NHTSA Campaign 16V244000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 16V244000 covers 42 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 16V244000 with NHTSA on April 26, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V244000, NHTSA lists up to 3,296,947 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 22, 2014 and January 9, 2016.
The 16V244000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V244000 were scheduled from June 10, 2016, 45 days after the report.
16V244000 covers 15 models from Chevrolet, Infiniti and Nissan, model years 2013–2017.
Owners of the model years 16V244000 covers have filed at least 2,062 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V244000 vehicles, the 2013 Nissan Altima has the most (514).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V244000 ranks 1 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V244000, Nissan North America, Inc has 36 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V244000 was 15V681000, reported on October 20, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.
- The risk
- If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
- The fix
- Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
Reported April 26, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V244000 (42)
Nissan (30)
- 2013 Nissan Altima
- 2014 Nissan Altima
- 2015 Nissan Altima
- 2016 Nissan Altima
- 2013 Nissan Leaf
- 2014 Nissan Leaf
- 2015 Nissan Leaf
- 2016 Nissan Leaf
- 2016 Nissan Maxima
- 2017 Nissan Maxima
- 2015 Nissan Murano
- 2016 Nissan Murano
- 2016 Nissan Murano Hybrid
- 2013 Nissan NV200
- 2014 Nissan NV200
- 2015 Nissan NV200
- 2016 Nissan NV200
- 2013 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2014 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2015 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2016 Nissan Pathfinder
- 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid
- 2014 Nissan Rogue
- 2015 Nissan Rogue
- 2016 Nissan Rogue
- 2017 Nissan Rogue
- 2013 Nissan Sentra
- 2014 Nissan Sentra
- 2015 Nissan Sentra
- 2016 Nissan Sentra
Infiniti (11)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V244000, 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