NHTSA Complaint #10317313 — 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER

HTTP://X.NISSANHELP.COM/FORUMS/XTERRA/4151-FUEL-GAUGE-PROBLEM-SERVICE-ENGINE-SOON-LIGHT.HTML "I HAD 1/4 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 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FUEL SENDING UNIT/SENSOR AND THAT IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED AFTER 30K MILES APPARENTLY THIS IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN I THOUGHT...THERE DEF. NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!! A COUPLE WKS AGO I WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP, I WAS AT ABOUT A 1/4 OF A TANK. AFTER FILLING, GOT IN THE VEHICLE, TURNED IT ON, AND SAW THAT IT WAS STILL SAYING I HAD A QUARTER OF A TANK. ANYWAYS, I IGNORED IT UNTIL A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON. WENT DIRECTLY TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED PART NUMBER 25060- FUEL LEVEL SENSOR I DID A SEARCH AND FOUND OUT I'M NOT ALONE. WENT TO THE GAS STATION TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE LESS THEN 3/4 TANK AND FILLED IT UP - HAD TO STOP AT THE STORE ANYWAY SO I GASSED UP. ANYWAY, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I LOOKED DOWN AND MY FUEL GAUGE IS ON EMPTY AND THE LIGHT ON. INTERESTING, I THOUGHT. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE COMES ON LATER. HE, I WAS THINKING SOME KIND OF GAS POCKET OR SOMETHING SO I GOT HOME AND UN DID THE GAS CAP, AND DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THE CHECK ENGINE CLEARED, BUT THE FUEL EMPTY IS STILL THERE. I HAVE A 2005 FRONTIER. BOUGHT MY TRUCK NEW IN 1/05 AND NOW HAS 47K MILES. IT'S BEEN A GREAT TRUCK BUT I HOPE THESE THINGS DON'T KEEP CREEPING UP. LEARNED A FEW THINGS ON THIS ISSUE. WE WERE OUT OF WARRANTY AS WELL AND HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR 2005 XTERRA W/44,000 MILES TO GET IT FIXED......KIND OF A REAR END BURNER. ANYWAY USE THE P/N 25060-ZS00A ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN # NTB07-69A. THIS P/N IS FOR THE SENDER UNIT "ONLY" @ $97.00 ONLY VS. THE SENDER UNIT & PUMP ASSEMBLY @ $290.00. A LOT OF DEALERS DON'T HAVE THIS PART NUMBER. *TR