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Nissan due to a manufacturing error within the air bag inflators, the passenger frontal air bag may not properly deploy in the event of a crash.

NHTSA campaign 17V-253 · Reported April 13, 2017 · 30,038 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Nissan Leaf and Sentra
VEHICLES AFFECTED
30,038
REMEDY
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Nissan North America, Inc. reported a problem with the air bags. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

Due to a manufacturing error within the air bag inflators, the passenger frontal air bag may not properly deploy in the event of a crash.

WHY IT MATTERS

In the event of a crash, if the front passenger air bag doesn't deploy properly, it can increase the risk of injury to passengers.

WHAT TO DO

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 17V-253.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2015–2017Nissan Leaf
2014–2017Nissan Sentra

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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