NHTSA Campaign 11V592000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 11V592000 covers 5 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 11V592000 with NHTSA on December 19, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V592000, NHTSA lists up to 14,718 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 11V592000 were scheduled from January 30, 2012, 42 days after the report.
11V592000 covers 3 models from Nissan, model years 2011–2012.
Owners of the model years 11V592000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V592000 vehicles, the 2011 Nissan Xterra has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V592000 ranks 72 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V592000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 11 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 11V592000 was 11V583000, reported on December 8, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 INFINITI FX, MODEL YEAR 2012 INFINITI M, MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 NISSAN FRONTIER, MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 NISSAN XTERRA, MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 NISSAN PATHFINDER, AND MODEL YEAR 2012 NISSAN NV VEHICLES. SOME OF THE BOLTS THAT CONNECT THE ENGINE OIL COOLER AND THE ENGINE OIL FILTER TO THE ENGINE IN THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED TO BELOW SPECIFICATION STRENGTH. AS A RESULT, THE BOLT MAY BREAK AT THE OIL FILTER ATTACHMENT POINT AND CAN CAUSE AN ENGINE OIL LEAK.
- The risk
- IF THERE IS AN ENGINE OIL LEAK, THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WOULD DROP AND THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CONNECTOR BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 30, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported December 19, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V592000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V592000, 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: December 19, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted