Nissan to resume full production Tuesday after weekend slowdown

Production on Altimas and vans at the Nissan Canton plant is set to resume Tuesday, a company spokesman said, after parts shortages and scheduled recovery from winter storms halted production across Nissan North America plants.

Lloryn Love-Carter, a spokesman for Nissan Group of the Americas, said that Nissan is adjusting production schedules within their North American manufacturing operations due to semiconductor-related parts supply. 

“We continue to work closely with our supplier partners to assess the impact of supply chain issues and minimize disruption for vehicle deliveries to our dealers and customers,” Love-Carter said.

The shortage has affected the production of Nissan products, including Titan, Frontier, Altima, NV vans, Murano, Maxima, LEAF Versa, Kicks, March and Rogue.

Love-Carter said shortages were not likely to affect Line One at the Canton plant that manufactures the Titan and Frontier but that Lines Two and Three in Canton saw some slow down this past weekend but should all be back online by Tuesday.

She said that Line 2, which manufactures the Altima, canceled production on Friday, March 19, the overtime shift on Saturday, March 20, and Monday, March 22. Production will resume on Tuesday, March 23.

Line 3, which produces NV vans, resumed Monday after canceling the Saturday overtime shift.

At the Smyrna, Tennessee plant, Murano production is set to resume on Line 1 on Tuesday. Production was canceled Friday and Monday. Line 2, which produces the Rogue, Maxima, LEAF, had production canceled this past weekend on Saturday and Sunday, though those shutdowns were planned recovery from the February ice storm. 

Production at Aguascalientes Plant 1 where they make the Versa, Kicks, March, is canceled through Tuesday, March 23. Production is expected to resume on Wednesday, March 24.