NHTSA Campaign 18V452000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V452000 covers 2 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 18V452000 with NHTSA on July 6, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V452000, NHTSA lists up to 233 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 18, 2006 and May 26, 2008.
The 18V452000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V452000 were scheduled from July 25, 2018, 19 days after the report.
18V452000 covers 1 model from Nissan, model years 2007–2008.
Owners of the model years 18V452000 covers have filed at least 321 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V452000 vehicles, the 2008 Nissan Versa has the most (171).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V452000 ranks 175 of 209 Nissan North America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 18V452000, Nissan North America, Inc has 36 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V452000 was 18V401000, reported on June 15, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2007-2008 Nissan Versa sedan and Versa hatchback vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The passenger air bag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation due to exposure to humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- If an inflator were to explode it may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began July 25, 2018. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Note: The vehicles covered by this recall are in addition to those covered by recall 16V-349.
Reported July 6, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V452000 (2)
Nissan (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V452000, 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: July 6, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted