspension, radiator which was garbage, and brake rotors, calipers, and pads all the way around. I want everyone to know how difficult it can be to find parts for this car. Models with the HID headlights are IMPOSSIBLE to find headlights for! The worse problem is that none of the aftermarket has HID compatible headlights for less than $500! To all fellow car lovers, these are amazing machines, but go with the 430 or the ls400 unless you have better luck with parts than me
Love the Alfa 75 in the background.
I just got it. The Borg, the Cube... Took me a while.
Do nissan cubes have a transmission independent cooler? I have a 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander with a CVT never game me an issue with 144k
Others are adding aftermarket coolers since the OEM design sucks as well
That’s impressive considering Mitsubishi also used Jatco trannys. That transmission cooler must make a world of difference.
11:11 "lets forget about the catalytic converter for now"
California be all:
"Like hell you will"
My 16 versa CVT has 195,000 miles… Still going I drain and fail every 20,000, but I’ve never replaced the filter
Borg insignia in Nissan Cube, i actually like this one! Yep I'm a ½ Trekkie !
Push button or keyless ignition is one thing ,but why do companies have o take it a step further? At least my Toyota has a mechanical door lock. Works with or without the battery (in the car or the key FOB). now starting the car may be a different story but at least I wouldn't get locked out of the car (I know it works because I removed the battery from my fob since I have push button start -- prevents the key from transmitting the signal).
Aside from flushes you need to not whale on the CVTs either . I see people dong this, and while the flushes help, eventually beating on a CVT will also catch up to you. They basically have rubber bands in them that can stretch and that's one downside to the CVT design is the belt can be stretched to a point where it can slip (sometimes in earlier Nissans this would just happen over time, with say the 2010-2016 Nissan Versas it was pretty common for those transmission to fail before 100k, but just outside of warranty so between 60-100k, even if you did the services as you were supposed to - fluid changes every 30-50k).
Love my Nissan cube it is older w every option
Probably one of the few cars where there is a massive body difference between right hand drive and wrong have drive.😅
Off topic but I think Nissan should revive the Datsun brand. A very simple, reliable, durable brand. No direct Injection, variable valve timing and in my mind, no overhead cams. No infotainment system. You should be driving, not playing with a computer!
Do that cat replacement in kalifornia and it’s twice as much
The Cube is a real beauty compared to a Fiat Multipla.