# NHTSA recall 21V138000

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: 21V138000
- Manufacturer's number: PC795
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-03\-04
- Owners notified: 2021\-03\-31
- Component: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 2407
- Part numbers: 13\-11 01251, 89\-12442\-1A

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain 2020\-2021 Nissan Altima vehicles.  The tie rod ball joint fastener was not tightened properly, which could result in the tie rod ball joint detaching from the steering knuckle.


## What can happen

A detached tie rod ball joint can cause a loss of steering control, and increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will tighten the left and right\-side tie rod ball joint fasteners, or install new fasteners as necessary, free of charge.  The began March 31, 2021.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1\-800\-867\-7769.  Nissan's number for this recall is PC795.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2407
- Reported remedied: 2342 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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

- [2020 NISSAN ALTIMA](/makes/nissan/altima/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 NISSAN ALTIMA](/makes/nissan/altima/2021/recalls.md)

## 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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