Nissan has announced the recall of 179,000 US vehicles today due to problems with the break pedal becoming lose.

Affected Models include:
Some 2008 – 2010 Nissan Titan Pickups
Some 2008 – 2010 Infinity QX56
Some 2008 – 2010 Nissan Armada
Some 2008 – 2009 Nissan Quest

Nissan has found that a pin that is used in the pedal assembly can come loose, causing a reduction in break force.  The more mileage on the car… the more likely it is to start showing signs of being loose.

The recall for this break problem officially begins on March 22, 2010.

As per usual, Nissan will be contacting owners who’s vehicles are affected by the recall and provide them with information on how the recall will be conducted, etc.

Nissan is also recalling 419,000 in the US due to faulty gas gauges.

According to Nissan:

“Vehicles at higher mileage levels may have fuel gauges which incorrectly indicate the amount of fuel in the tank. This may result in the vehicle running out of fuel while the gauge reads greater than empty,”

Nissan is saying that there is an issue that causes the fuel gauge on some Nissan vehicles to show 1/4 tank of gas when they are, in fact, empty.  Nissan is recommending that drivers of affected vehicles maintain at least 1/2 tank of gas to insure that they don’t get stranded.

Affected Models Include:
Some 2005 – 2008 Nissan Titan Pickups
Some 2005 – 2008 Infinity QX56
Some 2005 – 2008 Nissan Armada
Some 2006 – 2008 Nissan Frontier
Some 2006 – 2008 Nissan Pathfinder
Some 2006 – 2008 Nissan Xterra

The recall for this fuel gauge problem officially begins on March 22, 2010.  It’s being conducted in two batches, but the details on how it’s being broken up has yet to be released.  I would suspect that it’s being conducted in two batches due to parts availability.

Is anyone else getting tired of all of the recalls?

Are manufactures being hyper-proactive announcing recalls after seeing the aftermath of the Toyota recall?

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