NHTSA Campaign 03V455000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 03V455000 covers 15 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 03V455000 with NHTSA on November 17, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V455000, NHTSA lists up to 630,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2002.
The 03V455000 report reached NHTSA 17 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V455000 were scheduled from December 22, 2003, 35 days after the report.
03V455000 covers 9 models from Nissan and Infiniti, model years 2000–2003.
Owners of the model years 03V455000 covers have filed at least 1,768 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 03V455000 vehicles, the 2002 Nissan Altima has the most (594).
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V455000 ranks 3 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 03V455000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 11 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 03V455000 was 03V084000, reported on March 11, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR OR CAM POSITION SENSOR MAY HAVE AN IMPROPER SOLDER JOINT DUE TO SOLDER DEFORMATION CAUSED BY HEAT STRESS ACCELERATED BY THE EXISTENCE OF FLUX RESIDUE DURING THE SOLDERING PROCESS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON, CREATE A NO START CONDITION, CAUSE REDUCED ENGINE POWER, OR CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CRANK POSITION SENSORS. CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR(S), AND IN SOME CASES, THE VARIABLE TIMING CONTROL SENSOR(S). VEHICLES INVOLVED IN A PREVIOUS RECALL CAMPAIGN, 01V357, ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS NEW CAMPAIGN. THE REPLACEMENT SENSORS USED IN THAT CAMPAIGN ARE ALSO AFFECTED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261 OR INFINITI AT 1-800-662-6200.
- Notes
- NISSAN RECALL NO. R3022/INFINITI RECALL NO. R3021.
Reported November 17, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V455000 (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V455000, 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: November 17, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted