1,100 Nissan Ariya Units Affected By Recalls In The US, This Is The Cause

Nissan Ariya. (Doc. Nissan Global)

JAKARTA - Nissan announced a recall involving more than 1,100 units of the Ariya model in the United States (US) because there was a problem with the current sensor, triggering the failure-safe mode on the crossover.

Reporting from CarBuzz, Friday, August 2, the Japanese manufacturer said that current sensors inside the battery junction box can detect a ripple frequency gap in the electric motor current while operating at high speed.

If this happens, the Power Electronics Box will reduce torque on electric drive and it is likely that Ariya will go to fail-safe mode. When the mode is active, it can make the car lose power suddenly without any warning that increases the risk of an accident.

Nissan also revealed that this failure-safe mode can be disabled if the car is completely turned off and must be restarted.

This recall program has an impact on 1,188 Nissan Ariya units in the US, which is a production between September 8 and May 8, 2023, with a rear-wheeled and all-wheeled drive model.

The owner will be notified of this recall on September 9. For the rear wheel drive model, the Power Electronic Box inverter will be updated to improve the anti-fail protocol. As for the driving type of all wheels, dealers need to reprogram the front and rear inverters.

This is not the first time Nissan has started a recall program involving the Ariya model. Previously, the model was also affected last year due to similar problems.

In September 2023, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed that 9,813 units of Ariya produced in June 2022 and May 2023 needed to be taken to the dealer so that the inverter could be reprogramd.

Thousands of Ariya have been repaired, but this second withdrawal only has an impact on models that have not received the appropriate improvements.