New York — Japan’s Nissan Motor is recalling 394,025 cars in the US over a braking system defect, sparking concerns that a brake-fluid leak could potentially lead to a fire.

The leak into internal circuit boards will trigger a warning to drivers, which if ignored may lead to a fire in “rare instances”, Nissan said in a filing dated November 8 with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ..

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