Nissan Recalls Altima for Third Time for Repairing Hood Latches

Nissan is recalling 846,000 Altima cars in the U.S. for malfunctioning hood latches. If this seems familiar, it’s because this is the 3rd (and ideally last) time this issue has actually surfaced.

The 2013-2015 Altima has a secondary hood latch– the one you get after the hood pops open partially– that could not secure the hood in place. Setting up troubles with the actuation lever and improper anti-corrosion covering have added to the locks binding and also rusting. Because suppliers may have made careless repair works on the second round of 625,000 automobiles (that included oil as well as bending a lever), Nissan wishes to change all the hood locks simply to be secure. The initial recall, started in September 2014, included 220,000 vehicles from 2013.

In January 2015, Nissan recalled 170,665 late-model Pathfinder as well as Infiniti JX35/QX60 SUVs for issues with secondary hood locks, which were set up inaccurately to ensure that the hood-release cable television would not engage the locking claw.