Particularly, 9,813 mannequin 12 months 2023 autos are affected, together with each front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive variations. In response to the NHTSA, Nissan assumes that each one recalled autos have the defect.
Whereas the defect will not be purely a software program error, it’s stated to be mounted by a newly put in software program model. The report by the US Transportation Security Administration (NHTSA) states that “tiny items of conductive materials from a drive motor element might briefly trigger a brief circuit within the slip rings”. These quick circuits are apparently not a security threat, they’re “instantly burned out, inflicting no injury to any elements” – but they’re detected by the system.
Subsequently, nonetheless, the system acts accurately and switches off the EV system – as supposed. This “fail-safe mode” will be cancelled by restarting the automobile, which permits it to proceed driving. If the defect (and thus the lack of propulsion) happens at increased speeds whereas driving, this will increase the danger of an accident.
That is already the second US recall for the Nissan Ariya this 12 months: In March, about 1,000 items needed to be returned to the workshops as a result of the steering wheel was in peril of coming free.
insideevs.com, nhtsa.gov (PDF)