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NHTSA campaign 10V517000

Infiniti and Nissan Recall 10V-517: ENGINE CONTROL MODULE

NHTSA recall 10V517000 was reported by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. on October 28, 2010, with 747,480 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Infiniti QX56, Nissan Armada, Nissan Titan and more for model years 2004–2006. Owners were notified on December 6, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 10V517000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
10V517000 (also written 10V-517 or 10V517)
Filed by
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Report received
Potentially affected
747,480 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V517000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Infiniti

  • Infiniti QX56

    • 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built December 11, 2003 – February 2, 2006 (per NHTSA)
    • 2006 · Vehicles built December 11, 2003 – May 12, 2006 (per NHTSA)
All Infiniti recalls

Nissan

  • Nissan Armada

    • 2004, 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built February 5, 2004 – May 15, 2006 (per NHTSA)

  • Nissan Frontier

    • 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built August 5, 2004 – June 15, 2006 (per NHTSA)

  • Nissan Pathfinder

    • 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built June 23, 2004 – June 16, 2006 (per NHTSA)

  • Nissan Titan

    • 2004, 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built August 19, 2003 – May 15, 2006 (per NHTSA)

  • Nissan Xterra

    • 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built October 19, 2004 – June 16, 2006 (per NHTSA)
All Nissan recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V517000.

Defect description

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.

Safety consequence

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

Manufacturer remedy

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> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 10V517000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.