NHTSA Campaign 09V431000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 09V431000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 09V431000 with NHTSA on November 3, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 09V431000, NHTSA lists up to 10,586 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 23, 2008 and April 18, 2008.
The 09V431000 report reached NHTSA 19 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V431000 were scheduled from December 14, 2009, 41 days after the report.
09V431000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2008.
Owners of the model years 09V431000 covers have filed at least 13 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V431000 ranks 80 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 09V431000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 5 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 09V431000 was 08V311000, reported on July 11, 2008.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 SENTRA PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BOSCH MASTER CYLINDERS. BRAKE FLUID MAY LEAK FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. IF THE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR DECREASES TO BELOW THE MINIMUM LEVEL, THE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR WILL ILLUMINATE AS DESIGNED AND THE BRAKES WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.
- The risk
- IF THE WARNING LAMP IS CONTINUOUSLY IGNORED, ONE OF THE BRAKE CIRCUITS ON THE VEHICLE MAY FAIL INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCES AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 14, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported November 3, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V431000 (1)
Nissan (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V431000, 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: November 3, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted