NHTSA Campaign 03V511000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 03V511000 covers 4 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 03V511000 with NHTSA on December 10, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V511000, NHTSA lists up to 70 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 20, 2000 and March 25, 2003.
The 03V511000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V511000 were scheduled from December 15, 2003, 5 days after the report.
03V511000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2000–2003.
Owners of the model years 03V511000 covers have filed at least 378 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 03V511000 vehicles, the 2002 Nissan Sentra has the most (127).
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V511000 ranks 118 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 03V511000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 11 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 03V511000 was 03V455000, reported on November 17, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THE FRONT SUSPENSION TRANSVERSE LINK'S BALL JOINT BRACKET MAY BREAK FROM STRESS CONCENTRATION AT A NOTCH CREATED BY SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND THE SHAPE OF THE MATERIAL CUT-LINE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRACKET ON THESE VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 15, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported December 10, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V511000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V511000, 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 10, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted