The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 Nissan Maxima, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 and I35, 2003 FX35 and FX45, and 2001 I30 vehicles. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: On December 18, 2015 Nissan informed NHTSA of an amendment of this recall to remove 2004-2005 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 vehicles.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
Components: AIR BAGS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infiniti FX35 | 2003 | 61 | 10 |
| Infiniti FX35 | 2004 | 120 | 7 |
| Infiniti FX35 | 2005 | 94 | 9 |
| Infiniti FX45 | 2003 | 25 | 9 |
| Infiniti FX45 | 2004 | 20 | 7 |
| Infiniti FX45 | 2005 | 11 | 9 |
| Infiniti I30 | 2001 | 75 | 3 |
| Infiniti I35 | 2002 | 70 | 5 |
| Infiniti I35 | 2003 | 93 | 5 |
| Infiniti QX4 | 2002 | 37 | 5 |
| Infiniti QX4 | 2003 | 20 | 3 |
| Nissan Maxima | 2001 | 172 | 3 |
| Nissan Maxima | 2002 | 205 | 6 |
| Nissan Maxima | 2003 | 206 | 3 |
| Nissan Pathfinder | 2002 | 156 | 5 |
| Nissan Pathfinder | 2003 | 110 | 3 |
| Nissan Pathfinder | 2004 | 67 | 3 |
| Nissan Sentra | 2002 | 304 | 10 |
| Nissan Sentra | 2003 | 180 | 7 |
| Nissan Sentra | 2004 | 197 | 4 |
| Nissan Sentra | 2005 | 170 | 5 |
| Nissan Sentra | 2006 | 116 | 5 |
Other air bags recalls in 2015
61 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the air bags; Nissan North America, Inc. filed 226 campaigns in all.
| 15V830000 10 Dec 2015 | General Motors LLC |
| 15V823000 8 Dec 2015 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 15V815000 4 Dec 2015 | Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| 15V787000 23 Nov 2015 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 15V739000 9 Nov 2015 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 15V714000 29 Oct 2015 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 15V711000 27 Oct 2015 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 15V695000 23 Oct 2015 | BMW of North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015