2005 Nissan Frontier

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON MY 05 NISSAN FRONTIER CAME ONE LAST WEEK. AFTER CHECKING THE ERROR CODES P0463, IT SEEMS THAT THE FUEL LEVEL SENOR IS MALFUNCTIONING. SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERING THE PROBLEM I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO ASK ABOUT REPAIR AND COST. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED $600 FOR THE REPAIR AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIX IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. TWO DAYS AFTER I CHECKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN MY TRUCK STOPPED FUNCTIONING. IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC I HAD TO COAST MY VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. *TR

AFTER GAS TANK WENT DOWN TO 1/4 TANK, GOT A FILL UP AT A LOCAL GAS STATION. PULLED OFF AND NOTICE THAT THE GAS GAUGE WAS NOT READING THAT IT WAS FULL. AFTER RIDING A MILE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP THINKING I JUST NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE; THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEN WAS CHARGED $100 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TEST CONFIRMED: REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDED AFTER THE SENDING UNIT GOES BAD. CAUSING NO READING ON GAS GAUGE EVEN AFTER GAS TANK IS FILLED IN TERMS MAKING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAIN ON CONSISTENTLY. I BROUGHT THIS TRUCK USED STILL UNDER WARRANTY. CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THE PART ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY BUT IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS FROM 2004-2007.... *TR

SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE: AT A VERY BUSY CALIFORNIA INTERSECTION, MY VEHICLE SIMPLY QUIT RUNNING, AT WHICH POINT I WAS ABLE TO RE START SAID VEHICLE AND "LIMP" IT TO A SAFE AREA, LUCKILY I MIGHT ADD. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A SERVICE FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC FOUND A LOSE BATTERY CONNECTION IN WHICH HE THOUGHT HE SOLVED THE MECHANICAL PROBLEM. THE NEXT DAY TRAVELING DOWN HWY 50 IN THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AGAIN AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN EXIT NEARBY THAT I SAFELY COASTED THE DEAD VEHICLE INTO. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC. HE FOUND A FAULTY IPDM ( INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE ). UPON HIS RESEARCH AND MINE, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN WHICH NISSAN IS NOT RESPONDING TO. IT SHOULD BE SAFETY ISSUE AND BE RECALLED BY NISSAN AND THE REPAIR SHOULD BE PERFORMED AT NO CHARGE FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. IF YOU WERE TO GOOGLE : "IPDM PROBLEM NISSAN " YOU WILL FIND FURTHER DATA. PLEASE REVIEW, AND THANKS FOR LISTENING....*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 NOR MY DIGITAL FUEL SENSOR ON THE DASHBOARD. 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 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 OLD. IF THIS PROBLEM EXISTED IN PREVIOUS MODELS, AND IT WAS RECALLED, THE 2005-2007 XTERRAS, FRONTIERS, AND PATHFINDERS SHOULD BE 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

AFTER GETTING GAS I STARTED MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER AND AS I ENTERED BACK ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STALLED. THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT AND THE 4WD WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER ROLLING ABOUT 50 FT IT STARTED RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN. I VISITED MY NISSAN DEALER ON 9/10/09 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THAT AFTERNOON AFTER GETTING GAS IT STALLED AFTER STARTING IT AGAIN WITH THE SAME WARNING LIGHTS ON. I COULD NOT RESTART IT. THIS TIME IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY FOUND THAT AN ENGINE ELECTRONIC MODULE HAD FAILED BUT WAS ON NATIONWIDE BACK-ORDER AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN IT WOULD BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A LARGE PROBLEM IN 2006, 2007 AND SOME IN 2008 NISSAN FRONTIER AND TITAN TRUCKS. IF THIS ITEM IS IN NATIONWIDE BACK-ORDER IT MUST BE A MAJOR PROBLEM AND A DANGEROUS ONE IF A VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLS WHILE IN OPERATION ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. *TR

ODDLY ENOUGH MY FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AT 58K MILES OR SO. NOW I KNOW YOU THINK SO WHAT FIX IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY SEE ALL THE TIME. SO I LOOKED ONLINE, GOOGLED NISSAN FRONTIER FUEL SENDING UNIT, AND FOUND LITERALLY 1000'S OF OWNERS WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM ON DOZENS OF MESSAGE BOARDS. SO I CALLED A FEW MORE DEALERS AND REPAIR SHOPS AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING THAT I HAVE READ AND HEARD; THAT THEY WERE FIXING THEM ALL THE TIME. SO I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC TO ALL YEARS SINCE 01 FOR THE NISSAN FRONTIER AND XTERRA (THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME VEHICLE- JUST SHAPED DIFFERENTLY). ANYWAY IF YOU CAN LIGHT A FIRE UNDER SOMEONE'S BUTT OVER THERE AT NISSAN TO INSTITUTE A RECALL I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHEN STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. WHILE AT A RESTAURANT DRIVE-THRU, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD ON ITS OWN AND CRASHED INTO A PILLAR. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT KNEE AND BACK. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND IS WAITING FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO DECIDE IF THEY WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.