Chevrolet / Infiniti / Nissan recall: Air bags
What is wrong
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.
What could happen
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.
Vehicles covered
- Chevrolet City Express 2015–2016
- Infiniti Jx35 2013
- Infiniti Q50 2014–2017
- Infiniti Q50 Hybrid 2014–2016
- Infiniti Qx60 2014–2016
- Infiniti Qx60 Hybrid 2014–2016
- Nissan Altima 2013–2016
- Nissan Leaf 2013–2016
- Nissan Maxima 2016–2017
- Nissan Murano 2015–2016
- Nissan Murano Hybrid 2015–2016
- Nissan Nv200 Taxi 2014–2016
- Nissan Pathfinder 2013–2016
- Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid 2014–2015
- Nissan Redundant Nv200 2013–2016
- Nissan Rogue 2014–2017
- Nissan Sentra 2013–2016
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 16V244000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Apr 26, 2016
- Owners notified
- Jun 10, 2016
- Vehicles or items affected
- 3,296,947
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- Aug 22, 2014 to Jan 9, 2016
- Part
- Air bags › Sensor › Occupant classification
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
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- Nissan recall: Service brakes, hydraulic Sep 2, 2016
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Structure Jan 26, 2015
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- Nissan recall: Latches/locks/linkages Jan 20, 2026
- Infiniti / Nissan recall: Engine and engine cooling Jun 27, 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.