2007 Nissan Xterra
Complaints about this year name fuel far more often than the model's other years — 36% of them, about 90× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 557 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 24 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- tank — 22% of complaints, 55× usual
- gauge — 28% of complaints, 13× usual
- fuel gauge — 17% of complaints, 43× usual
What owners wrote
FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT INDICATE PROPERLY. AFTER FILLING THE UP THE THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATES 1/4 TANK.
FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN OR RADICALLY DROPPING TO EMPTY WHEN FUEL TANK IS MORE THAN HALF FULL. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH CODE 0463. FUEL LEVER SENSOR HIGH OUTPUT. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND NOT PART OF ANY CURRENT RECALL.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 08V690000 AIR BAGS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Xterra 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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