NHTSA Campaign 14V138000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
NHTSA campaign 14V138000 covers 11 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: software. The repair is free.
Nissan North America, Inc filed the report for 14V138000 with NHTSA on March 25, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V138000, NHTSA lists up to 989,701 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 24, 2012 and February 6, 2014.
The 14V138000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V138000 were scheduled from April 14, 2014, 20 days after the report.
14V138000 covers 7 models from Nissan and Infiniti, model years 2013–2014.
Owners of the model years 14V138000 covers have filed at least 270 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V138000 vehicles, the 2013 Nissan Altima has the most (159).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V138000 ranks 5 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 14V138000, Nissan North America, Inc has 19 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 14V138000 was 14V052000, reported on February 12, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (OCS) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
- The risk
- If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
- The fix
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on April 14, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
Reported March 25, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V138000 (11)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V138000, 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: March 25, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted