2010 Nissan Cube
Nissan Motor Co. is recalling 51,100 Cube compacts in North America after U.S. safety regulators said a fuel leak could cause fire after a crash, the regulator and the automaker said Monday.
The chance that 2009 and 2010 Cubes could leak fuel if struck from the rear at 50 miles per hour led to the recall, documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show.Last week, Nissan suspended sales and shipments of Cubes from Japan to the U.S. and Canada. Markets outside North America are not affected, said Nissan spokesman Colin Price.
Nissan said no injuries or crashes have been reported in relation to the issue with Cube, a box-shaped compact.
Sales and production will resume once a manufacturing fix is in place. Price said Nissan was working with its suppliers on the manufacturing fix.
The Cube failed a NHTSA test in which it is struck from the rear at 50 mph. Fuel leaked when the Cube was put on its side after the impact, the tests showed.
Cube owners will be notified by late August to bring their vehicles to Nissan dealers for a free fix — installing a protection for the fuel filler recirculation tube in the fuel neck of the vehicles.
Hit a Nissan Cube at 50 miles an hour from behind and a gasoline fire should not be your greatest fear. There are no crumple zones on a car that has the back seat passenger nestled against the back window.
So long as Hyundai does not recall its Oblate Spheroid.
The Cube certainly have rear crumple zones. There is a decent space between the rear seat and rear window. Some people are such idiots!