NHTSA Campaign 04V186000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
NHTSA campaign 04V186000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 04V186000 with NHTSA on April 16, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V186000, NHTSA lists up to 26,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 26, 2003 and December 17, 2003.
The 04V186000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V186000 were scheduled from June 23, 2004, 68 days after the report.
04V186000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V186000 covers have filed at least 61 complaints naming the latches/locks/linkages, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V186000 ranks 64 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 04V186000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 1 other recall on the latches/locks/linkages on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH A POWER SLIDING DOOR(S), AT AN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE BELOW APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THE ACTUATOR FOR THE POWER SLIDING DOOR(S) MAY EXPERIENCE BINDING DUE TO AN OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION CONDITION. IN ORDER TO OPEN, CLOSE OR REVERSE A POWER SLIDING DOOR, THE SHIFT SELECTOR LEVER MUST BE IN "PARK." IF THE ACTUATOR IS EXPERIENCING BINDING AND THE DRIVER SHIFTS THE VEHICLE OUT OF "PARK" WHILE A POWER SLIDING DOOR IS STILL CLOSING, THE DOOR LATCHES MAY NOT ENGAGE.
- The risk
- THIS CAN RESULT IN THE DOOR COMING OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY UPON RAPID ACCELERATION, AND AN OCCUPANT COULD FALL OUT OF THE DOOR AND BE INJURED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACTUATOR FOR THE POWER SLIDING DOOR(S). OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JUNE 23, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
- Notes
- NISSAN RECALL NO. RU401.
Reported April 16, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V186000 (1)
Nissan (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V186000, 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: April 16, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted