2005 Nissan Xterra

NO SPECIFIC EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE. STANDARD USE OF THE 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AND THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 70K MILES ON THE CAR.. THE FAILURE IS THE FUEL SENSOR GAUGE WHICH CAUSES THE GAS GAUGE TO BE INACCURATE AT ALL TIMES. IT WILL GO FROM FULL TO EMPTY IN 1 SECOND WHILE YOU ARE HEADED DOWN THE ROAD. OTHER TIMES IT WILL SHOW HALF TANK WHEN THE TANK IS EMPTY. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE ARE IN THE CAR. CONSEQUENCES COULD BE FATAL IF WE HAD NOT CAUGHT ON TO THE ISSUE. AT ANY POINT WE RUN THE RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS DUE TO AN ERROR IN THE WAY THE GAUGE IS READING.. WE ARE FORCED TO TRACK MILES ON THE ODOMETER EACH TIME WE FILL UP. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY ME AT THIS POINT. NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE BY RECALLING 2006+ MODELS AND EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 72K MILES ON THE 2005 MODELS. OUR CAR NOW HAS 90K MILES ON IT SO WE DO NOT MEET EITHER OF THEIR "SAFETY" FIXES. *TR

THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ON MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA FAILED AT 50105 MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND IT IS UNDER RECALL *BUT NOT FOR MY YEAR/VIN). THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND NISSAN SHOULD EXTEND THE RECALL TO COVER ALL 2005-2010 XTERRAS. OBSERVED PROBLEM: 1. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT 2. CODE: P0463 3. FUEL GAUGE NO LONGER WORKING (FILLED TANK SHOWING HALF FILLED). *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA PURCHASED NEW IN 2006. IT LOOKS NEW STILL AND I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. I REPORTED MANY TIMES ABOUT THE GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS O.K. WHEN CHECKED. THEY SINCE SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE, A LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME TO CHECK MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF IT AND I CANNOT PASS STATE INSPECTION UNTIL I PAY SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE I SEE WITH THEM, MANY CAR SALES PEOPLE AND DEALERS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO ME WHILE GETTING GAS, COMPLIMENT ON THE CONDITION OF MINE, AND ASK IF I HAVE THE PROBLEM AND MANY OF THEM HAS A NEWER VEHICLE AND/OR OLDER VEHICLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR TO GET REPAIRED AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THIS AND MAKE MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS ALSO. CAN YOU HELP ME AND THE MANY OTHERS? YOU FILL UP WITH GAS AND THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY UNTIL SUCH TIME IT GOES BACK TO READING SOMETHING AND A COUPLE OF TIMES HAS CAUSED US TO RUN OUT OF GAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE FIRST FUELS UP THE GAS GAUGE WORKS FINE. SHE STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE STOPS WORKING BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK AND A HALF OF A TANK. THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ON GOING FOR TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE CONTACT REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,800.

IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF ANOMALIES WITH MY FUEL GAUGE. I INITIALLY NOTICED THIS WHEN I COMPLETELY REFILLED MY GAS TANK ONLY TO NOTICE THAT THE GAUGE SHOWED 7/8THS FULL. IT SEEMED ODD, BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE AS THE PUMP MAY HAVE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF PREMATURELY. TURNS OUT TO NOT BE THE CASE. ON MY NEXT TRIP TO THE GAS STATION, UPON REFILLING THE GAS TANK, MY GAUGE ONLY READ A HALF TANK. UPON MY NEXT TRIP IN THE VEHICLE, THE GAUGE READ PROPERLY. HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT TRIPS THE GAUGE READ SOMETIMES MORE THAN IT SHOULD AND SOMETIMES LESS THAN IT SHOULD. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER GOING 78 MILES THE GAUGE STILL READ "FULL", AND THEN AFTER GOING 96 MILES THE GAUGE READ "HALF FULL". AFTER REFILLING THE GAS TANK THIS LAST TIME, THE GAUGE READ 3/4 OF A TANK. THE NEXT TRIP THE GAUGE READ "FULL". SUBSEQUENT TRIPS THE GAUGE READS SOMETIMES MORE THAN IT SHOULD AND SOMETIMES LESS THAN IT SHOULD. THE LAST COUPLE OF TRIPS THE GAUGE SHOWED THE SAME AMOUNT EACH TIME EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DRIVEN MORE THAN 60 MILES. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER (WHERE I'VE HAD SERVICE PERFORMED BEFORE) TO CHECK FOR A RECALL AS I HAD HEARD THERE WERE VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. APPARENTLY, NISSAN HAS ISSUED THE RECALL FOR "SOME" MODELS AND YEARS BUT NOT FOR MINE. THEY OFFERED TO "DIAGNOSE" THE PROBLEM, FOR THEIR USUAL SHOP FEE NATURALLY. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT LIMITED TO THE MODEL YEARS ALLOWED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE BEEN READING ON ONLINE FORUM WITH MANY 2005 XTERRAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. I AM LESS THAN PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO DIAGNOSE A KNOWN PROBLEM; MUCH LESS PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. I AM ISSUING THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THIS PROBLEM AND INCLUDE THE 2005 MODEL YEAR IN THE EXISTING RECALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA THAT HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE GAS GAUGE TAKES A LONG TIME TO REGISTER THAT THE TANK IS FULL AND NOW THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE READ MANY FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE WITH BOTH THE XTERRA AND PATHFINDER ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THEY DID A RECALL ON THE 2001-2003 XTERRA FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL. THIS IS AN EXPENSE THAT OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR AS IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. CONSUMERS NEED HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 60-65 MPH, THE "CHECK ENGINE" WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYING AN INACCURATE READING OF A HALF OF A TANK. THE FUEL GAUGE READING FLUCTUATED FROM EMPTY TO HALF FULL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE CONTACT ORDERED THE PART AND INFORMED THAT HE WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FILLED UP GAS TANK & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AUTOZONE DID A DIAGNOSTIC & FOUND PO463. MY WIFE HAS NOTICED ERRATIC FUEL-GAUGE OPERATION FOR SOME TIME, BUT ONLY MENTIONED IT SINCE THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SHE HAS ALSO NOTICED THE MILEAGE DISPLAYED HAS NOT AGREED WITH THE DISPLAYED FUEL-LEVEL, WHICH SHE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED THAT CHANGED HER GAS MILEAGE...WHICH HAD NOT. WE DRIVE THIS VEHICLE MAINLY ON THE FREEWAY, AS MY WIFE IS A COLLEGE STUDENT IN THE RN PROGRAM. IN OUR LOCATION, SHE DRIVES ALONG WITH MAY SEMI-TRUCKS GOING TO/FROM CANADA. HAVING OUR VEHICLE RUN OUT OF GAS ON THIS FREEWAY, WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS PER HR COULD BE DEVASTATING, IF ATTEMPTING TO GET TO A SHOULDER SAFELY. WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE MUST RELY ON FAULTY FACTORY INSTRUMENTATION. OTHER YEARS HAVE THIS SAME DEFECT & HAVE BEEN RECALLED. ARE WE WAITING FOR THE DEATH TOLL TO INCREASE BEFORE ACTING ON SOMETHING THAT IS SUCH AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM THAT CAN FAIL & CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS? THIS IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES RECALL & REPAIR. *TR