Some of the hatchbacks may have been built with an inverter circuit board that does not meet the proper specifications. If the inverter fails during operation, the motor will lose power without warning and potentially contribute to an accident.
The company has not received any complaints of such failures, however a total of 196 vehicles will be recalled to inspect the circuit boards and replace out-of-spec inverters.
The problem is said to be limited to Leafs that were manufactured at the company’s Smyrna, Tennessee, facility during a ten-day span in April.
The same model was involved in several other recent recalls, one related to airbag problems and another due to missing welds. The latter recall requires the most drastic remedy, with the promise of an entirely new Leaf to replace a vehicle that was produced without the proper welds.
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