NHTSA Complaint #10444648 — 2003 INFINITI M45

THE FUEL GAUGE NO LONGER WORKS CORRECTLY. I RAN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE STREET. MY WIFE, CHILDREN, MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS WERE ALL PUT IN HARM'S WAY DUE TO THIS FAULTY ISSUE. FROM READING THE FORUMS, THIS ERROR ON NISSAN'S PART IS PLAGUING MANY OF THESE VEHICLES AND WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT THEM ALL. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS MODEL M45 WAS SOLD IN THE US FOR ONLY TWO MODEL YEARS (2003, 2004). THE COMBINED SALES FOR THESE VEHICLES FROM 2002-2004 WAS ONLY 7,855 BEFORE THEY ABANDONED THE Y34 PLATFORM AND WENT TO THE NEW Y50 PLATFORM. SO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WILL NOT BE THAT OF A TOYOTA CAMRY. FROM WHAT I GATHER ON THIS WEBSITE, AT LEAST 1% OF ALL 03/04 M45 OWNERS HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE BUT HAVE NOT FILED A COMPLAINT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS IN THE INFINITI OWNERS FORUMS. MY VEHICLE IS NOW SHOWING TWO ERROR CODES ON THE OBD-II READOUT: P1444 (EVAP CANISTER PURGE VOLUME CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE) AND P0462 (FUEL LEVEL SENSOR). FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR REPLACED BY INFINITI, BUT THIS DOES NOT FIX THE ISSUE. OTHERS HAVE HAD THEIR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SENT OFF AND REPLACED BY A THIRD PARTY TO REPAIR NISSAN'S FAULTY FACTORY SOLDERING. THIS IS THE CAUSE FOR THE FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING AND FOR THE ERROR CODES. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS INFORMATION AND THAT OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS TO HAVE NISSAN ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THIS FUEL GAUGE ISSUE. THANK YOU. *TR