In order to complete our previous information about the recall of some Nikon D5000 for an issue of startup lock-down, I want to share with you the data from Nikon Watch. They had the patience to verify full sets of serial numbers to try and find quickly the bad apples (bad serial numbers in need of a free Nikon repair).
The list they established is:
3015209 – 3026100: Positive (has the defect, must be repaired)
3023300: Negative
3023400 – 3026200: Positive
3026300: Negative
3026400 – 3029200: Positive
3029300: Negative
3029400 – 3030000: Positive
3030100 – 3030200: Negative
3030300 – 3032200: Positive
3032300: Negative
3032400 – 3048000: Positive
3048100: Negative
3048200 – 3054100: Positive
3054200: Negative
3054300 – 3073600: Positive
3073700: Negative
3073800 – 3084200: Positive
3084300: Negative
3084400 – 3085200: Positive
3085300: Negative
3085400 – 3112300: Positive
3112400: Negative
3112500 – 3114300: Positive
3114400 – 3515500 : Negative- End of run?
In all cases, I heartily recommend that you use this list only as a secondary source of information (a sales-people/shop may print it and keep it at hand under the counter) and to always confirm by checking the primary source, the on-line tool provided by Nikon.
Nota bene: They even provide the source code to their little software program that is doing the check…
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2 responses to “Nikon D5000, the bad numbers”
I checked the serial number 3040553 used in Ken Rockwell web. On your list it’s between 3032400 – 3048000 which is need to be repaired. But in https://www.nikondealernet.com/saD5000/SerialNumberLookup.asp it does not fall to the bad serial number.
Can you confirm this ? Thanks
Bayu,
The only sure way is to go and ask to your Nikon dealer. They have the definite list that has been updated several times by Nikon themselves.