2001 Nissan Quest Fuel System Problems

INVOLVED IN A LOW IMPACT AUTO ACCIDENT (PROBABLY LESS THAN 40 MPH BECAUSE AIR BAGS WEREN'T EVEN DEPLOYED, NO INJURIES WHATSOEVER SUSTAINED BY MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVER, MINISCULE DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLE) IN 11/01. IMMEDIATELY CAR WAS ON FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. ALLEGING THAT THE NISSAN QUEST IS INHERENTLY UNSAFE DUE TO POOR FRONTAL DESIGN OF VEHICLE (SEE RESULTS OF INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY CRASH TEST RESULTS) - THIS IS RESULT OF MINIVAN CATCHING FIRE SO EASILY AND RAPIDLY. ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE MATTER WITH NISSAN IGNORED (ASKED FOR REPLACEMENT OF ITEMS LOST IN CAR/AMT NOT COVERED BY GAP INSURANCE, APPROX. $5000 TOTAL). NOW WILL SEEK RECOVERY OF FUNDS VIA LAWSUIT.

ON NOV 21, 2002 I WAS INVOLOVED IN A VERY LOW IMPACT ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY 2001 NISSAN QUEST VEHICLE REAR ENDED A 98 MERCURY MARQUIS. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT EVEN DEPLOYED INDICATIVE OF THE LOW IMPACT NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT HOWEVER, UPON IMPACT THE QUEST IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE. I WAS UNINJURED IN THE ACCIDENT BUT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME BY MR. NICK PERRONE, A FORENSIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR, THAT I CONTACT THE NHTSA IN REGARDS TO THE NISSAN RECALL INVOLVING 93-98 QUEST FUEL TANK LINE. HE FEELS THAT THE ACCIDENT IN WHICH I WAS INVOLVED IN MIGHT BE RELATED TO THIS RECALL AND THAT IT BE INVESTIGATED AND PERHAPS EXTENDED TO THE 2001 YEAR MODELS.

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF FUMES COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. HOWEVER, SEEM NOT TO KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. ADDED FUEL TREATMENT AND FUMES ARE STILL THE SAME. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL ODOR FROM THE VEHICLE HAS CAUSED HIM A SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM. *YH