The defect
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.
The 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.
The 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.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Nissan Versa | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Nissan Versa Note | 2014, 2015 |
Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Versa | 2012 | 486 | 10 |
| Nissan Versa | 2013 | 204 | 1 |
| Nissan Versa | 2014 | 207 | 2 |
| Nissan Versa | 2015 | 168 | 1 |
| Nissan Versa Note | 2014 | 136 | 3 |
| Nissan Versa Note | 2015 | 86 | 2 |
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 2015
7 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the vehicle speed control; Nissan North America, Inc. filed 226 campaigns in all.
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| 15V206000 7 Apr 2015 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 15V152000 16 Mar 2015 | Ducati North America |
| 15V123000 2 Mar 2015 | Kia Motors America |
| 15V089000 13 Feb 2015 | Kia Motors America |
| 15V029000 23 Jan 2015 | TOR Truck Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015