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NHTSA Campaign Id 11V408000; Date: Aug. 9, 2011

The affected acu will not operate as designed and this issue may cause the air bags not to inflate in a crash when they are designed to inflate. This could increase the risk of injury.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

2012 Nissan Altima 2012 Nissan NV

Component: Air Bags:frontal:sensor/control Module

Manufactured by: Nissan North America, Inc.

Affected Units:: 54

icon3 Recall Summary:

Nissan is recalling certain model year 2012 Nissan altima vehicles manufactured from June 15, 2011, through June 21, 2011 and model year 2012 Nissan nv vehicles manufactured from June 23, 2011, through June 28, 2011 because the air bag control unit (acu) was assembled incorrectly.

icon2 How to Fix:

Nissan will replace the air bag control unit free of charge. The safety recall began on August 22, 2011. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.

icon4 Recall Notes:

Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Aug 22, 2011

Also see:

All recalls of Nissan vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.