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Nissan rear door latch/lock cable on the vehicles may have been improperly routed.

NHTSA campaign 17V-040 · Reported January 18, 2017 · 341,005 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Nissan Altima
VEHICLES AFFECTED
341,005
REMEDY
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will correct the rear door latch/lock cable routing, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Nissan North America, Inc. reported a problem with the doors latch. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The rear door latch/lock cable on the vehicles may have been improperly routed. As a result, lowering a rear window may inadvertently cause that door to unlatch and open.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the rear passenger doors inadvertently open while the vehicle is in motion, it may increase the risk of injury to the rear passengers.

WHAT TO DO

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will correct the rear door latch/lock cable routing, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 17V-040.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2015–2017Nissan Altima

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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