Nikon D5000 Recalled

http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...-Advisory.page

Tens

of thousands of D5000 cameras are affected. According to Nikon guru
Thom Hogan, Nikon still has not officially notified dealers of this
problem or of the recall. Consequently some affected cameras are likely
to still be on store shelves.

http://www.bythom.com/

Most customers will not know that there is a "service advisory" for the
D5000 until their camera suddenly quits working. If you have a gray
market camera, of course, you may be out of luck.

Be careful when typing the serial number in the provided link. Nikon
does not check if the serial number is valid and if you miss it by even
one digit you will get a message saying that your camera is not one of
the affected ones, giving you a false sense of security.

Those cameras that are returned to Nikon are "inspected." The part is
not necessarily repaired or replaced, meaning that it could still be
defective and will not be replaced until the camera actually fails,
possibly while you are on vacation or taking pictures at the family
reunion.

Nikon really should be able to do better than this.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Rich wrote:
On Jul 27, 9:33*pm, C J Campbell
wrote:
http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...isories/D5000-...

Tens

of thousands of D5000 cameras are affected. According to Nikon guru
Thom Hogan, Nikon still has not officially notified dealers of this
problem or of the recall. Consequently some affected cameras are likely
to still be on store shelves.

http://www.bythom.com/

Most customers will not know that there is a "service advisory" for the
D5000 until their camera suddenly quits working. If you have a gray
market camera, of course, you may be out of luck.

Be careful when typing the serial number in the provided link. Nikon
does not check if the serial number is valid and if you miss it by even
one digit you will get a message saying that your camera is not one of
the affected ones, giving you a false sense of security.

Those cameras that are returned to Nikon are "inspected." The part is
not necessarily repaired or replaced, meaning that it could still be
defective and will not be replaced until the camera actually fails,
possibly while you are on vacation or taking pictures at the family
reunion.

Nikon really should be able to do better than this.


Nikon D300 - Made in Japan. No problems.

Except for those battery problems that Nikons had to fix
via a firmware update.

Nikon D90 - made in Thailand. No problems.

Autofocus problems.

Nikon D5000 - made in...China?

Fact? Or bigotry?

--
Ray Fischer

In article 2009072718333075249-
christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom,
says...
-:http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...-Advisory.page
-:
-:Tens
-:
-f thousands of D5000 cameras are affected. According to Nikon guru
-:Thom Hogan, Nikon still has not officially notified dealers of this
-roblem or of the recall. Consequently some affected cameras are likely
-:to still be on store shelves.
-:
-:http://www.bythom.com/
-:
-:Most customers will not know that there is a "service advisory" for the
-5000 until their camera suddenly quits working. If you have a gray
-:market camera, of course, you may be out of luck.
-:
-:Be careful when typing the serial number in the provided link. Nikon
-:does not check if the serial number is valid and if you miss it by even
-ne digit you will get a message saying that your camera is not one of
-:the affected ones, giving you a false sense of security.
-:
-:Those cameras that are returned to Nikon are "inspected." The part is
-:not necessarily repaired or replaced, meaning that it could still be
-:defective and will not be replaced until the camera actually fails,
-ossibly while you are on vacation or taking pictures at the family
-:reunion.

or,
perhaps they check the specific part number
on the component in question itself,
and then take informed action if required.

you should meet that same level.


-:
-:Nikon really should be able to do better than this.
-:
-:

Great. I have one of these sitting unopened (and untested) in a box intended
as a gift.
What a surprise if the d**n thing won't even turn on.

Mike wrote:
On Jul 28, 8:16*am, Rich wrote:
On Jul 27, 9:33*pm, C J Campbell



wrote:
http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...isories/D5000-...

Tens

of thousands of D5000 cameras are affected. According to Nikon guru
Thom Hogan, Nikon still has not officially notified dealers of this
problem or of the recall. Consequently some affected cameras are likely
to still be on store shelves.

http://www.bythom.com/

Most customers will not know that there is a "service advisory" for the
D5000 until their camera suddenly quits working. If you have a gray
market camera, of course, you may be out of luck.

Be careful when typing the serial number in the provided link. Nikon
does not check if the serial number is valid and if you miss it by even
one digit you will get a message saying that your camera is not one of
the affected ones, giving you a false sense of security.

Those cameras that are returned to Nikon are "inspected." The part is
not necessarily repaired or replaced, meaning that it could still be
defective and will not be replaced until the camera actually fails,
possibly while you are on vacation or taking pictures at the family
reunion.

Nikon really should be able to do better than this.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Nikon D300 - Made in Japan. *No problems.
Nikon D90 - made in Thailand. *No problems.
Nikon D5000 - made in...China?

Typical Rich, just typical
https://www.nikondealernet.com/saD5000/pics/D5000.jpg

Never lets facts get in the way of his narrow-minded prejudices.

--
Ray Fischer

In article
,
Mike wrote:

[...]

Nikon really should be able to do better than this.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Nikon D300 - Made in Japan. *No problems.
Nikon D90 - made in Thailand. *No problems.
Nikon D5000 - made in...China?

Typical Rich, just typical
https://www.nikondealernet.com/saD5000/pics/D5000.jpg

*
My D-5000 -- S/N 3081402 was made in Thailand. And it *is* included in
the recall.

earle
*

C J Campbell wrote:


http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...ries/D5000-Ser
vice-Advisory.page

The related page doesn't accept customer addresses outside US: does
anyone here know about a similar entry for european-bought cameras?

....To add stress, my serial # indeed is worth returning :-/

Hervé

--
Frédérique & Hervé Sainct, [fr,es,en,it]
Frédérique's initial is missing in front of the above address
l'initiale de Frédérique manque devant l'adresse email ci-dessus

""Frédérique & Her" "vé Sainct"" wrote in
message nvalid...
C J Campbell wrote:


http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...ries/D5000-Ser
vice-Advisory.page

The related page doesn't accept customer addresses outside US: does
anyone here know about a similar entry for european-bought cameras?

...To add stress, my serial # indeed is worth returning :-/


It's a Service Advisory, not a product recall. Just because your serial
number is within the range doesn't mean your camera is affected. There is
little point in returning a camera that doesn't show the problem. Most
dealers won't return or exchange based on a serial number on a list unless
it was a recall

http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...-Advisory.page

Canada:

https://www.nikon.ca/en/SerialCheck.aspx

Europe:

http://advisory.nikonrepair.eu/language_select.aspx

wrote:


It's a Service Advisory, not a product recall. Just because your serial
number is within the range doesn't mean your camera is affected. There is
little point in returning a camera that doesn't show the problem. Most
dealers won't return or exchange based on a serial number on a list unless
it was a recall

http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-...es/D5000-Servi
ce-Advisory.page

Canada:

https://www.nikon.ca/en/SerialCheck.aspx

Europe:

http://advisory.nikonrepair.eu/language_select.aspx

Thanks!
it seems my dealer confirms I can bring it back to him... I'll check
next week

H.

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Frédérique & Hervé Sainct, [fr,es,en,it]
Frédérique's initial is missing in front of the above address
l'initiale de Frédérique manque devant l'adresse email ci-dessus