# NHTSA recall 15V681000 A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups. - Published by: NHTSA \(United States\) - Campaign number: 15V681000 - Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc. - Reported: 2015\-10\-20 - Owners notified: 2015\-11\-30 - Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL - Units potentially affected: 919 ## What is wrong Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2015 Altima and Pathfinder vehicles, 2013\-2014 Nissan Sentra vehicles, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles, 2014\-2015 Infiniti QX60 vehicles and 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid vehicles. The affected vehicles received an incorrect occupant classification system \(OCS\) control unit during a repair. These OCS control units may incorrectly classify the front passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult. ## What can happen If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger air bag 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. ## The remedy Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan at 1\-800\-647\-7261. ## 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. ## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported - Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 1 - Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-04\-27 - Vehicles in the campaign: 919 - Reported remedied: 629 \(68%\) - Reported unreachable: 0 - Reported removed: 0 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19. ## Vehicles this campaign lists - [2013 INFINITI JX35](/makes/infiniti/jx35/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-02 to 2013\-06\-07. - [2014 INFINITI QX60](/makes/infiniti/qx60/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-05\-22 to 2014\-11\-18. - [2015 INFINITI QX60](/makes/infiniti/qx60/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-05\-22 to 2014\-11\-18. - [2014 INFINITI QX60 HYBRID](/makes/infiniti/qx60/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-12\-14 to 2013\-12\-14. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2013 NISSAN ALTIMA](/makes/nissan/altima/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-12 to 2014\-08\-26. - [2014 NISSAN ALTIMA](/makes/nissan/altima/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-12 to 2014\-08\-26. - [2015 NISSAN ALTIMA](/makes/nissan/altima/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-12 to 2014\-08\-26. - [2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER](/makes/nissan/pathfinder/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-17 to 2014\-10\-08. - [2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER](/makes/nissan/pathfinder/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-17 to 2014\-10\-08. - [2015 NISSAN PATHFINDER](/makes/nissan/pathfinder/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-17 to 2014\-10\-08. - [2013 NISSAN SENTRA](/makes/nissan/sentra/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-09\-01 to 2014\-07\-08. - [2014 NISSAN SENTRA](/makes/nissan/sentra/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-09\-01 to 2014\-07\-08. ## Investigated as EA15004 This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected. - EA15004: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-08\-31, closed 2017\-05\-02. Occupant Classification System Failure. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:ON\-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY; AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V681000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V681000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [NTB19\-071D](/bulletins/11009068.md), 2024-10-22, Service bulletin - [ITB19\-024D](/bulletins/11009064.md), 2024-10-22, Service bulletin - [NTB19\-071C](/bulletins/10234044.md), 2023-04-10, Service bulletin - [NTB19\-071B](/bulletins/10213158.md), 2022-06-03, Service bulletin - [ITB19\-024B](/bulletins/10212027.md), 2022-05-20, Service bulletin - [PC835 \- R1606 Ca](/bulletins/10202175.md), 2021-10-07, Service bulletin - [NTB12109B](/bulletins/10192602.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin - [ITB10037D](/bulletins/10192601.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin - [NTB15005](/bulletins/10192518.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin - [ITB14061A](/bulletins/10192517.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin ## Check a VIN - [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) - [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V681000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V681000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2015V681000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F15V681000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2015V681000)