2007 Nissan Quest

I BOUGHT A 2007 NISSAN QUEST WITH 138000 MILES AND A FULL TANK OF GAS ACCORDING TO THE ACCORDING TO THE NEEDLE. WITH JUST 130 DRIVEN IN 5 DAYS I LOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ON A BUSY ROAD. AFTER LEAVING MY CAR AT A MECHANIC SHOP FOR THE WEEKEND I CAME ACROSS MY PAPERWORK WHICH INCLUDED A CAMPAIGN NOTICE REGARDING THE FUEL GAUGE AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE MY CAR TO A DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO REPLACE ONCE THE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE AT MY COST TO ME FOR REPAIR. AFTER FINDING OUT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO GAS IN THE VAN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATE THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE WRITTEN NOTICE THAT THEY WILL REPAIR AT NO COST FOR LABOR AND PARTS THEY WILL NOT HONOR THEIR NOTICE. I MUST NOW PAY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. *TR

WHILE GETTING ONTO A FREEWAY (DARK/RAINING/PM), THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE TO THE POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. THIS CREATED A IMMEDIATE HAZARD. ALSO, THIS LEFT MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS STRANDED. THE VEHICLE SHOWED ABOUT A 1/4 TANK OF GAS ON THE DASH AND THE DIGITAL READOUT IN THE CENTER CONSOLE SAID 68 MILES TO EMPTY. I TOWED THE VEHICLE HOME. PRIOR TO DOING DIAGNOSTIC WORK I PUT A GALLON OF GAS IN. THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT UP. I FILLED UP THE TANK THINKING MAYBE THE FLOAT/SENSOR MAY HAVE STUCK. AGAIN THE VAN WITHOUT WARNING SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. THIS TIME IT WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK AND CENTER CONSOLE COMPUTER READ 66 MILES TO EMPTY. I PLACED 5 GALLONS IN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE FUEL LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON AND THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THE CAR WILL SHUT DOWN. LOSING POWER BRAKES/STEERING UNEXPECTEDLY CREATES A SERIOUS HAZARD IN ITSELF. I KNOW KEEP THE TANK ABOVE 1/2 BECAUSE BELOW THAT I'M ROLLING THE DICE. HOPEFULLY NISSAN WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIX THE ISSUE SINCE THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A FEW OF THESE. *TR

I'VE RAN OUT OF FUEL ABOUT THREE TIMES, THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING 1/4 OR MORE OF FUEL. ABOUT THE THIRD TIME DRIVING AROUND 30MPH, MY QUEST RAN OUT OF FUEL BUT AGAIN, IT READ A 1/4 FULL. THIS TIME THE QUEST BECOME VERY HARD TO CONTROL TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD. I CALLED MY MECHANIC, HE SENT A TOWING TRUCK, AND DIAGNOSED THE QUEST WITH A BAD FUEL PUMP. HE REPAIRED COSTING ME ABOUT $880.00. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE PUMP WENT BAD DUE TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL SEVERAL TIMES. AROUND NOVEMBER 2014, NISSAN SENT ME A LETTER NOTIFYING ABOUT THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION AND DISPLAY AND ACCURATE FUEL LEVEL READING. NO CRAP, WONDER WHY I WAS RUNNING OUT GAS CONSTANTLY AND GETTING A BAD FUEL PUMP COSTING ME $880. I CALLED NISSAN DEMANDING A REFUND FOR REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP, AFTER GOING BACK AND FORTH THEY DENIED MY CLAIM. I THINK IS TIME TO START A CLASS A LAWSUIT DUE TO UNNECESSARY FUEL PUMP COST AND NEAR CRASH MISSES. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS RAN COMPLETELY OUT OF FUEL TWO TIMES WITH THE FUEL GAUGE READING SLIGHTLY BELOW THE HALF TANK MARK ON BOTH OCCASIONS. THIS HAPPENED AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS OF AROUND SEVENTY MILES PER HOUR. THE VEHICLE, ALL AT ONCE, LOST TOTAL POWER AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE IT OFF OF THE ROADWAY SAFELY. I CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL AND NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME. MY FAMILY AND I MAY BE KILLED THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS, SO NO RUSH NISSAN. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK THAT NEEDS ATTENTION QUICKLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 NISSAN QUEST I PULLED UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE ENGINE DIED. IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND START AGAIN AS IF IT WAS OUT OF FUEL BUT THE GAUGE STILL SHOWED 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. I HAD TO HAVE A ST. LOUIS POLICE OFFICER STOP TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN SO I COULD PUSH MY QUEST OFF OF THE ROAD. HE THEN TOOK ME TO GET FUEL IN HOPES THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I PUT FUEL IN IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY THE GAUGE SHOWS THE VAN IS COMPLETELY EMPTY BUT IT IS TOTALLY FULL. IT THEN STARTS WORKING AGAIN THEN QUITS THEN STARTS WORKING AGAIN AND THE "DRIVE UNTIL EMPTY" GAUGE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE DOES START WORKING IT IS NEVER CONSISTENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN QUEST. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RE-FUELED AND ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED 1/4 OF FUEL PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, VAN SUDDENLY HAD ENGINE SHUT DOWN. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES AS ENGINE WAS OFF. FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 REMAINING, BUT IN FACT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, WHILE THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TANK OF GAS. BOTH OCCURRED DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND CAUSED A LOSS OF NORMAL OPERATOR CONTROLS AS ALL POWER SYSTEMS CUT OFF WHEN ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING. THIS IS AN UNSAFE SITUATION TO DRIVE A VEHICLE BEING GIVEN INACCURATE FUEL INFORMATION. *TR

THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE MOTOR QUIT WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. I COASTED THE NISSAN QUEST OFF OF THE 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ONCE STOPPED I TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. THE AMPS WERE GOOD, THE FUEL GAUGE WAS ABOVE 1/4 TANK. I TRIED TO CRANK IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START, AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS. THE FUEL DISPLAY SHOWED 70 MILES TO EMPTY. FUEL WAS ACQUIRED, PUT IN THE QUEST AND IT CRANKED UP. THE 2ND INCIDENT HAPPENED THE SAME, WITH FUEL GAUGE SHOWING 1/4 TANK & THE DISTANCE TO EMPTY WAS 68 MILES. I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON A ROADSIDE AGAIN. THE THIRD TIME WAS THE SAME AS THE FIRST TWO TIMES. I WASN'T STRANDED THE THIRD TIME BECAUSE I NOW HAVE TO DRIVE WITH A FILLED PORTABLE GAS CAN IN THE CARGO AREA. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA & EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN AGREED VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 NISSAN QUEST, I WAS TOLD THAT MY 2007 NISSAN QUEST WAS NOT RECALLED FOR THE CONFIRMED PROBLEM. *TR

I MADE A RIGHT AT A STOP SIGN AND AS I WAS COMPLETING THE TURN ALL POWER TO ENGINE WAS LOST. I HAD JUST BOUGHT THE VAN 6 DAYS PRIOR TO FAILURE. MY GAS READING WAS AT JUST BELOW HALF TANK. I COULD TURN THE KEY AND THE ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT CATCH ALL THE WAY. LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEMS TOO. VERY DANGEROUS AND UPSETTING HAD MY CHILDREN BEEN WITH ME. I HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE HOOD A CHAIN TO MY FRONT END TO GET THE VAN OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. NO WARRANTY, ONLY SERVICE CONTRACT TO REPAIR. *TR

I PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHICH HAS A SLIGHT HILL. I WENT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE MINIVAN WAS OUT OF GAS, THOUGH THE GAS GAUGE INDICATED 1/4 TANK. THE DEALER QUOTED ME $880 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AFTER DIAGNOSTICS. I THOUGHT IT WAS WAAAYYY TOO MUCH TO PAY, BUT I HAD A ROAD TRIP COMING UP AND BOUGHT PARTS FROM THE LOCAL AUTO STORE TO REDUCE THE COST. AS WITH SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE SEEN ON THE INTERNET, THE GAUGE DID NOT WORK AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. BEFORE AND DIRECTLY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE GAUGE READ 1/4 TANK WHEN IT WAS EMPTY, SO I JUST FILLED UP EARLY. SINCE THEN, MY ROUTINE HAS CHANGED AND SO HAS THE GAUGE. THE OTHER DAY I FILLED UP WHEN IT READ 1/2 TANK. HOWEVER, I PUT 16.5 GALLONS IN THE TANK. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BELOW THE E MARK! I'M AFRAID MY CHILDREN AND I WILL BE STRANDED OR WRECK ONE DAY AS I CAN'T POSSIBLE TELL WHEN I NEED GAS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE ONLY SUGGESTION THEY HAVE IS TO BRING IT BACK AND LET THEM LOOK AT IT AGAIN. SINCE OTHER NISSAN MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT PAYING THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT AGAIN WILL HELP! *TR