NHTSA Campaign 06V223000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 06V223000 covers 2 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 06V223000 with NHTSA on June 21, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V223000, NHTSA lists up to 85,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2006 and May 31, 2006.
The 06V223000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V223000 were scheduled from June 9, 2006.
06V223000 covers 2 models from Nissan, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 06V223000 covers have filed at least 203 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V223000 vehicles, the 2006 Nissan Altima has the most (189).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V223000 ranks 37 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 06V223000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 11 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 06V223000 was 03V511000, reported on December 10, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L ENGINES MAY EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER PERFORMANCE OF THE PISTON RINGS.
- The risk
- IF THE OIL IS NOT MAINTAINED AT LEAST AT THE MINIMUM LEVEL, ENGINE DAMAGE CAN OCCUR AND IN EXTREME CASES RESULT IN AN ENGINE FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM OR ENGINE COMPUTER). YOUR VEHICLE WILL ALSO BE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE IF IT HAS BEEN CONSUMING ENGINE OIL AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RATE. IN A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF VEHICLES, ENGINE REPLACEMENT WILL BE NEEDED. ON JUNE 9, 2006, NISSAN NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE OIL AT A PROPER LEVEL. FOLLOW-UP LETTER TO OWNERS ADVISING THEM OF THE STATUS OF THE RECALL WAS SENT DURING AUGUST 2006. FOLLOWUP LETTER TO OWNERS WAS SENT ON NOVEMBER 15, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported June 21, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V223000 (2)
Nissan (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V223000, 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: June 21, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted