Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
What Happened
The occupant classification system in your vehicle uses software to detect if there's a person in the passenger seat. In some 2013-2014 models, this software can mistakenly think the seat is empty when someone is actually sitting there.
Risk if Unfixed
If the system thinks the passenger seat is empty, the airbag won't deploy if there's an adult in the seat during a crash. This could lead to serious injury to the passenger.
Free Fix
Your Nissan dealer will update the software for free, so the system accurately detects passengers. You'll get a notification and should schedule the update as soon as you can.
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Original — What Happened
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (OCS) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
Original — Risk if Unfixed
If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
Original — Remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on April 14, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
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