NHTSA Campaign 10V074000

FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM

Issued by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. · Reported Mar 3, 2010 · 340,000 vehicles affected

What's wrong

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.

Consequence

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

Remedy

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.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
INFINITI QX56 2005 340,000
INFINITI QX56 2006 340,000
INFINITI QX56 2007 340,000
INFINITI QX56 2008 340,000
INFINITI QX56 2009 340,000
NISSAN ARMADA 2005 340,000
NISSAN ARMADA 2006 340,000
NISSAN ARMADA 2007 340,000
NISSAN ARMADA 2008 340,000
NISSAN ARMADA 2009 340,000
NISSAN TITAN 2005 340,000
NISSAN TITAN 2006 340,000
NISSAN TITAN 2007 340,000
NISSAN TITAN 2008 340,000
NISSAN TITAN 2009 340,000

Source: NHTSA Campaign 10V074000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.