Nissan Motor Corp, Japan's third-biggest car maker after Toyota and Honda, said it will recall about 540,000 vehicles worldwide due to potential defects in brake pedal pins and fuel-gauge components, mostly in the United States.
The recall will mostly be carried out in the United States, but also affects other regions like the Middle East and parts of Asia including Japan. No accidents related to the problems have been reported so far.
Beginning this month, Nissan will notify customers to bring their vehicles to their dealer where they will have an inspection and if necessary, a free repair.
For brake pedals, the Japanese automaker said the pins can partially disengage and disrupt normal brake functions, a manufacturing error it attributed to the supplier.
The recall affects 2008 through 2010 model year Nissan Titan pickup trucks, Armada and Infiniti QX56 sport utility vehicles, and Quest minivans. It will involve 178,916 units in the United States and 25,869 units in the Middle East, Mexico, Canada, Russia and several other countries.
Nissan also said faulty gas gauges can display an incorrect amount of fuel left in the tank when it is in fact empty. Until the fix is completed, the automaker suggests drivers to keep at least a half-tank of fuel.
The models subject to the gas gauge recall are 2005 through 2008 model year Nissan Titan, Armada and Infiniti QX56 as well as Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra produced between January and March 2006 and between October 2007 and January 2008.
This will involve 418,865 units in the United States and 53,253 units in Canada, the Middle East, Japan, Puerto Rico and other countries.
Nissan added all vehicles currently on sale do not have the two problems.
Nissan Titan pickup trucks
Nissan Armada
Nissan Infiniti QX56
Nissan Quest
Nissan Frontier
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Xterra
