1990 NISSAN MAXIMA Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, HE NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL SMELL BEING EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL FILLER ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 95V244000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION WITHIN THE FUEL FILLER NECK, WHICH CAUSED A FUEL LEAK AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT OF THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 95V244000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

Mileage: 135,000

I HAVE A GAS LEAK AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 95V244000. RECALL DATE WAS 12/15/95. I TOOK MY 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA TO THE DEALER REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO OPEN RECALL ON MY VIN EVEN THOUGH I HAD A PRINT OUT OF THE RECALL FROM YOUR WEB SITE. THIS COULD PRESENT A FIRE HAZARD.

Mileage: 54,000

MY FUEL INJECTORS ARE TERRIBLE. CAR HAS NO ACCELERATION AND SMELLS OF GASOLINE. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT ONE INJECTOR WAS DEAD AT IDOL.*AK

WHILE FUELING GASOLINE IT SPLASHED BACK FROM THE FILLER NECK ONTO THE GROUND. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FILLER NECK HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NISSAN MAXIMA 1990: RECALL INSPECTION WAS DONE ~1999 REGARDING POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE GASOLIE FILLER PIPE (CAMPAIGN#95V244000). SINCE THEN, SMALL LEAKS AFTER TOP OFF, AND NOW GETTING WORSE. IT POURED OUT FOR 2-3 MIN LAST TIME I FILLED THE TANK. I CALLED NISSANUSA AT GARDENA,CA FOR PERMISSION TO RESPECT AND THE LADY TWHO ANSWERED THE PHONE REFUSED TO GRANT IT. I AM A LITTLE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW; TRY MY BEST NOT TO. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO HELP ME GET PERMISSION TO HAVE A FREE INSPECTION AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THANKS FOR A REPLY. SINCERELY PAUL CHAN [email protected]. *AK

Mileage: 180,000

NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 95V244000.THE CAR WAS RECALLED 1999, BUT HAS BEEN SINCE LEAKING GAS SPORADICALLY AFTER TOP-OFF OR FILL UPS, NOW GETTING WORSE. IRONICALLY, IT WAS NOT LEAKING GAS PRIOR TO THE RECALL.*AK I CONTACTED NISSAN USA; BUT THEY REFUSED TO GRANT A SECOND RECALL DUE TO THE MILEAGE AND AGE OF THE VEHICLE. TO ME, THE CAR IS HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 190,000

THE VEHICLE'S GAS FILLER TUBE CORRODED. A RECALL (95V244000) WAS ISSUED FOR THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR IT AT NO COST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

Mileage: 130,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 95V244000 CONCERNING FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL DUE TO THE MODEL YEAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL#95V244000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES ON MY NISSAN MAXIMA ARE CORRODED AND DUE TO THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE I HAD A LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND CALL A TOW TRUCK, THANKFULLY. ALSO, THE FUEL LINES ARE CORRODED AND STARTED TO LEAK WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED MY CAR TO EXPLODE VERY EASILY. THE PLACMENT OF THESE LINES AND THE CARLESSNESS OF NISSAN MOTORS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT HERE. PEOPLE COULD DIE VERY EASILY FROM THESE CORRODED LINES.

Mileage: 90,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A LEAKAGE OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, CAUSING STRONG FUMES OF FUEL TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN HAVING THE DRIVER NOT ABLE TO DRIVE PROPERLY. CONTACTED DEALER. NLM

DUE TO SIGNIFICANT CORROSION OF THE FUEL FILLER TUBE RESULTED IN FUEL LEAKS, WHICH IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. IN ADDITION, THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS MOUNTED TO THE WHEEL HOUSING AND IN THE EVENT OF SIGNIFICANT CORROSION, AND THE MOUNTING COULD FAIL IN A VEHICLE CRASH. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED NISSAN AND DEALER IN THIS REGARD; THE NISSAN IS NOT GIVING RESPONSE FROM LAST ONE MONTH TO THE DEALER. I HAVE A NEWBORN BABY, I AM WORRIED OF CRASH OR FIRE, PLEASE HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS ASAP. THERE IS RECALL AVAILABLE ON THESE ITEMS ALREADY BUT NISAAN IS BOT RELACING THEM. I HAVE GOT A CASE OPENED WITH NISSAN I.E 3517845. PLEASE HELP ME TO TAKE SOME STEP. I HAVE BEEN CALING NISSAN ALMOST EVERYDAY. PLEASE HELP..HELP.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD FUEL INJECTOR PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES AN UNEVENESS IN THE RUNNING OF THE MOTOR. NLM

I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME INTO IT. BUT MY MECHANIC WARNED ME AFTER HAVING MY TUNE-UP DONE THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE LEAKING. HE SUGGESTED I CONTACT NISSAN TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD RECALLED MY VEHICLE MODEL FOR THIS DEFECT. ACCORDING TO A NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE, THE 1990 MAXIMA DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE PREVIOUS YEARS MAXIMA. BUT I HAVE SEARCHED THE NHTSA SITE AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH MY MAXIMA. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST NISSAN I WILL EVER OWN.

FUEL INJECTORS HAVE NOT BEEN FIRING WITHIN THE SPECIFIED RANGE AS ASSESSED BY MY MECHANIC AS WELL AS AN AUTHORIZED NISSSANDEALER/ MECHANIC. THE CAR IDLES ROUGH AND SHIMMIES WHILE THE BRAKE IS APPLIED AT A STOP. SOMETIMES THERE IS A HESITATION WHEN I DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE OVER TIME, RECENTLY THE EMISSIONS WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAS COME ON AND CANNOT BE RESET. I AM HESITANT TO PAY FOR REPAIR WORK BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE (AND I'VE BEEN TOLD REPLACING THE BAD INJECTORS ONLY MAY HASTEN THE OTHERS GOING BAD). FOR A CAR WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE THAT HAS HAD REGULAR TUNE-UPS AND MAINTENANCE WORK THIS PROBLEM IS UNACCEPTABLE. MY FRIEND ALSO HAS A 1990 MAXIMA AND HAS EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND MY MECHANIC SEES THIS PROBLEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

FAILED INJECTORS CAUSED VEHICLE TO IDLE REAL BADLY, CHEK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.

OWNER NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FUEL WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS BROKEN AT THE SEAMS AND NOT REPAIRABLE. THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK

FUEL INJECTOR FAILURES.

DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN VHEICLE STARTED TO JERK & SHUTTER; FINALLY TURNED IT OFF; WOULD NOT START PROPERLY. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED FUEL INJECTORS GOING BAD. HAD THEM ALL REPLACED. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING; HAD REPLACED MOTOR OIL; VEHICLE STILL SHAKES; DRIVING & NOTICED SMOKE FROM A/C & UNDERHOOD; VEHICLE LOST BRAKES; PULLED OVER & CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. UNDERHOOD NOTICED ENGINE HAD MELTED (ALUMINUM BLOCK). FIRE DEPT. SAID FUEL RELATED. *AK

FUEL INJECTORS FAILED.

FUEL INJECTOR DEFECTIVE.

FUEL NECK FILLER DEFECTIVE.

GAS TANK LEAKING.

CONTACTED DEALER (2) WEEKS AGO AND RECEIVED AN APPOINTMENT FOR APRIL REGARDING RECALL 95V244000. *AK *JB

GAS TANK SEAL BROKEN, CAUSING GAS LEAK.

DISTRIBUTOR CAP WAS CRACKED.

VEHICLE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING.*AK POOR INECTORS ALSO CAUSING POOR GAS MILEAGE, 3 SETS OF INJECTORS WERE REPLACED IN A 6 YEAR PERIOD, DESIGN PROBLEM. *SLC

VEHICLE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING.*AK POOR INECTORS ALSO CAUSING POOR GAS MILEAGE, 3 SETS OF INJECTORS WERE REPLACED IN A 6 YEAR PERIOD, DESIGN PROBLEM. *SLC

VEHICLE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING.*AK POOR INECTORS ALSO CAUSING POOR GAS MILEAGE, 3 SETS OF INJECTORS WERE REPLACED IN A 6 YEAR PERIOD, DESIGN PROBLEM. *SLC

FUEL INJECTORS CONTINUALLY FAILING.

FUEL INJECTORS FAILED. *DH

FUEL INJECTOR REPLACED. *SD

LEAKAGE AROUND THE FUEL INJECTION HOSES. TT

FUEL INJECTORS FAIL. *DSH

THE FUEL INJECTORS OF THE CAR HAVE BEEN REPLACED EIGHT TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT