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Sorry Guys, I meant to update on this.

OK, took my car in for the recall on 11/3 (last Friday) and asked the service manager what they will be doing to it.

The service manager said that the 1st thing they will do is upgrade the calibration (software) ID for the ECU to match that of Series II.

Series I ECU calibration ID is 19H407

Series II ECU calibration ID is 19H665 This whay you guys should have as well, as this the latest software version.

The 2nd thing they do is check the cat. converter for breakage as well as the O2 sensor.

The 3rd thing the do is replace the heat shield.

I was a head of the game anyway and already had the latest ECU software vesrion in my ECU

Here is the history of how I ended-up with an upgraded ECU software and this would also highlight the fact that this recall and nissan'n knowledge of this problem was known probably since September '04 (if not earlier):

"This problem was talked about in Nissan since September/October 2004 and it was found in series I xtrails who complained about "Hard To Start" symptoms and there was a nissan service bulletin issued to all nissan dealers back then advising them to.... you guessed it "check the cat. converter for breakage and upgrade ECU"

When I told the service manager that my ECU was already upgraded at 20,000kms (to the latest version as shown above) as part of throttle body cleaning process and my "hard to start complaints" and my cat. converter was also checked at 20,000kms' as part of the same "nissan service bulletin procedure", the service manager said, that the chances of my exy having a broken cat. converter is almost ZERO, because I've been running with the latest ECU version. (this also could explain why my exy has been running so smoothly since then)

The service manager (at another dealership) back then, contacted Nissan Australia to see if the throttle body and hard to start complaint would fall under the warranty or the service bulletin that was issued for this purpose, but Nissan Australia, said no, or not yet! I guess they were gauging the number of such complaints for it to become a full-blown official recall."


Anyway, no damage was found whatsoever and the service manager told me that they have not yet seen an xtrail with such type of damage as part of this recall inspection.

So, I think you guys are on the safe side if your ECU has the latest software as stated above.

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