2000 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

WIRING ON FUEL SENDING UNIT CORRODES, FUEL PUMP TURNS OFF, ENGINE SHUTS OFF -- NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE NOR HOW FAST YOU'RE DRIVING! OBVIOUSLY, A UNIT THAT CORRODES SO EASILY ON NEWISH VEHICLES IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING. IT'S A NO BRAINER THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE TOO. I LIKE THE IDEA OF YOUR WEBSITE: "PEOPLE SAVING PEOPLE". I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM, WITH THE BACKORDER ON REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR IT, ALL THE TALK ABOUT IT, THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A DEFECT INVESTIGATION ON IT. I LOOKED IN YOUR DATABASE AND IT SHOWS ZERO DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS ON ANY NISSAN MADE IN 2000 -- DOESN'T MATTER WHAT MAKE OR MODEL, NISSAN IS RUBBER-STAMPED FOR APPROVAL??? I OWN A 2000 XTERRA. THIS PROBLEM HASN'T HAPPENED TO MINE YET, BUT I'M SURE IT WILL SINCE I'M APPROACHING 47K MILES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AS A PASSENGER IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND I SWEAR, IT IS SCARY! SINCE NISSAN WON'T INITIATE A RECALL, AND YOU SAY ON THE WEBSITE YOU DON'T NEED A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE, DON'T YOU THINK THIS IS ONE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO??? THANKS. *NLM

THE CONSUMER WAS STRANDED DUE TO A FUEL TRANSPORTER PUMP FAILURE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MR SCC *JB

ALL DASH BOARD ELECTRONICS SHUT DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. INCLUDES SPEEDOMETER, RADIO, DASH LIGHTS, AND ALL GAUGES AND WARNING LIGHTS. NEVER REPRODUCED FOR REPAIR SHOP. HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS CONTINUE TO FUNCTION. SYSTEMS REGAIN POWER FOR NO APPARENT REASON, STOPPING AND STARTING THE ENGINE IS NOT HELPFUL. *NLM

APRIL 11TH MY 2000 XTERRA STALLED WHILE DRIVING. I RESTARTED IT AND 5 MINUTES LATER IT STALLED AGAIN. THE THIRD TIME IT DIED AND WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND SINCE IT WAS RAINING I FIGURED I WOULD TRY IT AGAIN IN THE MORNING (HOPEFULLY WHATEVER WAS WET WOULD DRY OUT AND IT WOULD BE FINE). THE NEXT MORNING IT DID START AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAY WHERE IT DIED AGAIN (MIDDLE LANE OF A 5 FOUR LANE HIGHWAY!). THIS TIME I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR THE MECHANIC TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE HE EVEN LOOKED AT IT (HE HAD A FUEL SENDER UNIT SITTING ON HIS WORKSTATION THAT HE HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF ANOTHER X WITH THE SAME PROBLEM). APPARENTLY WHEN THE X-TERRA HITS 50K TO 70K MILES THE FUEL SENDER UNITS GO BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONNECTION FOR THE FUEL PUMP CORRODES (GREEN OXIDE) AND ALSO CRACKS CREATING AN OPEN. THE GUY WORKING IN THE PARTS DEPARTMENT SAID I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST HAD A RUN ON FUEL SENDERS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WERE OUT FOR A WHILE BUT THEY HAD JUST GOT A NEW SHIPMENT IN. I STARTED TO FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT NISSAN IS NOT LETTING ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. THE CLINCHER WAS, WHILE I WAS WAITING ANOTHER FLAT BED TOW TRUCK PULLED UP WITH ANOTHER X-TERRA...THAT'S RIGHT, BAD FUEL SENDER!! I PAID $211.00 FOR THE FUEL SENDER PLUS $65 FOR TOWING. I CHECKED IF OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON AN X-TERRA FORUM WEB SITE AND IT APPEARS TO BE ALL TOO COMMON. HAVING YOUR MOTOR CUT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING! *NLM

SEVERAL TIMES SINCE OWNING THE XTERRA WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR SNOW, THE BACK TIRES SLIDE CONSTANTLY AND THE REAR GOES OUT OF CONTROL. I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO MY VEHICLE LOSING CONTROL ALSO WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VERY LITTLE RAIN ON A CURVING ROAD MY VEHICLE'S REAR STARTED SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL ALMOST KILLING MY 4 PASSENGERS AND I. THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. "NISSAN" OWN UP TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES!!! *NLM

AT 5,000 MILES PRE WARRANTY EXPIRATION MY 2000 NISSAN XTERRA BROKE DOWN WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY NISSAN, THEY'VE CONCLUDED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKE AND THUS THE ENGINE WOULD BE RENDERED USELESS. THEY HAVE ALSO STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER THEIR WARRANTY AND WILL BILL ME FOR THE NEW ENGINE. THEY'VE SAID THAT THE ENGINE GOT SLUDGE DUE TO INFREQUENT OIL CHANGES. AFTER PROVIDING PROOF OF REGULAR OIL CHANGES NISSAN SAYS THAT THEY STILL WILL NOT COVER THE VEHICLE. THESE FRAUDULENT ACCUSATIONS ARE AN OUTRAGE AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER NISSAN'S WARRANTY. FURTHERMORE, MY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. AFTER CONTACTING NHTSA OVER THE PHONE I DISCOVERED THAT THEIR HAD BEEN A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THAT THE RECALL COULD HAVE HAD SOME AFFECT ON THE RESULTING PROBLEMS CONCURRED, I'M NOT SURE AS I WAS NEVER CONTACTED REGARDING ANY RECALL ISSUE. ANYHOW NISSAN SAYS THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER MY ENGINE UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO CHARGE ME FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION FEES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BILLED ME FOR TO SEE IF THIS COULD AFTER ALL BE AN ISSUE OF WARRANTY, SO FAR THE TOTAL CONCURRED WITH NO REPAIRS IS $420, WITH THE ADDED INVESTIGATION IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $480, $1000 OF WORTH OF WORK WITH NO REPAIRS MADE! I'M REFUSING TO PAY ANY FEES REGARDING THIS ISSUE AS IT IS NOT MY OBLIGATION UNDER NISSAN'S WARRANTY. I WILL NOT BE A SCAPEGOAT FOR A DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT OR ANY OTHER PART CAUSING THIS FAILURE, AS THIS IS A BREACH IN WARRANTY. I'M PREPARED TO PURSUE THIS ISSUE TO THE FULLEST EXTANT. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP. *NLM

CAR DIED ON A BUSY STREET - APPARENTLY FROM MALFUNCTIONING FUEL SENDING UNIT. 2000 NISSAN XTERRA HAD ONLY 38,000 MILES ON IT. PART IS ON "NATIONAL BACKORDER" AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR MONTHS. *NLM

WHILE IN TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE CAR COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND RESISTED ALL ATTEMPTS TO BE RESTARTED. THE TOW TRUCK TOOK THE 2000 XTERRA TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER SAID THE INTERNAL FUEL SENDING UNIT, LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK, WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LUCKILY NO ONE GOT HURT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 65,412 MILES ON IT AND IS UNDER WARRANTY. OUR DEDUCTIBLE WAS $50 PLUS $3 TAX. IT IS DISTURBING TO SEE HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE NHTSA SHOWS MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT A RECALL WOULD BE JUSTIFIED! I WOULD BE SADDENED TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE DIED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *JB

VEHICLE STALL OUT CONTINUOUSLY. SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ($1,479 -60K CHECKUP FOR BREAKS, THROTTLE, FUEL SENDER REPLACEMENT, ETC) ONLY TO HAVE TO BRING IT BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER BECAUSE IT STILL STALLED OUT. THEY "DISCOVERED" THE FUEL SENSOR WIRE WAS CORRODED, HAD TO WAIT 2 WEEKS FOR PART TO COME IN (THEY DID PAY FOR A RENTAL). ONLY TO HAVE PROBLEM START UP AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. THIS WAS THE 5TH TIME IN 8 MONTHS I HAD IT IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I DID TELL THEM THAT IT DIDN'T OCCUR AS MUCH WHEN I PUT IN DRY GAS, THEY TOLD ME TO CONTINUE TO DO AND THAT THEY COULDN'T HELP ME SINCE THEY WEREN'T AROUND WHEN IT OCCURRED. THEY DID SAY TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT HAPPENED! *NLM

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE, AT 65 MPH, ALL MY DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO DROP FROM 60-50-40 DOWN TO 0. LUCKILY, IT WAS AROUND 10:30 P.M AND THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS ON THE ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER SAFELY. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO MY RELIABLE MECHANIC, WHERE HE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS BEING THE FUEL PUMP (PART # 25060-4S415, WHICH IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER DUE TO SO MANY PROBLEMS). THIS COULD MEAN THAT AN XTERRA OWNER COULD WAIT FOR AS LONG AS 3-6 WEEKS TO RECEIVE THE PART. WITH THIS FAULTY FUEL PUMP, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SENDING UNIT FAILS, DUE TO CORROSION OF THE WIRES, THE FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF, WHICH IN TURN, SHUTS THE ENGINE OFF (AT ANY TIME); A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! AS OF YET, THIS ITEM HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED FOR ME TO KEEP THIS PART FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AS HE HAS REPLACED NEARLY 100 PUMPS ON XTERRAS, HE IS SURE THAT THEY WILL BE RECALLING THIS ITEM SOON. I WILL BE CALLING THE NISSAN DEALER AS WELL AS WRITING A LETTER TO CORPORATE TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT ON FILE. IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM, OR ANY OTHER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO IDENTIFY IT WITH NISSAN AND THIS WEBSITE SO IT AIDS IN THE RECALL PROCESS. *NLM