The vehicles fuel tank cracked at mounting strap and started leaking fuel, the tank has a know issue among other owners. The tank is very specific to the chassis with no available replacement. The issue happens mostly at the same location but nissan has so solution. This happened under normal driving condition.
Nissan 240SX fuel leak problems
21 of the 146 owner complaints about the Nissan 240SX describe fuel leak, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 21
- worst model year
- 1995
- typical mileage
- 120,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 nissan 240sx. The contact stated the fuel tank fractured and leaked fuel out of the vehicle. The contact called the trophy west covina nissan located at 205 n citrus st, west covina, ca 91791, and was informed that the replacement fuel tank was no longer available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact stated that he had two other year make and model vehicles that had similar failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 187,750.
Driving and noticed smell of gasoline. Parked car and inspected. Noticed that the fuel tank was leaking from a stress crack near the fuel tank strap. Fuel leak is obviously a safety hazard.
Filled the tank on my way to work and began smelling gas. Upon coming out at the end of the day there was a large puddle of gas under the car. At this point the smell of gasoline in the car was unbearable. Got the car home and found fuel leaking on the passenger side near the rear wheel. Looking under the car and found fuel streaming from the front portion of the fuel tank near the support strap. It appears that the tank is cracking in this location. Without removing the tank it appears to be a stress fracture of some kind in the plastic tank.
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 nissan 240sx. The contact stated that he was idling at a light when ne noticed the smell of gasoline. The contact parked the vehicle and then noticed there was a fuel leak from the vehicle. The contact replaced the fuel tank and the failure recurred. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or mechanic for inspection. The manufacturer was notified and advised that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The failure mileage was 136,000.
95 nissan 240sx gas tank failure, cracked and leaking gasoline. Nothing was done to the tank, it just cracked and started leaking.
I was driving normally to school along with my brother and I noticed that there's a very strong smell of gas inside the car during driving. I stopped at a safe place to check and I notice that there's gas dripping slowly under the gas tank. It still leaks and it seems to be continuing to leak a little more. Parts for this repair are estimate to $400+ excluding labor, as the gas tank is also located quite behind loads of suspension parts for the rear.
Gas tank leaks fuel due to crack developed from normal driving. Could have caused fire and serious fines from epa.
Vehicle was left unused for several days while out of town, and developed a fuel leak from the gas tank for no reason.
Fuel tank is leaking gas onto the ground.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Nissan 240SX fuel leak
Which Nissan 240SX years have fuel leak problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (15 complaints), 1990 (5 complaints) and 1996 (1 complaints).
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