NHTSA recall 11V408000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 11V408000 |
| Manufacturer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Reported | 2011-08-09 |
| Owners notified | 2011-08-22 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE |
| Units potentially affected | 54 |
What is wrong
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 15, 2011, THROUGH JUNE 21, 2011 AND MODEL YEAR 2012 NISSAN NV VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 23, 2011, THROUGH JUNE 28, 2011 BECAUSE THE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT (ACU) WAS ASSEMBLED INCORRECTLY.
What can happen
THE AFFECTED ACU WILL NOT OPERATE AS DESIGNED AND THIS ISSUE MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAGS NOT TO INFLATE IN A CRASH WHEN THEY ARE DESIGNED TO INFLATE. THIS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY.
The remedy
NISSAN WILL REPLACE THE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 22, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
| 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA | Built 2011-06-15 to 2011-06-21. |
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| 2012 NISSAN NV | Built 2011-06-23 to 2011-06-28. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| NTB-12-004 | 2012-01-18. Service bulletin. NISSAN: INFORMATION REGARDING THE FRONT DOOR INTERNALS SIDE SATELLITE SENSOR AND PRE EXISTING SIDE AIR BAG SATELLITE SENSOR IN PILLARS IN SOME VEHICLES. *PE |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.