Recall · 20V755000
Nissan North America recalled 4 models over power train
2,708
Vehicles covered
4
Models
7
Model years
December 7, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2011-2013 Infiniti M56, 2012-2013 M35 Hybrid, and 2014 Q70 and Q70 Hybrid vehicles. These models, equipped with 2WD and with a hybrid or VK56 powertrain, have a driveshaft that may break.
- What it can cause
- A broken driveshaft can cause a loss of propulsion, increasing the risk of a crash, or may disable the parking brake, increasing the risk of a rollaway and injury.
- What the dealer does
- Infiniti will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driveshaft, free of charge. The recall began February 5, 2021. Owners may contact Infiniti customer service at 1-800-662-6200.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| InfinitiM35 Hybrid | 2012 to 2013 | Not published here |
| InfinitiM56 | 2011 to 2013 | 2011 |
| InfinitiQ70 | 2014 | Not published here |
| InfinitiQ70 Hybrid | 2014 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,708 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2011 to 2014, so the oldest vehicles on it were 9 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Infiniti vehicles have been recalled over the power train 3 times before this, most recently in September 2014 as 14V582000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. 6 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2014, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 24V470000 (power train).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Nissan North America, Inc. with NHTSA on December 7, 2020 as campaign 20V755000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-12-07.
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