Engine And Engine Cooling

NHTSA campaign 10V517000 · announced October 28, 2010 · filed by Nissan North America, Inc. · 747,480 units affected

The problem

NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 ARMADA, TITAN, INFINITI QX56 AND MODEL YEAR 2005-2006 FRONTIER, PATHFINDER AND XTERRA VEHICLES. THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE (IPDM) ASSEMBLY CONTAINS AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) RELAY THAT HAS A DIODE FOR ELECTRICAL CURRENT NOISE REDUCTION. THE ECM RELAY MAY ALLOW SILICON VAPOR TO FORM AND, OVER TIME, THE SILICON EVAPORATES FROM THE DIODE MOLDING WHICH CAUSES SILICON OXIDE TO DEVELOP ON THE ECM RELAY CONTACT DUE TO ARCING.

The risk

THIS COULD CAUSE ENGINE STALLING INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What to do

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ECM RELAY INSIDE THE IPDM ASSEMBLY. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 6, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Vehicles covered by this recall

• 2004 Infiniti Qx56
• 2005 Infiniti Qx56
• 2006 Infiniti Qx56
• 2004 Nissan Armada
• 2005 Nissan Armada
• 2006 Nissan Armada
• 2005 Nissan Frontier
• 2006 Nissan Frontier
• 2005 Nissan Pathfinder
• 2006 Nissan Pathfinder
• 2004 Nissan Titan
• 2005 Nissan Titan
• 2006 Nissan Titan
• 2005 Nissan Xterra
• 2006 Nissan Xterra

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal or repair advice.