Recall 16V244000

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

Report Date
20160426
Component
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Affected Vehicles
51 models

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.

Affected Vehicles

Year Make Model
2013 INFINITI JX35
2013 NISSAN ALTIMA
2013 NISSAN LEAF
2013 NISSAN NV200
2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER
2013 NISSAN SENTRA
2014 INFINITI Q50
2014 INFINITI Q50 HYBRID
2014 INFINITI QX60
2014 INFINITI QX60 HYBRID
2014 NISSAN ALTIMA
2014 NISSAN LEAF
2014 NISSAN NV200
2014 NISSAN NV200 TAXI
2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER
2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER HYBRID
2014 NISSAN ROGUE
2014 NISSAN SENTRA
2015 CHEVROLET CITY EXPRESS
2015 INFINITI Q50
2015 INFINITI Q50 HYBRID
2015 INFINITI QX60
2015 INFINITI QX60 HYBRID
2015 NISSAN ALTIMA
2015 NISSAN LEAF
2015 NISSAN MURANO
2015 NISSAN MURANO HYBRID
2015 NISSAN NV200
2015 NISSAN NV200 TAXI
2015 NISSAN PATHFINDER
2015 NISSAN PATHFINDER HYBRID
2015 NISSAN ROGUE
2015 NISSAN SENTRA
2016 CHEVROLET CITY EXPRESS
2016 INFINITI Q50
2016 INFINITI Q50 HYBRID
2016 INFINITI QX60
2016 INFINITI QX60 HYBRID
2016 NISSAN ALTIMA
2016 NISSAN LEAF
2016 NISSAN MAXIMA
2016 NISSAN MURANO
2016 NISSAN MURANO HYBRID
2016 NISSAN NV200
2016 NISSAN NV200 TAXI
2016 NISSAN PATHFINDER
2016 NISSAN ROGUE
2016 NISSAN SENTRA
2017 INFINITI Q50
2017 NISSAN MAXIMA
2017 NISSAN ROGUE

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.