NHTSA Complaint #10336259 — 2007 NISSAN ARMADA

ON JUNE 10TH, 2010 I WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE FAST LANE/ CARPOOL LANE (APPROX 2:15PM) AND MY CAR IMMEDIATELY DECREASE IN ACCELERATION. I KNEW I COULD NOT MAKE IT OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER AND I HAD TO PULL OFF INTO THE LEFT HAND SHOULDER (THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE) I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WHILE I WAS ON HOLD A HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER PULLED UP BEHIND ME. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT ANOTHER PATROL OFFICER AND THEY STOPPED ALL TRAFFIC AND THE FIRST HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER PUSHED ME TO THE RIGHTHAND SHOULDER. THE GAS GAUGE WAS A LITTLE OVER 1/4 TANK. THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND TOOK ME TO THE GAS STATION - AFTER PUTTING IN GAS THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP. THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT SAID "WOW, ANOTHER NISSAN OUT OF GAS - DO YOU KNOW I GET SO MANY ARMADAS' AND INFINITIES THAT COME IN HERE WITH NO GAS" I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE APPROX 2 MONTHS AGO AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP - THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE PART WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE AND THEY WOULD CALL ME, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP LAST FRIDAY AND AGAIN TODAY - THEY DO NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE THIS PART FOR ANOTHER 2-3 WEEKS. I CALLED THE NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TODAY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO - I INFORMED THEM THAT THIS WAS JUST LIKE TOYOTA AND I REQUESTED A RENTAL / LOANER VEHICLE - THEY COULD NOT ACCOMODATE THAT REQUEST. THIS HAS PUT ME IN A TERRIFYING SITUATION. THE WOMAN AT NISSAN CONSUMER TOLD ME TO KEEP MY TANK 1/2 FULL AND I INFORMED HER THAT THEY LETTER I JUST RECEIVED STATED TO KEEP IT AT A 1/4 TANK FULL SO THAT WAS A DISCREPANCY. *TR