The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2012-2017 NV Cargo and NV Passenger Van, 2013-2015 Titan and Armada and 2011-2012 Infiniti QX56 vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the air bag inflator may not function properly or may rupture during deployment.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driver air bag inflators, free of charge. The recall began May 7, 2020. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669 or Infiniti customer service at 1-800-662-6200.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Infiniti QX56 | 2011, 2012 |
| Nissan Armada | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Nissan NV | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Nissan Titan | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Components: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
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 QX56 | 2011 | 78 | 2 |
| Infiniti QX56 | 2012 | 57 | 3 |
| Nissan Armada | 2013 | 17 | 2 |
| Nissan Armada | 2014 | 12 | 1 |
| Nissan Armada | 2015 | 21 | 3 |
| Nissan NV | 2012 | 7 | 4 |
| Nissan NV | 2013 | 9 | 3 |
| Nissan NV | 2014 | 10 | 2 |
| Nissan NV | 2015 | 6 | 1 |
| Nissan NV | 2016 | 17 | 1 |
| Nissan NV | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| Nissan Titan | 2013 | 11 | 3 |
| Nissan Titan | 2014 | 10 | 2 |
| Nissan Titan | 2015 | 12 | 1 |
Other air bags recalls in 2020
45 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the air bags; Nissan North America, Inc. filed 226 campaigns in all.
| 20V791000 17 Dec 2020 | Ford Motor Company |
| 20V785000 16 Dec 2020 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 20V749000 2 Dec 2020 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 20V747000 1 Dec 2020 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 20V736000 25 Nov 2020 | General Motors LLC |
| 20V734000 25 Nov 2020 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 20V681000 4 Nov 2020 | Volvo Car USA LLC |
| 20V628000 9 Oct 2020 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020