2005 Nissan Pathfinder Fuel System

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER FUEL SENDING UNIT FIRST NOTICED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THEN WOULD GO OUT, STARTED GETTING WORSE, FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT REGISTER CORRECT FUEL LEVEL, THE MILES TILL EMPTY WILL NOT WORK. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL . HAVE TALKED TO DEALER THEY SAID THE FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDS REPLACED, THERE ARE NUMEROUS PATHFINDERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT WILL HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

FUEL INDICATOR SHOWS THAT THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY FULL. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON WHEN IT IS RESET AND SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE. THE INDICATOR REGISTERING EMPTY PUTS THE DRIVER AT RISK FOR ACCIDENT AND DEATH. *LN

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 78000 MILES. I PURCHASED THIS BRAND NEW. THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR STOPPED WORKING AROUND 76000 MILES. I GET A SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND MY ELECTRONIC FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER THAT I HAVE ANY FUEL. NISSAN RECENTLY SENT OUT A WARRANTY EXTENSION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM UP TO 75000 MILES, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US WHO DID NOT START HAVING THIS PROBLEM UNTIL LATER? *TR

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY FUEL GAUGE FOR MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE GAUGE ON MY DASH BOARD DOES NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT IS IN THE FUEL TANK. NO MATTER IF THE TANK IS FULL OR NOT THE GAUGE READS EMPTY 99% OF THE TIME. OCCASIONALLY THE GAUGE WILL READ AS IF THERE IS FUEL BUT THIS HAPPENS VERY RARELY. BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT I HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AND HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 20K MILES. CURRENTLY I AM AT ABOUT 88K MILES ON MY PATHFINDER AND BECAUSE OF THE MILES I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT, WHICH CAPS THE MILES AT 72K. *TR

ON A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY WITH ONLY 49,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS ALSO LESS THAN 5 YRS OLD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AT SAME TIME AND REMAINS ON EVEN AFTER DEALER SERVICING FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN VIA EMAIL TWICE, AND ONCE OVER THE PHONE, NISSAN WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (ACCORDING TO INTERNET REPORTS) HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS POSES A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO DRIVERS RUNNING OUT OF GAS, THUS WALKING ON FREEWAYS; WITH THEIR VEHICLES EITHER BLOCKING TRAFFIC OR PARKED ON THE FREEWAY. PLEASE HELP! NISSAN IS NEGLIGENT! *TR

NISSAN HAS A WELL KNOWN FUEL GAUGE ISSUE DOES WHICH SHOWS THE TANK AS EMPTY EVEN WITH A FULL TANK. MY WIFE HAS TWICE RUN OUT OF GAS, ONCE IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION, CALLED ME CRYING. THANKFULLY A GOOD SAMARITAN CAME OVER AND PUSHED HER OUT OF INTERSECTION. MY 16 YR. DAUGHTER IS NOW DRIVING THIS CAR AND USES FREEWAY DAILY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CAR STOPS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND GOD FORBID IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE. A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THIS. IS NISSAN GOING TO ADMIT RESPONSIBILITY IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED IN THIS SCENARIO? MY ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS NOW BEING RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN AND A RECALL IS BEING INITIATED. MANY 2005 MODELS EXCEPT THE PATHFINDER ARE GOING TO BE FIXED FREE. THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO FIX FROM 2006+ ON THE PATHFINDER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLOGS ON THE INTERNET THAT ILLUSTRATE THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS EXACT PROBLEM. ARE WE SUPPOSE TO SPEND $600 TO FIX WHAT NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGES AS AN ISSUE AND IS FIXING ON MOST OF THEIR OTHER MODELS EXCEPT THE 2005 PATHFINDER. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. OUR PATHFINDER IS THE 3RD NISSAN WE HAVE OWNED. PREVIOUS MODELS WERE XTERRA AND TITAN TRUCK. *TR

FUEL GAUGE GIVES FAULTY READING SHOWING EMPTY MOST OF THE TIME RESULTING IN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CONSTANTLY AND UNABLE TO KNOW THE ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL. *TR

FUEL GAUGE SENSOR SHOWS ERRONEOUS AMOUNT OF FUEL IN GAS TANK. CONSEQUENCE: THIS COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALL IN TRAFFIC, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THIS FAILURE IS 100% OF THE TIME 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER XE, NISSAN CURRENTLY HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS SENSOR ON 2006 AND 2008, HOWEVER SINCE A SIMILAR ISSUE IS PRESENT ON 2005 THEY EITHER MISSED MY YEAR OR THEY DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

FUEL GAUGE READS FULL PART OF THE TIME, EMPTY PART OF THE TIME AND ALL IN BETWEEN. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE IN THE TANK. NISSAN IS RECALL ING THE 2006 PATHFINDERS FOR THIS DEFECT, BUT ARE NOT RECALLING THE 2005 MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSANUSA AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO REPAIR MY VEHICEL. THE DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND THE PROBLEM IS THE FUEL SENDING UNIT INSIDE MY GAS TANK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GASOLINE GAUGE WOULD NOT INDICATE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL INSIDE OF THE GASOLINE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118000.

GAS GAUGE FAILURE ON 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER--GAS GAUGE STOPS WORKING, OR WORKS ERRATICALLY. NISSAN HAS DONE A RECALL FOR 2006-2008 VEHICLES, BUT THEY HAVE NOT INCLUDED 2005 VEHICLES, WHICH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IPDM (INTELLIGENT POWER DISPLACEMENT MODULE) HAD FAILED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE BEING DRIVEN 40 MPH. THE IPDM CONTROLLED THE AMOUNT OF GAS PROVIDED TO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED BEFORE IT STALLED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 58,000.

VEHICLES FUEL SYSTEM IS FAULTY. I NOTICED THAT THE GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY AFTER HAVING A FULL TANK OF GAS, ADDITIONALLY THE DIGITAL "DISTANCE TO EMPTY" DISPLAY DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. AT TIMES THE LOW GAS INDICATOR WILL BE DISPLAYED EVEN AFTER I FILLED THE TANK UP. I HAVE BEEN IN TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WHERE I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY THINKING THAT I HAD ENOUGH GAS FOR MY JOURNEY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. NISSAN REPLACED THE PARTS ON 2006 & 2007 VEHICLES BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE MY 2005 DEVICE QUOTING THAT IT HAS HIGH MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO EMPTY, WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT ONE QUARTER TANK. THE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTENT BUT IS BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE DEFECT IS THE FUEL TANK SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT STARTED COMING IN AND OUT AND DTE- DISTANCE TO EMPTY READS EMPTY ALONG WITH AN ERRATIC FUEL GAGE WHICH FLUCTUATES FROM FULL TO ONE QUARTER TANK ALTHOUGH VEHICLE MAY BE FULL OF FUEL. DIAGNOSIS CODE OF P0463-FUEL SENDING UNIT PULLED BY DEALERSHIP. THIS IS SECOND TIME THIS PART AS FAILED WITH THE FIRST BEING AT 32,711 MILES. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT MY VEHICLE MAY RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE ON THE ROAD, A MAJOR ISSUE FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY CONSIDERING WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WHICH CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE FUEL GAUGE READING FLUCTUATES AND READS EMPTY 90% OF THE TIME, CAUSING A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT DUE TO INACCURATE GAS READING. PURCHASED SUV BRAND NEW IN NOV '06, REPORTED ISSUE DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, BUT NEVER SEEMED TO ACT UP WHEN AT THE DEALERSHIP, UNTIL 51K MILES HIT AND THE PROBLEM BECAME PERMANENT AND OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ONCE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY 66 AND ONCE ON A BACK ROAD IN WINTER WITH NO RECEPTION. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE POSTED THE SAME SITUATION. NISSAN CLEARLY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH BOTH TIMES TO NOT BE RE-ENDED, BUT HAVE HAD MY INFANT WITH ME BOTH TIMES AND HAD TO HAVE CITIZENS PUSH ME TO THE SHOULDER. *TR

2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER: FUEL GAUGE SENSOR PROBLEM. WHEN I FILL THE TANK THE GAS GAUGE DROPS BELOW "E" AND THE FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. THE DTE INDICATORS FLASHES - - - - LINES (INDICATING I AM AT 0 MILES TIL EMPTY), AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE I USE ABOUT 100 MILES OF THE GAS THE GAUGES WILL ALL CORRECT THEMSELVES. WE HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS AS IT IS NOT A RECALL. THERE ARE OVER A DOZEN ARTICLES ON LINE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE NOTED THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL GAUGES. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER THE PROBLEM - IT WILL COST APPROX $700 FOR US TO FIX. PLEASE PUSH NISSAN ALONG AND HAVE THEM RECALL THE VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY GAS GAUGE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING (INDICATED EMPTY) AFTER I FILLED THE TANK AND THEN IT WOULD SEEM TO START WORKING AGAIN AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW DAYS. IT HAPPENS EACH TIME I FILL THE TANK. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ONCE EVEN THOUGH THE INDICATOR SAID I HAD A HALF TANK. I TOOK IT TO SOUTHERN STATES NISSAN IN RALEIGH AND THEY SAID THE FIX WOULD COST OVER $400. I DID NOT GET IT FIXED SO I JUST HOPE IT WILL HAVE GAS EVEN THOUGH THE TANK WILL READ HALF. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. AT APPROXIMATELY 46000 MILES THE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY AND I GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED CODE P0463 WHICH INDICATED A FUEL SENSOR SENDING UNIT FAILURE. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ABOUT IT AND HE STATED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL YEAR, IN FACT THERE HAS BEEN RECALL ON PREVIOUS MODELS HOWEVER MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED. I HAD TO PAY 473$ TO GET IT FIXED IN ORDER TO PASS EMISSIONS TESTING. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WITHOUT KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE FUEL TANK MY WIFE AND KIDS COULD EASILY BECOME STRANDED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED HE NOTICED THAT THE GAS GAUGE FAILED. THE GAUGE READS EMPTY WHETHER THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY OR FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE IN THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK REPORT 68729973 AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED FOR THEM TO CONSIDER ASSISTING WITH THE REPAIRS. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED THE RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

WE OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, THE GAS GAUGE STARTED WORKING ERRATICALLY. WE WOULD FILL UP THE TANK AND IT WOULDN'T REGISTER AT ALL AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE GOT IN THE CAR IT WOULD REGISTER SOMETHING, BUT THE MILES TO EMPTY WAS NEVER ACCURATE. EVENTUALLY IT GOT TO WHERE IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL AND JUST STAYED ON EMPTY. I FINALLY HAD TO LEARN HOW MANY MILES I WOULD GET PER TANK AND FILL UP BASED ON THAT NUMBER. THEN ONE DAY AFTER A LONG TRIP, I GOT A LITTLE OFF ON THE MILEAGE AND RAN OUT OF GAS COMPLETELY ON A MAJOR FREEWAY IN THE INSIDE LANE WITH NO SHOULDER. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT HAVE MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WITHIN ABOUT 10MIN OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS, A STATE TROOPER PULLED UP BEHIND ME AND PUSHED ME OUT OF HARMS WAY. HOWEVER, HAD THAT STATE TROOPER NOT SHOWN UP, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD AND IT CERTAINLY WAS DANGEROUS FOR ALL INVOLVED. IT TURNS OUT THAT NISSAN HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT ON SEVERAL OF THEIR MODELS THROUGH MULTIPLE YEARS. FOR SOME REASON, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE 2005 MODEL ON THEIR RECALL OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART. OUR CAR DID FAIL ITS RECENT INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY PART AND MY HUSBAND ENDED UP REPLACING IT HIMSELF AT OUR COST. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WOULD ONLY INDICATE THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS HALF FULL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL WITH GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR SENDING UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

THE FUEL SENSOR ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS FAILED. THE CAR REGISTERS THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN 1/2 TANK. THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR ISSUE ON THIS CAR WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS ON .THIS TOPIC AND THE ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM. THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!!!!!!!!! *TR

OUR 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAD AN ISSUE WITH ITS FUEL GAUGE RECENTLY WHERE THE GAUGE WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY AND TELL US THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE CAR. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND BASED ON THE FORUMS AND RESPONSES IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT ALL PATHFINDER MODELS FROM 2005-2008 HAS THIS PROBLEM OCCUR. WHICH SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TELL HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR AND YOU COULD RUN OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. NISSAN RECALLED TITAN, ARMADA, QX56, QUEST (2005-2008), AND ALSO FOUNTIER, XTERRA, AND PATHFINDER (BUT ONLY CARS MANUFACTURED JAN-MARC 2006 AND OCT 2007-JAN 2008) FOR THIS ISSUE. WE TOOK OUR CAR TO NISSAN OF EASTSIDE TO GET THIS LOOKED AT AND IT IS GOING TO COST US $535 + TAX. NISSAN OF EASTSIDE SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHY 2005 PATHFINDERS WERE NOT RECALLED, AND IT IS THE SAME PART THAT THE OTHER CARS THAT WERE RECALLED HAD REPLACED. CAN YOU HELP US FIND OUT WHY 2005 PATHFINDERS WERE NOT PART OF THIS RECALL? I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS SAME PART FOR 2005, BUT WERE NOT REIMBURSING FOR REPAIR SINCE IT WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SEEMS TO EFFECT 2005. *TR

THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT HAS FAILED ON MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER CAUSING THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE TO PROVIDE INACCURATE READINGS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE MONTH AGO. SINCE THEN MY FUEL GAUGE HAS PROVIDED INACCURATE GAS LEVEL READINGS POTENTIALLY CAUSING ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE NOT YET ATTEMPTED TO GET THE PART FIXED, BUT AFTER DOING SOME ON-LINE RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT WILL COST ABOUT $500 TO FIX. THE PROBLEM IS, APPARENTLY, RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD. *TR