NHTSA Campaign 12V088000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
NHTSA campaign 12V088000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 12V088000 with NHTSA on March 6, 2012; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 12V088000, NHTSA lists up to 8,120 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 7, 2002 and June 3, 2004.
The 12V088000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V088000 were scheduled from April 27, 2012, 52 days after the report.
12V088000 covers 1 model from Infiniti, model years 2003–2004.
Owners of the model years 12V088000 covers have filed at least 88 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V088000 vehicles, the 2003 Infiniti M45 has the most (65).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V088000 ranks 84 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V088000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 12 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 12V088000 was 12V069000, reported on February 24, 2012.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003-2004 INFINITI M45 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 7, 2002, THROUGH JUNE 3, 2004. DUE TO A CIRCUIT BOARD FAILURE, THE FUEL GAUGE MAY READ A FUEL LEVEL HIGHER THAN ACTUALLY EXISTS. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE MAY RUN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT NOTICE.
- The risk
- THE VEHICLE MAY STALL WITHOUT WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE CIRCUIT BOARD FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 27, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-647-7261.
Reported March 6, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V088000 (2)
Infiniti (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V088000, 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: March 6, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted