# NHTSA recall 23V494000

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: 23V494000
- Manufacturer's number: R23A6
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2023\-07\-17
- Owners notified: 2023\-08\-30
- Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Units potentially affected: 66159
- Part numbers: 237D0\-5SG0A, 237D0\-5SG0B, 237D0\-5SG0C, 237D0\-5SG0D, 237D0\-5SG1A, 237D0\-5SG1B, 237D0\-5SG1C, 237D0\-5SG1D, 237D0\-5SG2A, 237D0\-5SG2B, 237D0\-5SG2C, 237D0\-5SG2D, 237D0\-5SG3A, 237D0\-5SG3B, 237D0\-5SG3C, 237D0\-5SG3D, 237D0\-5SG4A, 237D0\-5SG4B, 237D0\-5SG4C, 237D0\-5SG4D, 237D0\-5SG5A, 237D0\-5SG5B, 237D0\-5SG5C, 237D0\-5SG5D, 237D0\-5SG6A, 237D0\-5SG6B, 237D0\-5SG6C, 237D0\-5SG6D, 237D0\-5SA2A, 237D0\-5SA2B, 237D0\-5SA3A, 237D0\-5SA3B, 237D0\-5SA4A, 237D0\-5SA4B, 237D0\-5SA5A, 237D0\-5SA5B

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain 2018\-2023 LEAF vehicles. The vehicle may accelerate unintentionally if the  driving mode is changed \("D" to "B"; e\-Pedal "On"; or "ECO" mode\) after disengaging the cruise control.


## What can happen

Unintentional acceleration can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will reprogram the vehicle control module \(VCM\), free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 30, 2023.  Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1\-800\-867\-7669.  Nissan's number for this recall is R23A6.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 1, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 66159
- Reported remedied: 55217 \(83%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2018 NISSAN LEAF](/makes/nissan/leaf/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 NISSAN LEAF](/makes/nissan/leaf/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 NISSAN LEAF](/makes/nissan/leaf/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 NISSAN LEAF](/makes/nissan/leaf/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 NISSAN LEAF](/makes/nissan/leaf/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 NISSAN LEAF](/makes/nissan/leaf/2023/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [NTB18\-086a](/bulletins/10188313.md), 2021-03-06, Service bulletin
- [NTB20\-066a](/bulletins/10182359.md), 2020-11-09, Service bulletin

## 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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