NHTSA Campaign 10V072000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
NHTSA campaign 10V072000 covers 10 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 10V072000 with NHTSA on March 2, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V072000, NHTSA lists up to 179,383 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 9, 2007 and December 14, 2009.
The 10V072000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V072000 were scheduled from March 22, 2010, 20 days after the report.
10V072000 covers 4 models from Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2008–2010.
Owners of the model years 10V072000 covers have filed at least 10 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V072000 vehicles, the 2008 Infiniti QX56 has the most (5).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V072000 ranks 20 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V072000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 5 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 10V072000 was 09V431000, reported on November 3, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 TITAN, ARMADA, AND INFINITI QX56, AND MODEL YEAR 2008-2009 NISSAN QUEST VEHICLES. THE BRAKE PEDAL PIVOT PIN END WAS NOT SPIN-FORMED TO SPECIFICATION DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY. THE PIVOT PIN COULD SLIDE AND CAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PARTIALLY DISENGAGE FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL BRACKET.
- The risk
- THE DRIVER WILL EXPERIENCE UNUSUAL AND NOTICEABLE LOOSENESS IN THE PEDAL AND A REDUCTION IN BRAKING FORCE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT TO SEE IF THE PIVOT PIN HAD BEEN FORMED PROPERLY AND WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY IF NECESSARY FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 22, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported March 2, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V072000 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V072000, 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: March 2, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted