Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Nissan Pathfinder submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
A DEFECT IN THE COATING PROCESS OF THE FILL TUBE ALLOWED ROAD SALT TO FORM RUST ON THE FUEL FILL AND OR VENT TUBE RESULTING IN FUEL VAPORS TO ESCAPE IN THE AIR AROUND THE GAS TANK. IT IS HEAVY AT TIMES. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NISSAN SAYS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS IS NOTICED WHEN EVER YOU WALK BY THE CAR. STATIONARY. ANY WHERE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1997 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE DISPLAYED HAVING A QUARTER TANK OF FUEL IN THE FUEL GAUGE AND WAS DRIVEN SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FUEL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START IF IT WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE OR DOWNHILL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE FUEL FENDING UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SMELLED OF GASOLINE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FUEL FILLER TUBE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V435000(FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY: FILLER PIPE AND CAP). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000.
NISSAN WILL NOT HONOR VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR POSSIBLE FUEL TANK PROBLEM SEE NTB07-078 FUEL FILLER TUBE CORROSION. THE CAR EXHIBITS ALL THE SYMPTOMS (HEAVY FUEL SMELL AROUND FILLER) BUT THEY REFUSE TO LOOK AT IT REF CASE# CREATED AT THEIR CUSTOMER CENTER 1-800-NISSAN1 FIELD REP WONT AUTHORIZE DIAGNOSTIC VISIT. *TR
FUEL FILLER TUBE RUSTED OUT AND FELL OUT. NISSAN IS TELLING ME ITS NOT COVERED ON RECALL. ALL 1997 PATHFINDERS HAD THIS ISSUE. *TR
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED MORE AND MORE, THE SMELL OF GAS FUMES NEAR LEFT REAR SIDE OF MY 1997 NISSAN PATHFNDER, NEAR THE FUEL CAP AREA. I HAVE ALSO BEEN GETTING A CHECK ENGINE CODE P0440. I INQUIRED WITH NISSAN ABOUT A NHTSA CAMPAIGN 07V435000, IN REGARDS TO A FAULTY FUEL FILL TUBE. I WAS INFORMED TO TAKE MY VEHICLE INTO THE LOCAL DEALER, AND THEY STATED MY 1997 PATHFINDER WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS CAMPAIGN. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT SINCE MY 1997 MODEL PATHFINDER WAS PRODUCED ON 11/1996, AND I AM THINKING NISSAN WILL ONLY HONOR VEHICLES LIKE MINE,,BUT ACTUALLY PRODUCED IN THE 1997 FISCAL YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, THE 1997 MODEL YEAR STARTED LATE IN 1996, LIKE MINE, AND USED THE SAME PARTS AS THOSE PRODUCED IN 1997 FISCAL YEAR. I BELIEVE, SINCE MINE IS AN ACTUAL 1997 MODEL, BUT PRODUCED IN 1996 FOR SALE AS A 1997, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INCLUDED UNDER THIS CAMPAIGN. NISSAN WILL NOT DISCUSS ANY DETAILS WITH ME, EVEN THOUGH I INFORMED THEM OF THE GAS FUMES,,AND THAT MY VEHICLE EXHIBITS THE IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS UNDER THE CAMPAIGN. I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA, ON BEHALF OF THOSE 1997 MODEL PATHFINDERS, BUT PRODUCED IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 1996,,BUT AS A 1997 MODEL , TO INCLUDE THESE VEHICLES IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR THIS SAFETY DEFECT. NISSAN OF AMERICA, REFUSED TO EXPLAIN WHY MY 1997 PATHFINDER WAS EXCLUDED FROM THIS CAMPAIGN. AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR PROCEDURAL ERROR, IN EXCLUDING THOSE 1997 MODEL PATHFINDERS, PRODUCED PRIOR TO JAN 1, 2007. SUCH AS MINE AND OTHERS. PROPERLY, IT IS OBVIOUS THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF MISTAKE, IN NOT INCLUDING OR REPAIRING THESE 1997 MODELS IN THIS CAMPAIGN. *TR
I READ FROM NHTSA A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE, A 1997 NISSAN PATHFINDER REGISTERED IN PENNSYLVANIA. I SENT AN INQUIRY TO NISSAN OF AMERICA, TO SEE IF I COULD BE PUT ON A LIST TO HAVE MY VEHICLE REPAIRED. IT EXHIBITS THE SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALL, I.E. GAS FUME SMELL NEAR THE FUEL TANK FILLER ON OCCASIONS. I EMAILED NISSAN TWICE,,AND THEY DENY THERE ARE ANY RECALLS OR ACKNOWLEDGE THE NHTSA #07V435000 RECALL ON MY 1997 PATHFINDER..THIS IS CONFUSING,,AND I INQUIRED A SECOND TIME..STILL THEY DENY ANY RECALLS CURRENT OR TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR
THE CAR WOULD START AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND COLD TEMPERATURES AGAIN. SECOND TIME THIS WINTER. A SUV IS DESIGNED TO GO INTO THESE CONDITIONS. FOR THE CAR TO FAIL IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.*AK
AT HIGH ALTITUDES OR COLD TEMPERATURES, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE EFI'S FUEL PUMP FUSE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT, THEN THE CAR WILL START. THEN THE FUSE CAN BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO FUNCTION AGAIN.*AK
ENGINE WILL NOT START AT HIGH ALTITUDES AND COLD OUTSIDE AIR TEMPS. POTENTIALLY SERIOUS IF VEHICLE IS IN AN ISOLATED AREA AND DRIVER IS STRANDED. IT'S LUDICROUS TO MAKE A 4X4 FOR THAT CAN GET YOU TO PLACES FROM WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN. IT'S HIGHLY CONCEIVABLE YOU COULD HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN YOUR CAR DURING A NASTY WINTER STORM IF YOU WENT SNOWSHOEING FOR THE DAY AND WERE UNABLE TO START THE CAR UPON YOUR RETURN. I AM TOLD NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT FIGHTS CUSTOMERS TOOTH AND NAIL TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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