D80 Squeaky Lens and Auto Focus Failure.

[dweikum]

My D80 kit lens (18-135) gave up the ghost this weekend...it was always a little noisy compared to the 18-70 that came on my prior Nikon D70s, but this weekend it started really acting fussy and squeaky, then would not auto focus at all.

Hope it's not going to be a month getting it fixed at Nikon, but I'm shopping for a replacement in any case.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

[SoCalBob]

Duane,

This appears to be a very common problem. Apparently Nikon has unleashed on the market a substantial number of faulty lenses. Depending on where you bought it, you should insist that either the retailer or Nikon replace it. Here is a link to a discussion of on the Flickr Nikon D80 group concerning the problem (with a couple of additional links inside the thread).

http://www.flickr.com/groups/d80/discuss/72157600029028062/?search=18-135

Good luck with yours.

 

[dweikum]

Thanks Bob, I'll have a look over there as well.

 

[zack baldwin]

I had that exact same problem right out of the box! I got a new kit right away...but im gonna end up selling it anyway because the d80 is just too much for me..but thats another subject:wink: