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Nissan recall to affect 2.14 million cars worldwide

By Brett Davis |

Nissan is about to issue what is is said to be the third biggest recall its ever announced. Nissan Motor Company has said it will affect 2.14 million cars worldwide, all caused by a potentially faulty ignition relay which could cause stalling problems.

It’s too early to tell yet if the recall affects any Australian-sold cars, but some models mentioned in the recall lineup are sold in Australia. Nissan says cars that could have potential ignition problems include the Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Tiida and the Nissan Micra, as well as other various four-wheel drives and small trucks sold in the US and Japan, such as the Nissan Titan and Infiniti QX56.

Nissan says the cars related to the recall were built in several countries, such as Britain, China, Japan, Taiwan and the United States of America, all of which were built between August 2003 and July 2006.

Nissan hasn’t announced official procedure details of the recall but says it should take around 25 minutes to fix. We’ll keep you updated as to whether the recall reaches Australia.


 
  • Jabba the Hutt

    Add it to the list. My D40 had several recalls as well as numerous other issues.

    • Crossy

      Unlucky I guess.
      Ours is 18 months old and has been faultless from day one.

      • Jabba the Hutt

        Mine was 4 in December (series 1) and there are heaps of forums with disgruntled owners. Nissan tried to deny any knowledge of faults until I sent them a link to a forum and then they couldn’t do enough for me. Funny that.

        • Eric

          Ahhh the vocal minority.

          Eric

          • Jabba the Hutt

            Actual Eric I went and googled “Navara D40 problem” after I posted and it seems nothing has changed. They are still having issues with the car. So hang on to yours Crossy.

            Bradley I had a D22 prior to the D40 and mine was fine (I did 50,000 k’s) but that model too had countless failures with the engine when the 3 ltr was in it.

            I actually went to nissan originally after a friend had a similar ownership history to yours. I, like many others weren’t so lucky.

            Mine included 2 sets of injectors due to design fault in the manifold resulting in a vibration from 1800-200 rpm in every gear ,excess consumption and diesel knock in the engine. A fault with airbag inflation rate that could cause injury. Leaking rear axles which put oil on the rear brakes causing the ABS to lock the front brakes causing massive shuddering under braking. After constant complaints about noisy bonnet latches (squeaking) Nissan recalled ALL navaras fitted with bullbars as the extra weight was twisting the front end and could cause the latch to let go. This took 4 years to happen and I got the recall notice 3 months ago.

            My advice to anyone who has concerns about any brand of vehicle is if you get no satisfaction from your dealer take it to an independent mechanic for assessment. Then go back to the dealership and tell them you have and watch them change their tune.

  • Bradley G

    Have had Nissans in the family for the past 2 decades and honestly they have all been bullet proof, from the original N13 Pulsar,N14 Pulsar, Xtrail, Murano.
    They have had a few bad seeds like the 3.0 diesel Patrols and D40′s like above, but generally either I have been extremely lucky or the models we have owned are exempt/

  • AB

    I find Nissan to be one of the most unrealiable Japanese brands from experience

  • LN

    Since the Nissan-Renault alliance… Nissan cars have gone to the crap.

    • Driver

      Without the alliance, Nissan would have gone bankrupt.

    • dent

      Does seem funny that the 3.0 diesel was developed by Renault and the early versions fitted in Patrols and Navaras had the major problems and the longer Nissan have had to ‘tinker’ with the engine the bettter (more reliable) its got ………….. plus most of the D40 Navaras come from Spain. Sounds like a European problem in there somewhere.

      • Driver

        Like most manufacturers, they’re now interested in survival and/or profitability, at the expense of everything else.

        Once upon a time, the Japanese were different – they placed quality above outright profits. But then they decided to join the rest of world and just go for profits.

        And ever since, the Japanese are now no different to any other car manufacturing nation.

        RIP quality.

  • Paul

    I watched an interview a few years back with Carlos Goshin, the then CEO of Nissan and Renault, I am not sure of the spelling of his surname and he was savouring the improvement to Nissan post its dark days and being taken over by Renault, the interviewer listed a few matters with him as potential for problems into the future, 1. sourcing most of Nissans electrical components from untested sources in China and other cheap labour countries, 2. Sharing platforms and Engines with Renault and 3. a declining customer base. From the posts above and the experience I and others have had it seems that Made in Japan = Nissan, should read, Assembled in Japan from Local and Imported Parts (China) = Nissan. I have Nissans on my fleet and now they are fine cars, but they are turning out to what Mitsubishis used to be like, fine during the warrantly periods, but dogs afterwards. I am not a Nissan hater, Datsun – Nissan used to pay for my school fees and we had plenty of them in our house and neighbourhood during the 70′s up to the early 80′s then something happened and Dad went over to Toyota and then to Honda and will not go back to Nissan, that’s a shame really.

    Nissan was in a bad way prior to Renault throwing money at it, but I reckon a once high quality car maker will be finished off by Renault and disappear if things keep going this way.

    Does anyone know what the JD Power rating for Nissan is these days?

  • topdog

    At least there not having as many recalls as toyota. There still pretty reliable cars. Just as good as any other japanese brand

  • katyperry

    ni = in chinese or korean means: YOU/YOUR
    ssan = in korean means: CHEAP

  • dean jeffery

    Had a few Nissans over the years , from Skylines x2 , to ’93 2ltr TI Pulsar , to ’94 Pathfinder to my present ’06 d22 Navarra.
    General comment , pretty bullet proof , ‘specially the Skylines and Pulsar((280,000k untouched )
    Pity about the panel fit on the Aus built vehicles and the failure of the odometers at +/- 120,000k on the Skylines and the Pathy .
    D22 Navarra is doing its job , pulls some scary weights across paddocks , but all in all , a good unit ..dogs love it !! ..Oh, just remembered , after 90,000k , trip meter wont zero on “A” or “B” ????

  • Blitzkrieg

    Panel fit on my r31 skyline is great,100 times better than same year model VN commo and EA falcon.Odo still going strong at 240,000km.