# NHTSA recall 15V733000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V733000
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2015\-11\-05
- Owners notified: 2015\-12\-14
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
- Units potentially affected: 119

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Altima and 2016 Maxima vehicles manufactured October 6, 2015, to October 7, 2015.  The affected vehicles have front brake calipers whose mounting bolts may not be properly tightened.


## What can happen

If the bolts were not properly tightened, the caliper may detach and reduce braking ability, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will check the brake caliper mounting bolts, tightening them as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on December 14, 2015.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1\-800\-647\-7261.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 119
- Reported remedied: 105 \(88%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 NISSAN ALTIMA](/makes/nissan/altima/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-06 to 2015\-10\-07.
- [2016 NISSAN MAXIMA](/makes/nissan/maxima/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-06 to 2015\-10\-07.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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