Recall Register

1996 Nissan D21: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1996 Nissan D21. The campaign is 98V234000. NHTSA received the report on 21 Sep 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting / Tail Lights. NHTSA has 44 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 98V234000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the bulb sockets in the rear combination lamps.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 100,032 units in total.

  1. 98V234000Received . 100,032 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Tail Lights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks. A rear lamp will not illuminate because the metal barrel in the light bulb socket moves or separates from the plastic socket housing due to inadequate heat resistance of the plastic at the lamp operating temperature.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The stop/tail combination lamp or the turn signal lamp will not function.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the bulb sockets in the rear combination lamps.

    Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

44 complaints, 47 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1996 Nissan D21: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Air Bags13
Suspension6
Tires6
Electrical System4
Engine and Engine Cooling3
Structure2
Power Train2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Seat Belts2
Visibility1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 16.

Complaints that report a crash
7
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
6
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
25 Jan 2012

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1996 Nissan D21, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 9 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19861
  2. 19871
  3. 19881
  4. 19891
  5. 19901
  6. 19911
  7. 19920
  8. 19930
  9. 19942
  10. 19953
  11. 19961
  12. 19970

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1996 Nissan D21: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/nissan/d21/1996/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1996 Nissan D21?
100,032 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Nissan D21 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Nissan D21, model years 1986 to 1997. 1 of them names the 1996 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1996 Nissan D21 name most often?
Air Bags: 13 of 47 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1996 Nissan D21 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.