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Cars recalled in the UAE

A look at which car brands and models have been affected in the UAE

  • By Samia Badih, Business Reporter
  • Published: 12:21 March 3, 2010
  • Nissan
    Nissan

    Flaw 1: Incorrect brake pedal pin
    Affecting Model and Year: 2008 through 2010 Nissan Titan, Armada and Infiniti QX56 and 2008-2009 Nissan Quest
    Number of cars: 15,670 potentially affected vehicles in the Middle East, there are 8,126 vehicles potentially affected.

    Flaw 2: Fuel-gauge inaccuracy.
    Model and Year: 2005 through 2008 Nissan Titan, Armada and Infiniti QX56, in addition to Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra vehicles produced between January and March 2006 and between October 2007 and January 2008.
    Number of cars: 32,147 potentially affected vehicles in the Middle East, , there are 14,010 vehicles potentially affected.

    Service Campaign: Started

  • Jeep
    Jeep

    Flaw: Lack of program indicator that tells driver the automatic transmission fluid is overheated due to extreme driving conditions
    Model and Year: 2008 Jeep Wrangler (automatic transmission cars only.)
    Number of cars: There are potentially 600 cars affected in the UAE.

    Service Campaign: Started on March 03, 2010

  • Toyota
    Toyota

    Flaw: Accelerator defect could cause the car to accelerate unexpectedly in extreme cold weather conditions
    Model and Year: 2005-2010 Avalon and 2009-2010 Sequoia
    Number of cars: There are potentially 3,000 cars affected in the UAE.

    Service Campaign: Started on February 24, 2010

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