A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- Tailgate gas struts: Nissan X-Trail T32
- Period mentioned
- 2014–2016 (only the VINs in the recall)
- Symptoms
- The tailgate does not stay open and can drop onto whoever is underneath.
- Possible cause described
- According to the UK DVSA (R/2016/081) and the EU alert A12/0509/16 (Safety Gate), the paint on the outer tube of the gas struts does not meet the anti-corrosion design; the tube can corrode and crack and lose its pressurised gas, and then it cannot hold the tailgate, which can drop on the user.
- Check for the garage
- If the tailgate drops by itself or is hard to keep up, do not stand under it. Ask a Nissan dealer, with the VIN, whether the recall is outstanding on your car. They replace the gas struts.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; check whether the free recall remedy remains outstanding for the VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.