Nissan issued another major recall this week, with the latest involving more than 712,000 Rogue and Rogue Sport SUVs equipped with a jackknife-style ignition key that can cause the vehicle to shut off while driving.
Nissan recalls over 700,000 SUVs
Nissan announced a major recall this week involving more than 712,000 Rogue and Rogue Sport SUVs equipped with a jackknife-style ignition key that can accidentally cause the vehicle to shut off while driving.
The affected vehicles are the model year 2016 through 2020 Nissan Rogue and 2017 through 2022 Rogue Sports, particularly the base Rogue S and smaller Rogue Sport S models, CNN reported.
All of these models utilize jackknife-style keys – the type in which the metal blade of the key flips out from within a plastic key fob.
An internal pivot joint of the jackknife key can weaken over time, which allows the key to fold accidentally while in use. If this occurs while the key is in the ignition if the key is inadvertently touched or bumped, the vehicle may shut off, increasing the risk of a crash, cars.com reported.
Recall, but Nissan has no solution available to the problem yet
Complicating the situation, according to documents Nissan filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the automaker has yet to work out a solution to the problem. The NHTSA says once a solution is available, it will be provided free of charge by Nissan dealers to the owners of the affected SUVs.
What do owners do in the meantime? One possible solution…
One possible solution is that dealers will insert a spacer into the key slot of the jackknife key to fix the issue. But there’s just one problem – the spacers aren’t available yet.
Currently, Nissan is advising the owners of the affected SUVs not to attach any accessories to their key and to only use it when it is unfolded. Obviously, drivers have to be especially careful not to accidentally bump the keys while driving.
Nissan is expected to send an interim notification letter to owners on March 17.
Once the remedy (presumably, the spacers) is available, Nissan will send owners a letter.
In the meantime, owners of the affected vehicles who have further questions can contact the automaker at 800-867-7669 (the Nissan recall number is R22C5).
Owners can also call the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s vehicle safety hotline at 888-327-4236 or visit its website to check your vehicle identification number to learn more.
