Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER ARM | ||||||||||||||||
| 10E019000 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | E (Equipment) | 1873 | MFR | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 05/20/2010 | 05/21/2010 | |||||||||
| Defect Summary | Nissan is recalling certain front and rear lower links, p/nos. 54501zq00a, 54500zq00a, 551a1zq00a, 551a0zq00a , 54501ea00a, 54500ea00a, 551a1ea500, 551a0ea500, 54501zr00a, and 54500zr00a, sold between november 25, 2009 and may 14, 2010 as replacement parts for model year 2004 through 2010 titan, armada, and qx56, and model years 2005 through 2010 frontier, xterra, and pathfinder vehicles. the lower control link assembly has two cylindrical collars forming the inboard attachment points to the chassis. due to an improper welding process some collars may contain welds that do not meet strength specifications. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the collar weld separates, the vehicle handling will deteriorate, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Nissan will notify owners and dealers will replace any affected lower link free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin on or about june 14, 2010. owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||||
| 05099 | 10/27/2005 | 10017471 | Cam bolts for front wheel alignment. *tt | 11/08/2005 | |
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||||
| NTB-10-072A | 10/06/2010 | 10034904 | Nissan: front suspension noise. a noise (clunking, squeaking, popping) can be heard when performing at least one of the following actions: turning the steering wheel left or right, driving over speed bumps, driving on rough roads, acceler | 01/26/2011 | |
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||||
| NTB-10-052 | 04/08/2010 | 10032628 | Nissan: the propeller shaft u joint (journal/journal bearings) is the source of noise and/or vibration on an applied vehicle. diagnose by evaluating the u joint with the propeller shaft removed. replace the u joint (journal/journal beari | 04/21/2010 | |
| SUSPENSION - REAR - AXLE - NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||||
| NTB-10-008 | 01/15/2010 | 10033306 | Nissan: rear axle seal leaks. the rear axle assembly is leaking gear oil from the right and/or left hand axle seal, and the vehicle is equipped with a m226 style axle and no noise or vibration is coming from the rear final drive gears and | 08/06/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 nissan xterra. the contact stated when you reach 40 mph the vehicle starts to vibrate. the contact stated, if they play with the speed and go back under 40 mph and come back up to 40 it will run fine for awhile, but then start again. the dealer first replaced the front wheels bearing, then the brake pads and rotors, but the failure still occurred. the most recent repair was a field line drive vibration check, but that did not repair the failure either. the dealer at this time is unable to find what is causing the failure. the failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 110,000.rl | |||
| 01/01/2006 | 1 | ||
| My 2005 nissan xterra rear end bottoms out with 4 people in the truck on any kind of bumpy road. *tr | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 03/29/2010 | 53000 | ||
| During inspection was told that front hub bearing failed. nissan unable to get part due to high volume of replacements making me think that this is a common defect. in fact my truck is off road until new part is manufactured. vehicle is 2005 nissan xterra fwd | |||
| 02/16/2010 | 19000 | 1 | |
| 2005 nissan xterra purchased in 2006 with 19,000 miles current mileage 59,000. after the purchase i noticed that when the truck hits ruts on the highway it will follow them. at times the truck feels completely uncontrollable. about two weeks ago the truck caught ruts that threw me into the other lane no amount of correction could stop it. had there been a car next to me there would have been an accident. when i asked the dealer to investigate my safety concerns they wanted to charge me money rather than address my safety concerns. my research in 2006 showed a lot of complaints on xterra web sites about steering issues but the owners wrote them off as being the nature of the beast 4wd. vin available on request i do not have with me. i have owned a 2000 ford f250 4x4 and two 4x4 ford rangers 02 and 04, none of them ever caught the ruts in the road. none of my other current vehicles have rut problems either with twice the mileage, 90 geo 152,000, 92 stealth tt 150,000 and a 67 skylark 96,000, all have original front end parts. *tr | |||