NHTSA Campaign 12V055000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 12V055000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 12V055000 with NHTSA on February 14, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V055000, NHTSA lists up to 976 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 30, 2011 and December 4, 2011.
The 12V055000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V055000 were scheduled from March 12, 2012, 27 days after the report.
12V055000 covers 2 models from Nissan, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 12V055000 covers have filed at least 224 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V055000 vehicles, the 2012 Nissan Versa has the most (167).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V055000 ranks 103 of 123 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V055000, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC has 10 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 12V055000 was 11V408000, reported on August 9, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 ALTIMA AND VERSA VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS THAT CONTAIN AN INCORRECT PROPELLANT MIXTURE FOR THE INITIATOR COMPONENT USED, RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT OUTPUT OF COMPRESSED GAS.
- The risk
- THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY.
- The fix
- NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE ONE OR BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG MODULES, AS NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 12, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 615-725-1000.
Reported February 14, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V055000 (2)
Nissan (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V055000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 14, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted