2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

FAULTY GAS GAUGE SENSOR. MISS READS GAS AMOUNT ON EVERY FILL UP. WAS LEFT WITH OUT GAS ELEVEN MILES FROM PAVED ROAD WHERE HE COULD NOT FIND ANY HELP IN 30 DEGREE WEATHER. UPDATED 04/17/10

NISSAN 2005 XTERRA'S FUEL SENDING UNIT IS BAD ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSING FUEL GAUGE NOT TO WORK. DEALER WANTS OVER $600 TO FIX AND CLAIMS NISSAN WON'T RECALL BECAUSE IT IS NOT A "SAFETY ISSUE". IF AN ELDERLY WOMAN RUNS OUT OF GAS ON A DESERTED ROAD, TO ME, THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

FAILURE OF THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. DRIVING ALONG AND FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY EVEN THOUGH I HAD 3/4 OF A TANK LEFT. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I GET BELOW HALF A TANK OF FUEL. WHEN ITS COLD. SOMETIMES IT COMES BACK UP SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. *TR

DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SENSOR FOR 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. RECALL ON NHTSA ID # 08V690000, DATED 12/18/2008. HAD SENSOR REPLACED BY NISSAN DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 9 OR 10, 2009. ON 02/24/2010 AIRBAG LIGHTS FOR DRIVER AND PASSENGER CAME ON, OWNERS MANUAL STATES THE AIRBAG IS NON-OPERATIONAL AND NEEDS SERVICED. WILL THIS BE ON THE PRIOR RECALL? WILL THIS BE A NEW RECALL? WILL I NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO A PRIOR RECALL? *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA-FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT, THEREFORE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO QUIT EVEN WHILE DRIVING. CRASHES ARE INEVITABLE WITH YOUR ENGINE DYING. PARTS AND LABOR $600.00+. *TR

MY CAR WOULD SHUT OFF EVERYTIME I WENT OVER A BUMP. THE REPAIR GUY SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER THAT WENT OUT IN MY CARE. THEN 2 MONTHS LATER MY ENGINE WENT OUT AND MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER. MY VEHICLE ALMOST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY FREEWAY. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CONSTANTLY SHOWING ERROR CODE P0463. THIS REFERS TO A FUEL LEVEL SENSOR ON MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THEY LIGHT WILL COME BACK ON A FEW DAYS AFTER BEING RESET. NOT KNOWING THE CORRECT FUEL LEVEL CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY RUN OUT OF FUEL, CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE REPAIR COSTS AROUND $600.00. THE 1ST GENERATION XTERRAS (2000-2004) HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM THAT TURNED INTO A RECALL CAMPAIGN BY NISSAN. BY READING THE BULLETIN BOARDS, THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO WIDESPREAD ON THE 2ND GENERATION XTERRAS (2005-2010), BUT NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL YET. *TR

FUEL LEVEL SENSOR HAS FAILED, AND RETURNS ERRONEOUS RESULTS MISREPRESENTING THE LEVEL OF GASOLINE/FUEL AVAILABLE. WHILE NOT A HIGHLY CRITICAL ISSUE TO THE VEHICLE ITSELF, THIS IS STILL A THREAT TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AS THERE IS A DANGER OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND BEING STRANDED IN A REMOTE LOCATION AND/OR IN AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. *TR

"CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ON MY X WENT OFF SHOWING ERROR CODE P0463.IT SEEMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH XTERRAS AND PATHFINDERS. IN FACT, THAT PREVIOUS GENERATION NISSANS WERE ACTUALLY RECALLED FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, NO RECALL HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE PART FOR THE 2ND GEN YET, AND SO NISSAN CUSTOMERS ARE BEING FORCED TO HAVE THE DEALER MAKE THE REPAIR TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $600 SEEMS OUTRAGEOUS......... THEY SHOULD RECALL IT. *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILURE. AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK SENSOR SHOWS EMPTY AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON APPEARS. *TR