Nissan recalls more than 600,000 Frontiers and Xterras

US frontier

The recall season looks like it’s far from over. Nissan has issued a recall on around 605,000 vehicles, mostly in North America, Canada and Latin America, due to steering or battery cable-related issues.

The company said the steering recall affects 303,000 Frontier pickups made from July 2001 to Oct 2004 and 283,000 Xterra SUVs built in July 2001 to Jan 2005, all built at the company’s plant in Smyrna, Tennessee and which were sold in the US, Canada, Mexico and in Latin America. Nissan said that corrosion can develop in the lower steering column joint that limits joint movement, and if unchecked, might possibly lead to the steering shaft cracking.

A further 18,500 Sentra sedans, assembled in Mexico and which were primarily sold in the US, were covered by the battery-cable recall, where a connection defect on the positive battery cable terminal can lead to difficulty starting the vehicle or stalling at low speeds.

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Comments

  • seriusSAM on Nov 12, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    it seems like re-call is part of very successful marketing medium

    lol

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  • klguy on Nov 12, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    don worry malaysian market not affected. we get the best frm the whole world.

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    • yeah.. our country get the best car .. U.S get worst car from all over world…everytimes recall sure U.S affect… hmmm maybe recall activity just to make their economy grow… when recall sure need new part + give thier people job…

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    • huhu…. malaysia boleh :-)

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    • thai, sing, indon, viet, phil, bru, bur, aus…etc oso not affected

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  • _xXx_ on Nov 12, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    Oh, as usual, those in Bolehland are NOT affected.

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    • toyoott on Nov 12, 2010 at 4:47 pm

      Theres no D21 Frontier in Malaysia,, only got D20 n D40 ony…

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  • azrai on Nov 12, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    2010 : Arnold Schwarzenegger Total Recall for automobile.

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  • not surprising if Malaysia is not affected.

    since Frontiers here are locally assembled and it is mentioned in the article that the cars affected are manufactured in a plant in USA.

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  • zoroGundam on Nov 12, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    “where a connection defect on the positive battery cable terminal can lead to difficulty starting the vehicle or stalling at low speeds”

    is this problem common? it can happen to any type of car/vehicle is it?
    thanks for the reply in advance :)

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  • maybe uncle tan chong should do a recall for those brake problems……

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