Four problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 1998 Nissan Pathfinder. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1998 Nissan Pathfinder. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle crashed into a tree. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was able to be driven away from the scene. In addition, the power steering malfunctioned on several occasions. The contact stated that the steering wheel became very difficult to steer left or right. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the crash or the power steering failure. The failure mileage was 176,548.
On April 7, 2004, my son and I were invlolved in an accident where the vehicle rolled front to back and side to side landing in the upright position and the air bags never deployed.
Coming from a stop driver was about to make left hand turn when a heavy truck going approximately 60 mph hit front portion of vehicle, causing about $10,000 worth of damage. Also, upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy, causing minor injuries.
Air bags did not deploy on direct front end impact at 55 mph.
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