Recall · 20V008000
Nissan North America recalled 11 models over air bags
307,962
Vehicles covered
11
Models
48
Model years
January 9, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2001-2003 Maxima, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2007-2011 Versa Sedan and Versa Hatchback, 2001-2004 Infiniti I30 and I35, 2002-2003 Inifiniti QX4, 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 and 2006-2010 M35 and M45 vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with non-desiccated, frontal passenger air bag inflators containing phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant that were used as interim remedy parts for previous Takata recalls. These inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.
- What it can cause
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- What the dealer does
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflators with alternate desiccated inflators, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2020. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 888-737-9511 or Infiniti customer service at 888-810-3715.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| InfinitiFX35 | 2003 to 2008 | Not published here |
| InfinitiFX45 | 2003 to 2008 | Not published here |
| InfinitiI30 | 2001 to 2004 | Not published here |
| InfinitiI35 | 2001 to 2004 | Not published here |
| InfinitiM35 | 2006 to 2010 | 2010 |
| InfinitiM45 | 2006 to 2010 | Not published here |
| InfinitiQX4 | 2002 to 2003 | Not published here |
| NissanMaxima | 2001 to 2003 | Not published here |
| NissanPathfinder | 2002 to 2004 | Not published here |
| NissanSentra | 2002 to 2006 | Not published here |
| NissanVersa | 2007 to 2011 | 20102011 |
How this campaign compares
At 307,962 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2001 to 2011, so the oldest vehicles on it were 19 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Nissan vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 31 times before this, most recently in July 2018 as 18V452000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 39 of the 48 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 4,996 complaints with NHTSA, 4,696 of them before this campaign was filed. 1,339 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2000, 19 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 21V139000 (air bags), 20V747000 (air bags).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Nissan North America, Inc. with NHTSA on January 9, 2020 as campaign 20V008000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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