200,000+ Nissan Titan, Frontier pickups recalled over rollaway risk:
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported a plan to recall more than 200,000 Nissan Titan and Frontier trucks to address a problem that could lead the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly when parked.
The problem involves a defective parking pawl, which is supposed to hold the vehicle in park, Nissan said in documents filed with NHTSA.Nissan will be recalling more than 200,000 of its 2020 through 2023 model Frontier and Titan pickups over a defect that could make the trucks roll away while parked. In, the automaker said the problem is "non-engagement of the parking pawl" on trucks from 2020 through 2023 model years, which have a nine-speed automatic transmission.
Nissan spotted the problem at its Canton, Mississippi, plant and had it confirmed through testing by Jatco, the maker of the nine-speed transmission. The supplier said "insufficient lifting force of the parking pawl, due to friction" was believed to be the problem, according to NHTSA filings.Included in the recall are trucks built between December 13, 2019, and June 14, 2022. There have been no reported accidents, the automaker said.