NHTSA Campaign 18V401000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V401000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Nissan North America, Inc filed the report for 18V401000 with NHTSA on June 15, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V401000, NHTSA lists up to 104,762 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 5, 2009 and July 1, 2011.
The 18V401000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V401000 were scheduled from July 5, 2018, 20 days after the report.
18V401000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2010–2012.
Owners of the model years 18V401000 covers have filed at least 449 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V401000 vehicles, the 2012 Nissan Versa has the most (167).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V401000 ranks 46 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 18V401000, Nissan North America, Inc has 36 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V401000 was 18V153000, reported on March 6, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2011 Nissan Versa sedan vehicles and 2011-2012 Nissan Versa hatchback vehicles ever registered in the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Nissan is also recalling 2010-2011 Nissan Versa sedan vehicles and 2010-2012 Nissan Versa hatchback vehicles ever registered in the states of ever registered in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these passenger air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began July 5, 2018. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.
Reported June 15, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V401000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V401000, 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: June 15, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted