Nissan Pathfinder, Qx4. Published by Transport Canada as 2011165 on 21 April 2011. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage during winter months, a mixture of snow/water and salt may enter an assembly location hole in the upper strut housing, causing water to collect at the mating surface of the strut housing panel and the inner hood ledge assembly. Over time, this snow/water …
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Nissan PATHFINDER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Nissan PATHFINDER is named on 29 American notices, 8 British, 7 European and 1 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2011165
- Recall date
- 21 April 2011
- Make
- Nissan, Infiniti
- Models
- Pathfinder, QX4
- Model years
- 1996 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 74,983
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage during winter months, a mixture of snow/water and salt may enter an assembly location hole in the upper strut housing, causing water to collect at the mating surface of the strut housing panel and the inner hood ledge assembly. Over time, this snow/water and salt intrusion may result in corrosion of the strut tower housing structure. If the vehicle continues to be driven in this condition, the strut housing may crack and pull away from the inner hood ledge assembly. Should the strut housing separate and contact the steering column upper shaft, the steering shaft could break. A loss of steering control could result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will inspect the strut housing and, if no corrosion or only minor surface corrosion is present, an anti-corrosion seal will be applied. If moderate corrosion is present, resin patches will be applied in addition to the sealant. If there is evidence of more significant corrosion, a metal reinforcement plate will be used to reinforce the strut housing assembly. In instances where it is impossible to repair the vehicle, Nissan
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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.
- 2011157 · 18 April 2011 · Pathfinder, Frontier, Xterra · Label
- 2011387 · 4 November 2011 · 370z, G37 Coupe · Other
- 2011413 · 25 November 2011 · Rogue · Steering
- 2011431 · 12 December 2011 · Juke · Engine
- 2011421 · 15 December 2011 · Sentra · Electrical
- 2011436 · 20 December 2011 · Frontier, Pathfinder, FX50 · Engine
- 2010434 · 7 December 2010 · Versa · Lights And Instruments
- 2010402 · 12 November 2010 · Xterra, Frontier · Steering
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2011124 · 18 March 2011 · C30, S40 · Structure
- 2011244 · 4 July 2011 · At37-G, At200a, At235 · Structure
- 2011339 · 14 September 2011 · Bc2100xl · Structure
- 2011438 · 22 December 2011 · G5 School Bus · Structure
- 2010443 · 14 December 2010 · G5 School Bus · Structure
- 2010407 · 12 November 2010 · Montana · Structure
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Nissan Pathfinder, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 442 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2011.
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