The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX80 vehicles. Additionally included are 2019 Nissan GT-R and Taxi and Infiniti QX50, QX60, Q70, Q70L vehicles. The back-up camera and display settings can be adjusted such that the rear view image is no longer visible and the system will retain that setting the next time the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."
The risk
The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners in phases, having dealers update the back-up camera settings software, free of charge. The recall began November 11, 2019 and all affected VINs should be activated. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669 or INFINITI customer service at 1-800-662-6200.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by OVSC
Vehicles covered
Components: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
Other back over prevention recalls in 2019
12 of the 880 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2019 concerned the back over prevention; Nissan North America, Inc. filed 226 campaigns in all.
| 19V886000 12 Dec 2019 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 19V749000 18 Oct 2019 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 19V684000 27 Sept 2019 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 19V620000 22 Aug 2019 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 19V603000 15 Aug 2019 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 19V576000 6 Aug 2019 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 19V276000 9 Apr 2019 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 19V281000 9 Apr 2019 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2019