2000 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

THE FUEL PUMP ON MY WIFE'S 2000 NISSAN XTERRA FAILED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IT. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. IT WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION FOR REPAIR. THE SERVICE TECH CALLED NISSAN AND ORDERED THE PART FUEL PUMP, WHICH WAS ON BACK ORDER. NISSAN SAID THEY HAD A NUMBER OF FAILURES BUT NOT RECALLED THE PUMP. NISSAN ALSO SAID TO REPLACE THE FILTER AND REGULATOR. THE COST WAS OVER $500. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT SINCE FUEL PUMP FAILURE SHUTS THE VEHICLE OFF.

OUR 2000 NISSAN XTERRA SE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON A HIGHWAY. WE WERE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, BUT IF WE WERE IN ANY OF THE OTHER LANES, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. THE CAR COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND WE WERE STUCK. THE PROBLEM WAS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS... THE BATTERY WAS FULLY CHARGED, THE GAS TANK WAS FULL, THE GAS CAP WAS TIGHTLY SECURED AT THE MOST RECENT FILLING, THE SERVICE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD NEVER CAME ON INDICATING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM... IT WAS VERY SUDDEN AND VERY SCARY. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED, THE DEALER FOUND THE PROBLEM... A CORRODED WIRE CONNECTION ON THE FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT. I CHECKED THE XTERRA OWNERS CLUB WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. ONE PERSON HAD IT HAPPEN TO THEM IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE DURING A HEAVY SNOWSTORM, BUT THEY WERE LUCKY THAT THE TRAFFIC WAS ALREADY MOVING SLOWLY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL BY NISSAN SO THAT OTHER XTERRA OWNERS GET THIS PART REPLACED BEFORE IT HAPPENS TO THEM.

THE DASHBOARD INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL JUST GO COMPLETELY BLANK: THE ODOMETER, GAS, CRUISE CONTROL WILL EITHER FREEZE WHERE IT IS OR WILL GO DOWN TO ZERO. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK AND HAD EVEN STARTED TO AFFECT THE GAS PEDAL. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55+MPH I HAD POWER EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE GAS PEDAL. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNLESS I COULD BRING IT IN WHEN IT WAS NOT WORKING, WHICH WAS VERY HARD TO DO BECAUSE IT WOULD STOP WORKING AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND FOR DIFFERENT LENGHTS OF TIME. SOMETIMES FOR A FEW MINUTES AND SOMETIMES FOR HOURS. I FINALLY CALLED 1-800-NISSAN1 WITH MY COMPLAINT AND THEY HAD THE CONTROL PANEL REPLACED AND NISSAN PAID FOR IT!!!! DT

THESE TIRES HYDROPLANED VIOLENTLY, EVEN AT LOW SPEED. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN WET WEATHER. MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE XTERRA OWNER'S CLUB REPORT SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE. ONE MEMBER REPORTED TO THE OWNER'S CLUB WEBSITE THAT THEY CAUSED HIS VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER. THE XTERRA OWNERS CLUB WEBSITE ADDRESS IS: HTTP.WWW.XTERRAOWNERSCLUB.COM.*AK

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, THERE WAS A LOUD POP, CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE STABILIZER BAR IN PLACE BROKE OFF THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PIECE WAS AN OPTIONAL PIECE AND THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BACK HOME, BUT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED SOON, THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE, HOWEVER ANOTHER TECHNICIAN STATED THE ONLY WAY THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED WOULD BE TO SAW THE FRONT PORTION OF THE VEHICLE OFF AND WELD AND REPLACE THAT PORTION OR NISSAN WOULD HAVE TO SEND ANOTHER FRAME FOR THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER TECHNICIAN THAT THE SCREW THAT HOLDS THE CLAMP ON WAS POSSIBLY LOOSE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED FROM OIL CHANGES AND BY THE SCREW BEING LOOSE IT BROKE, THE TECHNICIAN STATED A CLAMP WOULD BE ORDERD AND HE WOULD UTILIZE ANOTHER PIECE OF MATERIAL AND DRILL 2 HOLES AND REPLACE THE CLAMP ENOUGH IN PLACE TO KEEP THE BAR IN PLACE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE MECHANIC IS PERFORMING A PATCH UP JOB AND NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM.*JB

CLAMP THAT ATTACHES TO THE FRAME THAT HOLDS STABILIZER BAR IN PLACE BROKE OFF THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

NOTICED EXHAUST SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. REPORTED TO DEPARTMENT AND WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER XTERRA OWNERS AT AN ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP (WWW.XTERRAOWNERSCLUB.COM) HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS HAS OCCURED TO MANY OTHER XTERRA'S. I FEEL THAT THIS WARRANTS AN INVESTIGATION AS IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF A DRIVER WERE OVERCOME BY CARBON MONOXIDE FROM THE LEAKING EXHAUST MANIFOLD BEING DRAWN INTO THE FRESH AIR INTAKE DURING A MODERATE TO LONG DRIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING FUEL PUMP SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER ONE AND HALF TIMES, IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIVER WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS BEING WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK EXTREMELY TIGHT CAUSING ASPHYXIA. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND AFTERWARDS VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, TECHNICIAN STATED FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK