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Sat Jun 04, 2016 12:54 am
No sweat, bud. I don't always trust the sites (including the Nissan ones) myself, and usually quadruple check parts (including Google and eBay searches when possible to get visuals).
About the Parts.Nissan site discrepancy...it's actually a new defect on the website, which I'm 100% positive didn't exist before. I can explain what it's doing, actually (I do QA for web applications/UI, btw...among other things). The problem is when you enter a VIN, it's not actually doing a VIN lookup anymore...it's just locking the first option from each vehicle attribute dropdown to the VIN.
You can test by changing any dropdown to the 2nd/3rd/etc option, setting the Attributes (it saves ok), then putting in your VIN...it will reset to the first option, lock the VIN to it, and filter results to that set. For yours, the VG33E engine option is listed before the VQ35DE, so it's defaulting to it incorrectly. On mine, it now shows my 04 as being All-Mode 4wd and MT, but only because those are the 1st options...mine's actually Part-Time 4wd and AT.
I know this is not the original behavior because I did an extensive amount of research last year into parts and costs before doing my LSD re-pack. My browser bookmark has always passed in my VIN, so I've never needed to key it in manually, but I've always had to clear the VIN to see parts that didn't come stock on mine...like the LSD. I can see LSD parts without clearing my VIN right now, yet can only see MT parts, not AT parts.
Once they fix that, it'll be as reliable as it has been in the past for me. I'll drop them a line about fixing it. But for the time being, I'd suggest matching the attributes with what you know are accurate and not using the VIN.