NHTSA Campaign 15V226000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 15V226000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Nissan North America, Inc filed the report for 15V226000 with NHTSA on April 17, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V226000, NHTSA lists up to 12,606 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 14, 2003 and January 26, 2005.
The 15V226000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V226000 were scheduled from June 16, 2015, 60 days after the report.
15V226000 covers 3 models from Infiniti, model years 2003–2004.
Owners of the model years 15V226000 covers have filed at least 38 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V226000 vehicles, the 2003 Infiniti FX35 has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V226000 ranks 100 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 15V226000, Nissan North America, Inc has 36 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V226000 was 14V668000, reported on October 24, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2003-2005 FX35 and FX45, and 2006 M35 and M45 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia, are included. 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 passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: This recall supersedes recall 14V-701.
Reported April 17, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V226000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V226000, 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: April 17, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted