NHTSA Campaign 00V410000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NHTSA campaign 00V410000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 00V410000 with NHTSA on December 5, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V410000, NHTSA lists up to 9,200 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 1999 and March 22, 2000.
The 00V410000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V410000 were scheduled from December 22, 2000, 17 days after the report.
00V410000 covers 1 model from Infiniti, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 00V410000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V410000 vehicles, the 2000 Infiniti QX4 has the most (3).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V410000 ranks 83 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 00V410000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 7 other recalls on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE AN IGNITION LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROPERLY SEATED KEY CYLINDER CAP CONNECTOR PINS. VIBRATION CAN CAUSE THE CONNECTING PINS TO LOOSEN AND/OR FALL OUT ALLOWING THE KEY CYLINDER CAP TO DISENGAGE FROM THE KEY CYLINDER.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK ROD CAN MOVE, WHICH COULD LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE IGNITION LOCK ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLIES WITH LOOSE OR MISSING END CAP CONNECTOR PINS WILL BE REPLACED. A RING CLIP WILL BE INSTALLED ON ALL OTHERS TO PREVENT LOOSENING OF THE PINS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 22, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT INFINITI AT 1-800-662-6200.
Reported December 5, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V410000 (2)
Infiniti (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V410000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: December 5, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted