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The watchful eyes and long arm of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration never rest. After the “2014 - Year of The Recalls” horror episode, the NHTSA isn’t kicking back on the beach sipping a Mai Tai. An official release from the safety watchdog informs that roughly 130,000 Nissan vehicles are subjected to investigation.
To be more specific, their front coil springs are prone to fracture or so we’re told by 93 VOQs (the fancy way of saying ‘complaints’). The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received the complaints and all allege incidents of front suspension coil spring fracture in model year 2008, 2009 and 2010 model year Nissan Versa vehicles. Preliminary analysis of the complaints indicates that the coil spring failures can occur without warning and can happen at any speed.
Furthermore, one complaint (VOQ 10663102) alleges that the passenger-side front coil spring fractured while traveling at 65 mph (104 km/h) and “caused a sudden tire failure by cutting the inner sidewall 360 degrees.” That’s a terrifying experience, but wait until you hear another horror story. VOQ 10680740 reports that the passenger-side coil spring fractured while traveling 40 mph (64 km/h).
How is this more horrifying, you ask? Well, other than the tire puncture, the owner of that Nissan Versa also reported a brake line failure. The ODI crowd also received EWR field report information relating to coil spring failures in the subject vehicles. Therefore, the NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation to assess the frequency, scope and the consequences of the alleged defect.
Nissan is cooperating fully “to answer the agency's questions regarding this issue in a timely manner.”
Furthermore, one complaint (VOQ 10663102) alleges that the passenger-side front coil spring fractured while traveling at 65 mph (104 km/h) and “caused a sudden tire failure by cutting the inner sidewall 360 degrees.” That’s a terrifying experience, but wait until you hear another horror story. VOQ 10680740 reports that the passenger-side coil spring fractured while traveling 40 mph (64 km/h).
How is this more horrifying, you ask? Well, other than the tire puncture, the owner of that Nissan Versa also reported a brake line failure. The ODI crowd also received EWR field report information relating to coil spring failures in the subject vehicles. Therefore, the NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation to assess the frequency, scope and the consequences of the alleged defect.
Nissan is cooperating fully “to answer the agency's questions regarding this issue in a timely manner.”
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