Two problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2007 Nissan Xterra. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Nissan Xterra based on all problems reported for the 2007 Xterra.
My husband and I own a 2007 Nissan Xterra for about 4 months. About a month ago when I would sit in the front passenger seat the light indicating the airbag was deactivated would turn on. I am 5' 3" and weight 115 lbs. We took it to a ken garff Nissan in salt lake city. They did an airbag systems check on the car and said it was working fine. When I called Nissan manufacturing to see what the weight limit was set at for the computer to decide if it was a child or not, they could not give me an answer. The lady said she (or the technical person she contacted) did not know the weight. I find it hard to believe that Nissan would say a child weights 115 lbs. I know something has to be wrong in the system especially since the car did not do this when we first got it.
The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Xterra. The contact stated that the remedy referenced in NHTSA campaign id number 08v690000 (air bags:frontal) was insufficient in providing a remedy to the proper population of vehicles, which were manufactured during the listed production dates. The remedy referenced in the recall would only be provided to vehicles originally sold or registered in the salt belt states. However, many consumers reside in non-salt belt states, but frequently travel in salt belt states. As a consequence, the non-salt belt state vehicle owners would incur the same failures, but would be denied a fair remedy. The safety risk would also be increased. In addition, there are other elements with similar properties as salt, which would cause an identical failure. There had been no failure to date. The manufacturer would not assist. The current mileage was not applicable.