13 problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2012 Nissan Frontier. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Nissan Frontier based on all problems reported for the 2012 Frontier.
Took vehicle to dealership for recall. Air bag light on dashboard was flashing. Dealer said air bag was ok and they did not go any further to find the problem. The light is still flashing, so I do not know if my air bags are safely operative. Thank you vey much. 1031.
The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23e012000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23e012000 (air bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
We were told about the recall, never got a recall letter in the mail. When we went to Nissan, they said they couldn’t help us if only we had the recall letter.
The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23e012000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not yet available.
The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23e012000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Involved in a auto accident on June 11 2021. Airbags deployed, however, little rock type projectiles also exploded from the airbag landing all over the car and passenger causing a risk to the eyes, face and other body parts. Has not been taken to the dealer, auto I believe is totaled. Photos sent to adjuster along with photos of the car damage. No warnings. I have photos have the projectiles throughout the car and I have also collected a small sample in a zip bag.
Takata recall - received mail telling us about the recall on air bags. Will be taking into have fixed or replaced.
I was hit from behind while completely stopped to make a left hand turn on a city street. The car that hit me, a 2006 Nissan altima, was travelling, I believe, between 45-50 mph. Both vehicles were totaled. The airbag in my 2012 Nissan Frontier did not deploy. I don't believe that is normal, but Nissan will not comment. Within a week of the accident, I received a recall notification from Nissan regarding the airbag control unit not being calibrated properly. I find it strange that Nissan will not comment on non-deployment of the airbag, yet sends me a recall notice for an out of calibration airbag control unit.
Side curtain airbags wrongfully deployed while driving at about 5-10 mph, with no crash, and on a flat road. Creating an extremely dangerous situation for myself and others on the road around me. This truck has faulty programming that controls these airbags. They state that, instead of the airbags deploying in a crash, they are programmed to "anticipate" a crash and then deploy. Nissan north America sent an engineer to the dealership to download data from the truck to find out exactly what happened, and I only received limited data upon my request. They sent me a few pages of "high frequency data" charted in columns with the first page containing "frontal delta-v" and "lateral delta-v", the second page with "frontal g" and "lateral g", and the third page with "vehicle speed" and "engine revolution".
Side curtain airbags deployed for no reason while driving 5-10 mph on flat road. Almost knocked me out and left me confused for awhile, and caused my ears to ring all day. Nissan north America sent some sort of rep to local dealer to download data from the truck to determine what happened. They then told me that "the conditions were not met" for airbags to have deployed. They replaced the airbag system and returned it to its original condition at no cost to myself. Other than that they declined multiple times to help me in anyway to get into another Nissan vehicle, I was willing to stay with Nissan if they would have worked with me and bought it back and/or got me into a newer Frontier. I was willing to do this because apparently the 2011 and 2012 model Frontiers are the only ones experiencing this defect, as a result of their rollover anticipation software which fires the curtain airbags when it "thinks" that a rollover is eminent. This has happened to other owners of the same model and year Frontier with one incident resulting in physical and psychological problems for the children that were in the Frontier. There is a class action lawsuit against Nissan of north America for this issue that was started by one of the victims to this negligence. Apparently Nissan knows of the problem and has done nothing about it at all. They also apparently refused to repair some of the airbags in some of these incidents in the lawsuit. Not happy with Nissan allowing this vehicle to stay on the road since it allows for a dangerous possibility for this to happen on a busy road with others around, and for the occupants of the Frontier mentioned. Not happy and will probably have to get legal counsel to help me.
Driving on straight highway I drive every day and both curtain air bags deploy without impact.
Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Nissan Frontier. While driving 45 mph, both the front driver and passenger side curtain airbags deployed without any impact to the vehicle. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the dealer for diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired and the dealer referred him to the manufacturer. The manufacturer was notified and they had an investigator inspect the vehilce. The engineer informed that the air bags functioned properly. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000. St.