Nissan Diesel UD Medium Duty Truck Recalls

November 28, 2008

Vehicle Make / Model:		Model Year(s):
NISSAN DIESEL / UD1800		2008
NISSAN DIESEL / UD2000		2008
NISSAN DIESEL / UD2300		2008
NISSAN DIESEL / UD2600		2008
NISSAN DIESEL / UD3300		2008
Manufacturer: NISSAN DIESEL AMERICA, INC		Mfr’s Report Date: NOV 18, 2008
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 08V617000		N/A NHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Potential Number of Units Affected: 549

Summary: NISSAN DIESEL IS RECALLING 549 year 2008 UD1800, UD2000, UD2300, UD2600, AND UD3300 MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS. A FAILURE OF THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP DRIVE COUPLER CAN OCCUR. THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NOTCHED DRIVE SURFACE WAS IMPROPERLY MACHINED. WITH INCREASED FUEL PUMP PRESSURE, THE REQUIRED TURNING TORQUE ON THE DRIVE COUPLER INCREASED. THE INCREASED TURNING TORQUE COULD CRACK THE COUPLER AT THE BOTTOM CORNER WITHOUT WARNING UNDER NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION.

Consequence: CONTINUED OPERATION WITH A CRACKED DRIVE COUPLER COULD RESULT IN THE COUPLER BECOMING BROKEN AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL AND NOT RESTART, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP DRIVE COUPLER. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET PROVIDED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION SCHEDULE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN DIESEL AT 1-972-756-5500.

Notes: CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

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Comments

2 Responses to “Nissan Diesel UD Medium Duty Truck Recalls”

Joao Candido Portinari on March 11th, 2009 12:31 am

I bought a 0km Nissan Frontier in 2007. Last year my car started doing noises right after I turned the starter key. This noise increased for some time and then, all of a sudden, the car stalled and would not restart again.
The Nissan authorized dealer from which I bought the car declared that he would have to change the diesel reservoir and some of the fuel injection pumps, and that I would have to pay for it since it was diagnosed that the reason for this failure was that I had been using low quality diesel.
He claimed that the diesel reservoir was getting rusted because of inappropriate diesel, and that was why the fuel injection pumps ceased to function properly, causing the problem of sudden stalling.
I am dismayed at this “gotcha” Nissan is pulling on me, especially because one of the stalls happened in a very busy road and my family and I barely escaped from being hit by other cars, since when the car stalled, everything stopped to function, including the driver’s wheel!…
Last week the same problem recurred again and now my car is sitting on the dealer’s mechanics section and he is not willing to repair it unless I pay a huge sum to replace the diesel reservoir tank and the fuel injection system’s pumps!
I would appreciate it very much if you could enlighten me as to the real cause of this problem so that I can claim my car’s repair and devolution.
Best regards,
Joao C. Portinari
Joao Candido Portinari on March 11th, 2009 12:34 am

I forgot to tell that before this Nissan Frontier I had a Mitsubishi L200 for 14 years, that the diesel I fed to the Mitsubishi was the same I’m feeding the Nissan Frontier, and that I never had this kind of problem with my Mitsubishi.