NHTSA 15V507000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals And Linkages
- Report received by NHTSA
- August 12, 2015
- Owner notification
- September 14, 2015
- Recall initiated by
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Units potentially affected
- 298,747 (whole campaign)
- Build dates listed for the 2015 Nissan Versa
- June 9, 2011 – March 11, 2015
- Model names in the NHTSA record
- VERSA, VERSA NOTE
Components: Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals And Linkages; Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Defect summary
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Nissan Versa sedan vehicles manufactured June 9, 2011, to March 11, 2015, and 2014-2015 Nissan Versa Note vehicles manufactured April 23, 2013, to March 11, 2015. The affected vehicles have a center console trim panel that may catch the driver's shoe and delay the transition from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal.
Safety risk
A delay in the application of the brake pedal would lengthen the distance needed to stop the vehicle and increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will modify the console trim panel, free of charge. The recall began on September 14, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
Notes in the NHTSA record
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Source: NHTSA recall 15V507000, filed by Nissan North America, Inc.. View the campaign on NHTSA.gov