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So iv'e had my 09 in the shop three times with a service engine soon light with the code saying small evac leak. so after two gas caps and a filler hose (the part the gas cap screws into) the light still comes on. here's where it gets fun.
took it back this morning pissed off and said enough is enough. so now they are trying this out. they filled up the tank with gas at there expense then after putting back on the second new gas cap GOT SOME BLACK DUCT TAPE AND TAPED THE CAP INTO PLACE SO IT WOULDN'T MOVE I GUESS. They told me to drive the car until it got down to 1/4 tank and bring it back.They would do this test twice and if the light stays off they would then order another new gas cap.

If light comes on before then they said they would have to call in a another nissan factory tech. sorry to ramble but needed to vent.

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To the OP: That's crazy.. :icon14:

Duct tape fixes everything...

:iagree: A roll should come stock in every trunk.

That's how MacGyver would do it!

Look on the bright side ... Free tank and a half of gas :)

I'm telling you, you should look under the Lemon Law of your state. PM me if you want the Nissan North America email.

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from my end its more than crazy. that's a hell of a way to prove its the gas cap.

That's just retarded, they should test the EVAP system for leaks using a smoke/leak detector machine. If I was you I would never take my car to that dealership again.

PM sent. GL

they've got one more chance to get it right thanks for the info about smoke machine.then its lemon law time. this code has been an issue since the car had 800 mile on it. it now has 5500

call BS and demand a new car.

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That's some bs, try another dealership. Duct tape... goddamn! That ain't macgyver that's some crackhead s@%t.

they use duct tape on the space shuttle.

it sealed this guy up.

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2006/DuctTape.jpg

Hahahhaha wow

Good for everything but ducts.

duct tape is like the force: there's a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

and its stronger then Miata doors.

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I beg to differ sir

That is absurd. Tell them Porsche, Maseratti, and Astin mechanics use Gorilla tape to fix CEL codes.

Seriously, sounds like Lemon Law time.

blasphemy!

is this dealer in the ghetto, wtf... duct tape... for cereal?!

I totally agree. This is BS. What they are trying to find out is if the gas cap is
losing its seal but taping it on to the filler pipe. If the light doesn't come on after
two fill ups they said they would try another gas cap,which would be the third one to try. If light comes on then Damn right its lemon law time.I'm not buying a Z where the service engine soon light comes on once a week for a evac leak.

iv'e got a strange feeling if they can't figure it out they are gonna bump it up
stairs or regional directior

The dealer gets 3 tries to fix a problem, after that Nissan themselves has the option to fix it otherwise they have to make good on the lemon law.

I think that the dealer probably put the tape on there to make sure some wanker of an owner looking to get out of his car was not loosening the cap.

You most likely are not a wanker (can anyone independently confirm this? ;) ). But some people will do just about anything to get out of a car they can't afford, find they don't like, etc. The lemon law is an easy exploit if you know your way around a car well enough.

But then again the dealer may be the wanker...

yessir

trust me your choice of words i'm no wanker. i love the car and can afford it.
but would you want to keep a car where at 800 miles the service engine soon
light started to come on. and the only way to get it to go off is to have the dealer reset it for what is now the third time.( recap) 1 filler hose 2 new gas caps 1 which is now duct taped on? they have one more chance to make it right then paper work will be filled.

can't blame you for wanting it gone. I know I would.

I would be upset also. I was just looking at it from the stealerships point of view. They are covering their :icon23: as they should be.

Hopefully it gets resolved for you soon. But as far as the duct tape that is just the dealer doing his due dillagance when Nissan asks them what they did to make sure it was on the up and up.

I really doubt that using duct tape is part of the troubleshooting process. They have a chart, for lack of a better word, to follow when troubleshooting. If it is acceptable Im sure Audi and BMW, who were slamed on Nissans ads, would love to know they use duct tape to troubleshoot.

Troubleshooting Process:

- Look up CEL code.
- Find some duct tape.
- ???
- Profit!

Call a real Tech from Nissan North America? :inoutroflpuke:

you are correct the duct tape is part of the troubleshooting process. if after 2
refills of gas if the light does not come on they claim it has to be the gas cap.
sense they have already replaced the filler neck. but what im worried about is the fact its on its second cap already. and if this is the issue is it serious
enough to be consider for the lemon law

Dude I agree whole heartedly that if a dealer is putting duct tape on your fkin hard earned money let them do that **** to their own car. You deserve to be put in a fkin Nismo while they try and figure their own BS problem out. Get your money back and go elsewhere. Thats not McGyver due diligence, thats lazy poor *** customer service. Get your money and run.

My husband is an ASE/Nissan Master/GTR tech. As soon as I read the op to him, he said "Thats some shady ****." Take it to a different dealer. It may be a drive, but at least you'll get better service.

i must have missed that in the book damn

Yeah you need to go to a different dealer. That tech doesn't know what the hell he's doing. And since it's considered it's a come back it is going to keep going to the same tech instead of a new one that might know what the hell he's doing. My guess is the evap canister or pump has a leak. They should be triggering the test and using a sniffer to see if it's actually leaking in the system. If it's not they should then be looking at other components of the system. Obviously it's not the cap or the neck they already replaced those. They are probably doing it to rule out you tampering with it as mentioned before.

I once had a car that was setting an evap code and the vacuum hose leading into the canister had a small pin sized hole in it.