Nissan recalls nearly 643,000 vehicles over engine and gear risks

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Nissan issued 2 recalls, affecting a full of 642,698 Rogue compact SUVs, due to the fact that of abstracted problems with the vehicles' gears and engines that tin origin a nonaccomplishment of power, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The archetypal callback involves 323,917 Rogue vehicles, exemplary years 2023-2025, that are equipped with 3-cylinder 1.5L variable-compression turbo (VC-Turbo) engines. NHTSA said the vehicles' motor bearings could fail, resulting successful blistery lipid perchance leaking and expanding the hazard of a fire. 

The callback is an enlargement of an earlier recall Nissan issued past June for much than 480,000 Rogue, Infiniti and Altima vehicles. Federal regulators said manufacturing defects successful definite models of these cars could origin the motor to suffer powerfulness portion successful use, heightening risks of a crash. 

The 2nd callback includes 318,781 Rogues, exemplary years 2024-2025, that person the aforesaid benignant of variable-compression turbo engine. The gears successful the physics throttle assemblage assembly could interruption successful these vehicles, expanding the hazard of an accident, NHTSA said.

For some recalls, the bureau said dealers would inspect the affected vehicles and repair them escaped of charge. Nissan, which is headquartered successful Japan, volition message letters to the affected owners for some recalls connected March 27, 2026. The callback numbers are R25E2 and R25E3. 

Edited by Alain Sherter

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