[q-ball]

I had my fuel sending unit recall done...twice now and now it needs it the third time!!!!! WTF!!!!! anybody else experiencing this or anything similar???

 

[goody]

I had my fuel sending unit recall done...twice now and now it needs it the third time!!!!! WTF!!!!! anybody else experiencing this or anything similar???

No sir, I had mine replaced once and it's been good since. It might have something to do with those ugly Steelers stickers that keep breaking it.:nana:

 

[Clint]

My Pathfinder had it done twice in three months last year. Been fine since.

Clint

 

[q-ball]

also since the last one 2 weeks ago idk if they bent the vent or not but i could barely put gas in w/o it bubbling back out, i had to trickle the fuel in and took about 15 min to fill my tank!!!

 

[goody]

damn...that sucks man...guess that means another trip to the dealer

 

[q-ball]

they'll gimme a loaner to pound on!!!!

 

[techtable]

Without the recall note, how can you tell if the FSU is bad ? Sorry for the silly question, but can someone please !!! explain ??? Thanks in advance.

 

[goody]

Without the recall note, how can you tell if the FSU is bad ? Sorry for the silly question, but can someone please !!! explain ??? Thanks in advance.

On mine, the fuel gauge was all over the place, and then finally it got stuck at 1/4 tank when I had just filled up. So I ran that tank about 240 miles and then took it in to get fixed.

 

[Clint]

Without the recall note, how can you tell if the FSU is bad ? Sorry for the silly question, but can someone please !!! explain ??? Thanks in advance.

You'll go fill the tank and the needle will stay at the bottom or take many miles to go to the top. You'll know when it happens.

Clint

 

[q-ball]

Without the recall note, how can you tell if the FSU is bad ? Sorry for the silly question, but can someone please !!! explain ??? Thanks in advance.

i had the recall done, the first started doing the same as described above, took it back for the second fsu, and 1-2 weeks later, the same happened again.

Fill it up and fuel guage will show E, it might climb to where the fuel level actually is w/in 2-3 days, then start the truck again and its back on E, or 1/2, or 1/4, or where even it feels like being at that particcular moment in time. Kinda frustrating i guess but i'm too laid back to care. and the dealer treats me well!!!

 

[techtable]

Thanks goody, Clint and q-ball for all your explanation, I hope I won't see this kind problem on my, but I'll keep eyes on it, thanks again for sharing your story.

TT,

 

[domoMKIV]

HarshReality and I just did his a couple days ago. Hopefully all is working well now. While it is what seems to be an annoying problem, at least it was incredibly easy to do with 2 people.

 

[HarshReality001]

yeah, this was stupid easy to do with regular hand tools (except that one bolt...) and an extra set of hands. i bet if we had to do it again, we could knock it out in 20-30 mins max.

mine is working great since saturday now.

 

[Avplayer]

hey Steve, i thought u were sellin ur truck?

OP, i had mine done for the first time about a month ago and its been good since. covered under extended warranty not the recall

 

[HarshReality001]

i am. trying to eliminate issues as inexpensively as possible to minimize throwbacks during the trade inspection....

 

[gkauffman]

That Didn't Last Very Long

Replaced my FSU last July in my 05 Nismo. Well here it is 13 months later and the check engine light comes on and low and behold, FSU code. But the gauge is still acting normal, at least as far as I can tell.

 

[q-ball]

i never had any check engine lights, just erronious guage readings!

 

[Christoph1366]

Same thing here. FSU replaced twice since June. Slow to show fuel (hours for needle to climb) when I fill up, then gets erractic, dropping to E and up, and down, once I get at about 1/2 a tank. The Nissan tech at my dealer now thinks it is the wiring and fuel guage in the dash (he said the first FSU was bad, even though the problem is the same since the 2nd FSU was installed). I told him it all worked fine until the recall was complete. I am at a loss. They think the FSU is good. The unit I had installed last summer before the recall worked better (but it was destined to go bad after about 40,000). I am at a loss.

 

[Vols Fan]

I had mine repalced last Tuesday under the recall because it would take hours of driving to actually read the correct amount of fuel. Then yesterday I go to get in it and the needle is all the way on E and the dummy light is on. So I take it to the gas station and fill it up and it only holds 13 gallons. The hand doesn't move at all and the light is still on. I drove it to Knoxville yesterday (360 miles round trip) and it doesn't move at all. When I got to Knoxville the SES light popped on. So I drove it home with no issues and I was on my way to Advance this morning to get the code read and the damn thing went off but the fuel gauge is still on E. Seems to me like the whole fuel system on these things is f**ked!