Nissan recalling 463,000 vehicles around emblems that can come to be projectiles

Nissan is recalling practically a 50 %-million automobiles simply because the Nissan badge on the steering wheel could detach and injure the driver if the airbag is deployed in a crash.

The remember is around the globe, but the extensive greater part of the 463,472 motor vehicles in the recall are in the United States. Most of the cars in question are 2008-2011 Frontier midsize pickups. The recall also covers Titan pickups and Xterra, Pathfinder and Armada SUVs from those very same design yrs. Some Quest minivans from 2008-09 are also associated, as properly as about 11,000 spare parts on dealer cabinets.

Nissan suggests it has four reports of accidents from the badges, which are equipped by Sweden’s Autoliv.

“House owners with a loose, cracked or missing emblem need to speak to their community authorized Nissan supplier for analysis. If inspection deems remedy is needed, a limited quantity of elements or substitute transportation might be out there,” Nissan spokesman Stephen O’Neil informed Automotive Information.

The enterprise has not created a resolve yet. Prospects in the remember will be alerted by mail in April, then a later on letter will send them to a seller for assistance.

Provided the age of the auto inhabitants concerned in the remember, existing homeowners could possibly not be the authentic proprietors and could get forgotten in the notification procedure. If you very own 1 of these styles, you must test NHTSA’s recall VIN lookup resource in April to see if your specific motor vehicle is impacted.