NHTSA Campaign 10V208000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NHTSA campaign 10V208000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 10V208000 with NHTSA on May 14, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V208000, NHTSA lists up to 41,649 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 19, 2009 and April 22, 2010.
The 10V208000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V208000 were scheduled from May 20, 2010, 6 days after the report.
10V208000 covers 4 models from Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2010.
Owners of the model years 10V208000 covers have filed at least 6 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V208000 vehicles, the 2010 Nissan Pathfinder has the most (4).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V208000 ranks 51 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V208000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 9 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 10V208000 was 09V358000, reported on September 16, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 TITAN, ARMADA, QX56, FRONTIER, XTERRA, AND PATHFINDER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 19, 2009 THROUGH MARCH 3, 2010. THE LOWER CONTROL LINK ASSEMBLY HAS TWO CYLINDRICAL COLLARS FORMING THE INBOARD ATTACHMENT POINTS TO THE CHASSIS. DUE TO AN IMPROPER WELDING PROCESS SOME COLLARS MAY CONTAIN WELDS THAT DO NOT MEET STRENGTH SPECIFICATIONS.
- The risk
- IF THE COLLAR WELD SEPARATES, THE VEHICLE HANDLING WILL DETERIORATE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 20, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported May 14, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V208000 (4)
Infiniti (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V208000, 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: May 14, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted