FORD GAS TANK DELAMINATION CLAIMS

Several Ford Models include the SD 550 have experienced gas tank delamination with flaking and other problems causing engine malfunction. Here are some typical complaints. 

Date Complaint Filed: 01/25/2012
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 01/13/2007
NHTSA ID Number: 10445232
FORDF-350 SD2006
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FDWX37P76E...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE DELAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANK, WHICH CREATED A FLAKY SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS DELAMINATING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER HIMSELF AFTER THE FIVE SEPARATE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000. UPDATED 02/15/12*LJ UPDATED 04/26/12


Date Complaint Filed: 07/15/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 07/01/2011
NHTSA ID Number: 10412436
FORD F-450 SD 2004
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FDXF46P44E...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 F-450 SD. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE POWER AND WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS DELAMINATION FOUND IN THE FUEL TANK LINING, WHICH WAS FLAKING OFF AND CAUSING A LEAK IN THE FUEL FILTER AND FUEL PUMP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.


Date Complaint Filed: 07/14/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 06/14/2011
NHTSA ID Number: 10412284
FORD F-350 2005
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FDWF37P25E...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER STALL OR DECELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THEN EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SILVER FLAKES SETTLING IN THE FUEL FILTER. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WAS THEN NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SILVER FLAKES WERE A RESULT OF THE DELAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT DIESEL FUEL WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.


Date Complaint Filed: 06/29/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 03/09/2009
NHTSA ID Number: 10409393
FORD F-350 SD 2004
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

VEHICLE LOSSES POWER AND DROPS IN FUEL MILEAGE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO DELAMINATION. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 06/10/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 06/01/2011
NHTSA ID Number: 10405893
FORD F-550 SD2004
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FDLE40F7VH...

SUMMARY:

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F-550 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING DUE TO DELAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,250.


Date Complaint Filed: 05/20/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 03/01/2011
NHTSA ID Number: 10402237
FORD F-350 SD2006
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

2006 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL DUMP TRUCK. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN TO CROWLEY FORD IN PLAINVILLE CT. OVER 50 TIMES , YES THAT'S RIGHT I SAID 50. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TOWED IN NO LESS THAN 6 TIMES IN 4 YEARS. MANY TIMES LEAVING A CREW OF 5 STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY. FORD TECHNICIANS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. TRUCK WILL SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER OR JUST SHUT OFF. FORD HAS DENIED THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK AND MOTOR BUT THERE ARE MANY CONTRACTORS IN OUR AREA THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. RECENTLY THE TRUCK SAT AT CROWLEY FORD FROM MARCH 1 THROUGH THE END OF MARCH, THEIR TECH'S NOR FORDS TECH'S COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THEY ARE STILL DENYING THAT THE GAS TANK DELAMINATION HAS ANY BEARING ON THE SITUATION. COMPLETELY DISGUSTED WITH FORD AND THEIR LACK OF ATTENTION. I ASSUME ITS GOING TO TAKE A FATALITY OR TWO BEFORE THE PRESS PICKS UP ON THIS STORY AND FINALLY HOLDS FORD ACCOUNTABLE. IN THE MEAN TIME SMALL CONTRACTORS AND TRUCK OWNERS ARE TAKING IT IN THE WALLET BECAUSE FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US OUT HERE!!! *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 04/24/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 04/16/2011
NHTSA ID Number: 10397256
FORD F-550 SD 2006
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

VEHICLE FORDF550 DIESEL STALLED ON ROAD. PROBLEM DIESEL FUEL TANK DELAMINATION CLOGGED FILTER AND FUEL PUMP. FIX WAS REPLACE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE FUEL PUMP. HAVE NEVER USED BIO DIESEL FUEL. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 03/23/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 03/29/2010
NHTSA ID Number: 10392631
FORD E-350 2007
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FTSE34P97D...

SUMMARY:

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD E-350. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED TO BRAKES AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS EXPERIENCING DELAMINATION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,628 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.


Date Complaint Filed: 03/23/2011
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 08/30/2010
NHTSA ID Number: 10392629
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1FTSE34P65H...

SUMMARY:

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS EXPERIENCING DELAMINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,386 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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LAND ROVER FREELANDER COOLANT LEAK LEADS TO ENGINE FAILURE

THE 2002-2005 LAND ROVER FREELANDER HAS BEEN PLAQUED WITH PROBLEMS, COOLANT LEAK AND OVERHEATING USUALLY LEAD TO HEAD GASKET OR ENGINE FAILURE. HERE ARE SOME TYPICAL COMPLAINTS.

Date Complaint Filed: 10/10/2013
Component(s): ENGINE, HEAD GASKET
Date of Incident: 08/06/2013
LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2002
Manufacturer: LAND ROVER
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): SALNY22222A...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT WAS CONSUMING PREMATURELY AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, THE WATER PUMP, AND THE MOTOR FAN REGULATOR; HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

Date Complaint Filed: 03/11/2013
Component(s): ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , ENGINE
Date of Incident: 05/10/2007
NHTSA ID Number: 10502392
LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2002
Manufacturer: LAND ROVER
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): SALNY22292A...

SUMMARY:

THE YEAR IS ACCURATE,MONTH AND DATE ARE APPROXIMATIONS STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKS. COOLANT WOULDN'T PUDDLE UNDER VEHICLE,THOUGH.BUT I COULD SMELL IT SOMETIMES WITH WINDOWS OPEN. THEN,ONE DAY IT WOULD NOT START. TOWED IT TO LAND ROVER DEALER AND OVER THE COURSE OF 3 DAYS,THEY COULDN'T START IT,EITHER. WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE.PAID OUT $5800+.NOW,WITH 104,000 MILES,IT'S LOSING COOLANT,AGAIN. THEY CLAIMED THE OVER FLOW CONTAINER WAS LEAKING. HAD IT REPLACED. AND IT IS STILL LOSING COOLANT.IT IS NOT PUDDLING UNDER THE TRUCK.I SAW,ONLINE,WHERE THE FREELANDER HAS A POSSIBLE ENGINE DEFECT,WITH CYLINDER SLEEVES AND GASKET PROBLEMS.DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE WITH LAND ROVER? OR, COULD THE LEMON LAW COME INTO EFFECT? I,ALSO,HAVE EXPERIENCED REAR WINDOW AND SUNROOF MOTOR FAILURES. I AM RETIRED. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE ANOTHER ENGINE ! THANK YOU. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 03/05/2013
Component(s): ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING , FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Date of Incident: 03/04/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10501435
LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2002
Manufacturer: LAND ROVER
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): SALNE22274A...


SUMMARY:

MY SON TURNED 16 ON MARCH 18, 2012. WE WANTED AN SUV THAT WOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE. WE WANTED A CAR WITH LOWER MILEAGE. WE FOUND A 2004 LAND ROVER FREELANDER AT A LOCAL DEALER WITH ONLY 56,000 MILES. CAR WAS IN AWESOME SHAPE INSIDE AND OUT. NEW TIRES, ETC. PAID $9,500. A FEW DAYS LATER TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL LAND ROVER DEALER IN PORTLAND OREGON TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED OVER. YOU KNOW THE NORMAL OIL CHANGE, OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY DO ON A CAR AT 55K MILES. AFTER THEY LOOKED IT OVER THEY TOLD ME THE COILS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AND ALSO THE PLUGS. I SAID SURE WHATEVER. $1,200 LATER I HAD MY SON'S CAR BACK. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT HAD A ODOR TO IT, AND IT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS GOING UP HILLS AND THE ENGINE WAS MAKING STRANGE SOUNDS. A DAY LATER IT STALLED. HAD IT TOWED TO LAND ROVER DEALER IN PORTLAND OREGON AND THEY TOLD ME IT APPEARS THAT IS WAS OUT OF COOLANT. THEY THOUGHT AT FIRST IT MUST BE A FAULTY THERMOSTAT OR POSSIBLY THE WATER PUMP. NOPE. THEY CAME BACK WITH THERE IS COOLANT MIXING IN WITH THE ENGINE OIL. THAT IT WOULD ANOTHER $1,200 TO $1,500 JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. TOLD ME IF IT WAS HEAD GASKETS OR SOMETHING IN THE BLOCK, IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $5,000 OR MORE TO REPAIR. THE LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO REPLACE THE BLOWN HOSES AND THEY TOLD THEY COULD GET IT WORKING AGAIN BUT IT WAS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR VERY MUCH LONGER. I CHECKED WITH OTHER LAND ROVER SERVICE COMPANIES AND THEY ALL REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT THE FREELANDER AS THEY KNEW IT WAS NOT GOING TO TURN OUT WELL. I FINALLY FOUND A MECHANIC IN PORTLAND OREGON WHO AGREED TO TAKE IT APART AND FIX IT. THEY TOLD ME NO MORE THAN $3,500. WHAT WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO, WE PAID $9,500 AND SELLING IT FOR SCRAP SEEM LIKE A BAD IDEA. SO AS OF TODAY, JUNE 6TH I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE REPAIRS AT A LOCAL SHOP ON OUR 2004 LAND ROVER FREELANDER WITH ONLY 57K TO BE COMPLETED. *TR



Date Complaint Filed: 05/12/2012
Component(s): ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING , FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM , POWER TRAIN , STRUCTURE , VISIBILITY
Date of Incident: 11/10/2003
NHTSA ID Number: 10458178
LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2003
Manufacturer: LAND ROVER
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): SALNY222X3A...

SUMMARY:

1. COOLANT SYSTEM: STRONG ANTIFREEZE ODOR IN VEHICLE CABIN - REPLACED COOLANT RESERVOIR;REPLACED COOLANT RESERVOIR CAP; THERMOSTAT HOUSING FAILURE; REPLACED ALL COOLANT LINES AND HOSES AS PREVENTATIVE MEASURE; HEATER CORE FAILURE - LEAKED ANTI FREEZE INTO HEATER CHAMBER 2. TRANSMISSION SYSTEM (1 OF 3): CODE F4 APPEARED ON ODOMETER; HILL DECENT FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED; TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED; BRAKE ANTI BLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED; TRANSMISSION (WHILE IN AUTOMATIC D) WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT PAST 2. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT UPSHIFT BEYOND 3; MANUALLY SHIFTING DOWN TO 1, TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCES HARSH SHIFTING ACCOMPANIED BY LOUD CLUNKING SOUND SHIFTING FROM 1 TO 2; WILL NOT MANUALLY SHIFT BEYOND 3. 3. INTAKE MANIFOLD AND INDUCTION SYSTEM: VEHICLE REVERTED TO CREEP€ MODE AND WOULD NOT TRAVEL BEYOND 5 MPH; TOWED VEHICLE TO RESIDENCE; DISCOVERED INTAKE MANIFOLD BUTTERFLY VALVES WERE DISCONNECTED FROM ACTUATION ROD - REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD 4. FUEL SYSTEM:VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON FREEWAY - REPLACED FUEL PUMP 5. SUNROOF, WINDOWS, AND DOORS: SUNROOF WILL NOT CLOSE REPLACE SUNROOF ACTUATION MECHANISM 3 TIMES; POWER WINDOW REGULATOR FAIL ON: LEFT FRONT (2 TIMES); RIGHT FRONT; LEFT REAR; RIGHT REAR (3 TIMES); REAR DOOR (2 TIMES): 5. WARNING AND CAUTION SYSTEM: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES THEN EXTINGUISHES, THEN ILLUMINATES AND STAYS ILLUMINATED (MULTIPLE REPEAT DISCREPANCY AND ONGOING): PURCHASED OBDM II CODE SCANNER/READER: MOST COMMON FAULT LEFT #2 BANK TOO LEAN; MISFIRE DETECTED ON #2 OR #1 SPARK PLUG - REPLACED ALL 6 SPARK COILS; “ DISCREPANCY NOT CORRECTED; COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF LEAN CONDITION POSSIBLE ECM FLASH. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 03/14/2012
Component(s): ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Date of Incident: 05/04/2011
NHTSA ID Number: 10451718
LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2003
Manufacturer: LAND ROVER
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): SALNY22233A...


SUMMARY:

BOUGHT CAR USED IN FALL 09, HAD SEVERAL WHAT SEEMED LIKE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR REPAIRS. THERE WAS NO WARRANTY ON IT AS I BOUGHT IT FROM ANOTHER OWNER. EARLY MAY '11 THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION. ON THE WAY HOME IT CAME ON AGAIN AND AS I WAS 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM HOME THE CAR JUST SLOWED AND CAME TO A STOP. THIS TURNED INTO A 2+ MONTH STINCH IN THE SHOP, WITH THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REBUILT. THIS WAS DONE BY MY MECHANIC. I WISHED I HAD READ THE INFO LISTED HERE PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OR EVEN A YEAR AGO. LAST WINTER THE COOLANT CONSTANTLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED LIKE EVERY FEW DAYS AND THE CAR WAS OVER HEATING. MY MECHANIC SAID THE HOSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BETWEEN THEN AND THIS WINTER BOTH WERE REPLACED AND NOW I'M EXPERIENCING THE CAR OVER HEATING WHEN ITS FULL WITH COOLANT, HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT STARTING, THERE NOT BEING ENOUGH POWER TO GET IT UP A HILL ETC. *TR

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CAUSE OF LAND ROVER FREELANDER ENGINE AND HEAD GASKET FAILURE

 

Expert Report


Below are excerpts from an expert report used to obtain compensation for Land Rover defects.

In researching the head gasket failure and catastrophic engine failure concerns of the 2002 and 2003 model years of the Land Rover Freelander manufactured with the KV6 2.5 liter aluminum V6 engine. I have found information, in my professional opinion, that would indicate a design defect with this engine that is the cause of these concerns.

First, I would like to provide a brief description of this engine. This engine is referred to as an aluminum V6 engine because it is manufactured using an aluminum cylinder block along with aluminum cylinder heads. Many internal components are however made of steel and iron. Most automotive manufacturers today offer aluminum V6 engines that would fall under this description. The KV6 engine shares several technical features with other manufacturer’s aluminum V6 engines of the 2002-2003 period such as double overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder design cylinder heads, and variable intake manifold tuning.
One distinct design feature of the KV6 engine that makes it different from common aluminum V6 engines is the use of slip fit steel cylinder sleeves (or liners) in it's construction. All of the aluminum V6 engines that I have been exposed to (from Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, and others) use a press fit cast iron cylinder sleeve. Typically, engines using the cast iron cylinder sleeve design have demonstrated virtually no issues related to the sleeves or their integrity as assembled in the aluminum cylinder block. This is not the case with the KV6 engine design. I discovered an alarming number of reports describing failures (head gaskets and engine seizures) related to the sleeves of the KV6 engine. 

Typically when aluminum cylinder block-iron sleeve engines are manufactured, the cylinder bores of the aluminum block are slightly smaller than the outside diameter of the cast iron sleeves before assembly at room temperature. This difference in sizes is referred to as interference and won’t allow assembly while the block and sleeves are both at room temperature. The block is heated to over 600 degrees F to allow it to fully expand before the cool or room temperature sleeves are pressed (forced) into place within the block and then allowed to cool at a controlled rate as an assembly. The amount of force used to press the sleeves into the block varies with designs and can be from a few hundred pounds to a few thousand pounds. This process assures a permanent, unchanging fitment of the sleeves to the cylinder block. 

 
With the Freelander engine the sleeves are simply slipped into place as the engine is assembled. The sleeves of the Freelander engine have a shoulder machined into them about midway down the outside of the sleeves which rests on a machined land within the cylinder bores of the engine block as the engine is assembled. The sleeves essentially have two outside diameters with the lower end being smaller than the upper. It would be critical that these machined surfaces be of high quality and precision as once assembled, the contact area of the two surfaces would have to provide a seal between the coolant jacket of the cylinder block and the engine crankcase where the engine oil is collected and stored in the engine oil pan. The Freelander engine design relies on the clamping force of the cylinder head and gasket of the assembled engine to maintain a tension against the sleeves from the top to ensure a seal at the two machined surfaces described. The cylinder head gaskets are manufactured with a metal compression seal ring that is mated to the tops of the sleeves and these compression seal rings have a designed, calculated "crush" that upon assembly, ensure a permanent seal between the high temperature and pressure combustion gases, and the separate coolant and oil circulation passages of the assembled cylinder block and heads. It is important to note that the tops of the sleeves of the Freelander engine are designed to be flush with the head gasket surface of the cylinder block when assembled so that the head gasket will perform it's purpose of sealing effectively.

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VOLKSWAGEN INJECTOR AND ENGINE PROBLEM

Volkswagen vehicles have experienced engine and injector problems. Here are some typical problems reported to the NHTSA.

Component(s): FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Date of Incident: 07/19/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10531734
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2012
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWPL7AJ2CM...

SUMMARY:

2013-07-19 - DRIVING AT 25MPH, ENGINE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE, ERROR LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE STOPS COMPLETELY, LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE POWER, WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE STREET. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. VW SERVICE TEAM MANAGER ASSERTS METAL SHAVINGS IN FUEL INJECTOR INDICATE CONTAMINATION OF FUEL SYSTEM. DOES NOT INDICATE WHAT DRIVER BEHAVIOR COULD PREVENT THIS, NOR DOES HE DISCLOSE PUBLICIZED TDI HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS. MOST RECENT FUELING 2013-07-17. FUEL RECEIPT READS: 12.99 GALLON DIESEL 2 PUMP #10 WITH TWO DAYS OF UNEVENTFUL DRIVING PRIOR TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE, SUGGESTS MISFUELING NOT RESPONSIBLE.


Date Complaint Filed: 07/10/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Date of Incident: 07/06/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10524232
VOLKSWAGEN CC2010
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): WVWHP7AN3AE...


SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN CC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND SMOKE WAS SEEN FROM THE EXHAUST. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE ODOR OF GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS ALSO GASOLINE ON THE ENGINE, WHICH THE DEALER ADVISED CLEANING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. UPDATED 8/15/13 *CN THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE FAULTY AND WERE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK IN THE CYLINDER CAUSING AN ENGINE MISFIRE.. UPDATED 8/15/13 *CN


Date Complaint Filed: 07/07/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 07/06/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10523524
Vehicle Make Mode lModel Year(s)
VOLKSWAGENJETTA2012
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWLL7AJ9CM...

SUMMARY:

(THIS CAR IS A JETTA TDI DIESEL, TDI OPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE IN PULL-DOWN LIST ABOVE) AFTER EXITING HIGHWAY, I SMELLED DIESEL FUEL. PARKED AT DESTINATION AND OBSERVED FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDER HOOD AND POOLING ON GROUND. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED & WAS TOLD TO GET FIRE DEPT THERE TO CLEAN UP SPILL. FIRE DEPT SPREAD MATERIAL ON GROUND AND OPENED CAR HOOD. WE COULD SEE SPRAY MARKS OF FUEL FROM INJECTOR OR LINES, SPRAY MARKS DOWN PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR FROM SPLASHING UP ON HIGHWAY DRIVE I WAS TOLD TO NOT START CAR AND KEEP PERSONS AWAY FROM CAR UNTIL TOW TRUCK CAME. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT ON TOW TRUCK BED, MORE FUEL GUSHED OUT FROM UNDERBODY OF CAR. CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED ONLY AT VW DEALER, LAST DATE OF 4/12/13. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS APPROX 50 MILES FROM HOME ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, SO THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A VW DEALER IN THAT TOWN (GRAND RAPIDS, MI). UPON CHECKING FUEL GAUGE IN CAR, IT WAS DOWN 1/8 TO 1/4 OF A TANK FURTHER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. *TR



Date Complaint Filed: 05/28/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 04/13/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10513920
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2009
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWPL71K99M...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE DIESEL FUEL INJECTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 04/24/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 04/23/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10509432
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2010
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWTL7AJ7AM...

SUMMARY:

ENGINE STALLED AND SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS AT A 4-WAY STOP SIGN. CAR WAS TOWED TO VW SPECIALIST CENTER AND WAS DETERMINED THAT TDI FUEL PUMP AND INJECTOR SYSTEM HAD FAILED. VW SPECIALIST DETERMINED THAT THIS IS A COMMON EVENT WITH TDI FUEL SYSTEMS. FRESH DIESEL FUEL WAS FUELED IN MY VW AND DROVE FOR 6 MILES TO WHEN ENGINE STALLED OCCURRED. VW SPECIALIST INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO CROSS CONTAMINATION OF DIESEL FUEL, WITH WATER OR GASOLINE. DIESEL FUEL WAS 100% DIESEL IN FUEL SYSTEM. *TR

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NEW NISSAN ALTIMA PROBLEMS

OWNERS OF THE NEW NISSAN ALTIMA HAVE EXPERIENCED VARIOUS PROBLEMS. HERE ARE COMPLAINTS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.

Date Complaint Filed: 09/21/2013
Component(s): ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , STEERING
Date of Incident: 09/15/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10544792
NISSAN ALTIMA 2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL3AP6DC...

SUMMARY:

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 2 TO 25 MPH HEAR LOUD HIGH PITCH WHINING SOUND FROM ENGINE. THIS STARTED AFTER ABOUT 200 MILES ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD 51 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL IT IS THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. THE WHINING NOISE IS VERY DISTURBING AND DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING. SUCH NOISE IS NOT NORMAL. NISSAN NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A FIX. JUST PURCHASED FROM DEALER ON 9/13/2013.


Date Complaint Filed: 08/26/2013
Component(s): AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , ENGINE , SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC , STEERING
Date of Incident: 11/26/2012
NHTSA ID Number: 10537310
NISSAN ALTIMA 2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL3AP7DN...

SUMMARY:

SAFETY CONCERN, PROPER OPERATION OF AIR BAGS (SRS LIGHT ON). THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW NISSAN ALTIMA 2013, A MAJOR LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON. THIS LIGHT BROUGHT UP CONCERNS. ARE THE AIR BAGS WORKING PROPERLY? WILL THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY CORRECTLY UPON IMPACT? ARE THE AIR BAGS WORKING AT ALL? WILL THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING? WILL THE AIR BAGS IMPLODE AND AFFECT THE STEERING PROCESS? IS THIS AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS AN ELECTRONIC OR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION? AFTER BUYING A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, SHOULD I EVEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE SAFETY CONCERN, THE LIST OF ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ISSUES CONTINUES FOR THE NEWLY BOUGHT VEHICLE. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING, THE BRAKE SYSTEM, BUBBLING PAINT AND CONCERNS WITH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE. ALL THIS IS REFLECTED IN EACH OF THE INVOICES SUBMITTED FOR YOUR PERUSAL. IN ADDITION, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT CONTINUOUSLY HAS A ROUGH IDLE, A ROUGH START AT TIMES THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT. HE IS AT A LOSS BECAUSE WHO SHOULD HE TAKE HIS VEHICLE WITH THIS CONCERN? ALL IN ALL, SIR ALL THESE VEHICLE DISCREPANCIES ARE TROUBLING TO HAVE WITH A BRAND NEW NISSAN ALTIMA 2013 AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES WITHIN THE LAST NINE MONTHS. ALSO, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONCERNS WITH THE ENGINE AND INTERIOR COMPARTMENTS. IN ADDITION, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT CONTINUOUSLY HAD A ROUGH IDLE, A ROUGH START AT ALL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL.


Date Complaint Filed: 06/20/2013
Component(s): ENGINE
Date of Incident: 06/18/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10520891
NISSAN ALTIMA 2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL3AP6DC...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HE HEARD A WINDING NOISE. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD, HE HEARD A LOUD WHISTLING NOISE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200.


Date Complaint Filed: 06/09/2013
Component(s): SUSPENSION
Date of Incident: 06/04/2012
NHTSA ID Number: 10515869
NISSAN ALTIMA 2012
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL2APXCN...

SUMMARY:

HEADLINER WAS MADE INCORRECT FOR ALL 2012 MODELS AND NISSAN IS AWARE AND REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL. WE HAVE TWO OF THE SAME YEAR ALTIMA PURCHASED ON THE SAME DATE. ALSO THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION STILL AND WHEN I TURN TO LEFT IT MAKES A POPPING SOUND. WENT IN TO GET OIL CHANGED AND WAS TOLD I HAD AN OIL LEAK THAT WAS GOING BACK INTO MY ENGINE AND BLEW ONE OF MY CYLINDERS AND TORE AN O-RING SO HAD TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. ALSO SOMETHING WRONG WITH REAR DEFROSTER THAT REQUIRED BACK WINDSHIELD TO BE REPLACED. HORRIBLE CONTROL ISSUES WHEN GOING OVER 50 MPH. ALSO SUNROOF REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO REPEATEDLY BREAKING ON THE TRACK PIECE. THIS CAR AS VERY POORLY MADE AND NISSAN WILL NOT OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKES. ALSO BREAKS SQUEAK NON STOP AND GRIND AND HAVE SINCE CARS WERE PURCHASED, NISSAN INFORMED US THIS WAS NORMAL SINCE THEY HAVE METAL BREAK PADS ON THE 2012 MODELS. IF I COULD GIVE CARS BACK I WOULD IN A HEARTBEAT. HUGE LEMONS ON THE 2012 HENCE THE ENTIRE REMAKE OF THE 2013'S, THEY KNEW THEY MESSED UP. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 05/31/2013
Component(s): ENGINE , STEERING
Date of Incident: 03/14/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10514505
NISSANALTIMA 2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL3AP3DC...

SUMMARY:

SO I HAVE BEEN HEARING A WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY CAR AT LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK IT IN AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS A NORMAL POWER STEERING NOISE. AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, I BROUGHT IT BACK A WEEK LATER AFTER I FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT THEIR IS A NISSAN TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THIS. AND THEY HAD IT FOR A FEW DAYS WITH MY OTHER CONCERNS AND RETURNED IT TO ME SAYING THAT MY CAR DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE REPAIR. WHY IS THIS? IT IS MAKING INTOLERABLE NOISES AND YET THEY DO NOT FIX IT? TO THIS DAY I AM STILL GETTING THESE NOISES AND HAVE READ THAT THE STEERING PUMP HAS FAILED ON OTHER 2013 NISSAN ALTIMAS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 05/31/2013
Component(s): ENGINE , FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE , POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident: 02/07/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10514473
NISSANALTIMA2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL3AP3DC...

SUMMARY:

WELL THE MAIN SELLING POINT ON THIS VEHICLE IS THAT THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY WERE TOP IN MPG'S WITH 27 CITY AND 38 HIGHWAY. AFTER A WEEK OR SO I NOTICED THAT MY MPG AVERAGE IS NO MORE THAN 23.1. AND THAT WAS WITH MORE THAN 50% TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS WITH NO TRAFFIC(NEVER WENT UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT). I FIGURED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BEING NEW AND IT WOULD AVERAGE OUT BETTER LATER. SO AFTER 5,000 MILES ON THE CAR I TOOK IT IN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS JUST BECAUSE EVERY DRIVER AVERAGES DIFFERENT AND I KEPT SAYING BUT I AM NOT EVEN GETTING CLOSE TO THE 27 CITY AND I DRIVE MORE HIGHWAY. BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING IS NORMAL AND THEY RESET THE AVERAGE CALCULATOR. AFTER A WEEK IT WAS WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE AND I WAS BRINGING IT BACK FOR MY MANY OTHER PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH THIS CAR. THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND FINALLY TOLD ME THAT WHILE THEY HAD IT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SAYING THAT MY AIR FUEL RATIO SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THEY REPLACED IT AND TOLD ME THAT WAS THE FIX. I HAVE PUT ABOUT A TANKS WORTH OF MILEAGE ON IT SINCE AND I AM GETTING UNDER 23 MPG STILL. EITHER SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG WITH MY CAR OR NISSAN IS LYING ABOUT THE MPG'S AND YES I GET THAT THEY ARE PRESENTED BY THE EPA BUT NISSAN DOES THE TEST FIRST THEN SENDS IT TO THE EPA AND THEN THE EPA TESTS LATER ON. EITHER WAY THE MPG'S ARE WRONG AND I DRIVE TO TRY TO GET THE BEST MPG'S I DON'T EVEN GO OVER 2,000 RPM'S UNLESS GOING UP HILL. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE VIBRATION FROM THE TRANS. BUT THAT'S IN ANOTHER COMPLAINT. NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I CHOSE THIS OVER THE HONDA ACCORD JUST FOR THE MPG'S. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 05/10/2013
Component(s): ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident: 02/01/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10511359
NISSANALTIMA2012
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL2AP2CN...

SUMMARY:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES. THE BATTERY FLUID WOULD DISCHARGE AND THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED ONCE. THE DOORS EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE AND THE DOORS ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED. THE REMOTE ALSO FAILED TO START THE ENGINE AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE TO START WAS CAUSED BY THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 14,000.


Date Complaint Filed: 04/29/2013
Component(s): POWER TRAIN , STEERING
Date of Incident: 12/14/2012
NHTSA ID Number: 10509854
NISSAN ALTIMA 2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL3AP0DN...

SUMMARY:

THERE IS A SHUTTERING VIBRATION IN DRIVE TRAIN WHEN ENGINE IS AT 1500 RPM AND GOING UP AN INCLINE. EVENTUALLY IT IS GOING TO CAUSE LOOSING OF BOLTS AND CAUSE CRASH. *TR


Date Complaint Filed: 12/16/2012
Component(s): POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident: 11/20/2012
NHTSA ID Number: 10488936
NISSAN ALTIMA 2013
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available

SUMMARY:

APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING MY BRAND NEW 2013 ALTIMA 3.5 S THE CAR DEVELOPED A SHUDDER AND VIBRATION WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY. IT ALSO OCCURRED GOING UP SMALL HILLS, AND WHEN I WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN PULL OFF (FOR INSTANCE AT A RED LIGHT). AFTER NOTICING THIS, I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER, AND WE DID A TEST DRIVE IN HOPES OF MIMICKING THE ISSUE. THE MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR A CVT ENGINE, AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I WASN'T QUITE CONVINCED, BUT I WANTED TO TRUST HIS OPINION, SINCE THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME DRIVING A CAR WITH A CVT ENGINE. HOWEVER, A FEW WEEKS PASSED AND THE SHUDDER AND VIBRATION GOT WORSE. THE CAR EVEN JERKED FORWARD ONCE WHEN I WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKES. THIS PROMPTED ME TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER VISIT WITH THE DEALER. THIS TIME THE SAME MECHANIC FROM THE FIRST VISIT AND THE MANAGER RODE ALONG WITH ME. DURING THIS TEST DRIVE THE MANAGER FELT THE SUDDEN SHUDDER, ONCE WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SLIGHTLY ACCELERATED. THIS PROMPTED THEM TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION, NOT EVEN 30 DAYS AFTER MY PURCHASE. I PICKED MY CAR UP FROM THE DEALER ON 12/7/12 AFTER THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR DROVE PERFECTLY FINE. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT NOW THE CAR HAS DEVELOPED THE SAME SHUDDER AND VIBRATION EVEN MORE NOW. I WILL BE CALLING FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TOMORROW, BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER CAR RIDING DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU. *TR ## VIN

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NISSAN ALTIMA PROBLEMS 

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NISSAN TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM

Nissan Owners have experienced problems with tire pressure and monitoring on the Altima and other models. Owners may be entitled to compensation. Here are some typical complaints from government records.

Date Complaint Filed: 08/30/2013 
Component(s): TIRES
Date of Incident: 05/23/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10538122
NISSAN ALTIMA2012
Tire Brand NameTire Line / Tire Size Production Dates
CONTINENTALCONTI PRO CONTACT -
Manufacturer: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC. , Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL2AP6CC...

SUMMARY:

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES, LINE: CONTI PRO CONTACT, SIZE: 215/45/17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE TIRE AFFECTED WAS ALWAYS BOTH REAR TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000. DR


Date Complaint Filed: 08/15/2013
Component(s): WHEELS
Date of Incident: 08/01/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10535454
NISSAN FRONTIER 2009
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N6AD06W39C...


SUMMARY:

TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR - STAYED ON AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT DEALER FOR 75,000 MI CHECK UP WHICH INCLUDED EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL VEHICLE SYSTEMS. AFTER CHECKING COLD PRESSURE SEVERAL TIMES AND DRIVING VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS TIRE PRESSUE MONITOR WOULD NOT GO OFF. RETURNED TO DEALER AND REQUESTED THE PROBLEM BE FIXED. THEY WERE HELPFUL AND POLITE BUT TRIED TO CHARGE ME $160.75 FOR REPLACING THE MONITOR BECAUSE THE BATTERY WENT OUT IN THE MONITOR. I AM COMPLAINING THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE SPEND $160 FOR EACH TIRE MONITOR BECAUSE IT'S BATTERY EXPIRED. THE BATTERIES SHOULD BE REPLACABLE IN THE TIRE MONITOR. I THINK ITS'S UNFAIR AND POOR DESIGN TO REQUIRE NISSAN OWNERS TO SPEND $640 OVER TIME TO KEEP AN IMPORTANT SAFTEY FEATURE OPERATIONAL. THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED TO REFLECT A MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE(REPLACEABLE BATTERY) REPLACEMENT PART OR REPLACE THE MONITORS FREE OF CHARGE.


Date Complaint Filed: 08/13/2013
Component(s): STEERING
Date of Incident: 08/11/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10535070
NISSAN ALTIMA 2008
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 1N4AL21E68N...

SUMMARY:

I TOOK MY CAR TO WASH AND SUDDENLY FOR NO REASON I JUST HEARD A NOISE RIGHT AFTER THAT MY RESET TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON, THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND SET WAS FLASHING, I TRIED TO CANCEL IT BUT IT WOULDN'T THEN LUCKILY I SHOULD SAY WHEN I GOT HOME MY AC JUST TURNED OFF AND WOULDN'T TURN BACK ON THEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WHEN I TRIED TO START IT IT WOULDN'T START THEN THE YELLOW KEY LIGHT TURNED ON AND I IT WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE THE EITHER KEY. MY PHONE WAS CHARGING AND IT WAS ALSO DAMAGED DUE TO THIS FAILURE. I'VE VERY UPSET. I HAD TO TOW IT IN TO THE DEALER SHIP TO GET IT DIAGNOSED HAD TO PAY 95.00 FOR IT PLUS NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS: -----ORIGINAL MESSAGE----- FROM: ROGER KELLEY [MAILTO:ROGER_KELLEY@VIVAAUTOGROUP.COM] SENT: MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 12:20 PM TO: SUBJECT: REPAIR QUOTE THE REPAIRS FOR 2008 ALTIMA ARE LISTED BELOW STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY & SCREWS 834.22 LABOR CHARGES 286.20 TAXES & DISPOSAL FEES -95.89 TOTAL - 1216.31 THIS IS ABSURD, I DID MY RESEARCH AND I SEE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. 

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INCIDENCE OF ENGINE FAILURE IN THE LAND ROVER FREELANDER AND DISCOVERY ENGINES

Many head gasket failures have been reported on the Freelander engine on the vehicle and it has been determined that this has been commonly caused by a condition where a cylinder sleeve (or sleeves) has "dropped" in the engine block (meaning that the top of the sleeve has moved below flush with the head gasket surface of the block). The condition occurred often enough that Land Rover issued a bulletin (Technical Bulletin #0036, dated June 16, 2004) for it's dealership technicians to provide a process for inspection and evaluation when a vehicle came in for repair. Though this bulletin also addresses an overheat condition diagnosis and repair, engine overheating often accompanies head gasket failure. The head gasket would have failed primarily because the tension of the crushed compression seal ring would be compromised as the sleeve moved lower into the block and away from the cylinder head, ultimately allowing coolant intrusion into the combustion chamber and combustion gases into the cooling system. This loss of tension against a cylinder sleeve would also compromise the sealing effectiveness of the aforementioned machined surfaces of the sleeve and cylinder block and allow coolant intrusion into the crankcase and engine oil, and thus causing catastrophic engine failure as the lubricating qualities of the engine oil are severely diminished when antifreeze coolant is mixed with it.

This would explain another common concern with the Freelander engine where the engines have seized (locked up), often times while driving. The reason that the sleeves drop in the block seems to be apparent and easy to understand. There are two basic principles at work in this issue. First, there is a significant difference in the thermal properties of steel and aluminum, and second, the steel cylinder sleeves are substantially harder than the alloy aluminum cylinder block they are fitted to. Aluminum expands and contracts at a greater rate and degree than steel when heated and cooled. In the normal life of an automotive engine there are an incredible number of these heating and cooling cycles- ie: cold start up to normal operating temperature and then cool down when shut off, occasional high work loads from trailer towing, climbing long grades in extreme weather conditions, etc.

After enough of these cycles, the precision machined surfaces of the relatively soft aluminum cylinder block that relate to the fitment of the much harder steel sleeve would understandably be compromised as the aluminum is moving quicker and more than the steel in the process of thermal expansion and contraction. Add to this the fact that as the engine is running, pistons are moving up and down within the sleeves at a high rate of speed with some friction (normal-from the way that they are designed to fit within the sleeve), pushing up on the sleeve as the piston rises and then pulling down on the sleeve as the piston descends. This can effectively cause the hard steel sleeve to "hammer" against the machined surfaces within the bores of the softer aluminum cylinder block. Theses actions could be expected to cause the machined surfaces within the block to deteriorate and/or damaged to a point of failure. This helps to explain why the sleeves drop in the cylinder block, causing head gasket failure and even catastrophic engine failure. If this occurs in traffic, mechanical features such power braking will not function. Stopping and maneuvering the vehicle particularly in traffic become a serious problem, and the condition poses dangers to the driver, occupants, and other vehicles.

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