Nissan truck recall

[Kieran A. Lavin]

Along the same lines of kudos to Nissan, I recently got a recall on my FX45.  The speedo has always been whacky and when I researched online, it turns out that this is a common problem.  No one had been able to get their dealers to admit a problem much less fix it.  I went two months ago prepared to wage war.  I had data.  The speedo was off (showing 75 when I was actually going 70).  I verified this with 3 or more speed signs on the side of the road, various pace cars alongside, an actual radar gun, 2 or more gps's, and finally a stopwatch and mile markers.  I went in and the dealer told me that Nissan was aware and were planning on fixing the problem but that dealer didn't have the software yet.  I have an appointment to have it fixed tomorrow.

Here's the real kicker though...  I received the recall notice the other day and not only are they fixing the speedo but they will roll back the odometer to accomodate for the error.  That and they will cover any out-of-warranty repairs that, with the rollback, will be within the warranty.  I have yet to hear of anyone attempting to collect under this but at least we have it in writing.  Wow

kieran

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Sent: Fri Nov 05 23:31:23 2010
Subject: Nissan truck recall

Hey Guys,

Know a lot of ya' have other Nissan products.  If you have one of the 
recent truck chassis products with a flaky fuel gauge, you may like to 
know there's an extended warranty / reimbursement plan for it:

http://www.nissanassist.com/web/Fuel-Sending-Unit/

"Nissan has extended the Nissan New Vehicle Limited Warranty for the 
Fuel Sending Unit on certain Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder, and Xterra 
models. Nissan is extending your vehicle's New Vehicle Limited Warranty 
as it applies to the fuel gauge sending unit from 36 months/36,000 miles 
to 72 months/72,000 miles."

Very cool of them to extend a fix to something not directly safety 
related.  ie: does not fit the _Fight Club_ recall determination.

Dad & I put a sending in his 2006 Frontier.

Also kudos to http://www.courtesyparts.com/ -- if you want to DIY, they 
have a kit with the sender and O-ring for under $100, whereas Nissan 
says you need a whole pump assembly for almost $400.

-Wayne
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