 The recall will cost Nissan about $140m |
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is recalling more than 2.5 million cars worldwide, because of an engine defect. The safety recall affects the Primera, X-Trail, Almera and Almera Tino models, built since 1998.
It follows reports of engines stalling and then failing to re-start. The fault has been traced to defective sensors in the engine management system, which will be replaced free of charge.
The recall - the largest in Nissan's 70-year history - includes more than 100,000 cars sold in the UK.
No accidents
Nissan said the recall would cost it 15bn-16bn yen ($139m-148m; �81m-87m).
It said there had been no reports of any accidents or injuries as a result of the fault.
 | NISSANS RECALLED Japan 1.02 million US 700,000 UK 108,000 Germany 84,000 |
A Nissan spokesman said the company would contact owners of Primera, X-Trail, Almera and Almera Tino cars by the end of November. He said the fault was relatively minor and could be rectified in less than an hour.
"To issue a recall is never good news but it is important, now we have identified the problem, to get the cars in," the spokesman said.
Nissan is Japan's third biggest car maker and is 44%-owned by France's Renault.
Earlier this year it reported operating profits of 737bn yen for the past financial year.
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