A sticker with the wrong numbers on it is the whole defect in Nissan campaign 26E075000, which covers 392 spare-tire accessory kits sold for 2026 Sentra sedans. The tire placard that comes with the kit lists an incorrect spare tire size and incorrect inflation information, and Nissan told NHTSA on October 21, 2026 that this fails Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 110.
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Nothing in the kit is broken. The spare is the right spare; the paper that describes it is wrong.
Standard 110 and the numbers a placard must carry
NHTSA’s record for campaign 26E075000 lists 392 units of part T99MB7SF0A and an equipment recall type, which is why the campaign number carries an E instead of a V. Standard 110, in its text at 49 CFR 571.110, spells out what the tire information placard must carry. It must be permanently affixed, ordinarily to the driver’s side B-pillar, under the heading “Tire and Loading Information,” with a note to see the owner’s manual. It must state the recommended cold inflation pressure “for front, rear and spare tires,” and it must list the original tire size.
The standard lists the spare separately from the front and rear tires because the three can differ, and a driver reading the placard in the dark on a shoulder has nothing else to go on. If a vehicle is sold with no spare, the standard requires the word “none” to replace the spare’s values. A spare inflated to the wrong pressure behaves like any other under-inflated or over-inflated tire, and it does so at the moment it has replaced a failed one and is carrying the whole corner of the car. The record does not say which number is wrong, nor whether the faulty information sits on a placard in the kit or on the vehicle’s own label.
Nissan’s earlier wrong-spare campaign
Nissan filed a related recall, PD180, in January 2026, and the mechanics were different. According to a CarComplaints report, more than 4,600 new 2026 Rogues had been fitted with the wrong-size spare, which conflicted with the tire size and pressure printed on the car’s labels. A maintenance technician noticed a spare tire assembly out of sequence in October 2025. Nissan audited 1,996 Rogues at its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant and found 1,304 with the wrong spare. The company said an assembly “shifted within the overhead conveyor system,” and that a countermeasure now prevents a recurrence.
The repair there was physical: dealers replaced the spare assemblies, a job of about 30 minutes, with owner letters scheduled for February 13, 2026. The Sentra campaign inverts the problem. In the Rogue the label was right and the tire was wrong. In the Sentra kit the tire is presumed right and the label is wrong, so the corrective part is a piece of printed material and not a wheel.
The Rogue numbers carry a caution. Nissan found the wrong spare in 1,304 of the 1,996 Rogues it audited, about 65 percent, while the recall population exceeds 4,600; the CarComplaints report does not explain how the audit count relates to the larger figure. The campaign was also found by chance, through a technician who noticed an assembly out of sequence, and not through a label check.
Both campaigns reach the same standard, 110, because it ties the tire a vehicle carries to the numbers printed for the driver. When either side of that pair is wrong, the standard treats the vehicle as noncompliant, however sound the tire.
A free label and a November letter
Nissan will mail corrected tire information placards free of charge, and owners may take the labels to a dealer for free installation, according to the open-data record. Nissan’s recall number is PD208, and Nissan customer service is at 800-647-7261. The letters are scheduled to be mailed on November 13, 2026, 23 days after the report. The Rogue letters, by comparison, were scheduled for 30 days after the CarComplaints report of that campaign.
49 CFR 577.5 sets what such a letter must contain. It must say whether the remedy is free and when it is first available, describe the work involved, and tell owners how to file a complaint with NHTSA. It must also evaluate the safety risk. The record’s own statement of that risk is short: incorrect pressure information may lead to incorrect spare tire inflation, which increases the risk of a crash.
One practical question is how Nissan will find the buyers. An accessory kit is not delivered with the car, and the record says labels will be mailed to owners without saying whether the mailing list comes from vehicle registrations, dealer sales of the kit or accessory orders. Whether a dealer installation is a minute of work or a scheduled visit depends on where the label goes, which is the same gap.
The unanswered figure is how many of the 392 kits have actually been installed. A kit still in its carton carries a wrong sticker and no risk. A kit in a Sentra’s trunk well, with a driver relying on the placard, is the case Nissan is writing to fix.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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