Nissan Xterra check engine light comes on

Filed Mar 10, 2025 · Airbags, Engine · 50,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Xterra. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle was losing motive power. The service engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle stalled with the accelerator pedal depressed. The contact stated that the vehicle moved forward and stopped suddenly intermittently. On another occasion, the A/C became inoperable. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and unknown repairs were performed. The dealer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated that the vehicle was not insured due to the several failures, and the not being able to be repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 23E012000 (AIR BAGS). The vehicle was not repaired for the recent failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

Filed Aug 30, 2022 · Fuel system · WI

Check engine light is on and fuel gauge does not work Can go from full to empty Stays on empty even though I know there is gasoline in tank Has caused us to run out of gas middle of nowhere

Filed Aug 4, 2022 · Acceleration, Engine · CA

I have a 2005 Nissan Xterra. I am the original owner and have been driving it over 16 years. Two years ago, in 2020 while driving my car on the road and with kids inside (with a 1 year old and a 6 year old child), the car began to shake and turned off (we were stranded in the middle of the road, at a traffic light). Since it was my only means of transportation I kept driving it (no kids inside anymore--which was another HUGE inconvenience having to coordinate and at times pay for babysitters). During my continued usage, it will continue to fail to accelerate causing great danger on the freeway and or on public roads. After a while, I managed to drive it to a transmission shop, who told me they had to either hold onto the car or have it towed--as it was deemed unsafe to drive. Upon inspection, the transmission shop confirmed "coolant bypassed into transmission," among other issues (vehicle does not accelerate, chick engine light is on, etc.) I paid with credit card, $4359.34. Once paid and transmission shop fixed issue, I continued to drive the car with family inside. Now two years later July 2022--I am experiencing the same "vehicle does not accelerate" issue.

Filed Aug 7, 2021 · Engine, Fuel system · NY

Fuel pump power steering abs O2 sensors yes it's available for inspection upon requests car shut off while driving at 70 miles an hour on a highway due to fuel pump because my VIN number is not with all the other 2003 Nissan xterra's that have recalls on all of the same problems I have just for some reason my car has zero recalls which is ridiculous and not believable so yes my life was put at risk I took it to an independent service my mechanic because I can't take it to a dealer because all the parts that are broken and that need replacement that have been recalled on every other 2003 does not apply to my VIN so I've had to pay for labor and parts and the headache that I could have had this all replaced and fixed due to the recall and I would have taken it to the dealership immediately after purchasing the car in 2019 and since the previous owner didn't have any recalls why would he bother either I will not pass inspection if they do not fix this evap O2 sensor and now my fuel pump I would like to be reimbursed on that was purchased through Nissan dealership the gauge is no longer working just put in brand new part so I would like someone from the dealerships take a look at my car and replace everything that's wrong with it with every other 2003 Nissan Xterra regardless of my VIN number and I have check engine light on forever for evac leak replace catalytic converters exhaust system O2 sensors power steering fuel pump ABS sensors I would just like to take the best care of this vehicle that I can and that would be done through the dealership replacing all of the recalled parts on this make model of the Xterra 2003 3.3 l V6 non supercharged. The vehicle stalled while driving due to the fuel pump check engine light's been on for EVAP code for the fuel tank cap gas cap small leak and O2 sensors which I've been replaced but codes are still there no code has popped up pertaining to fuel pump car died at 70 miles an hour on a Thruway at midnight not fun.7Codes remaining

Filed Mar 22, 2021 · Fuel system · 90,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the fuel gauge failed to operate properly with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact refilled the fuel tank however, the fuel gauge showed empty. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by a dealer or independent mechanic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that recalls were VIN specific and the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed Jan 12, 2021 · Transmission · 111,000 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the vehicle loss motive power while driving. The contact stated that while attempting to move from a stop, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact stated that the vehicle revved up between 2,000 - 3,000 RPM however, the vehicle failed to respond with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to and independent mechanic and was diagnosed that coolant had leaked into the transmission and that the transmission failed due to the coolant contamination. The mechanic informed the contact that the transmission and radiator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Neither a dealer nor the manufacturer were contacted or notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000.

Filed Aug 13, 2020 · Fuel system · 80,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that while driving at 15 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer riverside nissan (8330 indiana ave, riverside, ca 92504) where it was diagnosed and determined that the fuel level sending unit failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact mentioned the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v075000 (fuel system, gasoline) as a possible solution to the failure however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The manufacturer confirmed that there was no recalls associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Feb 18, 2020 · 138,000 miles · CA

In 2019 got an incident with my nissan xterra's transmission. Something failed in the transmission that when I was driving it all of the sudden started to slowdown so I park and it got towed and took it to the mechanic. They charged me 2000 to fix it. And since then the engine light comes on. So after months I took it to a mechanic again and the guy said the radiation is sending water into the transmission that's why the transmission was failing

Filed Dec 1, 2019 · Fuel system · 116 miles · AR

A couple of months back I reported this fuel level problem I believe in july, my wife was driving this xterra 2007 (we have two a 2005 and this 2007) she driving in the center lane on the I-30 interstate when the xterra just cut out, looking at the dash she said it has fuel about a 1/4 tank , she said she just made it to the shoulder of the safety lane when stopped. I went to her aide to find the check engine lite on and it wouldnt start, I took a two foot piece of two by four and wrapped the tank and it sounded like it was empty and whats funny the gauge inside now reads empty..got her gas and I drove it home. I report this to you guys and never heard a word back about this. In fact the complaint doesy show up in your listing explain that! I'im a mechanical engineer and done my fair share of failure analysis in my career and whats going on with this xterra is a heat related condition. 1. The pump is spring loaded to be able to keep contact with the tank to pickup fuel. 2. The tank being made of poly material plastic expands causing the the pump to jack screw in he direction of the spring which rotates the sending unit pick arm to lodge it self against the the tank embossment and not allowing the arm to come to rest at the bottom of the tank. I found out this confirm the problem with a recall notice for 2006 and 2008 bnut why not the 2007 its same dam confguration ,same parts ,same tank, ,07,08 part number17202-9bm2a, sender 25060-zz00a, pump is the same 17040-zs00a, so why wasnt the 2007 included in the recall a typing error :summary 10v75500 reads":nissan is recalling certain model year 2006 and model year 2008 " should have read models 2006,2007 and model year 2008. How could you guys miss this? Dont you ever do a check on "where used" with xxxx models? If a part is used by the same type of unit it will also have the same failure occure .

Filed Nov 1, 2019 · Electrical · 98,680 miles · MN

Intermittent stalling issue. Vehicle has 98,700 miles on it and has not had any other issues prior to this. On the first occasion the vehicle was in motion, going between 5 and 10 MPH, turning into a parking lot. The vehicle start to slow down, lost power steering and all dashboard lights were illuminated (check engine, battery, airbag, seatbelt, etc.) but the radio and headlights remained on. Placed the vehicle in park and turned the key in the off position. Restarted the vehicle and it started up immediately with no dashboard warning lights. Was drivable with no other issues for several days. The vehicle stalled a second time about a week or so later, while it was stationary, at a stop light on a city street. Again, all the dashboard lights illuminated while the radio and headlights remained on. Turned the key to the off position and attempted to restart the vehicle. The vehicle started with no problems and no dashboard warning lights. The vehicle was operational and was able to drive home with no issues. I took it to a trusted mechanic after both intermittent stalls. He ran diagnosis tests after both incidents and no codes showed up. The mechanic believes it is the ECM relay that is causing the issue after doing some research. A new battery was installed between stalls thinking this was the culprit. The second stall occurred the day after the new battery install.