NHTSA Campaign 03V477000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
NHTSA campaign 03V477000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition: module. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 03V477000 with NHTSA on November 14, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V477000, NHTSA lists up to 276,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 20, 2000 and July 19, 2002.
The 03V477000 report reached NHTSA 16 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V477000 were scheduled from December 22, 2003, 38 days after the report.
03V477000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2000–2003.
Owners of the model years 03V477000 covers have filed at least 162 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 03V477000 vehicles, the 2002 Nissan Sentra has the most (54).
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V477000 ranks 12 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 03V477000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 7 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 03V477000 was 00V410000, reported on December 5, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE QG18DE ENGINE OR QR25DE ENGINES, THE FOAM MATERIAL USED FOR THE INTERIOR LINING OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) BOX EMITS SULFUR AS IT CURES.
- The risk
- IF ONE OF THE RESISTORS INSIDE THE ECM HAS A CRACK ON THE SURFACE COATING, THE GAS MAY CAUSE CORROSION OF THE RESISTOR. THIS COULD CAUSE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT TO COME ON, POOR DRIVABILITY (IDLE INSTABILITY, POOR ACCELERATOR), OR THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE INSIDE LINING MATERIAL FROM THE ECM BOX. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
- Notes
- NISSAN RECALL NO. P3163.
Reported November 14, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V477000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V477000, 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 14, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted