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2012 Nissan LEAF Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1292482
Internal NHTSA #	10875872
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	LEAF
Model Year	2012
File date	15/05/16
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Nhtsa must pass regulations requiring vehicle manufacturers to drastically improve a-pillar obscuration angle! This is a serious safety defect of many modern vehicles that must have been a factor in many accidents, the extent to which is probably unquantified & largely unknown due to the fact that most people do not even know about the problem. The only remedy is for the driver to move his head from side to side every time the vehicle starts from a stopped position to ascertain that there are no people or vehicles hiding in or transiting the a-pilar blockage. This is a well known problem in the industry, as proven by the paper published by pipkorn bengt of autoliv research (sweden) entitled safety & vision improvements by expandable a-pillars (undated), which is in the nhtsa database/website, where a 25% improvement in a-pillar obscuration angle is demonstrated by the use of experimental expandable a-pillars. The number of people already injured or killed by this common modern car defect will probably never be known, with the unfortunate drivers being disbelieved when they say they never saw anyone/thing due to the obscure nature & knowledge of this serious problem. In my last experience with it, the worst case scenario occurred (except for the fact that injury/death was avoided). I was moving at about 10mph in a parking lot & an older woman was walking at about 1mph toward my car from the left at just the right distance/speed. My wife in the driver's seat, having a better left view, started yelling at me 'stop - are you going to run over that lady'. I said 'what lady?' realizing in a couple seconds that it she must be behind my window pillar, i moved my head about 6 inches to the right, & there she was! She just appeared out of thin air! I never saw even a tiny bit of her before. She was looking at me with disbelief on her face. What if it were a child?
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	26000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CLARKSBURG, NJ
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	10
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Nissan LEAF Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Nissan LEAF Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

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