Nissan recollects 96,000 Rogue, Qashqai SUVs in Canada

Nissan recollects 96,000 Rogue, Qashqai SUVs in Canada

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Nissan is recalling roughly 96,000 Rogue and Qashqai compact crossover SUVs in Canada (the latter is branded Rogue Sport within the U.S.) in addition to one other 713,000 within the U.S. over a possible drawback with the ignition keys that will trigger the automobile to close off whereas driving. Rogues from mannequin years 2014 via 2020; and Qashqais from mannequin years 2017 via 2022 are coated by the marketing campaign if they’ve jackknife-style ignition keys.

On affected autos, these varieties of keys may collapse right into a folded place whereas driving, withdrawing the important thing from the ignition and thus turning off the automobile; if this occurs, it will possibly enhance the danger of a crash.

Nissan is advising house owners to not connect any equipment to their keys and to maintain the keys of their unfolded place till a repair is made. The automaker doesn’t at the moment have a repair for the difficulty, per se, however expects to by this summer season, at which level sellers will set up a spacer into the important thing slot of the ignition key. House owners of affected autos will likely be notified starting March 17.