Huge Nissan recall

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[bigcry] [bigcry] [bigcry]

Seriously, though I read about this. It's no big deal, just a faulty sensor or whatever. It's just that A LOT of cars need the recall...mine probably isn't one of them...oh well.
 
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The company also recalled the following vehicles sold in the United States under its Infiniti brand: 2001-03 I35's,.2003 G35 sedans and coupes , 2001-02 Infiniti Q45's and 2003 M45's
 
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MrElussive said:
[bigcry] [bigcry] [bigcry]

Seriously, though I read about this. It's no big deal, just a faulty sensor or whatever. It's just that A LOT of cars need the recall...mine probably isn't one of them...oh well.
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mrferg said:
The company also recalled the following vehicles sold in the United States under its Infiniti brand: 2001-03 I35's,.2003 G35 sedans and coupes , 2001-02 Infiniti Q45's and 2003 M45's
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Lol, good job reading elussive!!
 
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I said I am probably not part of it because this recall is for not so many 2003 models and I have a VERY late 2003 model...a week before the 2004's came out. Also, my car is technically referred to as a 2003.5 because my car received several minor changes in the middle of the 2003 model year. OWNED!!!!!!
 
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MrElussive said:
I said I am probably not part of it because this recall is for not so many 2003 models and I have a VERY late 2003 model...a week before the 2004's came out. Also, my car is technically referred to as a 2003.5 because my car received several minor changes in the middle of the 2003 model year. OWNED!!!!!!
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Owned like a nissan owner.
 
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MrElussive said:
I said I am probably not part of it because this recall is for not so many 2003 models and I have a VERY late 2003 model...a week before the 2004's came out. Also, my car is technically referred to as a 2003.5 because my car received several minor changes in the middle of the 2003 model year. OWNED!!!!!!
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You may not be included. They may have discovered the problem and changed it. Car makers do these things. Just imagine trying to change everything ONLY at year changes. Talk about expensive, we would all be walking because the makers would be broke. [fake]
 
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Least Nissan put out the recall. Ford would just say there was no problem. They only consider recalls when their cars start exploding or catching on fire and people start dying. Then they start considering whether to recall or not.
 
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It's just a matter of economics.

Some time ago the bowtie boys made the decision not to recall pickups because they estimated that the cost of settling the lawsuits would be less than the recall. What they failed to consider was that by covering up knowledge of the defect, they exposed themselves to hundreds of millions of dollars in punative damages.

FOMOCO was a little smarter, they either didn't have any test data indicating a propensity to explode, or successfully covered it up. Thankfully, that put an end to the Pinto, but didn't really hurt the company all that bad (Pinto sales were never that great). More recently, they were able to pass the buck on to Bridgestone-Firestone. It cost them a little in a few lawsuits, replacement rubber, and advertising, but Explorer sales are strong as ever.

Nissan, rebounding from serious financial trouble, can't really afford the negative press and potential class action lawsuit. Japanese companies have always been good at the "mia culp" campaign.
 
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It's just a matter of economics.
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Yup, I agree. But I feel much more comfortable planting my butt in a car where the company can't afford not to/is willing to recall the car whenever a safety issue pops up instead of one that will let my carcass roast b/c they've decided they can afford the lawsuit. I won't be sitting inside a Ford or GM car for a looong loooong time. I'm even scared of Ford trucks. I've seen crash video of the F150 (not the new one, but the curvy one that just got replaced). That monster of a truck buckles the passenger cabin in a crash. If Ford can't even make the cabin structurally sound on a truck that big, I don't trust them in anything smaller. I only remember crash data for the Cavalier/Sunfire (a walking deathtrap that thing is) but having been in a almost new rental Malibu and Pontiac Grand Prix, the quality of those samples were so bad, I have no faith in GM either.
 
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