Nissan Leaf

The risk

A fail-safe clip fitted to the steering column to ensure correct fitment of the steering column lower joint may have been dislodged from the part during the vehicle assembly process. Without this fail-safe clip, the bolt to secure the joint may be fixed without the steering column shaft being fully inserted on to the steering gear input shaft. Although the length of engagement is sufficient for the steering system to work normally, the forces on the joint (specifically during low speed manoeuvring) may with time cause the joint to work loose and disconnect from the steering system leading to a loss of steering control.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: Unknown

Models on CarsLore

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• Nissan Leaf

Other injuries alerts in 2014

179 of the 198 motor vehicle alerts published in 2014 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2014

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2014

Other recalls for the same models

The same models in recall campaigns from NHTSA, Transport Canada, the EU Safety Gate and the Dutch RDW.

All recalls for this model: Nissan Leaf

More Nissan alerts

127 EU Safety Gate alerts for Nissan since 2006; the most were issued in 2016 (12).

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