2000 Nissan Xterra

WHILE IN TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE CAR COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND RESISTED ALL ATTEMPTS TO BE RESTARTED. THE TOW TRUCK TOOK THE 2000 XTERRA TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER SAID THE INTERNAL FUEL SENDING UNIT, LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK, WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LUCKILY NO ONE GOT HURT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 65,412 MILES ON IT AND IS UNDER WARRANTY. OUR DEDUCTIBLE WAS $50 PLUS $3 TAX. IT IS DISTURBING TO SEE HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE NHTSA SHOWS MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT A RECALL WOULD BE JUSTIFIED! I WOULD BE SADDENED TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE DIED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *JB

VEHICLE STALL OUT CONTINUOUSLY. SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ($1,479 -60K CHECKUP FOR BREAKS, THROTTLE, FUEL SENDER REPLACEMENT, ETC) ONLY TO HAVE TO BRING IT BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER BECAUSE IT STILL STALLED OUT. THEY "DISCOVERED" THE FUEL SENSOR WIRE WAS CORRODED, HAD TO WAIT 2 WEEKS FOR PART TO COME IN (THEY DID PAY FOR A RENTAL). ONLY TO HAVE PROBLEM START UP AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. THIS WAS THE 5TH TIME IN 8 MONTHS I HAD IT IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I DID TELL THEM THAT IT DIDN'T OCCUR AS MUCH WHEN I PUT IN DRY GAS, THEY TOLD ME TO CONTINUE TO DO AND THAT THEY COULDN'T HELP ME SINCE THEY WEREN'T AROUND WHEN IT OCCURRED. THEY DID SAY TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT HAPPENED! *NLM

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE, AT 65 MPH, ALL MY DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO DROP FROM 60-50-40 DOWN TO 0. LUCKILY, IT WAS AROUND 10:30 P.M AND THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS ON THE ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER SAFELY. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO MY RELIABLE MECHANIC, WHERE HE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS BEING THE FUEL PUMP (PART # 25060-4S415, WHICH IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER DUE TO SO MANY PROBLEMS). THIS COULD MEAN THAT AN XTERRA OWNER COULD WAIT FOR AS LONG AS 3-6 WEEKS TO RECEIVE THE PART. WITH THIS FAULTY FUEL PUMP, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SENDING UNIT FAILS, DUE TO CORROSION OF THE WIRES, THE FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF, WHICH IN TURN, SHUTS THE ENGINE OFF (AT ANY TIME); A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! AS OF YET, THIS ITEM HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED FOR ME TO KEEP THIS PART FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AS HE HAS REPLACED NEARLY 100 PUMPS ON XTERRAS, HE IS SURE THAT THEY WILL BE RECALLING THIS ITEM SOON. I WILL BE CALLING THE NISSAN DEALER AS WELL AS WRITING A LETTER TO CORPORATE TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT ON FILE. IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM, OR ANY OTHER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO IDENTIFY IT WITH NISSAN AND THIS WEBSITE SO IT AIDS IN THE RECALL PROCESS. *NLM

THE FUEL PUMP ON MY 2000 NISSAN XTERRA BROKE. MY TRUCK IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE THEY WERE ADVISED THE PART WAS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 2 WEEKS, IF NOT LONGER TO GET THE PART IN. BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS NOT AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP, NISSAN CHARGED THE AUTO SHOP AN EXTRA 10% TO GET THE PART AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE, AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE 3 TO 4 DAYS FOR THEM TO AUTHORIZE THE REIMBURSEMENT OF A RENTAL CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY IN MY 2000 XTERRA LAST SUMMER(2002), THE SPEEDOMETER AND ALL GAUGES ON DASH STOPPED WORKING. I WENT TO A NISSAN DEALER IN COLORADO AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNLESS IT STAYED STUCK. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT EVERY TIME I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON, IT WOULD WORK AGAIN. FINALLY, A YEAR AND A HALF LATER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON AN EXTREMELY BUSY ROAD, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN THE FAST LANE GOING 70 MPH. NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO GLIDE ACROSS 3 LANES TO A SHOULDER, THERE WAS LITTLE SHOULDER TO PARK ON BECAUSE WE HAD A PREVIOUS SNOW STORM THE ROAD WAS NOT AS WIDE AS USUAL. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO NISSAN AND WAIT 2 WEEKS FOR A FUEL SENDING UNIT BECAUSE THEY WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. WHILE PERIODICALLY SPEAKING TO THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT DIFFERENT POINTS WITHIN THIS TWO WEEKS, HE WAS CONSTANTLY UPDATING ME ON HOW MANY MORE XTERRA'S WERE BEING TOWED IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM APPALLED THAT NISSAN HAS NOT MADE AN EFFORT TO RECALL THIS PART OR TO INFORM THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THIS DANGER. THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY FREEWAY IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SOME ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.*JB

I OWN A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN PHILADELPHIA AND MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND DIED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE TOWED. I FOUND OUT THE XTERRAS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR "FUEL SENDING UNIT". *JB IN RESEARCHING THIS, I FOUND THERE ARE MANY XTERRA OWNERS COMPLAINING OF SUDDEN LOSSES OF POWER AND IT IS THE "FUEL SENDING UNIT". MY PART WAS BACK ORDERED FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FOR THIS PART. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I AM AFRAID OTHERS WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THEIR NISSAN XTERRAS AND HAVE THEM REPLACE THE "FUEL SENDING UNITS."

MY HUSBAND AND I HAD JUST RETURNED HOME ONE EVENING AFTER DRIVING OUR XTERRA FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HR. 15 MIN LATER MY 10 YR OLD SON CALLED NEEDING A RIDE HOME. SO I WENT OUT TO THE XTERRA AND IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO CALL A CAB TO GO GET HIM. WE NOTIFIED OUR DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID MOST LIKELY THE FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT GONE BAD. THAT THEY HAVE SIX XTERRA'S IN THEIR LOT THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 2 WEEKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA AS TO WHEN PARTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE OUR VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AT OUR EXPENSE BECAUSE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WE PAID $1,200 FOR JUST RAN OUT 2 WKS AGO !!! THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY CAN HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED BECAUSE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE AND SHOULD DEFINITELY BE RECALLED.*JB