Lower Control Link Recall?

Budrbean · Postby **Budrbean** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:08 pm

Anyone know anything about a recall on something called the lower control link? I got a letter sent to my grandmothers (my old address). She called me and tried to tell me about it but she couldnt really tell me what it was about. Anyone else get a notice this week?

jerry6 · Postby **jerry6** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:48 pm

nothing came in for my 2007 , yet . Let us know what it's about when you get the facts . Iam getting a squeak from the front end once in a while , ??

KEVSTER · Postby **KEVSTER** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:16 pm

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 10E019000

Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
Manufacturer: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 1873

Year: 2008
Make: Nissan
Model: Pathfinder
Manufactured
from: 0000-00-00
to: 0000-00-00
Recall Date: 2010-05-20

Summary:

NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT AND REAR LOWER LINKS, P/NOS. 54501ZQ00A, 54500ZQ00A, 551A1ZQ00A, 551A0ZQ00A , 54501EA00A, 54500EA00A, 551A1EA500, 551A0EA500, 54501ZR00A, AND 54500ZR00A, SOLD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 25, 2009 AND MAY 14, 2010 AS REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR MODEL YEAR 2004 THROUGH 2010 TITAN, ARMADA, AND QX56, AND MODEL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 2010 FRONTIER, XTERRA, AND PATHFINDER VEHICLES. THE LOWER CONTROL LINK ASSEMBLY HAS TWO CYLINDRICAL COLLARS FORMING THE INBOARD ATTACHMENT POINTS TO THE CHASSIS. DUE TO AN IMPROPER WELDING PROCESS SOME COLLARS MAY CONTAIN WELDS THAT DO NOT MEET STRENGTH SPECIFICATIONS.

IF THE COLLAR WELD SEPARATES, THE VEHICLE HANDLING WILL DETERIORATE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE ANY AFFECTED LOWER LINK FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JUNE 14, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.

jerry6 · Postby **jerry6** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:11 pm

Thanks .

eieio · Postby **eieio** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:50 pm

Budrbean wrote:Anyone know anything about a recall on something called the lower control link? I got a letter sent to my grandmothers (my old address). She called me and tried to tell me about it but she couldnt really tell me what it was about. Anyone else get a notice this week?

eieio wrote:NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 10E019000

Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
Manufacturer: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 1873

Year: 2008
Make: Nissan
Model: Pathfinder
Manufactured
from: 0000-00-00
to: 0000-00-00
Recall Date: 2010-05-20

Summary:

NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT AND REAR LOWER LINKS, P/NOS. 54501ZQ00A, 54500ZQ00A, 551A1ZQ00A, 551A0ZQ00A , 54501EA00A, 54500EA00A, 551A1EA500, 551A0EA500, 54501ZR00A, AND 54500ZR00A, SOLD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 25, 2009 AND MAY 14, 2010 AS REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR MODEL YEAR 2004 THROUGH 2010 TITAN, ARMADA, AND QX56, AND MODEL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 2010 FRONTIER, XTERRA, AND PATHFINDER VEHICLES.

Budrbean, did you have one of these parts replaced at a dealership or did you purchase one for a repair?
This sounds (to me) like a recall campaign for parts sold "as replacement parts", as opposed to parts installed prior to the sale of a new vehicle

GOTGOO · Postby **GOTGOO** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:47 pm

eieio wrote:This sounds (to me) like a recall campaign for parts sold "as replacement parts", as opposed to parts installed prior to the sale of a new vehicle

Thats what i got from it.

Budrbean · Postby **Budrbean** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:32 am

Im second owner so I guess Ill call nissan and see if it was replaced

lsmith9523 · Postby **lsmith9523** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:26 am

My 2010 Pathy was inspected at the stealership the other day. All four lower control's are in the recall. Joy Joy,,,a fun filled day waiting in the dealership waiting room..LOL Oh well, still love my pathy..

DPF · Postby **DPF** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:56 am

lsmith,

On a 2010? And they replaced them all? That does not seem to align with the recall as posted. That states these are service parts, not OEM. DId you have all your LCA's replaced at some point? Or is the phrasing of the recall bogus?

Please clarify, for the good of the community

.

If yours were OEM and replaced, methinks my 09 should make a stealership visit.

-DPF

eieio · Postby **eieio** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:23 am

there are two campaigns!:
#10E019000 covers replacement parts
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/re ... refurl=rss
#10V208000 covers 41,649 2010 model Nissan & Infiniti SUVs:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/re ... refurl=rss

lsmith9523 · Postby **lsmith9523** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:05 am

I didn't know there were seperate notices. I just received the Recall letter stating that my 2010 pathy needed to be checked for possible lower control arm recall. It said something about some of the welds are not in spec. I took the notice and Pathy to the dealership. A good friend and client is the Master Tech there. He pulled the recall notice, checked some type of numbers on each lower control arm. All four fell into the recall and they ordered the parts. They stapled my recall notice to the workorder, so I do not have the actual notice on hand. The dealership called Friday and told me the parts were in. He said to prepare for them to have my vehicle for the full day, for all four lower control arms will be replaced. I know this might not help much,,but this is all the information I have at this time. I will deff. report back here after the work is done and I receive more details..

The_Edge · Postby **The_Edge** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:33 pm

my 2010 was affected and they ordered the link to be installed next week

AZ_Path · Postby **AZ_Path** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:27 am

I just received notice this week about mine and they are OEM, not replacement. This must apply to non-replacement parts as well. I would expect that replacement parts are being made to the same specs as OEM parts are so it's not surprising that it applies to both. I don't have the notice with me to post the #'s but I'll try an remember too this weekend.

EDIT: False alarm on my part. I read the notice this weekend and it does apply only to replacement parts.

lsmith9523 · Postby **lsmith9523** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:07 am

My 2010 Pathy goes in Tuesday morning (8/3) for the lower link replacement. I will be there all day but will try to update the procedure when I return or on Wed...

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