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NHTSA Campaign 10E019000

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

Issued by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. · Reported May 20, 2010 · 1,873 vehicles affected

What's wrong

NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT AND REAR LOWER LINKS, P/NOS. 54501ZQ00A, 54500ZQ00A, 551A1ZQ00A, 551A0ZQ00A , 54501EA00A, 54500EA00A, 551A1EA500, 551A0EA500, 54501ZR00A, AND 54500ZR00A, SOLD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 25, 2009 AND MAY 14, 2010 AS REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR MODEL YEAR 2004 THROUGH 2010 TITAN, ARMADA, AND QX56, AND MODEL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 2010 FRONTIER, XTERRA, AND PATHFINDER VEHICLES. 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.

Consequence

IF THE COLLAR WELD SEPARATES, THE VEHICLE HANDLING WILL DETERIORATE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy

NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE ANY AFFECTED LOWER LINK FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 12, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
INFINITI QX56 2004 1,873
INFINITI QX56 2005 1,873
INFINITI QX56 2006 1,873
INFINITI QX56 2007 1,873
INFINITI QX56 2008 1,873
INFINITI QX56 2009 1,873
INFINITI QX56 2010 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2004 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2005 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2006 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2007 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2008 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2009 1,873
NISSAN ARMADA 2010 1,873
NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 1,873
NISSAN FRONTIER 2006 1,873
NISSAN FRONTIER 2007 1,873
NISSAN FRONTIER 2008 1,873
NISSAN FRONTIER 2009 1,873
NISSAN FRONTIER 2010 1,873
NISSAN LOWER LINK 1,873
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2005 1,873
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2006 1,873
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2007 1,873
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2008 1,873
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2009 1,873
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2010 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2004 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2005 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2006 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2007 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2008 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2009 1,873
NISSAN TITAN 2010 1,873
NISSAN XTERRA 2005 1,873
NISSAN XTERRA 2006 1,873
NISSAN XTERRA 2007 1,873
NISSAN XTERRA 2008 1,873
NISSAN XTERRA 2009 1,873
NISSAN XTERRA 2010 1,873

Source: NHTSA Campaign 10E019000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.