2000 Nissan Xterra

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."

WHILE DRIVING, FUEL SENDING UNIT(#25060-4S415) ON 2000 NISSAN XTERRA FAILED. THIS PART FAILURE CAUSE ENGINE TO CEASE FUNCTION DUE TO A CUT IN POWER TO FUEL PUMP. IT WAS DETERMINED BY A MECHANIC THAT THE WIRING HARNESS OF THE SENDING UNIT FAILED DUE TO THE CORROSION OF THE WIRES AND THE CONNECTION TERMINAL. THIS CORROSION IS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE EITHER BY THE FUEL OR BY WATER AND SALT. *NLM