NHTSA Campaign 05V458000
TRAILER HITCHES
NHTSA campaign 05V458000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the trailer hitches. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V458000 with NHTSA on October 5, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V458000, NHTSA lists up to 12,500 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 6, 2005 and September 14, 2005.
The 05V458000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V458000 were scheduled from November 21, 2005, 47 days after the report.
05V458000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2005.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V458000 ranks 77 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V458000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 1 other recall on the trailer hitches on this site; the one before 05V458000 was 04V581000, reported on December 15, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A NISSAN ACCESSORY TOW HITCH, INADEQUATE QUALITY OF SOME WELDED JOINTS IN THE HITCH ASSEMBLY MAY RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE HITCH FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN BEING USED TO TOW.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN THE TRAILER SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TOW HITCHES. ON OCTOBER 17, 2005, OWNERS WERE SENT AN INTERIM LETTER ADVISING THEM NOT TO USE THE TOW HITCH UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED. ANOTHER LETTER WAS SENT OUT ON NOVEMBER 21, 2005, NOTIFYING THEM TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN FOR REPAIR. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported October 5, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V458000 (1)
Nissan (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V458000, 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: October 5, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted