Fuel gauge
06-24-2003, 01:08 PM
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Fuel gauge
For those of you that have had an issue with the fuel gauge, I was able to recreate the problem for my dealer today.
I left the car in the sun for the morning and when I got in at lunch it was pinned at E. My father borrowed my car and had this issue everyday last week, and he parks outside at work.
I drove it to the dealer and showed them and they are going to fix/replace it as soon as they figure out how
I hope this helps those of you that can't recreate it.
Grant
I left the car in the sun for the morning and when I got in at lunch it was pinned at E. My father borrowed my car and had this issue everyday last week, and he parks outside at work.
I drove it to the dealer and showed them and they are going to fix/replace it as soon as they figure out how
I hope this helps those of you that can't recreate it.
Grant
06-24-2003, 09:58 PM
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Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
06-25-2003, 04:35 AM
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Originally posted by lwebb12
did getting it replaced fix the problem?
did getting it replaced fix the problem?
Originally posted by 2004MaximaSE5AT
Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
06-25-2003, 06:43 AM
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Originally posted by 2004MaximaSE5AT
Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
06-25-2003, 07:00 AM
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assembly has nothing to do with the way the guage reads....so leave your pejudice commentsto yourself.....I am from tennessee and their are some of the hardest working people down here. I think you people need to thin before you open your bigg mouths.
I guess their were never any problems with those cars made in japan...no recalls nothing. BS
I guess their were never any problems with those cars made in japan...no recalls nothing. BS
06-25-2003, 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by 2004MaximaSE5AT
Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
Are lot of the people having problem with the fuel gauge problem? Seems like another common problem in the new maximas....for those of you who are having problems, what is nissan doing about it or has anybody gotten it fixed and if so, what was the core of the problem in the first place?? Seems liek the Shimmy in the steering wheel and fuel gauge the two major problems so far...and looks as if Nissan has not been able to resolve this problem so far....or maybe it cannot be fixed until they spend thousand of dollars on a recall.
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
06-25-2003, 10:18 AM
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Originally posted by 2004MaximaSE5AT
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
This is a perfect example of quality of work in the Tennessee Plant compared to that in Japan....hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes
You are out of control man, this has nothing to do with the car being put together in TN vs Japan and everything to do with it being a new model year.
06-25-2003, 10:37 AM
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Update-
The dealer called, they want my car for a few days to replace the gauge. As soon as I bring it in they will call the mileage in to the factory and the gauge will ship the same day. It looks like this issue is probably pretty common since the gauge time from factory to dealer is next day now, instead of next month which it was not so long ago when LDLDL had his replaced.
As soon as the dealer has a loaner for me, I will be dropping it off (today or tomorrow).
The dealer called, they want my car for a few days to replace the gauge. As soon as I bring it in they will call the mileage in to the factory and the gauge will ship the same day. It looks like this issue is probably pretty common since the gauge time from factory to dealer is next day now, instead of next month which it was not so long ago when LDLDL had his replaced.
As soon as the dealer has a loaner for me, I will be dropping it off (today or tomorrow).
06-26-2003, 05:45 AM
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Originally posted by gmc74
Update-
The dealer called, they want my car for a few days to replace the gauge. As soon as I bring it in they will call the mileage in to the factory and the gauge will ship the same day. It looks like this issue is probably pretty common since the gauge time from factory to dealer is next day now, instead of next month which it was not so long ago when LDLDL had his replaced.
As soon as the dealer has a loaner for me, I will be dropping it off (today or tomorrow).
Update-
The dealer called, they want my car for a few days to replace the gauge. As soon as I bring it in they will call the mileage in to the factory and the gauge will ship the same day. It looks like this issue is probably pretty common since the gauge time from factory to dealer is next day now, instead of next month which it was not so long ago when LDLDL had his replaced.
As soon as the dealer has a loaner for me, I will be dropping it off (today or tomorrow).
06-26-2003, 08:30 AM
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I'm guessing the entire gauge cluster including the odometer will be replaced. They need the car in their hands, they call in the current odo setting to the factory, factory then programs the odo on the replacement part to the exact same readout and ships out the part.
This is all done to avoid accusations of odometer tampering I'm sure.
This is all done to avoid accusations of odometer tampering I'm sure.
06-26-2003, 11:08 AM
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Originally posted by TDoyle
I'm guessing the entire gauge cluster including the odometer will be replaced. They need the car in their hands, they call in the current odo setting to the factory, factory then programs the odo on the replacement part to the exact same readout and ships out the part.
This is all done to avoid accusations of odometer tampering I'm sure.
I'm guessing the entire gauge cluster including the odometer will be replaced. They need the car in their hands, they call in the current odo setting to the factory, factory then programs the odo on the replacement part to the exact same readout and ships out the part.
This is all done to avoid accusations of odometer tampering I'm sure.
If they were going to need my car for a few weeks, that would be a different story.
06-26-2003, 01:08 PM
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the dealer just called and they still don't have a loaner, so they are going to use 50 miles over what it was when I stopped in... I drive 90 miles a day, so that is going to be about 300-500 off when it gets put in 
06-28-2003, 02:24 PM
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fuel gauge
I have had the same problem......I was able to recreate it for the dealer, and they are going to order a brand new instrument panel. Hopefully it doesn't take long, but, I did notice it started when the car was sitting all day in the sun. A quick tap on the top of the gauge solves the problem, but, it's going to be replaced
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