Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / PATHFINDER / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000101874 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: RESTON Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: PATHFINDER Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1N6ED27Y61C Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 29 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When fueling, gas tank over fills and spills gasoline onto side of vehicle and ground. this is serious potential fire hazard automatic fuel shut off not properly working. if fuel shut off works, gas gauge shows. gas amount to be slightly above 3/4 full. when attempting to fully fuel tank to have gas gauge show "f" then gasoline will over flow. only recourse now is to drive with 3/4 tank full in order to prevent fuel spills. took it to dealer. dealer indicated this is normal for frontiers and nothing is wrong. dt