(Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday that issues related to rear suspension control arm failures have been completed on 2,038,307 Nissan vehicles.
NHTSA said the survey covered 2013-2018 Nissan Altima and 2016-2018 Nissan Maxima vehicles, examining whether the lower control arm of the rear suspension system could be separated from the chassis due to corrosion.
“Nissan acknowledges that stress loads due to normal use may present cracks in the affected control arms, and salts commonly used for road snow and ice may cause corrosion, exacerbating the progress of the cracks,” the agency added.
Nissan implemented design changes in January 2018 to improve the durability of the lower control arm, U.S. automotive safety regulators said.
Under the customer satisfaction movement, some affected vehicles have been repaired through the countermeasures section, while some get a 10-year warranty, or three-year or 36,000 miles of unlimited mileage.
“As reported trends and Nissan’s implementation of countermeasures and actions to extend the warranty, there seems to be no further investigation into the issue at this time,” NHTSA said.
(Reported by Abhinav Parmar in Bangalore; Editor of Shreya Biswas)
