2007 NISSAN QUEST Complaints

THE GAS GAUGE IS SAYING THAT THERE IS OVER A QUARTER OF A TANK AND THE VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF GAS. THIS WAS HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY. NOW, IT IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. NOW, I FEEL THAT I MUST FILL UP EVERY FEW DAYS SO I AM NOT LEFT STRANDED AGAIN. FIRST TIME, CLOSE TO HOME. SECOND TIME ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY (VERY SCARY). THIRD TIME, CLOSE TO HOME AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT A RECALL WAS TO HAPPEN OVER THE SUMMER OF 2015 BUT CAN NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

VEHICLE STALLED ON MORNING DRIVE TO WORK. OVER 1/4 TANK OF GAS ACCORDING TO GAS GAUGE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AUTO REPAIR WHERE THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FAILED FUEL PUMP. WHEN THE REMOVED THE GAS TANK TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP THE MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS VERY LITTLE GAS IN THE TANK. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND CHARGED ME $736.00. WHEN THEY TESTED THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP, IT OPERATED BELOW THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT TRYING TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH LITTLE GAS IN THE TANK (FAULTY GAS GAUGE) CAUSED THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP TO OVERHEAT.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS RELATED TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE14012. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO PROGRAM OR FIX AVAILABLE FOR THE PROBLEM. YOU CLOSED THIS INVESTIGATION ON JANUARY 13, 2015 BASED ON NISSAN TELLING THE NHTSA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE. IT IS NOW JULY 15, 2015, 4 MONTHS AFTER I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A FIX BY JULY. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN LIED TO YOU TO GET YOU OFF THEIR BACKS. THEIR FIX SO FAR IS TO TELL ME THAT I NEED TO FILL UP THE GAS TANK WHEN IT IS HALF FULL.... IN A DAY AND AGE WHEN EVERY CAR HAS A RED LIGHT THAT COMES ON, THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR ME TO HAVE TO WATCH MY GAS GAUGE OR MILEAGE IN ORDER NOT TO RUN OUT OF GAS WHEN AT FULL SPEED! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAD THE VEHICLE STOP ON MY IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION... OTHER CARS HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND SINCE I WAS MAKING A TURN IN A SPACE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC... THEY HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID ME! MY WIFE ALSO HAD IT CUT OUT ON HER, BUT FORTUNATELY WAS JUST PULLING INTO A STATION TO FILL UP. PLEASE REOPEN THIS INVESTIGATION TO PUT NISSAN ON NOTICE. THEY ARE DOING NOTHING. I EVEN OFFERED TO MY DEALERSHIP TO PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED AND THEY COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THERE AREN'T PARTS AVAILABLE. NISSAN LIED TO YOU. GET 'EM! I AM GOING TO SEND A COPY OF THIS TO SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON AND CONGRESSMEN ROB WOODALL, TOM PRICE, LYNN WESTMORELAND, JODY HICE, DOUG COLLINS, BARRY LOUDERMILK, DAVID SCOTT, AUSTIN SCOTT AND TOM GRAVES. ALL OF WHOM ARE PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN QUEST. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING INDICATING THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL WHEN IT WAS REALLY EMPTY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

FUEL GAUGE, READ APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF A TANK. CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND BUCK, AS IF THE CAR WAS OUT OF GAS. NEARLY GOT INTO A MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT. LUCKILY ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND GET CAR INTO A GAS STATION. PUT GAS IN THE CAR, RAN FINE, BUT GAS GAUGE IS STILL INNACCURATE

FUEL TANK GAUGE NEVER MOVES FROM THE E POSITION. NEW FUEL SENDING UNIT INSTALLED AND DOESNT CHANGE GAUGE.

TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE YEARLY EMISSION TEST AND IT DID NOT PASS. IT STATES CODE P0462. HAD THE NISSAN DEALER ALSO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND IT ALSO STATES THAT THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. NISSAN IS NOT RETURNING BACK MY CALLS AND I RECEIVED A POSSIBLE RECALL NOTICED ON JANUARY 2015. I AM UP FOR THE EMISSION TEST AGAIN AND NEED TO GET THIS FIXED SO IT CAN PASS IT. MY PLATES WILL BE SUSPENDED IF IT DOES NOT PASS. ALSO WHEN I FILL UP IT THE FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T MOVE UP TO FULL. I AM AFRAID I MIGHT RUN OUT OF GAS SO I AM CONSISTENTLY PUTTING GAS.... UPDATED 09/03/15 *BF

NOT SURE OF THE MILAGE IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE BEFORE GETTING A NOTICE FROM NISSAN IN JAN 2015..... WE THEN WENT AND HAD THE VIN SCANNED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WQSN'T PART OF THE ISSUE YET WE HAVE THE ISSUE OCCURING AND GOT THE NOTICE IN THE MAIL FROM NISSAN. THEIR ADVICE OF KEEPING IT AT 1/2 A TANK DOESNT WORK. IT'S BEEN AT A FULL TANK AND GAUGE STILL READ AS E WITH THE LIGHT ON. NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUTABLE AND FIX THIS ISSUE. IT ALSO MAKES THE VEHICALE THROW A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHICH WILL MAKE THE CAR FAIL SMOG.

TRAMISSION ACTUALLY FAILED IN SEPT 2012 BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE MILAGE OR DATE... IT SAT NOT MOVING WHILE WE MADE THE LAST 6 -PAYMENTS ON THE CAR TO GET IT PAYED OFF. IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING. IT WAS FIXED IN FEB 2013 THE TRASNMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT, IT ALSO GOT A BRAND NEW RADIATOR I GUESS IT HAT A HOLE IN IT. NISSAN HAS KNOW ABUT THE ISSUES FOR A WHILE BUT FAILS TO BE HELD ACCOUTABLE FOR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS.

CAR DID NOT START WHEN SHOWING 1/4 TANK LEFT. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND WE FIGURED THE FUEL PUMP WAS BAD, SO WE TOWED IT HOME. AS A LAST RESORT BEFORE BRINGING IT INTO THE SHOP, WE POURED 1 GALLON OF GAS INTO IT THE NEXT MORNING AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.