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Massive Nissan Recall Covers More Than 700,000 Cars

EL34 submitted on 11/28/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:25:56 AM

31 user comments | Category: Misc News | Source: www.autospies.com

TOKYO — Nissan is expanding a recall of Altima and Sentra sedans to correct a faulty crankshaft sensor that could cause the engine to shut down.

The recall now covers nearly 714,000 cars sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Nissan said the models affected are equipped with 2.5-liter four-cylinder engines and were made in 2002 and 2005-'06.

The crankshaft sensor on some engines is susceptible to overheating, which in some cases can cause the engine to quit working.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123676

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kpaxx


Lexus recall..Nissan Recall where the quality in these Japanese cars?

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Posted on 11/28/2007 12:27:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

EnnNorak

It's all about competitive pressure and auto makers beating up on suppliers. Suppliers then deliver el-cheapo components thereby screving the reputation of the auto maker when the component fails prematurely.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 5:35:01 PM | | Votes: 2   

c36amg

ya you buy a chinese one thats best for you... it will never break

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Posted on 11/28/2007 3:37:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Monk

shut up houstoncutie...all cars can fall apart, even Lexus or Toyota

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Posted on 11/28/2007 8:20:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Kinger

I think to say that any make of car nowadays falls apart is a bit strong. All makes suffer glitches from time to time, mainly electrical these days with so many advanced features on modern cars.

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Posted on 11/29/2007 8:09:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Monk

I clearly said any car CAN fall apart...of course, reliability overall from all car manufacturers has constantly improved since the birth of the automobile

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Posted on 11/29/2007 8:45:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

jeffy210

Ignoring the particular brand of the recall. Are there any statistics or trends on overall reliability in the industry? In terms of number of recalls, severity, units affected and percent of all units sold.

It'd be interesting to see what the percentage of recalls for *all* brands combined was for each year.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 12:43:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

S4cabriofoxone

LOLOLOLOLOL.

"Not likely, the Jetta is also a boring car."

We're talking about the TOYOTA CAMRY here. The Jetta has German engineering, and it may be bland to look at, but it's much better to drive than the Camry, for less money.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 8:51:00 PM | | Votes: -1   

ZZZZ


the jetta will ONLY be fun to drive while it still runs. it still has crappy german sourced electronics, motors, switches, etc.

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Posted on 11/29/2007 5:04:27 AM | | Votes: 3   

Kinger

Japanese maufacturers use German electronics too, Honda for example uses Bosch components in their cars.

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Posted on 11/29/2007 8:12:54 AM | | Votes: 2   

M35MT

Germans cant wire anything to save their life.

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Posted on 11/29/2007 8:45:44 AM | | Votes: 2   

M35MT

"On a related note" the new Jetta looks like a Chinese rip off of the current Corolla...not that's lame.

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Posted on 11/29/2007 8:49:56 AM | | Votes: 1   

ZZZZ

kinger:

"Japanese maufacturers use German electronics too, Honda for example uses Bosch components in their cars."


and they are the worse for it!

my brother had to replace the Hitachi starter on his wife's hi mileage InfinitiI30. to save a few bucks, he used a Bosch starter out of a Maxima. it FAILED in less than 60 days.

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Posted on 12/5/2007 7:17:43 AM | | Votes: 1   

autopro

It doesn't matter how many recalls or what JD power says,just look at mercedes they've been getting hammered with bad press and they still sell.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 5:21:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

EnnNorak

It's a mystery to me why Mercedes sales continue with such successs. BMW is another mystery as many former owners have told me that these cars are very expensive to repair and maintain. The consumer should protect himself by looking at life-cycle cost before making his purchasing decision -- and don't look to pathological liars in the showroom to help you with life-cycle costing.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 5:41:43 PM | | Votes: 1   

johnklik

more sissy jap cars with more problems.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 8:34:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

huntr

As a former 17 year technician for a carmaker that lots of you seem to love and now a car salesman (yea I know). I can say this about Cam/Crank sensors;I have not seen a truly reliable Crank or Cam sensor from any manufacturer and it does not seem to matter what the country of origin is they are all somewhat unreliable and that goes for anything from a Ford diesel to a BMW.

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Posted on 11/28/2007 8:46:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

0to60

Whoa, they need to get that together

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Posted on 11/28/2007 9:47:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

EL34

Well at least when the recalls if any for the GT-R come rolling in we will know there will be no more than 1500 cars on the list.

EL34 - Your friendly Realator :)

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Posted on 11/28/2007 9:53:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

M35MT

You suck at life.

What you're forgetting is that these a RECALLS. The manufacturer PAYS to FIX THEM.

When you Benz's transmission falls out and the stereo, hvac and power seats glitch and stop working at 60,000 miles, you can take it to the dealer and pay 10 grand to get that land yacht back on the road.

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Posted on 11/29/2007 8:47:53 AM | | Votes: 5   

johnklik

nissan is entry level garbage all up and down their line.

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Posted on 11/30/2007 10:04:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

KZ258

"You suck at life.

What you're forgetting is that these a RECALLS. The manufacturer PAYS to FIX THEM.

When you Benz's transmission falls out and the stereo, hvac and power seats glitch and stop working at 60,000 miles, you can take it to the dealer and pay 10 grand to get that land yacht back on the road."



LOL!!!

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Posted on 12/1/2007 12:28:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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