NHTSA Recall 16V244000
NHTSA Campaign Id 16V244000; Date: Apr. 26, 2016
If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
Recalled Vehicles:
2015 Chevrolet City Express; 2016 Chevrolet City Express; 2013 Infiniti JX35; 2014 Infiniti Q50; 2015 Infiniti Q50; 2016 Infiniti Q50; 2017 Infiniti Q50; 2014 Infiniti Q50 Hybrid; 2015 Infiniti Q50 Hybrid; 2016 Infiniti Q50 Hybrid; 2014 Infiniti QX60; 2015 Infiniti QX60; 2016 Infiniti QX60; 2014 Infiniti Qx60 Hybrid; 2015 Infiniti Qx60 Hybrid; 2016 Infiniti Qx60 Hybrid; 2013 Nissan Altima; 2014 Nissan Altima; 2015 Nissan Altima; 2016 Nissan Altima; 2013 Nissan Leaf; 2014 Nissan Leaf; 2015 Nissan Leaf; 2016 Nissan Leaf; 2016 Nissan Maxima; 2017 Nissan Maxima; 2015 Nissan Murano; 2016 Nissan Murano; 2015 Nissan Murano Hybrid; 2016 Nissan Murano Hybrid; 2013 Nissan NV200; 2014 Nissan NV200; 2015 Nissan NV200; 2016 Nissan NV200; 2014 Nissan Nv200 Taxi; 2015 Nissan Nv200 Taxi; 2016 Nissan Nv200 Taxi; 2013 Nissan Pathfinder; 2014 Nissan Pathfinder; 2015 Nissan Pathfinder; 2016 Nissan Pathfinder; 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid; 2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid; 2014 Nissan Rogue; 2015 Nissan Rogue; 2016 Nissan Rogue; 2017 Nissan Rogue; 2013 Nissan Sentra; 2014 Nissan Sentra; 2015 Nissan Sentra; 2016 Nissan Sentra
Component: Air Bags: Occupant Classification System - Ocs (front Passenger)
Manufactured by: Nissan North America, Inc.
Affected Units:: 3,296,947
Recall Summary:
Nissan north America, inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan altima, nv200, leaf, sentra, and pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan nv200 taxi, Infiniti qx60, qx60 hybrid, and q50 hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan rogue and Infiniti q50, 2015-2016 Nissan murano, murano hybrid, and Chevrolet city express, 2014-2015 Nissan pathfinder hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti jx35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger occupant classification system (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.
How to Fix:
Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet city express owners will be notified by general motors. Dealers will reprogram the air bag control unit (acu) and OCS electronic control unit (ecu) in altima, maxima, murano, rogue, and sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ecu in leaf, nv200, nv200 taxi, pathfinder, Infiniti q50, jx35, and qx60 and Chevrolet city express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on may 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
Recall Notes:
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Jun 10, 2016
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