2007 Nissan Quest
Complaints about this year name gauge far more often than the model's other years — 44% of them, about 8× the usual rate of 5.6%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 228 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 22 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- gauge — 44.3% of this year's complaints, against 9.8% across the model's other years (4.5×).
- fuel — 40.8% of this year's complaints, against 14% across the model's other years (2.9×).
- tank — 37.7% of this year's complaints, against 14% across the model's other years (2.7×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- tank — 38% of complaints, 7× usual
- empty — 19% of complaints, 48× usual
- fuel gauge — 29% of complaints, 9× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE INCORRECTLY DISPLAYED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS HALF FULL. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO THE EMPTY FUEL TANK LEVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE…
THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR DISPLAYED INACCURATE INFORMATION AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND BEGAN TO HESITATE BECAUSE THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE [VIN] W…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 07V248000 SUSPENSION
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Quest was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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