NHTSA recall 10V208000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 10V208000 |
| Manufacturer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Reported | 2010-05-14 |
| Owners notified | 2010-05-20 |
| Component | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM |
| Units potentially affected | 41649 |
What is wrong
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 TITAN, ARMADA, QX56, FRONTIER, XTERRA, AND PATHFINDER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 19, 2009 THROUGH MARCH 3, 2010. 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.
What can happen
IF THE COLLAR WELD SEPARATES, THE VEHICLE HANDLING WILL DETERIORATE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
The remedy
NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 20, 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
| 2010 INFINITI QX56 | Built 2009-11-19 to 2010-04-22. |
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| 2010 NISSAN ARMADA | Built 2009-11-19 to 2010-04-22. |
| 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER | Built 2009-11-20 to 2010-03-03. |
| 2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER | Built 2009-11-20 to 2010-03-03. |
| 2010 NISSAN TITAN | Built 2009-11-19 to 2010-04-22. |
| 2010 NISSAN XTERRA | Built 2009-11-20 to 2010-03-03. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| ITB17-018 | 2017-08-01. Service bulletin. BALL JOINT AXIAL END PLAY PROCEDURE SERVICE INFORMATION When working on the front suspension, use the updated service information in this bulletin along with the Electronic Service Manual (ESM). The updated information in this bulletin is a correction and a supplement to the ESM. |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.