My gas light doesn't even work and never has worked at any time during my ownership of the car. Wish I knew why. My gas gauge is ALL over the place all the time too.

 

Yep happend to my twice lol swapped out the fuel sending unit for. Oem nissan and still having problem i pu

 

Sorry for the half answer answering from my cell, soblike i was saying swaped it ou for a new one a nothing, so i purchased a cluster with 10k miles its should get here around tuesday and hopefully that does the trick. That only thing that other members here have pinpointed that the actual gauge becomes faulty.

 

update:

swapped out the cluster with one i bought from ebay and it worked gas gauge work normal on this one. also what i found out is that the cluster thats in my car i belive has stepper motors. i took the back part off and found this.


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maybe some of you guys who have this problem can chek it out and see if you guys also have stepper motors these can be easily changed out. im not doing cause i suck a soldering lol. the only bad new in the new one i bought the small screen where the miles are shown seems to be messed up. i contacted the seller and im hoping to hear soon from him. this is what im talkign about


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My gauge has been f"d for 2 years. I just fill up every time and reset the trip. It's great for mileage because I seem to pay attention to my driving habits more. I've been averaging 780-800km (485-500miles) over my last dozen tanks, usually takes 62L(16.5gal)

 

i wanted to do that but i never payed attention to it maybe i should lol.

 

well after several used cluster that were turned out to be broken i finally fixed this problem. bought a dam new one from nissanparts.cc, i was tired of looking aroudn and not coming up with anything.

 

damn that sucks mine sometimes goes up to 3/4 tank when its empty and i just smack the dash n it goes back down

 

i know mine was just not reading at all bought like 3 used cluster witch all showed up damaged. so i just decided to buy it new that way i wont have to loosing money here and there.

 

ok instead of me making a new thread ima just bring this one back to life , so i finally ran out of gas , put some gas in my car afterwards now i been driving for a day now just to see if everything is ok ,now my dte and my fuel light dont work any more but just 2days ago everything was working fine. what should i do where should i start looking to see whats goin on ?

 

Before anyone else wastes money on a new sender, there is a test mode for the cluster (below). My wacky '03 gas gauge failed so I know what it is. At 160K I'm not too upset about it.

HOW TO ALTERNATE DIAGNOSIS MODE

1. Turn ignition switch to ON and change odo/trip meter to “TRIP”.
2. Turn ignition switch to OFF.
3. Turn ignition switch to ON when pushing odo/trip meter switch.

4. Release odo/trip meter switch 1 second after ignition switch is
turned ON.
5. Push odo/trip meter switch more than three times within 7
seconds.

6. All odo/trip meter segments should be turned on. Gauges should all go to center position.

 

Same here, I just fill up when it gets to 1/4 tank. Had to learn the hard way on the expressway one day...

 

Oh god my wires 03 Maxima can't decide on how much fuel it has. Is it 3/4 5/8 or 1/2? Who knows! Reading these threads on this problems get me worried that it's the damn cluster. Hell some people replaced the cluster and still have the problem. At least the fuel pump seems pretty accessible and if worst comes to worst I'll just push it over to the mechanic across the street.

 

Highway driving with ethanol-free gas?

 

my cluster does not seem to be working on my 01 maxima SE after 60 miles it stops reading and starts working when i slow down and tap the screen also i have to tap it to show me where my gas is at does anyone know where i could get a replacement cluster with 100,000 miles in it ?

 

Check out ebay, i got 2 clusters from there for 2 maximas with the same problem, both are working!!

 

Bad solder joints inside instrument cluster. Solder all major points including all large square resistors. Do not touch tiny components as you might damage them. This is the fix for roaming gas needle.

 

Bad solder joints inside cluster. Its an electronics repair job

 

Loose solder joints inside cluster. Challenging but I fixed mine. Or replace cluster.

 

Hi all I'm new and joined yesturday because this site is very helpful.
I was having the gas gauge issue for a month and I didn't give up till I found the solution. Its usually not the float or sender should I say. Its the instrument cluster itself. There are bad solder joints in the cluster and with temperature change the gauge sometimes will work intermittently. All major points and large square resistors have to be resoldered. Its a bit tedius splitting the cluster but can be done successfuly. Re calibrating needles after you have to look up the procedure to get them back to spec. Mine works like brand new so I share the info with whoever is electronicly inclined.