Nissan Diesel Electrical System: Front Underhood

Nissan Diesel is recalling about 2,933 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. This condition can cause wiring harness exposure or breakage of the wiring.

Campaign
96V216000
Manufacturer
NISSAN DIESEL AMERICA, INC
Reported
4 November 1996
Vehicles
2,933
Built between
Until Sep 1996
Models
4
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
6 December 1996
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between an unspecified date and September 1996. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1995-1996 Nissan Diesel UD3000Built unknown to August 1996
  • 1995-1996 UD UD1800Built unknown to August 1996
  • 1995-1996 UD UD2300Built unknown to August 1996
  • 1995-1996 UD UD2600Built unknown to September 1996

What the defect is

The electrical wiring harness located to the right of the accelerator pedal and routed along the engine tunnel to the driver's seat base can chafe or rub by contact from the driver's foot.

What could happen

This condition can cause wiring harness exposure or breakage of the wiring. This wiring breakage can cause loss of electrical power to various vehicle components or systems including the windshield wipers.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A DOUBLE LAYERED PROTECTIVE COVER PERMANENTLY ON THE WIRING HARNESS. IF THE HARNESS OR THE WIRING HAS BEEN BROKEN, IT WILL BE REPAIRED.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtunknown to September 1996
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA4 November 1996
  3. Owners notified6 December 1996

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 4 November 1996.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
NISSAN DIESEL AMERICA, INC
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owner notification:owner notification is expected to begin december 2, 1996. Note:owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact nissan diesel at 1-972-756-5500.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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