NHTSA Campaign 12V069000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
NHTSA campaign 12V069000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 12V069000 with NHTSA on February 24, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V069000, NHTSA lists up to 79,275 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 8, 2010 and December 27, 2011.
The 12V069000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V069000 were scheduled from April 2, 2012, 38 days after the report.
12V069000 covers 2 models from Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2011–2012.
Owners of the model years 12V069000 covers have filed at least 13 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V069000 vehicles, the 2011 Nissan Juke has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V069000 ranks 40 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V069000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 12 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 12V069000 was 10V330000, reported on July 22, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 JUKE, INFINITI QX AND INFINITI M VEHICLES. THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSORS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED TO THE CORRECT SPECIFICATION. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR MAY LOOSEN DUE TO HEAT AND VIBRATION CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK.
- The risk
- FUEL MAY LEAK FROM THE PRESSURE SENSOR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
- The fix
- NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSORS, AS NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 2, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported February 24, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V069000 (3)
Nissan (2)
Infiniti (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V069000, 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: February 24, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted