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Nissan Recalls Cars for Steering Wheel Problem

Nissan Motor Co is recalling 51,000 cars globally, including 880 in Finland, to investigate a reported steering wheel problem, Finnish national broadcaster YLE said on Thursday. The recall affects Nissan’s Qashqai, Qashqai+2 and Nissan NV200 models, it said. YLE reported …

Nissan Recalling 39,000 Versa Small Cars

Nissan is recalling 39,000 Versa small cars because the transmissions can be shifted out of park without the driver’s foot on the brake. The 2012 model cars were made from June 9, 2011 through Jan. 13, 2012 and sold in …

Nissan Recalls 2 Vehicles Because of Engine Stalling

Nissan is recalling nearly 34,000 Sentra compact cars because of a battery cable problem that could cause the engines to stall. Documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that a zinc coating on the cable bolts could …

Nissan Plant Open Saturdays Amid Power Crunch

Nissan’s plant is busily rolling out the Leaf electric car and other models on a Saturday, having shifted production schedules for an aggressive nationwide effort to fight the power crunch created by a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. “Setsuden,” or “save electricity,” …

US Probes Reports of Nissan, Chrysler, GM Defects

U.S. safety regulators have opened preliminary investigations into consumer complaints about vehicles made by Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Chrysler LLC and General Motors Co that could affect more than 700,000 cars. A preliminary investigation is the first step in a …

Steering Risk Causes Nissan to Recall 271,000 SUVs

Nissan Motor Co Ltd recalled nearly 271,000 older-model Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs in North America due to the chance that road salt and water could collect to cause a loss of steering, U.S. safety regulators said. Affected in the …