1995 Nissan 240SX

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HE SMELT WIRES BURNING. CONSUMER PARK THE VEHICLE FOR THE NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY THE CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP START VEHICLE. THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 12/28/1995· SEATS

  SEATS ARE HARD TO SIT, MOVE/SLIDE BACK AND FORTH. *AK

• 12/20/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,POWER TRAIN

  I FORGOT TO MENTION NOT ONLY IS THE BRAKE SYSTEM BAD BUT THE TAKOMETER AND GAS GAUGE AS WELL. ODI #738038. NO ONE WILL LISTEN. THE 91 240SX WAS GREAT! THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I'VE INQUIRED ABOUT WHY IT WAS DISCONTINUED AND I CAN'T GET A ANSWER FROM ANYONE.*AK

• 12/20/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN

  NO BODY CAN FIX THE BRAKING SYSTEM IN MY CAR. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM DONE FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS. 4 + TIMES. I'M NOW BEING TOLD THAT THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE UNIVERSALS, CALIPERS, BEARINGS ROTORS AND MORE. WAS TOLD THAT IF THE PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T NEED AS MUCH WORK NOW. WAS QUOTED OVER 1,000 IN BRAKING SYSTEM WORK NEEDED TO BE DONE. THIS CAR IS ONLY A 1995. MY 1991 WAS A TANK COMPARED TO THIS ONE. I HATE THIS CAR. NISSAN CORPORATE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM AND THE PAINT PEELING OFF IN THE FRONT END. AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE THE VIN # WITH ME. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. JUST HEARD A LOUD CRASHING SOUND IN THE REAR END LAST NIGHT. *AK

• 12/18/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING. CONSUMER SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A ECU. AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING INDICATED THAT AIRBAG WAS NOT WORKING. *AK

• 12/16/1999· AIR BAGS

  WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD NOTICED AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. CONTACTED DEALER , DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . *AK

• 11/08/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  I HAVE A 1995 NISSAN QUEST VEHICLE THAT HAD A SAFETY RECALL FOR A CRACKED FUEL TANK VENT HOSE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN JUNE 2001 WITH THE RECALL NOTICE STATING THAT THE HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO PREVENT THE HOSE FROM CRACKING AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAK. ON NOV. 5TH 2004, MY VEHICLE FAILED IT'S ANNUAL STATE EMISSIONS TEST, WITH THE REPORT SAYING THAT I HAD A FUEL SYSTEM LEAK. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP DISCOVERED THE FUEL TANK VENT HOSE CRACKED AND LEAKING AND CHARGED ME $170 TO REPLACE IT. I PROTESTED THE CHARGE BECAUSE THE RECALL WORK WAS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. THIS SAFETY RECALL IS NOT EFFECTIVE. NISSAN TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL WORK IS ONLY WARRANTED FOR 1 YEAR. MY CONTENTION IS THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING AND THE LATEST WORK SHOULD BE COVERED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR NISSAN WOULD AGREE TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE EXPENSE. SINCE THE HOSE SHOULD NOT HAVE CRACKED AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE EXPENSE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE RECALL WORK WAS NOT EFFECTIVE.*AK

• 11/03/1995· SEATSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DIDN'T WORK AND HAVE HEAD ON COLLISION WAS INJURIED BY THE AIR BAG AND PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT LOCK POSITION .

• 10/28/2011· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS TANKED CRACKED ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTING STRAP CAUSING GASOLENE SPILLAGE - THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TT

• 10/26/2012· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  AFTER DRIVING SAID VEHICLE NOTHING STOOD OUT HOWEVER, TOWARDS THE NEXT DAY I SMELT FUEL AND THERE WAS A LEAK ROUGHLY 1 METER WIDE. THE GAS TANK CRACKED IN A SPOT WHERE OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAID VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED A CRACK IN THE SAME FASHION. *TR

• 10/18/1996· VISIBILITY

  REAR DEFROSTER INOPERATIVE.

• 10/09/2007· AIR BAGS

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 NISSAN 240SX. THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING A FEW YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE LIGHT DID NOT AFFECT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE AIR BAGS. RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT WORK IN A CRASH BECAUSE THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE SIZE AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 10/23/07 *TR

• 10/02/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  ON TWO OCCASSIONS CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND BOTH AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, FIRST CONSUMER WAS REARENDED AND SECOND TIME CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER CAR AND AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 09/30/1997· AIR BAGS

  NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN AN ACCIDENT.

• 09/30/1996· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG'S WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON & OFF. *AK

• 09/23/1998· TIRES,EQUIPMENT

  THE VEHICLE HIT A HOLE IN THE HIGHWAY, LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED. WHEN TRYING TO REPAIR THE TIRE, THE LUG WRENCH BROKE AT THE TIP WHERE THE WELD IS, NISSAN CONTACTED. CONSUMER STATES THEY WERE OF NO HELP SINCE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *AK

• 09/22/1998· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT NEEDED REPLACING.

• 09/14/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE FUEL TANK WHERE THE STRAP WAS ATTACHED BROKE, AND FUEL LEAKED ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT ON THIS MATTER. *AK *SC

• 08/30/2012· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  SMELLED GAS WHEN GETTING IN CAR. LOOKED UNDER CAR TO FIND GAS TANK LEAKING. *TR

• 08/24/2020· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 NISSAN 240SX. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK FRACTURED AND LEAKED FUEL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE TROPHY WEST COVINA NISSAN LOCATED AT 205 N CITRUS ST, WEST COVINA, CA 91791, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT FUEL TANK WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TWO OTHER YEAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLES THAT HAD SIMILAR FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 187,750.

• 08/24/1995· POWER TRAINCrash

  FAILED SHIFTER CABLE ALLOWED DRIVER TO REMOVE KEY WITH VEHICLE IN DRIVE, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *DH

• 08/23/2013· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FILLED THE TANK ON MY WAY TO WORK AND BEGAN SMELLING GAS. UPON COMING OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER THE CAR. AT THIS POINT THE SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE CAR WAS UNBEARABLE. GOT THE CAR HOME AND FOUND FUEL LEAKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE REAR WHEEL. LOOKING UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND FUEL STREAMING FROM THE FRONT PORTION OF THE FUEL TANK NEAR THE SUPPORT STRAP. IT APPEARS THAT THE TANK IS CRACKING IN THIS LOCATION. WITHOUT REMOVING THE TANK IT APPEARS TO BE A STRESS FRACTURE OF SOME KIND IN THE PLASTIC TANK. *TR

• 08/14/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  I HAVE A 1995 NISSAN 240SX, AND THE FUEL TANK HAS A SUBSTANTIAL LEAK.*AK

• 08/13/2010· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS TANK LEAKS FUEL DUE TO CRACK DEVELOPED FROM NORMAL DRIVING. COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE AND SERIOUS FINES FROM EPA. *TR

• 07/24/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CRACK IN GAS TANK, CAUSING LEAKING FUEL.*AK

• 07/22/2006· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  1995 NISSAN 240SX GAS TANK FAILURE, CRACKED AND LEAKING GASOLINE. NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE TANK, IT JUST CRACKED AND STARTED LEAKING. *NM

• 07/20/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  DEFECT IN ALL NISSAN 240SX GAS TANKS, RESULTS LEADING TO GAS LEAKING. NISSAN MANFACTURES SHOULD DO AN RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. *JB

• 07/20/2000· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

• 07/19/2010· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE WAS LEFT UNUSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHILE OUT OF TOWN, AND DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK FROM THE GAS TANK FOR NO REASON. *TR

• 07/19/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION GOING 55MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK *JB

• 07/11/1996· VISIBILITY

  POWER WINDOWS NOISY. *DH

• 07/09/2010· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL TANK IS LEAKING GAS ONTO THE GROUND. *TR

• 06/29/2015· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I STARTED SMELLING AN EXTREMELY LARGE GAS SMELL SO I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER MY CAR AND MY GAS TANK WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. IT HAS A STRESS CRACK. NO PUNCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE TANK JUST STARTED SPLITTING APART.

• 06/20/1995· STEERINGCrash

  CAR WENT INTO CLOCK-WISE SPIN, DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND CAR WENT INTO DITCH. TT

• 06/19/1996· SUSPENSION

  FRONT WAS REPLACES FIVE TIMES, PURCHASED CAR USED , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 06/16/2012· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  95 NISSAN 240SX GAS TANK FAILURE, CRACKED AND LEAKING GASOLINE. NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE TANK, IT JUST CRACKED AND STARTED LEAKING. *JB

• 06/06/1995· SEAT BELTS

  FRONT/BACK SEAT BELT DEFECTIVE,FRONT LOCKS, WIRES ARE EXPOSED IN THE DOOR, BACK SEAT BELT(RT.) LOCKS WHEN BUCKLED, ALSO EXPERIENCES BRAKE PROBLEMS. TT

• 05/31/2007· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  WHERE THE GAS TANK STAP IS MOUNTED TO THE CAR HAS RUBBED AGAINST THE GAS TANK AND HAS CREATED A HORRIBLE GAS LEAK. I CAN'T EVEN FILL THE TANK AN EIGHTH OF THE WAY WITHOUT IT LEAKING. THIS COULD CATCH ON FIRE AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

• 05/22/2000· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOORS ARE AUTOMATIC LOCKING, WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR OR DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY

• 05/19/1997· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

• 05/11/2010· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE GAS TANK ON THE 1995-1998 NISSAN 240SX IS MADE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL. BETWEEN FRIDAY MAY 7, AND SATURDAY MAY 8, 2010 A STRESS FRACTURE IN THE FUEL TANK FORMED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, ADJACENT TO THE STRAP WHICH HOLDS THE TANK TO THE CAR. THE FRACTURE IN THE TANK RESULTED IN A LARGE QUANTITY OF FUEL LEAKING OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR. THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AS IT COULD HAVE LED TO A SEVERE VEHICLE AND HOUSE FIRE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED. TO PREVENT MORE FUEL FROM LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE, THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED, AND THE REMAINING FUEL IN THE VEHICLE WAS SIPHONED INTO GASOLINE CONTAINER. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TANK REQUIRES REMOVING THE ENTIRE REAR SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE WHICH CONSISTS OF THE REAR SUSPENSION AND DRIVELINE-- A LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS. THIS IS THE SECOND COMPOSITE PART THAT HAS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE WITHIN TWO MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO USES A RADIATOR WITH COMPOSITE INLETS AND OUTLETS. OVER TIME AND DUE TO HEAT CYCLING, THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL DEVELOPED A STRESS FRACTURE RESULTING IN COOLANT BEING DUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

• 05/04/2016· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  HI, IT IS VERY COMMON ON ALL MODELS 1995-1998 240SX FOR THE GAS TANK TO LEAK. DUE TO THE 2 STRAPS THE HOLD THE TANK IN PLACE CAUSING PRESSURE AND RUBBING IT CRACKS ALL OUR GAS TANKS. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. IT HAPPENS ON ALL 1995-1998 240SX MODELS. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO GET THIS FIXED AND RESOLVED. YOU CAN LOOK UP 240SXFORUMS.COM, ZILVIA.NET, KA-T.ORG ECT EVERYONE WITH THOSE YEARS HAS AN ISSUE WITH CRACKING FUEL TANK. ALL IN THE SAME SPOT. HERE ARE A FEW LINKS....YOU CAN JUST GOOD 240SX LEAKING TANK OR S14 LEAKING TANK AND WILL FIND LOADS OF POSTS ON PEOPLE HAVING CRACKED TANKS ALL THE SAME SPOT...PASSENGER SIDE AND SOMETIMES ON THE DRIVER SIDE HTTP://WWW.240SXFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/GENERAL-TECH/130588-CRACKED-GAS-TANK-S14-NEED-HELP.HTML HTTP://NISSAN.240SX.NET/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=9151 HTTP://ZILVIA.NET/F/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=431065 HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/MY-CAR-IS-LEAKING-GAS-T543849.HTML

• 04/30/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  ABS BRAKES; COMPLETE LOSS OF THE BRAKES, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 04/28/2000· POWER TRAIN

  SHIFTER COMPONENT HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES IN 5 YEARS DUE TO INTERNAL PARTS BREAKING WHICH PREVENT THE SHIFTER BUTTON FROM BEING PUSHED IN AND THUS LOCKING THE CAR IN THE PARK SETTING.

• 04/26/2000· AIR BAGS

  THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OF MY CAR IS INOPERABLE BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTIONING AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT. THE VEHICLE HAS AN ACCELENT MAINTENANCE HISTORY, IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD, AND THE AIRBAGS HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN DEPLOYED. THIS MALFUNCTION IS UNREASONABLE AND I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS RATHER COMMON ON THIS CAR. *AK

• 04/22/1997· AIR BAGSCrash

  NISSAN LEFT; ONCOMING VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, IT HIT NISSAN RIGHT REAR WHEEL, PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY; WAS AT DEALER TO CORRECT THE MALFUNCTIONING AIR BAG LIGHT 2 MONTHS. AGO. *AK

• 04/21/2001· AIR BAGS

  AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED SHOWING UP IN 12/1/00 (55000 MILES). WENT TO DEALER AND ASKED FOR REPAIR FOR FREE. DEALER RESPONDED NO BECAUSE 5-YEAR WARRANTY HAD BEEN PASSED. PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED IN 94 ALTIMA AND ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN SAFETY COMPONENT IN BOTH CARS.

• 04/08/1997· AIR BAGS

  FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS CAUSED ACCIDENT.

• 04/08/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  REAR PORTION OF VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK

• 04/04/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE DISC CALIPER IS FAULTY, DEALER KNOWS AND REFUSES TO GIVE HER ANOTHER. *AK