2012 Nissan Sentra air bags problems
20 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2012 Nissan Sentra, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 8% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 15 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 8 crashes, 1 fire, 5 injuries.
What owners wrote
Rainy night 55 MPH crash. Air bags did not deploy. Wet road, car ran off road, hit a sign post, went down embankment, flipped and rolled over into ditch. Daughter was seriously injured... 4 broken lower back vertebrae, 9 broken ribs, numerous pelvic fractures, lacerated spleen and kidney. Seems like these injuries could have been much less severe if the airbags would have deployed.
I was pulled over stating my tags were bad and to go to the dealership to obtain new ones. He then inspected my car and I was on my way aftet we discussed the tierod issue and made an appointment I then recorded on my phone the shake from the steering wheel. I later found out the blinking light was the airbag light not the seat belt light and the check engine light was on as well. The car should not have passed inspection. I got in a small fender bender and the insurance is now totaling my car.
Other problems reported for the 2012 Nissan Sentra
- Drivetrain & axles 68 complaints
- Engine 40 complaints
- Cruise control 22 complaints
- Body & structure 17 complaints