2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

FUEL SENDING UNIT, SHOWS I HAVE 1/4 TANK OF FUEL BUT WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY. CAUSING MY CAR TO DIE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MULTIPLE TIMES AS THE GAUGE/FUEL SENDING UNIT IS FAULTY SHOWING THE INCORRECT UNIT. *TR

THE GAS GAUGE ON MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA DOES NOT WORK. THIS MEANS, EVEN THOUGH I FILL UP MY TANK, IT SHOWS THAT MY CAR IS ON EMPTY. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I HAVE ENOUGH GAS TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PERSISTING SINCE IT FIRST OCCURRED. I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR 6+ MONTHS! I KNOW OF OTHER XTERRA OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. A RECALL IS DEFINITELY CALLED FOR. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON THE VEHICLE NO LONGER READS PROPERLY INDICATING INACCURATE LEVELS OF GASOLINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER REFILLING THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE FUEL, THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 63,400 UPDATED 9/13/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL GAUGE IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED MALFUNCTIONING AND SHOWING ERRONEOUS FUEL LEVELS. THE GAUGE WOULD THEN FLUCTUATE BETWEEN NORMAL LEVELS TO SHOWING EMPTY OR NEARLY EMPTY INACCURATELY. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL 10V075000. THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING. HOWEVER, HIS MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 09/15/10

GAS GAUGE ON MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA STOPPED WORKING. TOLD IT WAS A FUEL SENDING UNIT. I ONLY HAVE 79,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER TELLS ME IF I DON'T GET IT CHANGED THE VEHICLE WILL EVENTUALLY NOT START. THIS WOULD NOT BE A GOOD THING GIVEN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT READING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR WOULD CONSTANTLY MOVE. THE FAILURE BECAME WORSE OVER TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FUEL SYSTEM RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 460,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2005 NISSAN XTERRA AT 58K MILES HAS THE GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON. FROM WHAT I SEE ON LINE THIS IS A COMMON THEME ON XTERRAS AND NISSAN ONLY COVERS RECALLS ON CERTAIN 2006 MODELS KNOWING IT EXITS ON THE 2005 MODELS. *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA FAULTY RADIATOR DESTROYS TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN JANUARY OF 2006. MY TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE THE RADIATOR FAILED. THE SYSTEM BEGAN STALLING ON SUNDAY AND AS I PRESSED THE GAS THE RPM WOULD INCREASE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER ON MONDAY AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS NOT THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE IPDM. IT WORKED FOR THEM FINE AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME FINE. AS I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE TO WORK ON TUESDAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO MY DRIVEWAY. ON WEDNESDAY I BARELY MADE IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THE BY THE TIME I ARRIVED THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I RECEIVED A CALL STATING THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND UPON FURTHER INQUIRY LEARNED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD GONE OUT AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION - AT NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I'VE SINCE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND SEE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE THAT OWN THE 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR NISSAN THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE 5K TO REPAIR A CAR THAT I AM STILL PAYING A NOTE ON. *TR

THE FOLLOWING RECALL IS IDENTICAL TO SYMPTOMS I OBSERVE WITH MY 2005 NISSAN X-TERRA, SINCE 10/2008: RECALL #38731: NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 AND MODEL YEAR 2008 FRONTIER, XTERRA AND PATHFINDER VEHICLES. THE MOLDED FUEL TANK SHELLS CAN DEFORM, CAUSING THE FUEL SENDER FLOAT ARM TO CONTACT AN EMBOSSMENT MOLDED INTO THE TANK SHELL CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE TO SHOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER TANK WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY. *TR

NISSAN XTERRA 2005 -- FAULTY FUEL SENSOR, FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REPORT GAS IN TANK. *TR