Fuel System, Other:storage:fuel Gauge System

NHTSA campaign 10V074000 · announced March 3, 2010 · filed by Nissan North America, Inc. · 340,000 units affected

The problem

NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2009 TITAN, ARMADA, AND INFINITI QX56 VEHICLES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE MAY INACCURATELY DISPLAY THAT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS SOME FUEL, TYPICALLY ABOUT ONE QUARTER TANK, WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY.

The risk

THIS COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALL ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH.

What to do

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL SENDER UNIT INSIDE THE FUEL TANK WITH A NEW IMPROVED SENDER CARD. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 22, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Vehicles covered by this recall

• 2005 Infiniti Qx56
• 2006 Infiniti Qx56
• 2007 Infiniti Qx56
• 2008 Infiniti Qx56
• 2009 Infiniti Qx56
• 2005 Nissan Armada
• 2006 Nissan Armada
• 2007 Nissan Armada
• 2008 Nissan Armada
• 2009 Nissan Armada
• 2005 Nissan Titan
• 2006 Nissan Titan
• 2007 Nissan Titan
• 2008 Nissan Titan
• 2009 Nissan Titan

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal or repair advice.