NHTSA Campaign 15V287000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 15V287000 covers 18 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Nissan North America, Inc filed the report for 15V287000 with NHTSA on May 15, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V287000, NHTSA lists up to 1,090,569 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 16, 2001 and July 19, 2004.
The 15V287000 report reached NHTSA 11 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V287000 were scheduled from June 15, 2015, 31 days after the report.
15V287000 covers 8 models from Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2001–2006.
Owners of the model years 15V287000 covers have filed at least 299 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V287000 vehicles, the 2003 Nissan Maxima has the most (35).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V287000 ranks 4 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 15V287000, Nissan North America, Inc has 36 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V287000 was 15V226000, reported on April 17, 2015.
What this recall covers
- 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 fix
- 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.
Reported May 15, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V287000 (18)
Nissan (11)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V287000, 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: May 15, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted