NHTSA Campaign 16V242000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 16V242000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
Nissan North America, Inc filed the report for 16V242000 with NHTSA on April 26, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V242000, NHTSA lists up to 645,898 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 4, 2012 and April 9, 2016.
The 16V242000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V242000 were scheduled from June 13, 2016, 48 days after the report.
16V242000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2013–2016.
Owners of the model years 16V242000 covers have filed at least 215 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V242000 vehicles, the 2013 Nissan Sentra has the most (96).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V242000 ranks 10 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V242000, Nissan North America, Inc has 36 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V242000 was 15V681000, reported on October 20, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured June 4, 2012, to April 9, 2016. The front passenger seat belt bracket may become deformed if it is used to secure a Child Restraint System (CRS). The deformed seat bracket may cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) to incorrectly classify the installed CRS, resulting in the front passenger air bag to not be turned off as designed when a CRS is in the seat.
- The risk
- If the frontal passenger air bag deploys in the event of a crash when a child seat is installed in the front passenger seat, there will be an increased risk of injury to the child in the CRS.
- The fix
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reinforce the seat belt bracket as well as reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU), free of charge. The recall began on June 13, 2016. Owners are warned not to install a CRS in the front seat. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.
Reported April 26, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V242000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V242000, 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 26, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted