NHTSA Campaign 10V517000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 10V517000 covers 13 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 10V517000 with NHTSA on October 28, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V517000, NHTSA lists up to 747,480 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 5, 2004 and May 15, 2006.
The 10V517000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V517000 were scheduled from December 6, 2010, 39 days after the report.
10V517000 covers 5 models from Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2004–2006.
Owners of the model years 10V517000 covers have filed at least 995 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V517000 vehicles, the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder has the most (290).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V517000 ranks 1 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V517000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 11 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 10V517000 was 09V169000, reported on May 19, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 ARMADA, TITAN, INFINITI QX56 AND MODEL YEAR 2005-2006 FRONTIER, PATHFINDER AND XTERRA VEHICLES. THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE (IPDM) ASSEMBLY CONTAINS AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) RELAY THAT HAS A DIODE FOR ELECTRICAL CURRENT NOISE REDUCTION. THE ECM RELAY MAY ALLOW SILICON VAPOR TO FORM AND, OVER TIME, THE SILICON EVAPORATES FROM THE DIODE MOLDING WHICH CAUSES SILICON OXIDE TO DEVELOP ON THE ECM RELAY CONTACT DUE TO ARCING.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE ENGINE STALLING INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ECM RELAY INSIDE THE IPDM ASSEMBLY. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 6, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported October 28, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V517000 (13)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V517000, 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: October 28, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted