Nissan front passenger seat belt bracket may become deformed if it is used to secure a Child Restraint System (CRS).
The short version
Nissan North America, Inc. reported a problem with the sensor occupant classification. Here is what owners need to know.
The front passenger seat belt bracket may become deformed if it is used to secure a Child Restraint System (CRS). The deformed seat bracket may cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) to incorrectly classify the installed CRS, resulting in the front passenger air bag to not be turned off as designed when a CRS is in the seat.
If the frontal passenger air bag deploys in the event of a crash when a child seat is installed in the front passenger seat, there will be an increased risk of injury to the child in the CRS.
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reinforce the seat belt bracket as well as reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU), free of charge.
Affected vehicles
These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-242.
| YEAR RANGE | MODEL |
|---|---|
| 2013–2016 | Nissan Sentra |
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