NHTSA Campaign 11V244000
STEERING:COLUMN
NHTSA campaign 11V244000 covers 9 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: column. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 11V244000 with NHTSA on April 20, 2011; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 11V244000, NHTSA lists up to 195,991 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 1996 and October 31, 2002.
The 11V244000 report reached NHTSA 9 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V244000 were scheduled from August 25, 2011, 127 days after the report.
11V244000 covers 2 models from Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2000–2004.
Owners of the model years 11V244000 covers have filed at least 113 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V244000 vehicles, the 2001 Nissan Pathfinder has the most (35).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V244000 ranks 17 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V244000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 7 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 11V244000 was 10V554000, reported on November 11, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1996-2004 PATHFINDER AND MODEL YEAR 1997-2003 INFINITI QX4 VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD, OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, IOWA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WASHINGTON D.C., WEST VIRGINIA AND WISCONSIN. IN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF ROAD SALT ARE USED, A MIXTURE OF SNOW/WATER AND SALT MAY ENTER AN ASSEMBLY LOCATION HOLE IN THE UPPER STRUT HOUSING, CAUSING WATER TO COLLECT AT THE MATING SURFACE OF THE STRUT HOUSING PANEL AND THE INNER HOOD LEDGE ASSEMBLY. OVER TIME, THIS SNOW/WATER AND SALT INTRUSION MAY RESULT IN CORROSION OF THE STRUT TOWER HOUSING IN SOME SUBJECT VEHICLES.
- The risk
- THE STRUT HOUSING MAY CRACK AND PULL AWAY FROM THE INNER HOOD LEDGE ASSEMBLY. THIS MAY LEAD TO GRINDING NOISES, INCREASED STEERING EFFORT, AND POSSIBLY THE STEERING COLUMN TO BREAK, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- NISSAN WILL INSPECT THE STRUT HOUSING AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES AS NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. AN INTERIM NOTIFICATION LETTER WAS SENT OUT IN MAY 2011. THE SECOND NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 25, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported April 20, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V244000 (9)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V244000, 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: April 20, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted