Fuel sending unit recall announced

[OffroadX]

http://www.nissannews.com/corporate/...17020057.shtml

For those that have already paid out of pocket for this problem, I suggest you call Nissan consumer affairs and make a stink demanding reimbursement like they provided in the window regulator recall campaign.

[akordboy]

Originally Posted by OffroadX

http://www.nissannews.com/corporate/...17020057.shtml

For those that have already paid out of pocket for this problem, I suggest you call Nissan consumer affairs and make a stink demanding reimbursement like they provided in the window regulator recall campaign.

Thanks Brent.

[OffroadX]

A tip to pass on from a Nissan tech @ XOC:

PLEASE bring your vehicle in for the recall with the tank as low as you can manage. The tech will appreciate it!

P.S. - Leave a note under the rear passenger seat cushion if you want to be sure they know you were thinking of 'em

Brent

[Schludwiller]

Bummer, we're not in the region for automatic replacement. But then that's probably why we haven't had many failures up here.

[maurino17]

any suggestions for someone who just paid for sending unit?

the dealer didn't even know about the recall, i found it today and this forum while researching on the internet. . .

i am waiting for a supv to call me back from nissan.



thanks


by the way, is this forum and the soxc.org forum and the voy forum all the same members? ?

[OffroadX]

Keep bugging Nissan, I think they'll cover you in time. Surprised this wasn't part of the recall terms automatically like it was for the window regulators.

And yeah, there are a lot of us that "get around" the Xterra boards, I'm one of the worst

[maurino17]

thanks for the response!
the supv actually called me back and they said i just have to be patient and wait for them to start sending out the letters at the end of june.

i am not very patient but i guess i haveno choice !

Originally Posted by OffroadX

Keep bugging Nissan, I think they'll cover you in time. Surprised this wasn't part of the recall terms automatically like it was for the window regulators.

And yeah, there are a lot of us that "get around" the Xterra boards, I'm one of the worst

[wobly]

I guess I am lucky. I am living in Colorado, but sent to Maryland for 3 months. I will try to go to the local dealer to see if I can get it replaced since I am in one of the affected states.

[wobly]

Ok, how's this for service? After making the previous post I looked up the local dealers. One of them is open until 8:30pm on Saturdays. (and today is Saturday) I called them at 4:45pm and asked if they were aware of the recall and had the part. They said yes to both and told me that things were slow and I could get it done immediately. I was there by 5:15 and out by 6:30. Within two hours of finding out about the recall on the fuel sending unit I had it replaced. Doesn't get much better than that!
BTW, it was Jones Nissan in Bel Air, MD that took care of me.

[boodie]

But are they simply replacing it with another unit of the same design???

Or is there an improved unit with a different stock # to replace it???

[OffroadX]

Well, I seem recall that it was a new part, but if so, it hasn't bumped/superceded the old part number in the system. 25060-4S415 is the original part number and it still comes up as current:
http://www.nissanparts.cc/cart/?pn=25060-4S415

If it were superceded, the new part number would appear and there would be a notice at the bottom mentioning it.

?
Brent

[boodie]

Originally Posted by OffroadX

If it were superceded, the new part number would appear and there would be a notice at the bottom mentioning it.

Hmm...Is that how the Passenger Side Exhaust Manifold shows up???

I bought a spare sending unit and have it squirreled away...Some day it will be like gold...

[OffroadX]

For the manifold, 14004-4S102 is for 5/99-10/00, and it is superceded by 14004-4S103, which is spec'd from 10/00-1/02 (as far as my software is current) for NA and SC engines. If I then plug that in at nissaparts.cc, it appears to be current: http://www.nissanparts.cc/cart/?pn=14004-4S103

Looking at the TSB on the problem (NTB01-038), it covers Xterras and Frontiers built before 4/6/2001, and specs the 4S103 part as "a replacement right-hand exhaust manifold is available to correct the incident" which doesn't make much sense. If the "replacement" manifold was put into normal production vehicles at 10/00, that should be the point where the TSB no longer applies shouldn't it? Sounds like there are at least 6 months' worth of vehicles built with the "updated" manifold that are still supposedly susceptible to the problem per the 4/6/01 cut-off of the TSB. Go figure. I can't recall offhand but I'm pretty sure there are 02 and maybe even 03 owners that have experienced cracked manifolds, which means this "fix" is pretty useless.

Brent