Tank Assembly problems of the 2003 Nissan Altima

This situation has happened a few times; I park my car (turn engine off) do groceries, shopping, etc, come back, I turn the car on and the car is like stalling, like its idle but you can feel the shaking on the steering wheel. I didn't want to drive on this situation. I turned the engine off, turn it back on and still the same situation. I have to wait 3-5 minutes with engine off, then I turn it on and the car starts working normal. There is no "service engine soon" light on the dashboard. This is happening time to time. At first I thought it could be someting with the gasoline in the tank, that is not the case because I left my tank almost to empty and load a new tank, different gas station and still does the same. I called the dealer where I bought it, asked for any recalls on my car's model/year. They say no recalls for this year/model. I started searching for similar problems and I read a few articles that the '02 models have been recalled for similar issues, also that the same '03 model in canada has been recalled and serviced for same issue. Although I cannot prove that what I read is true, I believe this problem should be checked by Nissan dealership maintenance centers since there is no alert signs on the dashboards.

2003 Nissan Altima. Wife hit a small piece of roadway debris, thought to be a piece of tire debris, which caused the fuel tank to crack and leak fuel from tank. Damage was not discovered for several days. Rupture posed a serious fire hazard if there had been an ignition source. Given the damage caused by a small piece of road debris, the tank, made of fiberglass/composite material, does not seem as suitable as a steel tank in a major collision. Dealer (north texas Nissan) would not assume responsibility or pass complaint to manufacturer, so I had to pay over $700 in replacement costs. Date of incident is approximate.

The dealer refuses to perform recall repairs because the consumer's vehicle is not in the region specified for repairs. Recall# 03v251000.

Gasoline smell around vehicle due to leak on exhaust pipes. The dealer suggested that the leaking was due to faulty fuel tank gas valves.

2003 Nissan Altima safety recall regarding defect in fuel pump. Recall#03v251000. The consumer was told by the dealer that they were no longer correcting the defect in southern states.

The consumer received a recall notice from the manufacturer which stated that certain engine operating conditions may cause damage to the pre-catalyst. The consumer scheduled an appointment with the dealer but, the appointment was cancelled due to the parts not being available.