Nissan Remembers 125,000 Rogue SUVs For Potential Hearth Threat

Nissan will recall 125,215 examples of the 2017 Rogue in the US to repair an issue that might be a hearth danger. The marketing campaign is expounded to a recall from January 2022 to restore the identical concern for 664,779 items of the 2014 by 2016 Rogue.

The newly recalled Rogues have manufacturing dates from July 26, 2016, by September 27, 2017. The issue is that water can leak onto a wiring harness within the driver’s footwell, which might trigger corrosion. This might trigger a hearth. The difficulty might additionally lead to faults with the motive force’s facet energy window or energy seat. The AWD warning gentle would possibly activate, too.

“Nissan will not be conscious of any accidents, accidents, or thermal occasions associated to this concern,” the automaker informed Motor1.com.

To repair the issue, sellers will examine the affected wiring harness for corrosion. If there’s any, technicians will exchange the required elements. The method may also embrace making use of lithium grease to the connectors to forestall future moisture intrusion.

Nissan will start notifying probably affected homeowners in January 2023.

Within the unique recall, Nissan believed that the tape on the harness was wicking up water and inflicting the corrosion, in accordance with the chronology. The 2017 Rogue did not have this tape, so the automaker thought the issue did not have an effect on it.

Transport Canada, the nation’s counterpart to the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration within the US, discovered an instance of wiring harness corrosion in a 2017 Rogue. Nissan investigated the issue from February by August 2022.

Nissan submitted a car audit to Transport Canada in 2022. The corporate discovered 4 examples of 2017 Rogues with wiring harness corrosion – two within the US and two in Canada. An evaluation of guarantee claims confirmed proof of 9 extra autos with the issue. The corporate instituted the recall.