Nissan's 2015 Rogue Model is one of the latest cars to come out of the company. However, it announced a few days ago that it will be recalling at least 34,000 car units of this particular model after a shift defect has been detected.
According to the car manufacturer, the defective shifter is caused by an overseen fault selector knob that allows the car to park even though the brake pedal isn't depressed. This problem can cause the car to move suddenly and therefore increase the chances of crashing.
In an investigation done by the Nissan manufacturing team, the group found out that the faulty shifter selector knob is from Jofu Machinery Industry Co., a Chinese company based in the Guangzhou province. While the shift assembly built-in was done by Ficosa North America S. A., a company from Michigan.
In a report regarding the investigation of the car, Nissan along with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration declared that the selector knobs and shifter rods used are faulty. And since they are defective, they can cause uneven pressure on the knob that can potentially affect the performance of the vehicle. In certain instances, the combination of two defective components can cause the spring to bind while in use. This is due to the excessive clearance happening between the two. And as a result of that, a shift lever can start without even depressing a brake pedal.
The recall affects about 34,000 units that were manufactured during the time period of Feb. 10, 2015 up to May 13, 2015. That is almost half the amount of Nissan cars that were sold this year.
Nissan has said that it already started notifying the users through email. And once they respond, the users can bring their cars to the manufacturing locations where all fixes can be carried out with no charge.
