2003 NISSAN XTERRA — SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2003 NISSAN XTERRA — SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Start: 2004-01-29

crash1 injured · 466592 · 2004-05-20

Vehicle

Make: NISSAN
Model: XTERRA
Year: 2003
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Miles at failure: 18,000
Speed: 50 mph

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: Yes
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. A TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINT ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THIS ACCIDENT. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN BALL JOINT FAIL THIS WAY BEFORE. *AK *NM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10067379
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown