NHTSA Complaint #10821232 — 2009 NISSAN CUBE

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WITHIN A 7 DAY PERIOD, AFTER A SHORT DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER, AND THEN PARKED FOR 1/2 HOUR PERIOD, THE IGNITION WOULD NOT RESPOND (I.E. START) WHEN KEY WOULD BE TURNED TO START POSITION. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE FACILITY, WHERE NO COMMON PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND, AND IGNITION OPERATED AS EXPECTED. THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION AS REPORTED ON NHTSA REFERENCE #10040035, NISSAN TSB #NTB-11-057 FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION THIS CAR HAS A INTELLIGENT KEY IGNITION, AS OPPOSED TO PUSH BUTTON IGNITION FOR THE CARS COVERED UNDER THE NISSAN TSB. IN CALL TO NISSAN CONCERNING THE PROBLEM, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THE TSB, BUT STATED THAT IT ONLY CONCERNED MODELS WITH THE PUSH BUTTON START.