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Search Results   Report Date : February 9, 2010 at 09:01 PM NHTSA Action Number : PE99078 N/A NHTSA Action Number : PE99078 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Make / Models :         Model/Build Years:          NISSAN / QUEST     1994-1995 Manufacturer : NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. Component : VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES Date Investigation Opened : December 28, 1999 Date Investigation Closed : May 22, 2000 Summary: Since July 1988, ODI has received 12 complaints alleging fuel spillage from the fuel tank fill vent hose in 1994 through 1995 Mercury Villager and Nissan Quest vehicles. Nine of the reports were submitted in 1999. Several complaints allege leakage from cracked, split deteriorated, or rotted vent hoses. The subject vent hose is a short, shaped section of hose that is clamped to a pipe extending from the outboard (left) side of the fuel tank aft of the filler hose. Table 1 shows the vehicle volumes and ODI complaint inputs by make and model year. Figures 1 through 3 show the subect tank vent hose routing and fittings. Figures 4 through 6 show cracks in a tank vent hose from a complaint vehicle (1994 Mercury Villager). Check to Request Research. Submit below.