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NHTSA Campaign Number

16V244000

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

Defect Description

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.

Safety Consequence

If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.

Remedy

Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.

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This page summarizes a single NHTSA recall campaign, including the defect description, safety consequence, and manufacturer's remedy. The affected vehicles listed below are the make/model/year combinations tracked in our database — this is not a VIN-specific result. To check whether your individual vehicle is covered by this recall, enter your 17-digit VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Click any vehicle below to view its full safety profile.

Affected Vehicles (31)

YearMakeModel
2014InfinitiQ50
2015InfinitiQ50
2016InfinitiQ50
2017InfinitiQ50
2014InfinitiQX60
2015InfinitiQX60
2016InfinitiQX60
2013NissanAltima
2014NissanAltima
2015NissanAltima
2016NissanAltima
2013NissanLeaf
2014NissanLeaf
2015NissanLeaf
2016NissanLeaf
2016NissanMaxima
2017NissanMaxima
2015NissanMurano
2016NissanMurano
2013NissanPathfinder
2014NissanPathfinder
2015NissanPathfinder
2016NissanPathfinder
2014NissanRogue
2015NissanRogue
2016NissanRogue
2017NissanRogue
2013NissanSentra
2014NissanSentra
2015NissanSentra
2016NissanSentra

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Affected Models

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Affected Years

This recall information is from NHTSA campaign 16V244000. This site is not affiliated with NHTSA. Contact your dealer or call NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 for more information.