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BEWARE 1998 Fronteir Fuel Sending Unit

I'm writing about a situation I'm having battling the GIANT automobile company Nissan. I have a 1998 Nissan Frontier truck and was driving it monday (3-28) with my 3 year old son riding with me, when I noticed that I could smell gas fumes. I pulled over soon realized that my truck was leaking gas. About 1/2 tank in 20 miles. I brought it to the dealer were they said that the "fuel sending unit" needed to be replaced (no fault of my own) $1,100 to fix. Nissan will not pay to repair it because it is past warranty (94,000). This is the good part. They recalled last june 1999-2003 frontiers with this exact problem. (NHTSA Recall No. 04V230) so they refuse to repair my 1998. However the fuel sending unit in the 1998 (the one without the low fuel warning light is the same one as in the recalled 1999. Nissan corporation is a waste of time, you will only get there answering machines and every week the "consumer affairs specialists" shuffle their accounts around. Its time we hold Nissan accountable and not allow them to hide behind there phones. They don't seem to get it that they could have KILLED me and my son, this is a safety issue. My hope is that no one need die before this is made public.

-Andy

Reply to
thoringtoncreative
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Just a little FYI for you

The sending unit recall was for corrosion problems to the connectors on vehicles in salt states ( up north or where ever salt is put on the road to melt snow) and no salt sates too.

Here is a little of what the recall states...

ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SIX CYLINDER ENGINES AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR OR SIX CYLINDER ENGINES, THE FUEL PUMP TERMINAL ON THE FUEL-SENDING UNIT CAN DEVELOP A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC MOLDING. THIS CAN CAUSE THE TERMINAL STRIP TO CORRODE UNDER SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. Consequence: IF CORROSION OCCURS, THE TERMINAL STRIP COULD EVENTUALLY BREAK CAUSING THE FUEL PUMP TO STOP OPERATION. THIS WILL RESULT IN NOT BEING ABLE TO START THE ENGINE OR CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING

I don't see anything in there about leaking, do you ?

The way I see it is this,

You have 3 choices

  1. fix it or
  2. park it or
  3. sell it

Don't hold your breath waiting for Nissan to cover it for you. So quit your belly aching and pay for it already

Reply to
NissTech

Past 94K miles I wouldn't hope to receive free repair of such magnitude, too far off warranty but if you had (as I do) Service+/maintenance+ agreement (either or both) you could have much easier time now. Also Nissan is not known for trucks or even SUV's though Pathfinder is popular. Their strongest market are sedans so yes you have this huge $1K problem but on the other hand people report Maximas with 250K miles running strong and I personally owned stritcly Nissan Sentra - excellent CHEAP/reliable workhorse, no luxuries, basic car but does take me to place ansd I owned three, the last one I soild at 180K miles still not a single problem beyond regular wear (paint, upholstery, etc.)

Reply to
Mark Levitski

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