NHTSA Campaign 01V174000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NHTSA campaign 01V174000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 01V174000 with NHTSA on May 23, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V174000, NHTSA lists up to 101,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 19, 2000 and April 16, 2001.
The 01V174000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V174000 were scheduled from June 30, 2001, 38 days after the report.
01V174000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 01V174000 covers have filed at least 26 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V174000 vehicles, the 2001 Nissan Sentra has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V174000 ranks 33 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 01V174000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 9 other recalls on the suspension on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. ONE OR MORE OF THE THREE BOLTS USED TO ATTACH EACH FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM TO THE BODY ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MANUFACTURED.
- The risk
- THE BOLTS COULD FRACTURE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHMENT BOLTS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 30, 2001. 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 NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported May 23, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V174000 (2)
Nissan (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V174000, 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: May 23, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted