| NHTSA Record Id: 10482 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: NISSAN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008624000201633000000246 |
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| Model Name: 200SX |
Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V093000 |
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| Component Name: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1994 |
End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 31 1997 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 512387 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 14 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Nissan North America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: May, 05 1998 |
| Record Creation date : May, 06 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. water can enter and displace the grease in the wiper arm linkage ball joint where the wiper linkage attaches to the wiper motor linkage. |
Consequence Summary: This can result in gradual wear over a period of time inside the joint that could lead to the separation of the wiper linkage assembly from the wiper motor linkage at the ball joint. a loss of windshield wiper function can result in this separation occurs. |
| Corrective Summary : To prevent grease from being washed out of the joint, the dealers will modify by adding a water diversion seal that will prevent water from entering the windshield wiper linkage ball joint area. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin august 14, 1998. due to the large number of vehicles involved, the owner mailing will be phased and will continue through december 31, 1998. 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 at 1-800-647-7261.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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