All the cars sold in Japan by Nissan in the last 3 years will be recalled by the carmaker. If you want to know what has been the issue for this car recall, then you need to know that technically there are no issues, but the final vehicle inspections were not performed by authorized technicians.
The final number of the cars being recalled is under1.2 million. Nissan produced around 560,000 vehicles in Japan last year to North America, Europe and other markets. Spokesman Nick Maxfield said there was no difference in quality between cars made in Japan for the domestic market and those made for export. The recall is the second major misconduct incident involving a Japanese automaker in as many years, after Mitsubishi admitted in April 2016 it had falsified the fuel economy for some of its domestic market models. Nissan, Japan's second-biggest carmaker, said it would recall 1.21 million passenger vehicles produced for the domestic market between October 2014 and September 2017. It added all recalled vehicles would undergo re-inspections for final checks on issues including steering radius and braking and acceleration capabilities, at a cost of around 25 billion yen ($222 million).
The company is investigating how and why the inspections took place, a process expected to take around a month. A third party will participate in an internal investigation into the matter. The recall includes all of the 386,000 passenger vehicles Nissan sold in Japan in 2016. It excludes Nissan-branded mini-vehicles, which are produced by Mitsubishi Motors. Passenger car sales in Japan account for roughly 10 percent of Nissan's global sales.
