02-03 Maxima owners that live in the Northeast (PA, NJ, CT, NY) will be getting a letter in the mail notifying you to make an appointment with your local dealer to have this anti-theft mod put on your car free of charge. It consists of metal brackets where the plastic mounts are and what they call "Data Dots." It is a compound that contains a serial number that can only be seen with a magnifying glass. When you put it on the surface, the whole surface will be covered in hundreds of these dots which contain the serial number. They will coat the bulbs, ballast and housing as well as the VIN number area of the doors. The numbers will go into a national data base which can be accessed by law enforcement. The whole process will take about an hour and a half. The warning stickers will go on the side of the lights as well as on the front windows. This definitely will not stop theft of the lights, but if people are caught with the stolen property, at least there will be some hope of successful prosecution. The only way Nissan would be able to fully save face would be to reimburse me and the thousands of other people who had to replace their stolen lights.

 

I guess this is better than nothing.

How did you find this out? Where can I read about it? I want to see it on a nissan????.com website.

 

Thanks for the update. When you receive the letter, please post it here. I have not received anything to date. except a postcard from Nissan about the MIL (check engine light) recall.

 

yes please tell us where you found this out!

 

does this TSB only apply to those states that you mentioned above??
thanks

 

Id be severly shocked if it were a TSB for certain states only. Makes no sense when it comes to anti-theft. I could understand if some california versions of cars had issues, and the recall only effected those in cali.

 

I work at a Nissan dealership and found about this from my service manager. Not sure if it has been made public yet. I do have a copy of the letter that will be sent out plus a step by step how-to for the tech's doing the mod. As far as this being available only to certain states, I know that they will only be sending the letter out to the northeast region (NJ, PA, NY, CT, MA). However, it will probably be available for any 02-03 owner in the country. I will post a copy of the letter ASAP.

 

 

figures now after i put AE lights in....

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Please post a copy of the letter. I haven't received a letter about this either nor knew about it.

 

Data dots huh.
For awhile now most luxury cars (BMW, Benz, Lexus) sold in Oz are covered in these suckers from head to toe, inside and out.
It's turned out to be quite the deterrent.

 

"Oz" ????

I just had my lights stolen last week. in the shop now $2400 in damages.

I hope this Nissan fix helps. They better armor the horn wires.

 

where is the letter?

 

Well, it's been two months since he posted that. I guess ASAP means different things to different people. Maybe he no longer works there.

 

Ummm, letter was posted on here two days after this post. Check your facts before talking crap.

 

well him or I never seen it..can you please repost it? thanx

 

Forgive me if I missed your post. I did check the facts that were available to me. Can you direct me to the letter then?

 

My scanner is being a crackhead and I don't feel like typing out the letter. The people that were supposed to get the letter have already recieved them. Could someone please scan it and post it for the people who missed my post? I tried searching for my earlier post, but cannot find it. Thanks.

 

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