Front Air Bag Sensor Control Problems of Nissan Pathfinder - part 2

Air bag sensor light comes on and stays on.

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I brought the car on 6/14/13 to get the faulty air bag sensor done at the Nissan dealership only to waste our time since they told me that "there was no recall on my VIN and that everything was working fine. " I explained again that the air bag off light would stay on when kids or my wife would seat on it. They said "it is a known glitch" but that everything works fine and "I should not worry about it. " I contacted Nissan immediately. I spoke to Nissan costumer affairs "wesley" who said that would look into this to get the issue resolved. He also stated that he would contact the white plains dealer. Sounded great. He call me on 6/17/13 to tell me that indeed the dealer "did everything, they were supposed to do" and since there was no recall on my VIN - than everything was ok. This is hysterical. I had actually received an email directly from Nissan USA on 6/15/13 stating that "a review of our records indicates that the vehicle with the vehicle serial number listed above is involved in the recall as follows: occupant classification system (OCS) sensor. Please contact your Nissan dealership for an appointment to have the recall repairs performed on your vehicle. These repairs are free of charge to you. " he first sounded confused but then he proceeded to explain (as the dealership) that "if someone between 90 and 120 pounds sit on the passenger side - the light weight might not trigger the sensor. " I asked him where I would be able to find this technical information in the owner's manual. He said that it would not be there. And what about the recall letter? I asked him if he could provided an official letter stating that indeed the air bag sensor light off is not an issue and/or a safety concern. Naturally, he replied that he could not provide such a letter. End of story, my lawyer-wife will now send a formal legal letter to file a complain with Nissan.

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. While driving approximately 25 mph on normal road conditions the front driver side air bag inadvertently deployed without any level of impact. The driver crashed into the proceeding vehicle as a result of the failure. There were no injuries. The police was called to the scene. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer. The failure was contributed to a defective sensor in the air bag system. The vehicle has not been repaired due to the unavailability of the part. There were concerns of the safety risk involved and the uncertainty of the part availability in the month of February 2010. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 22,000.

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2005 Nissan Pathfinder le. Passenger side airbag weight sensor in the seat does not consistently detect the presence of my wife who is ~120 lbs. It does intermittently detect her as well as our 90 lbs daughter. We consider this to be a serious safety defect. We have contacted Nissan corporate and had the car to the dealer twice. Nissan corporate will do nothing to fix the defective weight sensor and will not admit that it is malfunctioning.

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The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that fifty percent of the time when she occupies the passenger side front seat, the air bag sensor control module indicated that the air bag was deactivated. She weighs 120 lbs and is approximately 5 feet tall. The dealer stated that the seat was not defective and advised her to file a complaint with the manufacturer. When she resets the trip odometer on the instrument panel, it does not match the odometer located on the navigation computer. She took the vehicle back to the dealer and they stated that the number on the navigation computer was a 2 percent difference from the odometer on the instrument panel. The current mileage was 1,500 and failure mileage was 500. Updated 03-05-08 the consumer stated the odometer trip reading on the dash was not matching the trip reading on the center computer. The consumer stated it was off by 2%. The dealer recalibrated the computers.

Air bag sensor failed.

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