NHTSA Campaign 10V555000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 10V555000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 10V555000 with NHTSA on November 12, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V555000, NHTSA lists up to 13,737 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 22, 2010 and July 8, 2010.
The 10V555000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V555000 were scheduled from November 19, 2010, 7 days after the report.
10V555000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2010–2011.
Owners of the model years 10V555000 covers have filed at least 84 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V555000 vehicles, the 2010 Nissan Sentra has the most (50).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V555000 ranks 75 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V555000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 7 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 10V555000 was 07V599000, reported on December 28, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 SENTRA VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 22, 2010, THROUGH JULY 8, 2010. DUE TO A MACHINING IRREGULARITY, THE BOLT/WASHER SURFACE ON THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL CABLE END MAY ALLOW FOR A GAP TO OCCUR IN THE CONTACT AREA OF THE TERMINAL. THIS CAN RESULT IN A VOLTAGE DROP THAT MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE AND COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE.
- The risk
- THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT LOW SPEED WITH A DIFFICULT OR NO START INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL CABLE END WITH A NEW ONE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN PN NOVEMBER 29, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported November 12, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V555000 (2)
Nissan (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V555000, 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 12, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted