Nissan recalls 500,000 cars

By YOSHIO TAKAHASHI

TOKYO--Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it will recall 539,864 trucks, sport-utility vehicles and mini vans in North America and some Asian and European markets due to problems with brake pedal pins and fuel gauges.

The announcement follows its recall last week of 76,415 vehicles in Japan because of issues with electric cables connected to the engines, and comes on the heels of General Motors Co.'s recall Tuesday of 1.3 million compact cars with suspect power steering.

Automobile manufacturers have become all too aware of the need for a swift response to quality issues as Toyota Motor Corp. takes the flak for the way it handled the recall of 8.5 million vehicles world-wide.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda testified in a U.S. congressional hearing regarding its product safety last week, and flew from that country to apologize in China earlier this week.

Sales of Toyota vehicles in the U.S. dropped by 8.7% in February from a year earlier. The company has responded by launching a promotional campaign.

Nissan said there have been no reported accidents or injuries related to the problems that prompted its latest recall.

The Japanese car maker said it found a manufacturing error in brake pedal pins, about which there have been three reported instances of it partially disengaging.

The company also said that fuel gauges in vehicles with high mileages may indicate the amount of remaining fuel incorrectly.

Models subject to the pedal pin recall are the Infiniti QX56 SUV, Titan pickup truck, Armada SUV and Quest minivan. Besides the latter, these are also subject to the fuel gauge recall, together with the Frontier pickup truck, Pathfinder and Xterra SUV.

Of the 539,864 vehicles affected, 418,865 are in the U.S. with the remainder in Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Japan, the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine and other markets

 

Yeah ill stick with my german cars.

 

Your 2.0t with the exploding cam follower and A/C compressor?

 

Very true only thing we have to deal with is PCV valve, cam follower, coil pack issues..nothing like a self accelerating or one that cant stop car :lol:

A/C comp was only one the early runs, mine was one of them and my A/C system was fully replaced and worked better, WOOT.

 

Lol yessir. I've never had major issues with vw's or audis I've owned, let alone have anything explode, minus a KO4 turbo, but that was partially my own fault.

 

Well all it is a fuel gauge that incorrectly reads fuel, so instead of putting in 20 gallons like the tank holds, you can only put in about 16-17. And then 3 instances of a partial brake pin disengagement, which is just losing partial pressure in the brake pedal while retaining full power in the brakes, with that only happening 3 times worldwide.

Seems like a really, really stupid recall to me. Sounds like your car will be at the shop for 5 minutes to adjust the fuel sensor and check the brake pins, stupid move on Nissans part since people aren't going to understand that nothing is wrong and freak out about a recall.

 

Unfortunately I've had some pretty bad experiences with my 2.0t, all of which left me without a car for a month, while under warranty, and the dealer never fixed any of these issues. I can't really recommend another 2.0t to anyone else I know.

Dave

 

any recalls on honda?

 

Wish I could say that but with every Bimmer we have owned in the family, new or used, we've always had something go wrong. :thud:

 

I'll stick with my bicycle.

 

Surprisingly, sales are only down about 9%. But FORD'S are UP 43% :lol:

 

I suspect that if the feds shined such a bright light on ANY auto manufacturer, problems would surface. Any of them.

I have to say, Ford's lineup is pretty impressive right now. At our local rinky dink auto show, they had a bunch of '10 and '11 Fords on display. Really nice cars. Expensive too, which did surprise me a bit.

Both of the two Fords I've owned - both diesel powered trucks - have been close to flawless. The sum total of problems I've had have mostly been down to low sulfur diesel fuel, something that didn't exist when they were designed. The fuel has been corrosive to certain o-rings in the fuel system. I can't much fault Ford for not seeing that one coming.

 

Oh I agree, Ford has some nice cars out there. And my parents have always owned a Ford Explorer, and never had one issue with them.

I just find it funny Ford "stole" Nissans customers. I didn't get the reports on other automakers.. but I wonder if it had affect on keeping people away from Japanese in general? :shrug:

 

Seems like the going thing these days is to have a recall!!!

 

12 year old mustang.... Glad my car doesnt have issues like this

 

yeh you missed it theyre recalling all hondas.

 

Yep, Honda recalled everything with vtec last week lol

 

extensively modified both

i want another Nissan

yes that's true, sales are up 43% from 3 cars a month.....to errr 4 cars a month

 

maybe I should just build my own car... if you want something right do it yourself.

 

12 year old Inifniti I30t is my daily driver (this one is made in Japan) and no major issues. Only replaced ignition coil once (very common problem in this vehicle), and it runs like a champ...112k miles on the clock...