The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will begin pulling back 13,535 Nissan USA trucks made from November 28, 2012 through December 17, 2013 in March because their circuit breaker might not have been situated properly, and the attached wire harness might come out, and hit a metal rod located on the vehicles A-Pillar.
"The bolt may wear through the wire harness covering, resulting in an electrical short which could cause a fire," the NHSTA said in the recall information on its website.
Concern surfaced when someone observed smoke in the cabin of the truck that led back to the circuit breaker The Los Angeles Times reported.
Drivers with affected vehicles will be notified who will then look at how the circuit breaker on their vehicle is aligned when they bring it into a Nissan dealership, and fix it if it is not at no cost to the owner, the NHSTA said in recall information.
"Nissan is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to this issue," the company said in a statement The Times reported.
Drivers can call Nissan at 1-800-647-7261, and the NHSTA vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 or online at the NHSTA's recall website www.safecar.gov.
An advertisement that came out in January received criticism about how it portrayed the power of the Frontier truck.
The truck helps a dune buggy conquer a sand dune by going at high speeds from the bottom of the dune to the top and pushes the wagon over the hill the Consumerist reported.
"Special effects in ads can be entertaining, but advertisers can't use them to misrepresent what a product can do," Jessica Rich, Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection told The Consumerist. "This ad made the Nissan Frontier appear capable of doing something it can't do," Rich told The Consumerist.
