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2006 Nissan Pathfinder air bags problems

15 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 0
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2006 Nissan Pathfinder Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 10 injuries.

What owners wrote

A few months after I purchased my vehicle in 2007, I was in a car accident. However, my front-air bags did not deploy although the air-bag light came on and is still on till this day. I took the vehicle in to a nissan dealer and they told me that the light is on because the airbag sensor wiring harness was damaged. I asked the service manager if the airbag sensor would come on even thought he air-bags never deployed.

Reported at 500 miles, November 2007 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the air bags deployed without warning or impact. The contact's left arm, hand, and rib area were all injured. Medical attention was needed. The dealer diagnosed that the air bag control module unit was damaged and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not included in a recall. The approximate failure mileage was 118,000.

Reported at 118,000 miles, November 2016 Injury

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