Nissan North America, Inc.: Electrical System › Software
Nissan North America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 25, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 989,701. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (OCS) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
The risk
If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on April 14, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
12 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Infiniti Q50 | 170 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 2014 Infiniti QX60 | 199 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 Nissan Altima | 1,114 | 8 | 8 | 52 |
| 2014 Nissan Leaf | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 Nissan Pathfinder | 576 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 2014 Nissan Sentra | 380 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| 2013 Infiniti JX35 | 281 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 Nissan Altima | 2,314 | 12 | 9 | 63 |
| 2013 Nissan Leaf | 81 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 2013 Nissan Pathfinder | 891 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 2013 Nissan Redundant NV200 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 Nissan Sentra | 638 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V138000.
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