NHTSA Campaign 08V311000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 08V311000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 08V311000 with NHTSA on July 11, 2008; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 08V311000, NHTSA lists up to 169,202 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2007 and February 22, 2008.
The 08V311000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 08V311000 were scheduled from August 20, 2008, 40 days after the report.
08V311000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2007–2008.
Owners of the model years 08V311000 covers have filed at least 13 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 08V311000 vehicles, the 2008 Nissan Sentra has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 08V311000 ranks 21 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 08V311000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 5 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 08V311000 was 07V528000, reported on November 16, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING 169,202 MY 2007-2008 SENTRA PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED ROBERT BOSCH MASTER CYLINDER. DUE TO THE MACHINING IRREGULARITY BY THE SUPPLIER, THE INTERNAL SEAL GROOVE IN THE BODY OF SOME BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS MAY ALLOW FOR A GAP IN THE GROOVE CONTACT AREA OF THE SEAL. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRAKE FLUID SLOWLY LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE.
- The risk
- IF THE WARNING LAMP IS IGNORED, ONE OF THE BRAKE CIRCUITS ON THE VEHICLE MAY NOT OPERATE AS DESIGNED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE MASTER CYLINDER/BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY AND IF BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE IS DETECTED, THE MASTER CYLINDER WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 20, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported July 11, 2008
Vehicles covered by 08V311000 (2)
Nissan (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 08V311000, 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: July 11, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted