Infiniti / Nissan recall: Air bags
What is wrong
Nissan is recalling forty-six certain model year 2002 pathfinder and infiniti qx4 vehicles manufactured from august 24, 2001 through august 28, 2001. The air bag inflator contains propellant wafers that are required to properly deploy the front passenger air bag. Due to improper propellant wafer installation during the air bag inflator assembly process, some air bag inflators may be missing one of the wafers. As a result, the remaining wafers in the inflator used for the deployment of the front passenger air bag may, over time, break up into powder due to normal vibration experienced while driving. This causes the combustion rate of the propellant to increase inside the inflator, which can lead to internal pressure rising suddenly during air bag deployment.
What could happen
The inflator housing may rupture and pieces of the inflator could strike and injure vehicle occupants.
The fix
Nissan will notify the owners of the forty-six affected vehicles. Dealers will replace the front passenger air bag module assembly with a new one free of charge. The safety recall began on august 19, 2010. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261 and infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.
Vehicles covered
- Infiniti Qx4 2002
- Nissan Pathfinder 2002
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 10V312000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jul 6, 2010
- Owners notified
- Aug 19, 2010
- Vehicles or items affected
- 46
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Aug 24, 2001 to Aug 28, 2001
- Part
- Air bags › Frontal
Notes
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Air bags Aug 9, 2022
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Air bags Jan 9, 2020
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Air bags Feb 2, 2017
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Air bags May 15, 2015
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Suspension Apr 20, 2011
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Service brakes, hydraulic Mar 19, 2025
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.