2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. I WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP MY TANK WHEN THE PUMP CLICKED OFF I PUT THE GAS CAP BACK ON UNTIL IT CLICKED. I PROCEED TO START THE XTERRA AND NOTICED THE GAS GAUGE DID NOT MOVE. FINALLY AFTER DRIVING 45 MILES THE GAUGE MOVED TO THE FULL POSITION. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A ONE TIME OCCURANCE BUT IT PROCEED TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DOING RESEACH ON THE WEB I FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON OCCURANCE ON 2005 AND BEYOND XTERRAS. HAVING MADE APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO GET THIS FIXED IT APPEARS THAT I WILL HAVE TO GET FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED AT A COST TO ME OF $600. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND THAT A RECALL WAS DONE ON 2001 - 2004 XTERRAS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THEIR OWNERS. I FEE THAT NISSAN HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND THAT THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO XTERRAS MADE BEYOND 2004. IN TODAY'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS AND PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT CORRECTED IS UNECESSARY. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 45K AND THE FUEL NEEDLE GOES TO "E" AND THEN FLUCTUATES UP TO HALF THEN GOES DOWN AGAIN. THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME. I CAN'T TELL WHAT MY FUEL LEVEL IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT READING CORRECTLY. EVEN WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED UP, THE FUEL NEEDLE READS EMPTY! I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE FREEWAY AND HAD TO CONTACT A TOW TRUCK SERVICE FOR FUEL. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AND IT WOULD COST ME $567 FOR THE PART (FUEL SENDING UNIT) NOT INCLUDING LABOR. I WILL NOT PAY THIS RIDICULOUS AMOUNT AS I HAVE FOUND OUT THROUGH OTHER NISSAN XTERRA OWNERS THAT THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THROUGH AN INTERNET DISCUSSION FORUM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR 2005 AND NEWER MODELS OF NISSAN XTERRA'S. *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO HAVE THEM CHECK THE ERROR CODES AND THE TEST RESULTED WITH A P0463 CODE (FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT). I HAVE NOTICES PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL GAUGE BEING STUCK ON EMPTY WITH LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT ON EVEN AFTER FILLING TANK TO FULL. AFTER DRIVING FOR FEW DAYS THE GAUGE EVENTUALLY AND SLOWLY BEGIN TO INDICATE FUEL. I'VE SINCE READ MANY FORUMS ON NISSAN SUV'S THAT HAVE SAME ISSUE. *TR

2005 XTERRA: FUEL GAGE INOPERABLE. 10 DAYS AGO, FUEL GAGE QUIT WORKING. NEXT FEW DAYS, IT WOULD WORK SOMETIMES; SOMETIMES NOT. LAST 4 DAYS, IT HAS NOT WORKED AT ALL. *TR

HI I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THESE VEHICLES ARE HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT, LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK ON THE FUEL PUMP. THE SYMPTOMS ARE THAT ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE, WITH LOW MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE GAS GAUGE STOPS WORKING OR BECOMES INACCURATE. ON THE ODB II, IT SHOWS AS PO463. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER AND THIS IS UNSAFE, AS YOU HAVE TO "GUESS" BY MILEAGE HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT. MINE WENT OUT AND I FIXED IT MYSELF AS I WAS CONCERNED WITH SAFETY OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AT A BAD TIME. *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA. HAVE APPROX 43K MILES ON IT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS COME ON. I TOOK IT IN TO A NISSAN DEALER IN OCEANSIDE, CA AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW FUEL SENSOR. THE CURRENT FUEL SENSOR IN MY CAR MUST BE FINE SINCE I HAVE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS WITH MY FUEL READINGS. THERE HAS BEEN ZERO CHANGE IN DRIVEABILITY, BUT NISSAN IS TRYING TO STICK ME FOR $515 FOR A NEW SENSOR, I DECLINED THE SERVICE. I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT ISOLATED TO JUST MYSELF. A RECALL MUST BE MADE BY NISSAN TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM! *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AND RECENTLY MY FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN READING 1/2 TANK FULL, THEN OUT OF NO WHERE, IT DROPS TO EMPTY. UPON REFILLING THE TANK (15GAL WORTH) THE GAUGE REMAINS ON EMPTY W/ THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" ON. AFTER SOME DRIVING THE GAUGE EVENTUALLY RETURNS TO THE PROPER LOCATION, AND THE PROCESS CONTINUES EVERY TIME. I'VE READ A FEW DISCUSSION BOARDS ON THE SUBJECT AND IT SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON ON NISSAN SUV'S AND ALOT OF COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE FUEL PUMP/SENDING UNIT. *TR

LEARNED A FEW THINGS ON THIS ISSUE. I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AS WELL AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR 2005 XTERRA W/42,000 MILES TO GET IT FIXED (DEALERSHIP QUOTES APPX $600)......KIND OF A REAR END BURNER. SEEMS LIKE MOST FOLKS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM TOWARDS 3/4 TO A FULL TANK. COULD THIS PART OF THE METAL STRIP BE CORRODING WHEN IT'S NOT SUBMERGED IN THE FUEL ?? IF I HAVE TO GUESS IT'S A METAL COATING OR TYPE OF METAL USED WHEN MANUFACTURED PROBLEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR TO REALIZE THIS IS A PROBLEM! JUST GOOGLE "2005 NISSAN XTERRA FUEL GAUGE ISSUES"...OR "SES LIGHT ON ISSUE" YOU'LL SEE PAGES UPON PAGES OF CONSUMER'S GETTING SCREWED BY WHAT NISSAN WOULD RATHER IGNORE!! *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT MY NISSAN XTERA 2005. I HAD 1/8 OF A TANK OF GAS AND WENT TO FILL UP. AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK, I TURNED ON THE CAR, AT WHICH POINT THE NEEDLE DID NOT REGISTER THE FULL TANK. AFTER DRIVING A COUPLE MILES, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON EVEN THOUGH MY NEXT SERVICE WAS NOT DUE YET. I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FUEL SENDING UNIT/SENSOR PROBLEM AND THAT IT NOT IN WARRANTY. AFTER RETURNING HOME AND DOING RESEARCH, I WENT ONLINE TO X.NISSANHELP.COM AFTER PERFORMING A SEARCH, I CAME ACROSS MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. APPARENTLY IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. A SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS FOUND ON THE 2000-2004 XTERRA MODELS AND A RECALL WAS PERFORMED WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP AFTER NOT GETTING ANY FUEL, POSING A GREAT DANGER. IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING IN THE UNIT IS FAULTY AND WILL CORRODE OVER TIME. THERE IS A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT EVERYONE WHO IS HAVING THE PROBLEM IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 2 YRS AND WITH AROUND 39K-49K. IF THIS PROBLEM EXISTED IN PREVIOUS MODELS, AND IT WAS RECALLED, THE 2005-2007 XTERRAS, FRONTIERS, AND PATHFINDERS SHOULD GET THIS FIXED AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER!! WHY WAIT FOR ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE DEATHS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PROBLEM LIES IN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VEHICLE. COST OF REPAIR RANGES FROM $300-600. *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA SE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER I NOTICED MY FUEL LEVEL GAUGE AND DIGITAL READ OUT WERE STARTING TO ACT FUNNY. AUTOZONE CHECKED THE CODE FROM THE ENGINE. FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. AFTER READING TONS OF DISCUSSION BOARDS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH NISSAN'S ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. AT $600 FOR A REPLACEMENT, A RECALL IS NECESSARY AS THIS PROBLEM IS SPREAD THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT MODELS. *TR