Recall · 21V402000
Nissan North America recalled 5 models over suspension
14,276
Vehicles covered
5
Models
5
Model years
May 27, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2020 Nissan Murano, INFINITI QX60, 2021 Nissan GT-R, INFINITI QX50, and Q50 vehicles. The front steering knuckle or rear axle housing may have insufficient strength due to improper heat-treatment.
- What it can cause
- The steering knuckle or rear axle could deform upon impact, such as from hitting a curb, resulting in a loss of steering control, or possible wheel separation. Both of these conditions can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the front steering knuckle and rear axle housing, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 26, 2021. Nissan owners may contact customer service at 1-800-867-7669. INFINITI owners may contact 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.nhtsa.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 .
How this campaign compares
At 14,276 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 82% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Nissan vehicles have been recalled over the suspension 13 times before this, most recently in October 2017 as 17V637000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 104 complaints with NHTSA, 8 of them before this campaign was filed. 8 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 25V437000 (engine and engine cooling), 21V599000 (back over prevention), 21V234000 (engine and engine cooling), 21V170000 (steering).
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 May 27, 2021 as campaign 21V402000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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