Nissan Sentra. Published by Transport Canada as 2011421 on 15 December 2011. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the zinc coating applied to the positive battery terminal stud bolt (during the manufacturing process) may be thicker than desired. This could result in a voltage drop that may cause difficulty starting the engine. This can also damage the Engine Control Module (ECM), which could cause the …
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Nissan SENTRA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Nissan SENTRA is named on 23 American notices, 1 European and 4 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2011421
- Recall date
- 15 December 2011
- Make
- Nissan
- Models
- Sentra
- Model years
- 2010 to 2011
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,227
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the zinc coating applied to the positive battery terminal stud bolt (during the manufacturing process) may be thicker than desired. This could result in a voltage drop that may cause difficulty starting the engine. This can also damage the Engine Control Module (ECM), which could cause the engine to stall. Engine stalling would result in lost vehicle propulsion which, in conjunction with traffic and road conditions, and the driver’s reactions, could increase the risk of a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the positive battery terminal.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2011421.
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.
- 2011431 · 12 December 2011 · Juke · Engine
- 2011436 · 20 December 2011 · Frontier, Pathfinder, FX50 · Engine
- 2011413 · 25 November 2011 · Rogue · Steering
- 2011387 · 4 November 2011 · 370z, G37 Coupe · Other
- 2011165 · 21 April 2011 · Pathfinder, QX4 · Structure
- 2011157 · 18 April 2011 · Pathfinder, Frontier, Xterra · Label
- 2012034 · 1 February 2012 · Versa · Powertrain
- 2012056 · 14 February 2012 · Altima · Airbag
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2011433 · 16 December 2011 · Raptor, Montana, Everest · Electrical
- 2011417 · 5 December 2011 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Electrical
- 2011404 · 14 November 2011 · Eagle Super Lite Travel Trailer, Jay Flight Travel Trailer · Electrical
- 2011405 · 14 November 2011 · Autumn Ridge, Travel Star · Electrical
- 2011330 · 7 September 2011 · Cr-V · Electrical
- 2011328 · 1 September 2011 · CT660 · Electrical
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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 442 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2011.
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