NEW YORK: Nissan has increased their recall for the Altima sedan in North America to an approximate 800,000 vehicles because of the secondary hood latch failure, SMN Weekly reported.
The secondary latch is designed and engineered to keep the hood of the vehicle in place or close if in any case the primary latch is accidently released or failed to operate. The secondary latch, serves its purpose to prevent the hood from fully opening and blocking the view of the driver while in transit.
This problem affects around 80,000 Altimas across North America. On these vehicles, the cable attached to the secondary latch (the one you have to pull from underneath the hood, not the primary latch which is activated inside the car) can bind up and get stuck in the ‘’open’’ position even if you slam the hood shut. If the primary lock is then pulled while the car is moving, the hood could suddenly open.
So far, Nissan hasn’t issued a recall letter, since they are still working on finding the perfect solution to this problem. As a reminder, the 2013 Altima was already recalled for a similar problem last year.
This particular part seems like it’s causing Nissan lots of trouble. Last January, the Pathfinder and Infiniti JX60 also had to be recalled for similar problems.
