Major automakers typically make their own engines to install in their own vehicles, but there are exceptions – particularly at the truck end of the spectrum. Case in point: the Nissan Titan, which offers a diesel engine made by Cummins.
The engines are built by one company in Columbus, Indiana, and installed by another in Canton, Mississippi. That process is evidently not without some hiccups, as evidenced by this latest recall. Apparently assembly line workers neglected to remove the temporary cap on the fuel tank breather tube and failed to secure it to the bed rail in certain diesel-powered Titan XD pickups.
As a result, the fuel gauge and distance-to-empty indicator may not function properly, potentially leaving the vehicle to run out of fuel without warning. The manufacturing defect has been narrowed down to 12,112 vehicles manufactured between August 7, 2015, and September 1, 2016 – spanning a period of a little more than a year.
The manufacturer has yet to determine a schedule for the recall. But according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, fixing the problem could involve replacing the breather tube, the fuel sending unit, or the entire fuel tank.
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