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Nissan recalls half a million vehicles
March 3, 2010 - 5:20PM TOKYO - Nissan Motor said Wednesday it will recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges. Nissan said in a statement it plans "to inspect and, if necessary, repair brake pedal pins and fuel-gauge components on certain trucks and minivans". "No accidents or injuries have been reported with these issues," it said. The recalls also affect Canada, Mexico, the Middle East, Ukraine, Russia and Taiwan, the statement said. The models with faulty brake pedal pins are the Titan pickup trucks, the Armada and Infiniti QX56 SUVs and Quest minivans built between 2008 and 2010, the company said, adding that it would pull 178,916 units from the US. The company said there were three reported cases of brake pedal pins loosening and causing problems with braking. "Nissan has determined that a manufacturing error on the part of the supplier is at the root of this issue," it said.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Recalls are the new black.
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Join Date: May 2006
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Wow, 3 complaints and 540,000 vehicles recalled. Sounds like someone might be paranoid if it got up to 6 complaints.
.....this seems odd. I am not going to the extreme where I complain that Toyota didn't recall their cars soon enough and that Nissan is recalling their cars too soon, but it does look odd. I can't remember any car maker recalling this many vehicles over 3 complaints. Usually that is chalked up to "mass production tolerances". 3/540,000 = 0.000005555556% That failure rate is usually within tolerance in anybody's book for mass production. I wonder what else there is? Steve
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Does make you wonder if they have found another issue that can be detremental to peoples lives and are hiding it Jason
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especially if it works its way of entirely. whilst you or me might be able to assess the situatuion and stop accordingly, old granny putting down tothe shops would have no chance!
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I don't mean to diminish the seriousnous of the problem when it does happen (3 times), but there have been thousands of issues with thousands of cars that have not required a recall because cars in the automotive industry are mass produced, like most goods, and no manufacturer is held up to the "perfect" standard. Because of mass production processes and methods a certain "failure" rate is expected. I believe 3 out of 540,000 is acceptable by any country's manufacturing standards.
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Nissan next in line for US recalls
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...2576DC00099848 Quote:
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Perth
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Pick one:
1) Do nothing because you dont have to. Then Somebody drives through a shop window taking 30 people with them and suddenly everybody is over your whole brand like a rash because they know you knew there was a brake problem and did not simply check possibly affected vehicles. You end up in court trying to explain why you failed to react to a serious safety concern and pay out god knows what to the affected families. And a few laws get changed as usual not in your favour. 2) You check the vehicles, it costs a bit. but ultimately its forgotten about. I wouldn't be surprised if all manufacturers are have a closer look at their engineering lately.
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You'd hate to be the supplier of this particular piece of equipment right now...But I think Nissan have actually done the right thing here, as Jayden said, a few minutes out of your life and a little cash ensure that you don't end up dead as a result. Toyota took their time recalling...now look at the situation they're in. Better to be on the safe side given the issues that they are finding with vehicles currently.
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Probably best to do it while the media heat is on Toyota.
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It would seem Nissan are very nervous after whats happened to Toyota, i think this may be a little on the extreme side, but it does seem to be the year of the Recall!
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