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Focus is not working well on distances far away -endless position

I have a Nikon D80 and Nikkor 18-200mm VR too. Worked fine for four months, but today it would not focus clear on far distances when focusing closer, at 135-200mm area. Neither with autofocus or manual. But closer subjects, from 2 meters up to 50 meters is fine and in full focus. It's the far distances, more than 100 meters and in the horizon that gets all blury. I have a feeling the motor isn't working properly. Tried another lens (70-200mm) to check that it's not the camera. It's clear with another lens, so it has to be the lens. It's a little looser than it has been before, gradually becoming more and more self sliding up to 200 mm when pointed downwards. So it needs to be tightened. But I don't think it has anything to do with the problem, as it has been sliding for a while, and the focus problem occurded for me today.
Per Ivar Norway

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Sounds to me like a hardware problem. Pls send ur lens to Nikon to have it looked into

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