Recall 16V-244
Nissan North America, Inc. recalled the 2015 to 2016 Chevrolet City Express and 16 other models: Air bags (sensor, occupant classification).
At a glance
- Campaign number
- 16V-244
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- 3,296,947 estimated by the manufacturer
Source: NHTSA recall records
What is wrong
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.
The risk
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.
The fix
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-[removed], Infiniti customer service at 1-[removed] or Chevrolet customer service at 1-[removed].
Notes from the manufacturer
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-[removed] (TTY 1-[removed]), or go to [link removed]
Affected vehicles
- Chevrolet City Express 2015 to 2016
- Infiniti JX35 2013
- Infiniti Q50 2014 to 2017
- Infiniti Q50 Hybrid 2014 to 2016
- Infiniti QX60 2014 to 2016
- Infiniti QX60 Hybrid 2014 to 2016
- Nissan Altima 2013 to 2016
- Nissan Leaf 2013 to 2016
- Nissan Maxima 2016 to 2017
- Nissan Murano 2015 to 2016
- Nissan Murano Hybrid 2015 to 2016
- Nissan NV200 Taxi 2014 to 2016
- Nissan Pathfinder 2013 to 2016
- Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid 2014 to 2015
- Nissan Redundant NV200 2013 to 2016
- Nissan Rogue 2014 to 2017
- Nissan Sentra 2013 to 2016