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2013 Nissan ALTIMA Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1051441
Internal NHTSA #	10575295
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	ALTIMA
Model Year	2013
File date	22/03/14
Component	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The advertised mpg for this vehicle is 38 mpg. 3/22/2014 made a trip to tulsa, ok. Filled up at i-430 headed to tulsa at 6,657 miles. Drove 401 miles and refilled at 7,058 with 13. 218 gallons 30. 3374 mpg. Filled up again at i-430 at end of road trip at 7,221 after 163 miles with 5. 085 gallons 32. 05506391. All highway! We bought a new nissan altima late in 2013 with a highway rated miles per gallon of 38. We love this vehicle except for the gas mileage. We were debating on a toyota prius v and the altima when we made our purchase and felt we had a better buy with the altima and expected to get close to the rated mpg when on trips. We are both in our 60's have good driving records and habits. We previous owned a new 2004 toyota prius and a new 2007 prius. I have a spreadsheet on the 2004 that i kept for some time reflecting roughly 45 mpg, about 90% of the rated mpg. This was an average of daily driving that included driving from our rural home in the county to work in the city. We did not keep records on the 2007 as mileage checks showed we were getting very similar positive results. We felt we should reasonably expect to achieve some 90% of the 38 mpg when driving the altima on road trips. Saturday, march 22, 2014 we checked and we were not getting close to the 90%. We filled up the tank at the nearest station to i-430 on colonel glenn road in little rock on a trip to tulsa, ok. We filled up after 400 miles on our way home from tulsa, and at the same station on colonel glenn after exiting i-430. These were 564 highway miles on these two tanks of fuel requiring 18. 303 gallons for a 30. 814 miles per gallon. This is only 81% of the 38 expected miles per gallon on the sticker for highway miles. I would like to know how to come closer to the 38 mpg and why it is permissible to give a rating so much higher than one can achieve.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	6657
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ALEXANDER, AR
VIN pattern	1N4AL3AP5DCXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	05/12/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	70
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2013 Nissan ALTIMA Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Nissan ALTIMA Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

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