Nissan Xterra, Frontier. Published by Transport Canada as 2010402 on 12 November 2010. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, corrosion may form in the lower steering column joint and limit the movement of the joint. Limited movement of this joint may create excessive load on the lower steering column shaft and, if the vehicle continues to be driven in this condition, may lead to cracking of the shaft during low speed …
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Nissan XTERRA in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010402
- Recall date
- 12 November 2010
- Make
- Nissan
- Models
- Xterra, Frontier
- Model years
- 2002 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 14,407
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, corrosion may form in the lower steering column joint and limit the movement of the joint. Limited movement of this joint may create excessive load on the lower steering column shaft and, if the vehicle continues to be driven in this condition, may lead to cracking of the shaft during low speed manoeuvres that require large steering inputs. In an extreme case, the shaft may break which would result in loss of steering control and could result in a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the affected column shafts and joints.
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Nissan elsewhere in this register
Nissan is named on 330 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010403 · 12 November 2010 · Sentra · Electrical
- 2010383 · 3 November 2010 · Ex35, Murano, FX50 · Lights And Instruments
- 2010373 · 28 October 2010 · Titan, Xterra, Frontier · Engine
- 2010434 · 7 December 2010 · Versa · Lights And Instruments
- 2010301 · 8 September 2010 · Pathfinder, Xterra, Frontier · Accessories
- 2010269 · 11 August 2010 · Frontier · Seats And Restraints
- 2010247 · 22 July 2010 · Cube · Fuel System
- 2010235 · 16 July 2010 · Cube · Airbag
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010412 · 17 November 2010 · 7300 · Steering
- 2010331 · 5 October 2010 · C Class, E Class · Steering
- 2010325 · 30 September 2010 · SRX · Steering
- 2010321 · 23 September 2010 · Sonata · Steering
- 2010319 · 21 September 2010 · Dash, Lance, Enforcer · Steering
- 2010311 · 15 September 2010 · LFS · Steering
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Nissan: 330 in the register, and 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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