Air Bag Light On problems of the 2004 Nissan Sentra

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator illuminated after the vehicle was serviced per NHTSA campaign number: 15v287000 (air bags). The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to Nissan of queens (93-25 rockaway blvd, ozone park, NY 11417, 718-835-8300), but was not diagnosed or repaired due to the diagnostic fees. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,419.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Sentra. When the contact started the vehicle, the passenger side air bag suddenly deployed without warning. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and the contact previously noticed that the air bag light had appeared on the dashboard. The current and failure mileages were 85000.

This is a new update and see #10301656 . Less than 3 weeks since my last repair, my 2004 Sentra airbag light is flashing again. I took it back to the dealer and they are now saying the computer is bad and needs to be replaced for $667. I asked the service adviser how did he know the previous three seat belt assemblies were bad and he said the error code told him so. I asked him what led him to believe the computer is bad this time, and he said they have to try something else and work upstream since the last three fixes did not work. I asked him if he is sure the computer is the problem and he can not say or give me a good answer. I told him I will not be keeping the car once it is fixed and so they better do a through job to protect the next buyer now that the car has (4) repair records due to airbag system failure. I called the Nissan hq for assistance and they in turn contact the local dealer for information. The only discrepancy I can determine is now the shop claims to have error codes that pin point the problem. Nissan hq said the car is out of warranty but I told them the first incident occurred under the warranty period and it took them (4) times and still couldn't get it right. I believed the Nissan airbag restraint has some design flaw because all of the replaced assemblies are on the passenger side and I am the lone driver. +++++++ I am reporting a safety concern to nhtsb because the same seat belt component for my 2004 Nissan Sentra 1. 8l sedan has failed three times within a span of 5,209 miles . The local Nissan dealer has no explanation for the repeated failures: 12/23/2008 @ 46,401 miles; 8/13/2009 @ 48,000 miles; 1/19/2010 @ 51,610 miles. Nissan dealer corrected the problems each time under warranty with belt assy - tongue #86884-6z604 . The airbag light came on and stayed flashing each time until the problem is corrected. I do not know if the entire safety restraint system itself has been compromised with a single CO.

I am reporting a safety concern to nhtsb because the same seat belt component for my 2004 Nissan Sentra 1. 8l sedan has failed three times within a span of 5,209 miles . The local Nissan dealer has no explanation for the repeated failures: 12/23/2008 @ 46,401 miles; 8/13/2009 @ 48,000 miles; 1/19/2010 @ 51,610 miles. Nissan dealer corrected the problems each time under warranty with belt assy - tongue #86884-6z604 . The airbag light came on and stayed flashing each time until the problem is corrected. I do not know if the entire safety restraint system itself has been compromised with a single component failure. The front passenger seat is rarely occupied as I am the lone driver of this car and carry no passenger. I have written to Nissan consumer affairs, p. O. Box 685003, franklin TN 37068-5003 last Aug 22, 2009 about this safety concern and Nissan has not responded.