Recall · 26V425000
Nissan North America recalled the NISSAN Leaf over seat belts
3,788
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
July 2, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2026 LEAF vehicles. The outer rear seat belt automatic locking retractors (ALR) may deactivate early, which can prevent a child restraint system (CRS) from securing properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- An improperly secured child restraint system may not restrain an occupant as intended, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the rear outboard seat belt assemblies, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed July 28, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in December 2026. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800-647-7261. Nissan's number for this recall is R26A7. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on July 7, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NissanLeaf | 2026 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 3,788 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 72% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Nissan vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 19 times before this, most recently in March 2024 as 24V176000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 26V188000 (electrical system).
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 July 2, 2026 as campaign 26V425000. 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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