Nissan Recalls Two Million Cars Over Fault

Nissan has announced it is recalling more than 2.1 million cars globally due to a faulty engine control system.

The Nissan Cube is one of the models being recalled in a handful of countries

The Japanese motor manufacturer said the problem may "cause the engine to stall while running".

The firm said it would exchange defective parts for free on certain models.

In Japan, Nissan will recall a total of 834,759 vehicles of nine models.

In Canada and the US combined, 762,000 units are being recalled.

These include the Cube, March and Tida, which were produced between 2003 and 2006 in the US, Japan, Britain, Spain, China and Taiwan, a company spokesman said.

He added that no accident has been reported from the defect.

Fixing the vehicles is likely to be relatively cheap and Nissan estimates it will take less than 25 minutes for each repair.

Nissan's British arm is based in Sunderland where the manufacturer's new electric car, the Leaf, will be built from next year.

Recalls exceeding one million vehicles have become more common at big car makers as they use common components across multiple models to save design and production costs.

Last week, Toyota announced a recall of 1.66 million vehicles globally for defects involving the brake master cylinder and fuel pump wiring.