NHTSA Complaint #10748871 — 2011 NISSAN JUKE

WHEN STARTING MY 2011 NISSAN JUKE IN MID-JULY 2015 (IT WAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AT THE TIME), A LOUD SUCTION SOUND WAS HEARD. THEN, AT 35 MPH MOMENTS LATER, MORE NOISES CAME FROM THE ENGINE AND ABOUT 50% OF ENGINE POWER WAS LOST BUT RETURNED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF AND I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A BAD BATCH OF GASOLINE. BUT BECAUSE IT ACTED UP FROM TIME TO TIME I CONTACTED THE NISSAN DEALER TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL ON MY JUKE (RECALL P4213 TIMING CHAIN WAS REPAIRED 10/15/2014). THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE JUKE SAID THERE WERE NO MORE ENGINE RECALLS. BUT AS THE PROBLEM WORSENED I TOOK THE JUKE TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC ON 8/3/2015 WITH 59,850 MILES HIS COMPUTER ANALYSIS SHOWED CODE P2263 AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE TURBO CHARGER. THE NISSAN DEALER TESTED THE CAR AND INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS, IN FACT, THE TURBO CHARGER AND IT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY WAS 5 YEARS/60,000 MILES AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED SINCE IT WAS THEN ONLY 4 YEARS OLD BUT OVER BY ABOUT 5000 MILES (ALTHOUGH IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED). THUS, I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS WHO DECIDED THAT NISSAN WOULD PAY TO REPLACE THE TURBO CHARGER AND RELATED PARTS BUT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TYPICAL $240 IN LABOR COSTS. I AGREED TO THIS ARRANGEMENT. AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION (8/15/2015), MY JUKE IS STILL AT THE DEALER WHERE IT HAS BEEN FOR WELL OVER A WEEK. I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT ALTHOUGH THE NEW TURBO CHARGER HAS BEEN INSTALLED, THE OIL LINE THAT FEEDS THE TURBO CHARGER IS CLOGGED AND NEEDS REPLACED. NOTE: I DISCOVERED THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH THAT, IN FACT, A RECALL DOES EXIST ON THIS TURBO CHARGER AS FOLLOWS: RECALL NUMBER: 11V583000 RECALL DATE: 12/08/2011