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2005 Nissan Sentra air bags problems

21 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Nissan Sentra, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
21 9% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
7 and 1
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 1 fire, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving this car but had stopped to let traffic by (in a turn lane) when an oncoming truck barrelled toward me & hit me head-on, going about 40 MPH. His truck bent in the whole front of my sentra but my neither my driver-side or passenger-side airbag went off to protect me & my daughter! There is a recall on the airbags, citing they could erupt & are dangerous, so I don't know if it's good or bad that they didn't deploy?? We were stopped & still in a turn lane on a city street.

Reported at 167,000 miles, January 2021 CrashFireInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan sentra. The contact stated that the air bag warning light sporadically illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where he was notified that his VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v701000 (air bags). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.

Reported at 103,000 miles, October 2014

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