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Make: | Nissan |
Model Year: | 2015 | |
Model: | LEAF | |
NHTSA Campaign Number: | 16V244000 | |
Component: | AIR BAGS: PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM | |
Potential Number of Vehicles Affected: | 3,177,645 | |
Owner Notified Date: | N/A | |
Report Received Date: | 04/26/2016 | |
Record Creation Date: | 04/26/2016 |
2015 Nissan LEAF DEFECT SUMMARY
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF and Sentra, 2013-2017 Nissan Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60 and Q50, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Chevrolet City Express 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.2015 Nissan LEAF DEFECT CONSEQUENCE SUMMARY
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.2015 Nissan LEAF RECALL CORRECTIVE SUMMARY
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. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. 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.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.