2005 Nissan Titan: won't start

Filed Mar 10, 2022 · Fuel system · CA

My truck just stopped in the middle of the road while driving. I could not move the steering wheel and the engine would not turn over. The gas hand was registering a quarter of a tank of fuel so I did not think that I had run out of gas. After being towed to the shop the mechanic checked the vehicle and said that it was just out of gas but the gas gauge was still registering 1/4 of a tank of gas. Gas was put in the truck and it started right up. The mechanic informed me of a recall on the 2005 nissan titans that matched what was happening to my truck. When I informed nissan they told me there is a recall but that my vin number is not included in the recall. I have had the same incident where the truck just shut off 2 more times now and this should be covered by the nissan recall since this is the exact problem that is happening to my truck that is stated in the recall and my truck is the exact year. Can someone please help me to get nissan to honor this recall for my truck? Recall ID#68290

Filed Mar 6, 2020 · Fuel system · 82,000 miles · WA

I was driving on a city street and stopped for a red traffic signal to make a right turn onto a highway. Without any warning the engine suddenly stopped running. I was unable to restart the engine. I was blocking the lane of traffic to enter the highway. I had to have the vehicle towed as it would not start and it was a traffic hazard/blocking traffic. The vehicle was towed to an auto repair shop. The mechanic discovered the vehicle's gas tank was completely empty, despite the fuel gauge showing the gas tank just over 1/4 tank full. The mechanic found a recall notice, the federal safety agency recall bulletin #10v074000 for my vehicle, 2005 nissan titan, describing the exact defect that my vehicle experienced; "the fuel gauge may inaccurately display that the vehicle still has some fuel, typically about 1/4 tank, when the fuel tank is empty." I took my vehicle to a nissan dealer and they told me that my vehicle is not included in this recall due to the VIN, even though it is the same year/make/model, 2005 nissan titan, and has the exact same defect as the one described in the above mentioned the federal safety agency recall bulletin. Had I entered the highway when the engine stopped suddenly without warning, I most likely would have crashed. See the attached diagnostic repair invoice, the federal safety agency recall bulletin #10v074000, and nissan service bulletin. I believe that my vehicle is or should be included in the existing the federal safety agency recall and nissan should comply with the recall and repair the defect at no cost to me.

Filed Oct 27, 2019 · Engine · 141,000 miles · TX

For the past three months, I've spent over $3,000 diagnosing and "fixing" erroneous warning lights. This past week, my truck (2005 titan) would not start. The first time, it just cranked the starter, but would not engage. Now, I can turn the ignition to start and the starter won't even engage (no "clicking" noise, no noise whatsoever). It will start after several attempts, but I have to wait at least 2-3 minutes between each attempt. I've replaced the ECM (at my own expense) and it still does not start properly. It appears (from reading online posts in titan forums) that the issue is the ipdm (intelligent power distribution module). The symptoms all line up. I feel lucky that my engine has not completely stopped while driving (yet). This is an utter hazard and needs to be addressed before someone loses their life because nissan will not address the ipdm problem and recall/replace those that are faulty.

Filed May 30, 2019 · Fuel system · 168,000 miles · NC

While driving on a busy city street, my 2005 nissan titan shut off unexpectedly, causing me to be stalled in the lane of travel. The vehicle would not restart and I was forced to push it out of the lane of travel into a nearby business parking lot. The engine would turn over but would not start. The fuel gauge read just over 1/4 tank and no trouble lights were illuminated and all gauges were within normal range. I wanted to try the most simple thing first so I had my son bring a fuel can to me to see if the tank was empty. This ended up being the case and the vehicle restarted and I stopped at the first fuel station and filled the tank up. The gauge went to full after refueling. I reset my trip odometer after refueling to watch the mileage in case the gauge malfunctioned again and it did. The gauge will not move below 1/4 tank. Nissan issued recall #10v074000 on 3-3-2010 for this exact issue. The recall covers the fuel sending unit which causes the fuel gauge to inaccurately display remaining fuel. I contacted nissan at 1‑800‑647‑7261 and the phone rep looked up my VIN and told me there were no recalls on my vehicle. My titan is within the vehicle year range (2005-2009) the recall covers and is presenting with this exact issue.

Filed Oct 29, 2018 · Engine, Fuel system · 185,000 miles · KS

When exiting highway engine quit running. Fuel tank showed 1/4 tank left. Highway support vehicle stop to help, gave me some gas, about 1 gallon. Still would not start, had vehicle towed. Put 2 more gallons of fuel in tank, vehicle started. Found a the federal safety agency campaign id number 10v074000, for 2005-2009 titan's for this exact same problem, but for some reason my titan is not covered even though it's a 2005. I have called my local dealer and nissan customer service with no help. Just asking why my titan is not covered? I have uploaded a file of the campaign id number.

Filed Jun 8, 2017 · Fuel system · 134,619 miles · CA

I was driving and made a turn from one major street to the next. I merged into the middle lane of a 3 lane road and my truck completely lost power. The vehicle behind me squealed its tires to avoid running into the back of me. I let the truck continue to move without applying brakes or I would have ended up stalled in the middle of a 3 lane busy road. The truck wouldn't even turn into the very right land without me turning the wheel hard. I pulled off onto a side street and called aaa. The vehicle register at a 1/4 of a tank of gas. The aaa driver added $2 worth of gas to the tank but it did not start. I was towed to a aaa approved shop about 2 miles away and when the shop owner went to take the truck off the tow bed it started right up. The owner said that it was just out of gas even though the gauge read a 1/4 of a tank. I went directly to a gas station and it took 25.695 gallons of gas. There is a recall for 2005 nissan titans but my VIN number is not pulling it up. The federal safety agency campaign number 10v074000 instrument panel fuel gauge.

Filed Apr 7, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 155,000 miles · VA

While driving on a highway at approximately 55 MPH, my engine stalled. I lost all engine power to my truck, with no error codes, no check engine light. I had to place my truck in neutral while at speed in traffic in the left lane and coast to a safe location on the right shoulder. During this time, I had no power steering or power brakes. After I safely stopped on the shoulder, I tried to restart my engine. My engine would not start. Approximately one month prior to this incident, my truck had intermittently stalled while stopped, with an error code that pointed to an ineffective catalytic converter. I had my mass air flow sensor replaced, my ECM relay replaced, and my catalytic converter replaced, at a cost of ~ $5000 total. I am now told the intelligent power distribution module is likely the culprit for all of these problems, which will cost me another $700 to replace. In researching previous recalls, there is an existing recall for the ECM relay, but not the ipdm module. It appears in other titan forums that several other people have suffered from the same issue.

Filed Oct 28, 2014 · Fuel system · 110,906 miles · AL

My truck stopped one sunday I was sitting at the red light. I tried to start it but it wouldn't start so I called a tow truck and had it towed to the nissan dealership. On monday morning I get a call from the service department and they told me my truck was out of gas. I told them that I had a little bit over a quarter tank of gas in it. He told me that they would call me back after a complete check. They called back and told me that my truck needed a fuel sender unit and a fuel ring, I told them to go ahead and repair it. On tuesday I went and picked up my truck and they explained to me that my fuel leveling sensor shorted out. I paid a total of 515.88 plus 65.00 for towing on something that had a recall on it. I don't know if they knew it was under recall or not but I would like to find out if I paid for something that should have been covered under the recall. I have my receipts and it shows the dates of the incident came after the recall dates.

Filed Jul 16, 2013 · Fuel system · 52,500 miles · WA

1st incident occurred during rush hour traffic. I was driving around 25mph when my titan started to stall and then came to a complete stop, was just about rear-end by delivery truck. I was stuck on the street in the middle of traffic for 2 hours before a tow truck was able to come tow truck. I had mechanic look it over and it came out that I had run out of gas, mechanic looked at fuel gauge and it was reading of tank but would not start. Once couple gallons were added truck started right up. Mechanic stated that fuel gauge is reading wrong, mechanic looked up to see if there was any recalls. There was a recall for the 2005 nissan titan for the fuel system not reading correctly. But dealer stated that my VIN number didn't fall into that recall. Mechanic stated it would be over $900 to fix. So I had to tell the mechanic not to fix it. Over the years, I have run out of gas about 3 more times due to the fuel gauge not reading correctly. Last time I ran out of gas my infant son was in truck and was just about side swiped from another vehicle at an intersection. I need to do what needs to be done to get my nissan titan added to this recall, I cannot afford to pay this to be fixed. Recall id #68299 ? Fuel system, other: storage:fuel gauge system.

Filed Apr 12, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 121,000 miles · TX

Driving north on the highway @ 70mph, vehicle backfired and engine shut down, no power steering or brakes. Moved vehicle off the highway, cranked but would not start. Left vehicle for the day and returned and replaced a recalled (but known good replacement) ECM relay and vehicle started and ran correctly but showed ses light and code showed p0335 crk pos sensor. This vehicle had a catastrophic failure while driving which represented a serious hazard to both the driver and surrounding vehicles should the driver has panicked in this situation and heavy traffic. To date the vehicle is a nissan facility and still has not been repaired at great expense and inconvenience to the owner.

Filed Nov 17, 2011 · Fuel system · 103,000 miles · MO

The instrument panel fuel gauge displayed that the vehicle still had fuel. The vehicle stalled on the highway, in traffic, and was out of gas. At the time we had no idea what was wrong and only knew it would not start. We had the vehicle towed to the nissan dealership who diagnosed it was out of gas and the fuel sender was faulty. The fuel sender resides inside the fuel tank according to the dealership but they will not fix it at their expense. Our particular VIN # is not covered for the identical issue that is under a current recall.