Misleading Fuel Gauge

TitanRider · 10-24-2007, 01:41 PM

Well my gauge is lying to me and caused me to run out of gas last week. The needle was directly in the middle of the last quarter mark. And again it should be near the last mark right now but is right below quarter mark. Anyone else have this problem?

HudsonValleyTitan · 10-24-2007, 02:20 PM

Your owners manual will explain that the guage is only meant to give an APPROXIMATE level. However, I've had my sending unit replaced twice in my 04 because it wopuldn't show full when filled. There's a TSB for the sending unit but I'm not sure, other than the 04s, what other years it covers.

TitanRider · 10-25-2007, 05:42 AM

I ran out of gas with needle nowhere near the last mark. Will an extended bumper to bumper warranty cover this issue? Reason I ask was a dealership near my house, not where I bought it, would not replace the striker, the stud the tailgate latches to, because of an outside force. I still need to go to the other dealership to see if they will fix that.

PRJ · 10-25-2007, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TitanRider

I ran out of gas with needle nowhere near the last mark. Will an extended bumper to bumper warranty cover this issue? Reason I ask was a dealership near my house, not where I bought it, would not replace the striker, the stud the tailgate latches to, because of an outside force. I still need to go to the other dealership to see if they will fix that.

Yes it should be covered. I've had mine replaced 3 times. Twice under the 3 year / 36,000 and once under the 5 year / 60,000. I forget the coding but it falls under engine/tranny warranty.

DezertRunner823 · 10-25-2007, 06:11 AM

i've run out of gas with the needle at exactly 1/4 of a tank line 4 times over the last 3 years. had it replaced twice and checked 3 other times. the sending unit or float inside the tank is a piece of shat. even now, it'll show 1/4 of a tank and then all of a sudden, bamm, its on the empty line.... yeah, guess you can consider the 1/4 line the empty line, but that's ridiculous... i'm used to it now though... lol

Russsssman · 11-09-2007, 01:19 PM

Yeah... Not even 15,000 miles into my new Titan.. Seemed like just yesterday the salesman was talking me out of being a Dodge owner. Once you've gone Titan you'll never go back! First the broken gas cap on second fill-up and now this.. Just took several workmates out on a business lunch. Fuel gauge read 1/4 tank.. Then it ran out of gas! Sorry fellow colleagues... Biz has to wait. Clearly we can't count on Nissan. To top it off.. I'm in Austin, tx. Nissan Roadside sent some poor towtruck driver around DALLAS for 2 hours looking for me. I"M IN AUSTIN! This guys says it happens all the time! I finally get fuel 3 hours later and take it immediately to the dealership. Fuel sending unit obviously, but parts says they can't keep their shelves stocked with this unit. Meanwhile management "has never heard of this problem"... yeah right! Still no Recall??? on any of this? F*&# Nissan! They paid me two years free oil changes to shut up about the gas cap problem. What now guys? How you going to suppress your crappy product now?

Sincerely, Russell "Missing my old dodge ram with 230,000 and never a major problem" Hughes. Whacha gonna do Nissan?! FAIL!

IAPharmr · 11-09-2007, 05:41 PM

I always reset my trip computer with each fill up, I know what the max that I can get out of my tank and if I ever get near that, I will fill up anyway. I have never had this problem, but it am waiting for it

TitanTeamRoper · 11-09-2007, 07:40 PM

i ran out of gas when my fuel guage said that i had over 1/4 of a tank, but the best part was i was pulling a full trailer on HWY 46 between paso robles and the 5 freeway and no one would stop to see if we needed a hand. the dealer replaced my fuel guage, it seemed to be working correctly but a few days ago i noticed it seemed to be taking it time to get up to full after filling up

Yahooligan · 11-09-2007, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Russsssman

Yeah... Not even 15,000 miles into my new Titan.. Seemed like just yesterday the salesman was talking me out of being a Dodge owner. Once you've gone Titan you'll never go back! First the broken gas cap on second fill-up and now this.. Just took several workmates out on a business lunch. Fuel gauge read 1/4 tank.. Then it ran out of gas! Sorry fellow colleagues... Biz has to wait. Clearly we can't count on Nissan. To top it off.. I'm in Austin, tx. Nissan Roadside sent some poor towtruck driver around DALLAS for 2 hours looking for me. I"M IN AUSTIN! This guys says it happens all the time! I finally get fuel 3 hours later and take it immediately to the dealership. Fuel sending unit obviously, but parts says they can't keep their shelves stocked with this unit. Meanwhile management "has never heard of this problem"... yeah right! Still no Recall??? on any of this? F*&# Nissan! They paid me two years free oil changes to shut up about the gas cap problem. What now guys? How you going to suppress your crappy product now?

Sincerely, Russell "Missing my old dodge ram with 230,000 and never a major problem" Hughes. Whacha gonna do Nissan?! FAIL!

You just joined to make a single post in a gas gauge thread complaining about everything else as well?

Nice first post, very productive...welcome to TT. I think.

I have an idea. Sell your Nissan and go buy another Dodge. If it's as bad as you claim, why keep it? Nobody makes a perfect product, not even Dodge.

DezertRunner823 · 11-09-2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Russsssman

Yeah... Not even 15,000 miles into my new Titan.. Seemed like just yesterday the salesman was talking me out of being a Dodge owner. Once you've gone Titan you'll never go back! First the broken gas cap on second fill-up and now this.. Just took several workmates out on a business lunch. Fuel gauge read 1/4 tank.. Then it ran out of gas! Sorry fellow colleagues... Biz has to wait. Clearly we can't count on Nissan. To top it off.. I'm in Austin, tx. Nissan Roadside sent some poor towtruck driver around DALLAS for 2 hours looking for me. I"M IN AUSTIN! This guys says it happens all the time! I finally get fuel 3 hours later and take it immediately to the dealership. Fuel sending unit obviously, but parts says they can't keep their shelves stocked with this unit. Meanwhile management "has never heard of this problem"... yeah right! Still no Recall??? on any of this? F*&# Nissan! They paid me two years free oil changes to shut up about the gas cap problem. What now guys? How you going to suppress your crappy product now?

Sincerely, Russell "Missing my old dodge ram with 230,000 and never a major problem" Hughes. Whacha gonna do Nissan?! FAIL!

you won't get any sympathy from me. happened to me over 4 times. btw, you sound like a white-collar type of guy, colleagues and all, but let me ask this. what dumb@ss sits around waiting for 3 hours to get gas? i've walked miles after running out of gas. one walk took me close to 50 minutes round trip. still not as long as 3 hours. and i suggest getting triple A like me... but even then if i know there's a gas station within a few miles i'm walking my dumba$$ to the gas station. hell, i've even gotten migrant workers cutting grass to give me some of their gas. and if all else fails, go buy a pos dodge. used to have a dodge dakota and i can give you the horror stories i've had with that POS dakota!!! also, gas caps cost less than 10 bucks... any idiot knows that, why not just get a new one?

jiggadog · 11-10-2007, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by HudsonValleyTitan

Your owners manual will explain that the guage is only meant to give an APPROXIMATE level. However, I've had my sending unit replaced twice in my 04 because it wopuldn't show full when filled. There's a TSB for the sending unit but I'm not sure, other than the 04s, what other years it covers.

I've tried to find the TSB from this site and nissanhelp. Can someone please post the details of the TSB related to the fuel gauge/sending unit?

thanks

DezertRunner823 · 11-10-2007, 06:42 AM

Fuel Guage TSB

Ran out of gas quarter tank

jiggadog · 11-10-2007, 08:00 AM

thanks hooligan..i did see that TSB, but was unaware that it applied to both problems...always full or needle wont go to full.

Bayou Titan · 11-10-2007, 08:06 AM

Is everyone's low fuel warning light not coming on?

jiggadog · 11-10-2007, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Bayou Titan

Is everyone's low fuel warning light not coming on?

i've only had my truck for a month and haven't ran it that low yet, but my guage won't completely go to the "full" mark so i was thinking about getting it replaced.