2005 Nissan Pathfinder Fuel System

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT USED. THE PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 60,000 MILES. THE FUEL LEVEL WILL READ EMPTY EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN FILLED UP. IT ALSO DISPLAYS A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. MY FIRST CONCERN IS THE VEHICLE RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND LOOSING POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE COULD GO WRONG WITH THE ENGINE BUT I WOULD NEVER KNOW BECAUSE THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON DUE TO THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. THIS VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY MY WIFE WITH MY INFANT SON SO MY MOST SERIOUS CONCERN IS THAT THEY COULD BECOME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS EVEN POSTED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN NTB07-069A CONCERNING THE FAULTY PART. THE FAULT CODE IS P0463 FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FUEL LEVEL SENSING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 87,000.

RE: 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER ABOUT 2, 5 YEARS AGO, MY FUEL GAUGE READ 1/2 FULL OR ALL EMPTY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. CHANGING OIL RESET LIGHT INITIALLY, BUT IT CAME BACK ON. SHORT TIME LATER CAR FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF GAUGE AND LIGHT. CAR MECHANIC REPLACED SENDING UNIT, FUEL PUMP AND FILTER. SAID PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT. DEC/09 CAR FAILED TO START. GAUGE READ 1/2 FULL. MECHANIC SAID FUEL FILTER FAILED, BUT PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED SINCE FILTER IS INSIDE PUMP. JAN30,2010. AS I WRITE THIS MY TANK READS HALF FULL AND THE CAR WON'T START. IT IS DOING THE SAME THING IT DID THE LAST TIME. BEING STRANDED BECAUSE OF A FAILED FUEL PUMP/FILTER/ GAUGE/SENDING UNIT IS DANGEROUS. I CAN TRUST THAT A PART (THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE) ISN'T GOING TO FAIL ME. I WOULD ADD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, DESPITE APPROPRIATE SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE, (EVEN REPLACED TIRES) MY FUEL CONSUMPTION HAS BECOME VERY POOR. THE ISSUES ARE SOMEHOW CONNECTED. SEE ALSO BLOGS HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/NISSAN-PATHFINDER/TMVJFUGON9RD4EB8I ENTITLE "FUEL GAUGE PROBLEMS". EVIDENTLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORLD-WIDE HAVING THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

I AM GETTING OBDII CODES (P0463) AND "CHECK ENGINE" SIGN IS ON EVEN AFTER RESET. ONCE MY FUEL TANK IS LESS THAN 3/4 AND I REFILL IT AFTER IT WAS CLOSE TO BE EMPTY I AM GETTING "CHECK ENGINE" SIGN ON PROBLEM. I KNOW THAT IT IS RELATED TO A FUEL TANK LEVEL GAUGE. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT EXPERIENCING EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NISSAN DOESN'T COVER FAULTY PART REPLACEMENT FOR FREE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT! THANKS *TR

P0463 FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE GAS TANK TO GIVE AN INACCURATE READING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED A RECALL FOR THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ON THE 2006 MODEL BUT NOT THE 2005 MODEL PATH FINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REISSUE THE RECALL TO LATER MODEL VEHICLES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE MOLDED FUEL TANK SHELL HAS DEFORMED, CAUSING THE FUEL SENDER FLOAT ARM TO CONTACT AN EMBOSSMENT MOLDED INTO THE TANK SHELL CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE TO SHOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER TANK WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY. THIS COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALL IN TRAFFIC, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THIS IS THE SAME CONDITION AND PARTS THAT ARE ON THE 2006 PATHFINDER. NISSAN ISSUED A RECALL TO REPLACE THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT INSIDE THE FUEL TANK WITH A NEW ONE THAT HAS A MODIFIED FLOAT ARM.ON THE 2006 AND 2008 YEAR MODELS OF PATHFINDER BUT NOT THE 2005. THE RECALL NOTICE ISSUED WAS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NO: 10V075000. HOW CAN THIS CONDITION BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE 2005 MODEL AND CONSIDERED UNSAFE FOR LATER YEAR MODELS? *TR

I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER IN SEPT OF 08, IT HAD 39990 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE DROPPED FROM A FULL TANK TO EMPTY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT, SO HE HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID THE PROBLEM WAS. MY PATHFINDER HAS 94000 MILES ON IT NOW(54000 IS WHAT I PUT ON IT) I DID A SEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND AT TOPIX.COM, IN THE PATHFINDER FORUM OUT OF 48 POSTS 10 WERE THE 2005 PATHFINDER, 14 WERE 2006, 7 WERE 2007, 2 WERE 2008 & 1 WAS THE 2009 ALL WITH THE VERY SAME PROBLEM. THERE SEEMS TO BE A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM HERE. THE RECALL ON THE PATHFINDER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WAS FOR THE ONES PRODUCED BETWEEN 1/06 & 3/06 OR 10/7-1/08. I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I OWN 2 NISSAN MAXIMAS ONE IS A 1994 THE OTHER 2001 AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM. PLEASE SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER NOW DOES NOT WORK. I RECEIVED A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON, AND REALIZED THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, AND NOTICED THAT THIS SAME ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD. *TR

DTE GAUGE READ ------ AND GAS GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY WITH LOW GAS LIGHT ON. SES LIGHT CAME ON. DTC P0463/ HAPPEN EVERYDAY. NISSAN PATHFINDER 2005. 52,000 MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 66,660 MILES. MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS FOUND THE CODE P0463-FUEL LEVEL SENSOR A CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $500+ TO REPAIR ALTHOUGH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS NISSAN VEHICLE BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE PARTS PLACED WHEN ASSEMBLED. *TR

GAS GAUGE AFTER FILLING TANK GAUGED STAYED AT 1/4 TANK NOTHING WORKED EVERYTHING READ -------- REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT SEEMS OK NOW. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT WILL GO FROM A FULL TANK TO EMPTY AND THEN BACK. *TR

I HAVE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE. SES LIGHT CAME ON, CODE P0463, FUEL LEVEL SENSOR HIGH OUTPUT. THIS WAS CAUSING MY FUEL GAUGE TO MALFUNCTION, COST ALMOST $600.00 TO FIX. ONLY SAFETY ISSUE IS RUNNING OUT OF GAS IN AN UNSAFE AREA. *TR

FOR A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE WITH 41,000 MILES. "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AND DEALER INFORMED ME THE PROBLEM IS A FAILED FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. 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. REFERENCE NISSAN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NTB07-69A. RECOMMEND CONSUMER-INITIATED RECALL OF FUEL PUMP AND FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. *TR

STARTING IN FEB. 009 WITH APPROX 53K MILES FUEL GAUGE STARTED ACTING AS IF THERE WAS NO FUEL AFTER FILLING UP CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK TO NISSAN DEALER SAID FUEL SENSOR WAS FAULTY AFTER SEARCHING COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE APPARENTLY NOT THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE. SISTER IN LAW ALSO HAS A 2005 PATHFINDER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IS ANYTHING BEING DONE BY NISSAN TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER; FUEL GAUGE ISSUES. THE FUEL GAUGE IS ERRATIC, INACCURATE, OR INOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION, THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" IS 'ON' WITH DTC CODE OF P0461, P0462, OR P0463 STORED IN SELF-DIAGNOSIS. NISSAN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #NTB07-069A. *TR

FUEL GAUGE REPORTS INACCURATE FUEL LEVELS. FUEL SENSOR DEFECTIVE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO COME ON AS ADDITIONAL WARNING. SENSOR SYSTEM REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. *TR

MANY NISSAN VEHICLES HAVE FAILED FUEL SENSOR UNITS. NISSAN REFUSES TO REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE OR TO ISSUE A RECALL. IT IS IS SAFETY HAZARD NOT TO KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS IN YOUR VEHICLE. ESPECIALLY WHEN MORE THAN ONE DRIVER HAVE ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE. BY GOOGLING THE PROBLEM I FOUND OUT THAT MANY NISSAN OWNERS HAVE THIS FUEL SENSOR BUG. SEVERAL NISSAN MODELS ARE EFFECTED. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE - WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,500 MILES, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DTE READING INDICATED -----, AND ANALOG GAS GAUGE READ NEARLY EMPTY. HAVING FILLED UP THAT MORNING, I KNEW I HAD A FULL TANK. LOCAL PARTS STORE READ THE TRUCKS COMPUTER INDICATING A FAULTY FUEL SENDING UNIT. AFTER INTERNET RESEARCH, THIS SEEMS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN PATHFINDER AND OTHER NISSAN SUV'S. WOULD LIKE NISSAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECT AND MAKE REPAIRS AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

WE HAVE A SQUEAKING UNDERNEATH OUR VEHICLE AND IT SMELLS LIKE GAS. AFTER RESEARCHING IT ONLINE WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL. WE ARE WORRIED THAT OUR VEHICLE COULD BE LEAKING GAS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY FROM THE 2004 TO THE 2005 MODEL. OUR GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE COMES ON SO WE SUSPECT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GASOLINE SMELL AND THE SQUEAKING. WE THINK THAT THERE MUST BE A HOLE SOMEWHERE THAT HAS OCCURRED FROM THE CONSTANT RUBBING OF THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. *TR

I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK AND IT DIDN'T REGISTER A FEW DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED ME THAT MY WARRANTY EXPIRED A MONTH AGO AND I WAS ALMOST 1,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY LIMITATION. SO BECAUSE OF THIS I WOULD HAVE TO PAY ANYWHERE FROM $400-$800, WHICH I DON'T HAVE WE'RE IN A RECESSION. ALSO WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO NURSING SCHOOL ONE MORNING THE 2005 PATHFINDER I WAS DRIVING JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDST OF MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE DEAD OF A COLD BLISTERING WINTER MORNING. LATER THAT DAY I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE WHO GAVE ME A PRINTOUT TO TAKE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR THE FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE APPARENT IN THIS MODEL AS WELL AS OTHERS. AGAIN NISSAN WASN'T WILLING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I PRAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN HELP US NISSAN OWNERS WHO HAVE INVESTED OUR HARD EARNED MONEY INTO A VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE WHICH BY THE WAY ISN'T A CHEAP VEHICLE, TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM BY ASKING NISSAN TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE FAULTY PRODUCTS THAT THEY'RE SELLING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM THAT IS TRULY NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND PROBLEM BECAUSE MY VEHICLE DIDN'T PASS INSPECTION. SO PLEASE HELP US MILLIONS OF CONSUMERS WHO ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM GET CORRECTED THROUGH NISSAN ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO SINCE THIS PROBLEM EXISTED IN OTHER MODELS AND PREVIOUS MODELS THEY SHOULD MAKE A BETTER PRODUCT OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM AS THEY OCCUR. NISSAN IS A REPUTABLE COMPANY AND UNLIKE OTHER AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS THEY'RE DOING QUITE WELL SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO KEEP US AS CUSTOMERS HAPPY BY CORRECTING THEIR FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *TR

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. 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 OTHER MODELS AND A RECALL WAS PERFORMED WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP AFTER NOT GETTING ANY FUEL, POSING A GREAT DANGER. I HAVE READ THAT THE METAL 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

MY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR WENT OUT ON A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN XTERRAS, PATHFINDERS AND FRONTIERS. THIS LEADS TO INCORRECT FUEL GAUGE READINGS AND 'DISTANCE TO END' READING. *TR

FUEL TANK ON 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER DOESN'T READ RIGHT. YOU CAN RUN OUT OF GAS. *TR