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Nissan recalls 540,000 vehicles for brake pedal pin, fuel gauge problems

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Another day, another recall. This time Nissan is the automaker in question, recalling a total of 539,864 vehicles due to faulty brake pedal pins and fuel gauge components.

Nissan reports that three instances have been reported where brake pedal pins have partially disengaged, resulting in a loss of normal braking ability. Additionally, the fuel gauges in certain higher-mileage vehicles may incorrectly indicate the amount of fuel in the tank. The automaker sites that no accidents or injuries have been reported with either issue, and that all of its new vehicles currently on sale are not affected by these problems.

Vehicles affected by the brake pedal pins are the 2008-2010 Nissan Titan, Armada, Quest and Infiniti QX56. Of those recalled brake pins, 178,916 are in the United States and 25,869 in other markets. As for the fuel gauge inaccuracies, this affects 2005-2008 Nissan Titan, Armada and Infiniti QX56, as well as any Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra models produced between January and March of 2006 or between October 2007 and January 2008. This accounts for 418,865 vehicles in the U.S. and 53,253 elsewhere in the world.

Beginning this month, Nissan will be notifying all owners of the vehicles in question, and they will be able to bring the vehicles to any Nissan or Infiniti dealer to have the problems repaired at no charge. For vehicles affected by the fuel gauge issues, Nissan recommends that in the mean time owners maintain a fuel level of no less than a half-tank. Hit the jump for the full details in Nissan's press release.

[Source: Nissan]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/03/n...blog+(Autoblog)

wow but if that pin is the pin that I'm thinking of.....it could have been much worse...

cars made 20 years ago seems to be better made than the cars made within the past 10 years. Whats going on?

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Originally Posted by hk20000 (Post 6852604)

wow but if that pin is the pin that I'm thinking of.....it could have been much worse...

i think we are thinking about the same pin

its the lin that goes - across the pedal mount near the lever to hold it in place

Honda already recalled their Fits.

The only clean streak Japanese maker now is Suzuki!? Mazda and Subaru...Mazda would be fine drivers like to zoom zoom so they know what they are doing.

at least they are recalling it and not denying that they had a problem.

wow, all these manafacturers having problems. who's next?

i think it's a trend in 2010 for automakers to live up to their mistakes and faulty products. Before 2010 it's keep your mouth shut and fix it with warranty haha.

every car has some kind of recall in its first few years anyway, there are no perfect car. AS long as it is fixed under waranty

domestics > imports ??????????
(in terms of reliability)