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MikeAqua:Ge0rge:MikeAqua:Were the affected vehicles sold here new? If they weren't Nissan NZ has zero legal obligations.
Interesting - I remember getting contacted by Toyota about a recall on my imported Hilux, and I was the second NZ owner. I doubt that they would have done that from the goodness of their hearts, so it makes me wonder about your statement - definitely be keen to hear more about that.
Was it bought/sold used by a Toyota branch at some stage? The individual branch would then have CGA obligations.
It's possible that Toyota have a policy for the local distributor to handle recalls for all calls in their country, regardless of how they came to be in that country. Makes sense from a reputation perspective.
If a particular car was imported into NZ by someone other than the NZ distributor they have no legal responsibility under the CGA - how could they? They didn't supply the item or receive a single $ for it.
Analogous to parallel importing a laptop and then expecting the NZ distributor to warrant it.
I can see the local operation not wanting to do it for free.
But to refuse to do it (when you can do it) for a fee is a very different thing, especially for any safety issues. Putting your marketing needs above road safety isn't a good look.
