Late last week Nikon issued a notice stating that it is preparing to recall and fix a select range of D5000′s which have been experiencing the delightful issue of not turning on. From Nikon:

While Nikon takes great measures to assure high quality in its imaging products, it has come to our attention that an electronic component related to power control in some Nikon D5000 digital SLR cameras does not meet factory specifications and may, in certain circumstances, prevent the camera from turning on, thus preventing operation of the camera.

I haven’t heard any of these issues coming back through here, so I’ll believe them when they say this is a fairly contained issue. They’ll have the list of affected serial numbers and how to send them in up Thursday, so we’ll follow up then. Go ahead and read their service notice, it does sound like they’ll get you fixed as straight-away as they can if you happen to be afflicted with this.

Nikon D5000 Service Notice