2000 NISSAN XTERRA

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SIX CYLINDER ENGINES AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR OR SIX CYLINDER ENGINES, THE FUEL PUMP TERMINAL ON THE FUEL-SENDING UNIT CAN DEVELOP A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC MOLDING. THIS CAN CAUSE THE TERMINAL STRIP TO CORRODE UNDER SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDIT

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE D

WHEELS

2000 NISSAN XTERRA VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN OCTOBER 15, 1999, AND FEBRUARY 29, 2000. THE ALLOY WHEELS USED ON THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND COULD DEVELOP CRACKS IN THE WHEEL SPOKES.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 102, "TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE, STARTER INTERLOCK, AND TRANSMISSION BRAKING EFFECT. " THESE VEHICLES COULD HAVE A SHIFT CABLE LOCK PLATE TH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE SHOULDER WHERE THEY GOT OUT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND POURED WATER ONTO THE VEHICLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE HOWEVER THE FIRE INCREASED SLIGHTLY. THE CONTACT STATED BIGGER EFFORTS WERE MADE FROM HER AND ANOTHER

Mileage: 241,496

IMMEDIATELY AFTER I EXITED MY BUILDING GARAGE AND MADE RIGHT TURN ON CITY STREET ON A CLEAR SUMMER DAY AFTERNOON THE ENGINE SOUND BEGAN ROARING AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. I TRIED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE FORCIBLY HITTING ON THE BRAKES, SHIFTING GEARS TO NEUTRAL, TURNING OFF THE ENGINE BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT ON GOING AND RAN-AWAY UNCONTROLLABLY TILL I MADE TWO LEFT TURNS AND ENDED UP ON A SIDE WALK WITH THE REAR TIRE BLOWN OUT AND THE CAR STOPPED AFTER COLLIDING WITH SOME PUBLIC UTILITY BO

Mileage: 160,000

IMMEDIATELY AFTER I EXITED MY BUILDING GARAGE AND MADE RIGHT TURN ON CITY STREET ON A CLEAR SUMMER DAY AFTERNOON THE ENGINE SOUND BEGAN ROARING AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. I TRIED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE FORCIBLY HITTING ON THE BRAKES, SHIFTING GEARS TO NEUTRAL, TURNING OFF THE ENGINE BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT ON GOING AND RAN-AWAY UNCONTROLLABLY TILL I MADE TWO LEFT TURNS AND ENDED UP ON A SIDE WALK WITH THE REAR TIRE BLOWN OUT AND THE CAR STOPPED AFTER COLLIDING WITH SOME PUBLIC UTILITY BO

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 270,000.

Mileage: 270,000

ON SATURDAY I SMELLED A BURNING SMELL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BUT IT WENT AWAY QUICKLY AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY SOURCE IN THE VEHICLE, SO I ASSUMED I JUST DROVE PAST SOMETHING THAT SMELLED BADLY. ON SUNDAY THE SMELL RETURNED, STRONGER. I STOPPED AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH AS I RAN TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. ONCE THE SMOKE CLEARED AND THERE WAS NO CONCERN OF A FIRE BREAKING OUT I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE AND FOUND THE "S

Mileage: 146,190

MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHEN A DRUNK DRIVER HIT HER WHILE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. HIS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT NOT MY DAUGHTERS NISSAN XTERRA. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

IN A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA AN EVENT SIMILAR TO THE RECENT TOYOTA PROBLEMS OCCURRED (SEVERAL TIMES) ABOUT 7-8 YEARS AGO. IN ONE CASE THE CAR JUMPED A CURB AND HIT A TREE. IT WAS DRIVABLE, SO NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED- AS NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE CAR- WHICH HAD ABOUT $2000 BODY DAMAGE. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND NISSAN SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AS A RESULT OUR INSURANCE WENT UP AND WE HAD TO PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE (ABOUT $500). IT HAPPENED ONCE MORE A FEW MONTHS

Mileage: 40,000

IN A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA AN EVENT SIMILAR TO THE RECENT TOYOTA PROBLEMS OCCURRED (SEVERAL TIMES) ABOUT 7-8 YEARS AGO. IN ONE CASE THE CAR JUMPED A CURB AND HIT A TREE. IT WAS DRIVABLE, SO NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED- AS NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE CAR- WHICH HAD ABOUT $2000 BODY DAMAGE. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND NISSAN SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AS A RESULT OUR INSURANCE WENT UP AND WE HAD TO PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE (ABOUT $500). IT HAPPENED ONCE MORE A FEW MONTHS

Mileage: 40,000

2000 NISSAN XTERRA 2WD VEHICLE. SECOND OWNER. OWNED FOR 6.5 YEARS. NO MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO VEHICLE BY EITHER ORIGINAL OWNER, OR MYSELF. ONLY DEALER INSTALLED OPTIONAL COMPONENT WAS A TRAILER HITCH. CAR TRAVELED LESS THAN 1000 MILES IN LAST CALENDAR YEAR. ON DATE IN QUESTION, CAR WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN AT 8:00 AM APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO A PARKING DECK. CAR THEN SAT IN PARKING DECK UNTIL 12:00 PM. CAR WAS THEN DRIVEN BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL ORIGIN AND PARKED BY APPROXI

Mileage: 98,400

UPON HAVING AN ACCIDENT AT AN INTERSECTION CAUSING SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FRONT END DAMAGE, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *NM

Mileage: 106,668

I HAVE DRIVEN MY 2000 NISSAN XTERRA FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW WITH NORMAL DRIVING, NO OFF ROAD DRIVING OR ABUSE OF MY VEHICLE. RECENTLY I DISCOVERED THAT AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF EXHAUST IN MY PASSENGER CABIN THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS IN FACT CRACKED. NOW ON MANY OCCASIONS I HAVE A VERY YOUNG CHILD IN MY VEHICLE SO I'VE HAD TO LEAVE HIM OUTSIDE TILL THE EXHAUST SMELL HAS DISSIPATED AND I CAN ONLY ASSUME IT'S NO LONGER MAKING IT'S WAY INTO THE CABIN. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THIS

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AN D MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ABS BRAKING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE SOLENOID SWITCH BEING WORN OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS A LOT SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

INVOLVED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT. XTERRA WAS STOPPED, AND HIT FROM BEHIND AT 40 MPH. IT THEN HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WSA TOTALLED, I WAS INJURED.

Mileage: 92,000

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A GUARD RAIL AND ROLE THREE TIMES. VEHICLE LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE-I WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW-SO I KNOW AIR BAGS HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCONNECTED. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE? FAULTY EQUIPMENT? MANUFACTURER? WHO DO I CONTACT?

Mileage: 65,000

2000 NISSAN XTERRA INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FIREMEN AT THE SCENE COULD NOT EVEN MAKE EITHER BAG DEPLOY MANUALLY.*AK

Mileage: 45,000

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB

I WAS THE DRIVER OF MY 2000 NISSAN XTERRAIN - INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN JANUARY 2003. I WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED, AND HIT FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE GOING 40 MPH. I THEN HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE NISSAN WAS TOTALLED AND I WAS INJURED.

Mileage: 51,000

THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER ONE AND HALF TIMES, IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIVER WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS BEING WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK EXTREMELY TIGHT CAUSING ASPHYXIA. *YH