Nissan Frontier Forums: Fuel Sender Replacement

Affiliate Site : Nissan Titan Forums

Active Topics Display List of Forum Members

Memberlist

Help

Photo Gallery

Sponsored Links

General
Nissan Frontier Forums : General

Topic: Fuel Sender Replacement

Author

Message

<< Prev Topic | Next Topic >>

hotajax
Groupie
Groupie

Joined: May 13 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 40

Member's Gallery:
View Gallery

Location:
U.S. - Pennsylvania

Posted: Oct 13 2008 at 12:53pm \| IP Logged

Have any of you changed out your fuel sender / fuel pump unit in a 2005 Frontier? I believe the sender and the pump are one unit.< ="text/">_popupControl();

__________________
Jake
jakefridey@verizon.net

bammerchapman
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Apr 11 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 13

Member's Gallery:
View Gallery

Location:
United States

Posted: Oct 13 2008 at 3:19pm \| IP Logged

Why change it out? You should still be under the warranty. Have them do it.

__________________
Black 2006 Frontier XE 2.5L 4 Cylinder

frontierguy
Senior Member

Master Mechanic

Joined: May 20 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2591

Member's Gallery:
View Gallery

Location:
U.S. - Pennsylvania

Posted: Oct 13 2008 at 8:23pm \| IP Logged

hotajax wrote:

Have any of you changed out your fuel sender / fuel pump unit in a 2005 Frontier? I believe the sender and the pump are one unit.< ="text/">_popupControl();

What is the concern? The sender or the pump? I believe the sender is available separate.
If and when you remove the tank, the harness and line accessable at the top of the tank do not have a lot of slack in them, lower the tank just enough to get your hand above the tank to disconnect the line and harness.
Also plan on replacing the 'o' ring seal for the unit.
One last thought, you most likely won't be able to remove the lock ring w/o the special tool!!!!

__________________

'10 Altima SL
Traded 08 Frontier for 16 Frontier SV CC Long box, quite an upgrade. I do miss the 6 speed and Dynomax ex.

Nissan Technician 25 + years
2011 John Deere X720SE

hotajax
Groupie
Groupie

Joined: May 13 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 40

Member's Gallery:
View Gallery

Location:
U.S. - Pennsylvania

Posted: Oct 14 2008 at 12:43am \| IP Logged

bammerchapman wrote:

Why change it out? You should still be under the warranty. Have them do it.

Unless there are some warranty provisions that are unknown to me, the warranty on the fuel sender/pump expires at 36,000 miles. I have 84K on my Frontier. It's going to be a do-it-yourselfer, and I'll have to obtain the special tool for removing the unit from the top of the tank. My dealer wants $650 and tax if they do it. The LIST price on the unit is $350, but fortunately I found a Nissan dealer in another part of the country who uses UPS to get parts to you at a substantial discount, like almost 30% off the phony inflated list price.
< ="text/">_popupControl();

__________________
Jake
jakefridey@verizon.net

gullah07
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Nov 17 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3

Member's Gallery:
View Gallery

Posted: Nov 17 2008 at 1:07pm \| IP Logged

I have the same problem on my 2005. This seems to be a serious issue with these trucks which Nissan is not addressing. I got a qoute of $134.41 for the sensing unit unit, and $29.48 for the O-ring. The parts dept. at the dealer I called know exactly what i needed, like they have seen this before.

hotajax
Groupie
Groupie

Joined: May 13 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 40

Member's Gallery:
View Gallery

Location:
U.S. - Pennsylvania

Posted: Nov 18 2008 at 9:36am \| IP Logged

gullah07 wrote:

They have seen this before and they are really pi**ing me off. The dealer people all know about it. This is enough BS to keep me from buying a new Nissan again. In fact, while I was using a lift to fix my fuel sender, another Nissan driver came in with a "Engine Needs Servicing Soon" light on on her dashboard. Guess what the code was?? P0453 - Fuel sender voltage bad. Nissan knows and they're being SOB's about it. I don't know anyone with a Nissan of that era who isn't having problems. Thanks, Nissan, you've opened my eyes about how you're turning in to GM.

__________________
Jake
jakefridey@verizon.net

If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login
If you are not already registered you must first register

Printable version

Forum Jump

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum