2000 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

BUMPER ON 2000 NISSAN XTERRA SAGS AND RUBS AGAINST TIRE WHILE TURNING. NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED...PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON AMONG 2000 NISSAN XTERRAS. I HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED AND THE BUMPER SAGGED AGAIN WITHIN MONTHS. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 XTERRA THAT DIED SUDDENLY ON MARCH 1ST WHILE GETTING READY TO DO MY ERRANDS FOR THE DAY. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AND 3 WEEKS LATER REC'D IT BACK ALONG W/ A BILL FOR $300. THE FUEL PUMP WAS ON BACKORDER FOR 3 WEEKS AND I ALSO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO OWNS AN XTERRA AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HER JUST LAST WEEK. TODAY, AFTER HAVING THE CAR BACK FOR LESS THAN A WEEK IT DIED AGAIN!!! I THINK NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. I HAVE SENT THEM, THE DEALERSHIP THAT FIXED IT AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM ALL E-MAILS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IGNORED!! I WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER NOT BUYING A NISSAN NEXT TIME I AM IN THE MARKET, WHICH MAY BE VERY SOON@@@

ON THE NISSAN XTERRA'S, THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNITS, PART #250604F415, ARE GOING BAD. THE PLASTIC IS CRACKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND HARD TO GET. I HAVE BEEN WAITING ALMOST 3 WEEKS. *JB

AS THE CONSUMER MOVED THE GEARSHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK AND DOWN TOWARDS THE DRIVE GEAR, THE GEAR SHIFT BECAME STUCK IN THE REVERSE GEAR AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. *AK *NLM

THE FUEL PUMP ON MY 2000 NISSAN XTERRA BROKE. MY TRUCK IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE THEY WERE ADVISED THE PART WAS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 2 WEEKS, IF NOT LONGER TO GET THE PART IN. BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS NOT AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP, NISSAN CHARGED THE AUTO SHOP AN EXTRA 10% TO GET THE PART AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE, AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE 3 TO 4 DAYS FOR THEM TO AUTHORIZE THE REIMBURSEMENT OF A RENTAL CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY IN MY 2000 XTERRA LAST SUMMER(2002), THE SPEEDOMETER AND ALL GAUGES ON DASH STOPPED WORKING. I WENT TO A NISSAN DEALER IN COLORADO AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNLESS IT STAYED STUCK. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT EVERY TIME I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON, IT WOULD WORK AGAIN. FINALLY, A YEAR AND A HALF LATER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON AN EXTREMELY BUSY ROAD, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN THE FAST LANE GOING 70 MPH. NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO GLIDE ACROSS 3 LANES TO A SHOULDER, THERE WAS LITTLE SHOULDER TO PARK ON BECAUSE WE HAD A PREVIOUS SNOW STORM THE ROAD WAS NOT AS WIDE AS USUAL. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO NISSAN AND WAIT 2 WEEKS FOR A FUEL SENDING UNIT BECAUSE THEY WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. WHILE PERIODICALLY SPEAKING TO THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT DIFFERENT POINTS WITHIN THIS TWO WEEKS, HE WAS CONSTANTLY UPDATING ME ON HOW MANY MORE XTERRA'S WERE BEING TOWED IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM APPALLED THAT NISSAN HAS NOT MADE AN EFFORT TO RECALL THIS PART OR TO INFORM THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THIS DANGER. THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY FREEWAY IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SOME ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.*JB

I OWN A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN PHILADELPHIA AND MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND DIED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE TOWED. I FOUND OUT THE XTERRAS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR "FUEL SENDING UNIT". *JB IN RESEARCHING THIS, I FOUND THERE ARE MANY XTERRA OWNERS COMPLAINING OF SUDDEN LOSSES OF POWER AND IT IS THE "FUEL SENDING UNIT". MY PART WAS BACK ORDERED FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FOR THIS PART. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I AM AFRAID OTHERS WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THEIR NISSAN XTERRAS AND HAVE THEM REPLACE THE "FUEL SENDING UNITS."

WHILE DRIVING, FUEL SENDING UNIT(#25060-4S415) ON 2000 NISSAN XTERRA FAILED. THIS PART FAILURE CAUSE ENGINE TO CEASE FUNCTION DUE TO A CUT IN POWER TO FUEL PUMP. IT WAS DETERMINED BY A MECHANIC THAT THE WIRING HARNESS OF THE SENDING UNIT FAILED DUE TO THE CORROSION OF THE WIRES AND THE CONNECTION TERMINAL. THIS CORROSION IS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE EITHER BY THE FUEL OR BY WATER AND SALT. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. DIAGNOSIS IS FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. THE MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING A RECALL EVEN WITH THE PROOF THAT THIS HAS BEEN A NUMEROUS COMPLAINT. I AM NOW TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 2 MONTHS FOR THE PART DUE TO A HIGH DEMAND.*JB

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON THE NISSAN XTERRA WITH THE VG33? V-6 ENGINE HAS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH CRACKING AND/OR SHEARING BOLTS. I MYSELF HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO THIS, AS THOUSANDS OF OTHER XTERRA OWNERS HAVE. JUST GO TO HTTP://WWW.XTERRAOWNERSCLUB.COM, TO THE FORUMS, AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY HAVE HAD TO HAVE THIS REPLACED, SOMETIMES TWICE. *JB