What is going on this week with global vehicle recalls? First Toyota, then BMW. Now Nissan is recalling 2.14 million vehicles worldwide, including 7,000 in Australia. The recall is being issued for an ignition problem that may stall the engine - its third-largest recall ever.

A problem was found in an ignition-system part called the relay for vehicles produced from August 2003 through July 2006, including small cars like the March, Cube and Note, and about a dozen other models, such as the Tiida sedan, Titan pickup and Infiniti QX56 luxury model. In extreme cases, the engine will stall and won't be able to start, said Nissan spokesman Mitsuru Yonekawa. Of the recalled vehicles, nearly 835,000 were produced in Japan, 762,000 in North America, and 354,000 in Europe.

According to ABC News, Nissan Australia’s Jeffrey Fisher said, “We have a duty of care to customers and we believe that, especially with vehicles going back a number of years, we're showing goodwill in terms of getting those things fixed the way the customers would expect them to be.”

Nissan did not disclose a cost for the recall, but it may be relatively inexpensive and could take only a half hour to repair. The cars were produced in Japan, the U.S., Great Britain, Spain, China and Taiwan.