Warning Light On problems of the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder

Tl the contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 18,000.

This pertains to 16v244000. . . With the exception of starting the vehicle, I had never seen this light come on until recently. My Pathfinder is largely used to move my children (both under the age of 4) to and from activities and run errands. 90% of the time I am driving there is no one in the front passenger seat. My wife rides upfront for family road trips and on the weekends. It was just recently that the light came on while she was in the seat alerting me to the faulty sensor. I called my local Nissan dealer and was advised that they did have a solution to this recall and could fix the issue that week. I took the car and waited patiently. Upon exiting the service center and getting ready to turn onto a major highway I noticed that the light was on. . . Figuring someone had forgotten to reset something I turned around and returned to the dealership. There I was advised that, from now on, my passenger airbag warning light would remain on unless someone over 50lbs was seated in the passenger seat. I was shocked and complained to the service tech but was informed that Nissan had decided that cars with this issue would have a permanently disengaged passenger airbag if the seat was not occupied. I firmly believe that, rather than fixing this issue correctly with the same but functioning oem parts, Nissan has decided to implement a recall fix that saves them time and money. I tried getting accustomed to this warning light but it is the same color as my blind spot warning alerts so seeing it my my peripheral vision is a constant distraction. I believe that the fix offered will ultimately make drivers ambivalent to the blind spot system and lead to a higher collision rate.

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags) however, the part for the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. On several occasions, when an occupant was seated in the front passenger seat, the passenger air bag off warning light would illuminate intermittently. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle and stated that the vehicles on the lot would have the issue remedied. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags) and the parts for the repair were available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure; however, the contact was not offered any additional assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 17,500. Parts distribution disconnect.