Other Fuel System Tank Assembly Problems of Nissan Pathfinder - part 2

The metal on the filler neck on the gas tank has corroded to a hole big enough that when the vehicle is fueled gasoline spills out of the hole onto the back tire and there is a strong smell of gasoline fumes in the cabin.

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My daughter took our baby to the daycare and was on the highway in the bitter cold in ohio as she ran out gas. She called aaa who showed 2 hours later. In the meantime she was without any heat on the highway in12 temp. Although the gauge showed 1/2 of tank of gas, the car was empty. I bought the car with my to NJ counting the miles so I would not ran out of gas. I had it fixed at the windsor Nissan. They did an excellent job. The problem is that I paid $500+ for a problem that was recalled. This has been published even by the us department of transportation. The national highway traffic safety admin. Wrote a letter (I can provide) on March 3 2010, informing Nissan of the danger of this issue. The ref number is 10v-075 subject fuel system gasoline storage auxiliary tank. The letter goes to explain the issue which covers my car and says "this could cause the vehicle to run out of gas and stall in traffic, increasing the risk of a crash. Another ref number regarding the Nissan fuel gasoline system number- 10v-075000, and another service bulletin ntb-07-069c, all with the same issue about the gauge being faulty and reading that the car has gas when it doesn't. My daughter was lucky that she had just dropped off the baby and when the car ran out of gas she was able to pull to the side without any accident. However, being put through the experience of being in ohio in winter without heat in a cold car for 2 hours is unforgivable!! although, I called headquarter several times, they acted like they did not not anything about this issue and refused to refund my money back. I have all the services bulletin and will be more then happy to share, although Nissan can call us department of transportation. The national highway traffic safety administration. Product_or_service: had work done to fuel system. I filled a complaint with the bbb#91355526 for nothing. Pls help!!.

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The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the fuel sending unit failed to work. The contact mentioned that the fuel gauge indicated that the fuel tank was full when it was empty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

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Gas gauge displays incorrectly and has a related check engine light. The gauge sometimes seems to work and then precipitously drops to empty even though tank is nearly full. This additionally seems to cause a check engine light to display, and when checked, shows a p0463 code (fuel level sensor circuit high input). The car is nearly undrivable due to fear of running out of fuel or worse such as a fuel leak or electrical short. The "distance to empty" display on the dash also no longer works as a backup.

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At 81,000 miles a faulty fuel sending unit started to cause the fuel gauge to show the incorrect fuel level when the tank was full. This is just after expiration of Nissan's extended warranty to 72 months/72,000 miles for this known fuel sending unit issue. Although this is a known safety issue, a recall was never issued to just fix the defective part as a proactive measure. Rather you just have to hope it will fail before the arbitrary warranty period expires which I was not lucky enough to happen.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the fuel gauge would malfunction and display inaccurate fuel levels in the fuel tank. The contact indicated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 61,000. Jft.

Tl-the contact owns a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact called inquiring about experiencing same failures as mentioned in recall NHTSA campaign number: 07v435000 (fuel system, gasoline). The contact stated that when the vehicles gas tank is filled up with fuel, the corrosion on the fuel filler tube would cause the fuel to leak out of the vehicle. The dealer was made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000. Mc.

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The fuel sending unit is stuck on 1/4 tank and they say there is no recall but there is on other vins.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 mph, the digital display for the fuel tank read zero when fuel was in the vehicle the check engine light illuminated. The failure recurred multiple time. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic diagnosis. The mechanic stated that the fuel level censor needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000. Kw.

First the fuel sensor went out. Once I got that fixed (640. 00) the fuel tank wouldn't fill up and the gauges were off. Then fluid leaked into the radiator and I had to replace the radiator (1,000. 00). Then I had to flush it twice. Then the car overheated because the thermostat was gone. $250. 00. Now the car won't start and I'm being told it's the ignition gone bad. All of this has happen over three months. I will never buy another Nissan again. This was my third Nissan and last!!!!!!! where are the recalls if the same problems are occurring.

2003 Nissan Pathfinder gas gauge is inaccurate to level indicated. On empty indicates full tank. Once filled it will remain accurate until 1/2 empty then begins to change levels each time vehicle is started. At times it reads full, other times 1/2 full and then jumping to full. No error code.

When I fill up my gasoline tank the instrument panel fuel gauge shows that I do not have any gasoline; this causes the fuel warning light to remain on. I have completely filled up my tank a number of times and this problem has been occuring for about four months. I believe there is problem with the fuel sender float arm because the instrument panel fuel gauge shows inaccurate levels of fuel. I am afraid that I may run out of gas and not be in the area of a gas station. This is dangerous because I need to know at all times what my fuel levels are. I am afraid to drive long distances. I have no way of determining how low my fuel really is or how much is in the gas tank.

Was in traffic and fuel level guage was at 1/4 tank. I decided to stop at my usual gas station to fill up. I completely filled the tank and then when I went to leave I noticed the fuel guage didn't go back up to full. It took over 30 miles for it to finally go back up to full and the check engine light came on. Ever since then fuel gauge doesn't go down past 1/4 tank and if I don't use my trip odometer to gauge how many miles I have gown I would run out of gas! I found numerous complaints about the same problem from other owners and found a recall on this problem. Also found where nassan fefuses to fix the problem under recall/warranty. I contacted Nissan with my VIN number and they said my car was not one of the recalls. Then I asked for a list of the VIN numbers for all the Pathfinders recalled for this and they said they could not give out that information. I told them I wanted visual proof that my car was not one of the recalls since I have the problem with my car. Again they refused to provide this. Nissan should be liable and be made to back this problem recall with my Nissan Pathfinder! do not bye a Nissan product cause they do not back their products and pay for recalls.

Check engine light came on and fuel gauge went to empty, filled tank up and the fuel gauge stayed at empty. Next day all seemed okay with the fuel gauge, but four days later ran out of gas and fuel gauge was reading a 1/4 tank of gas.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the fuel gage indicator displayed that the fuel tank had a quarter tank of fuel after the tank was refueled. Additionally, the service engine warning light illuminated. The failure occurred once. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the sending unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000 and the current mileage was 96,000.

Tl- the contact 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the fuel gage was not reading properly. The fuel gage had intermittently showed that there was a quarter tank of fuel when the tank was actually empty. The check engine light had illuminated intermittently when the gas was low or showing a quarter tank of fuel. The vehicle had stalled multiple times due to an incorrect reading on the fuel gage. The contact was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000. Dyd.

A defect in the coating process of the fill tube allowed road salt to form rust on the fuel fill and or vent tube resulting in fuel vapors to escape in the air around the gas tank. It is heavy at times. There is a recall for this problem but Nissan says my VIN is not included. This is noticed when ever you walk by the car. Stationary. Any where.

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After a gas fill, the service engine light came on. The fuel indicator showed zero fuel even when the tank was full. Nissan dealer said the fuel sending unit needs to be replaced. Estimated repair cost $350! did some research online and found that the fuel sending unit has been bad on several of these vehicles. Nissan acknowledged that this is a known issue and there have been recalls but we are out of warranty by mileage (but not by vehicle age) and hence they would not cover the cost. This is a *safety* issue, regardless of the mileage that we think Nissan should fix at their cost. It's simply a defective component that was installed on thousands of vehicles. Nissan needs to be hold accountable!.

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Bought this vehicle advertised as "new" however started having multiple issues within the first few days. The fuel gauge would read "0" miles regardless of how much the fuel tank was filled, and the transmission started slipping the 4th day. I would be driving along at anywhere from 30-55 mph when this would happen. Took it back to the original dealer for repair, who refused to put it in the shop and check it out, so I took it to another dealer who said that they were unable to reproduce the defects in the shop. I took it back multiple times for the same issues and they ended up putting more mileage on the vehicle than I did in the first 3 weeks with continuous "inability to reproduce results," however, as soon as I would leave the shop to go home the transmission would slip and the car would decelerate almost to a stop and then lunge again when it would kick back in. The fuel guage continued to read zero at fill ups, very frustrating. I called Nissan consumer affairs with no real progress. The dealer refused repair printoffs as well, so I really don't know what they did to the vehicle while it was in the shop.

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The contact owns a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that there was strong fuel odor emitting from outside the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure generally occurred when the vehicle was low on fuel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the fuel tank was corroded and needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and verified that the vehicle was previously repaired under recall NHTSA campaign number: 07v435000 (fuel system, gasoline). The failure mileage was unavailable.

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Fuel gauge no longer works properly. When it gets to 1/4 tank of gas it will drop to empty. No idea how much gas is left in the tank at this point making it hazardous to drive. Once filled, the fuel gauge will not give an accurate fuel level for at least the first 50 miles. Check engine light stays on all the time.

I was driving to work on a 30 degree morning after just dropping my son (diagnosed with sickle cell desease) to school. Had this been prior to dropping him to school he would have been sitting in the freezing vehicle for 30mins until my husband was able to get to us and this could have aggrivated his condition. I was pressing on the gas pedal but the vehicle would not accellerate and I am showing a quarter tank of gas left in the vehicle so did not think that was the problem. I was able to pull to the side of the road as the vehicle stalled. I then contacted my husbands at work and he had to leave to come check on the vehicle and determined it may need gas because everything else looked ok and we had just completed a service with no mention of any issues with the vehicle. He drove me to the gas station in his vehicle where we purchased some gas came back poured it in the vehicle and it started up and was fine. I didn't think much of it until it happened again in the middle of rush hour traffic (am). I then decided to check for any recalls and found there was a recall for the same issue 2006 Nissan Pathfinder fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank NHTSA campaign #10v075000 we then addressed this with Nissan and they advised that although it is the same exact issue, my VIN number was not included in the recall so correcting this issue is at my expense. This should not be at my expense especially since there is a known identical issue with the part.

My vehicle, as I had thought, had 1/4 tank of gas when all of a sudden the fuel gauge showed no gas whatsoever and my gas light turned on. While driving another 20 miles to my nearest gas station, my vehicle started to slowly DE-accelerate. I had to pull over to the side of the road and my car no longer had speed and I realized it was because I had no gas when I thought I did. I was able to put gas on my car and sure enough it started running again but being that I only put about 10 gallons of gas, my gas light still stayed on and my nozzle still showed below the empty line. I was worried every day that I would run out and sure enough this incident happened two more times. Before that though, I viewed to see if there were any recalls regarding this issue and sure enough there was one. I decided to call my local Nissan and after providing my VIN #, I was told that my vehicle did not fall under the specified issue. If I wanted to fix it, it would cost me around $450 dollars, which I did not have. I was told I can pay a $100 diagnostic fee to see if my fuel sensor was messed up and if it was they would send notice to Nissan headquarters to see if they will cover my issue. I have to fork over $100 for them to view my car and its no guarantee that corp will approve for Nissan to fix issue. Is there something else I can do or has anybody had same issue as me?.

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the fuel gauge failed to display the accurate reading fuel levels. On one occasion while driving at 65 mph, the fuel tank displayed full when the fuel tank was actually empty causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline). The failure mileage was 90,000 and current mileage was 96,488.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 mph, the fuel gauge displayed an incorrect reading that the fuel tank was empty even though fuel was dispensed in the fuel tank. There was a recall related to the failure under NHTSA campaign id number 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000. Js.

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. While driving various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated. Additionally, the fuel gauge reading fluctuated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the floater was stuck in the fuel tank. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the fuel gauge provided an erroneous reading of a full fuel tank when the fuel tank was empty. Additionally, the fuel gauge would sporadically read that the fuel tank was empty when it was full. The contact was informed of a recall under NHTSA campaign number: 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer was notified and stated that the VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 115,000.

1st - fuel gauge does not indicate whether tank is full and service engine light is constantly on. Informed that this was a common problem, but no recall for my vehicle. Will cost $1,000 to replace, still have not done. 2nd - was driving my 2005 Pathfinder on highway, alone with my 2. 5 year old daughter, rpms surge, car won't accelerate, forced to pull over in the middle of nowhere ok, towed to Nissan dealership for $200. Dealership says that radiator and transmission both need to be replaced. Do a google search to find that this is a common issue on this year, make and model and repairs total approximately $4,800. Since my mileage is at 101,500, 1,500 miles over warranty, Nissan will offer no copay. Why is there no recall? does somebody need to be seriously injured or killed for this to happen? shame on Nissan for putting people in danger. Had my car serviced at Nissan dealership where purchased, no one ever informed me of this problem so I could have taken care of it before it was too late.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph , she noticed the fuel gauge registered incorrectly after the fuel tank had been refueled. In addition, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The contact stated the approximate mileage was 83,000.

Car would just die while driving. The gauge would read empty even with a half tank or more of gas, I also called Nissan dealership to check on recall of the fuel sending unit, the dealership told me there was no recall. So I started doing the work myself, got halfway done and asked a buddy for help and he informed me that there was in fact a recall on that part. So I went to the dealership and then they all of a sudden had a recall and did the work for free. Since then (before) 100,000 miles, my radiator fluid filled my transmission and ruined it, and my transmission fluid filled my radiator and ruined it too. So out of pocket for transmission rebuild and rerouting of the coolant line ($3000). Now I just drive because I have too, anytime I stop I have to kill it to keep it from overheating. But I have no other vehicle so nothing I can do. Nissan continues to just not care at all. I will never have another Nissan. You could give me a Nissan for free and I wouldn't touch it. Straight garbage company.

The dte read ------ . And gas guage on the Pathfinder reads a 1/4 tank of gas, this could cause a bigger problem later.

Fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the fuel gauge will read that it is at a half a tank and the vehicle is empty. The contact stated that they had run out of gas on more then one occasion because of the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and there were no fuel leaks on the vehicle. The contact had the flute replaced on the fuel tank, but the fuel gauge still read inaccurately. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 126,764. Rl.

Had half tank of gas. Filled at station fuel gauge didn't show full tank. Tried to add gas just to see if it really wasn't full, but wouldn't take anymore. Then immediately "check engine" light came on.

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that when refueling to full capacity, the fuel gauge would erroneously display one quarter of a tank as being full. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline) however the vehicle was not included in the recall campaign. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.