NHTSA recall 16V242000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	16V242000
Manufacturer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Reported	2016-04-26
Owners notified	2016-06-13
Component	AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Units potentially affected	645898

Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
Report	Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 3
Filed with NHTSA	2017-10-30
Vehicles in the campaign	645898
Reported remedied	451032 (69%)
Reported unreachable	0
Reported removed	0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 3, 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.

What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured June 4, 2012, to April 9, 2016. 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.

What can happen

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.

The remedy

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. The recall began on June 13, 2016. Owners are warned not to install a CRS in the front seat. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.

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.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2013 NISSAN SENTRA	Built 2012-06-04 to 2016-04-09.
2014 NISSAN SENTRA	Built 2012-06-04 to 2016-04-09.
2015 NISSAN SENTRA	Built 2012-06-04 to 2016-04-09.
2016 NISSAN SENTRA	Built 2012-06-04 to 2016-04-09.

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.

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.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
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. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
NTB19-071D	2024-10-22. Service bulletin. DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin. IF YOU CONFIRM DTC B00A0-00 (OCCUPANT DETECTION SENSOR UNIT) is stored, AND OCS zero point reset cannot be performed, (continued on the next page)
NTB19-071C	2023-04-10. Service bulletin. DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
NTB19-071B	2022-06-03. Service bulletin. DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
NTB16-046	2021-05-24. Service bulletin. Occupant Clfassification System Light Operation Logic Change
NTB16046	2021-05-10. Service bulletin. SERVICE INFORMATION Nissan is issuing this Technical Service Bulletin to clarify that a change has been made for the logic that controls the Occupant Classification System (OCS) and 'passenger airbag indicator' (PABI), as described in the Owner?s Manual. This TSB applies only to vehicles using the 2-sensor OCS. Those changes are: * PABI light is ON with an empty front passenger seat. Please see this bulletin for further details.
NTB00042D	2021-05-10. Service bulletin. SERVICE INFORMATION Changes or modifications to the front seat assembly trim materials may affect the proper operation of the Front Seat-Mounted Side-Impact Supplemental Air Bags and Passenger Occupant Classification Sensor and could result in serious personal injury or death. Nissan STRONGLY RECOMMENDS AGAINST making any change to seat trim materials from the factory equipped condition. This specifically applies to replacing the seat trim with non-factory materials; adding leather/cloth seat covers, seat pads, or seat storage pouches, etc. around or over the seat back and the passenger seat cushion. See this bulletin for further detail.
NTB14111	2021-05-10. Service bulletin. SERVICE INFORMATION The OCS (Occupant Classification System) sensors for the Applied Vehicles are now available as service parts. See this bulletin for further detail.
NTB08055C	2021-05-10. Service bulletin. SERVICE INFORMATION Information necessary to service the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) safely is included in the "RESTRAINTS" section of the Electronic Service Manual (ESM) for each vehicle. IMPORTANT: Turn the ignition switch OFF, disconnect both battery terminals, and wait at least 3 minutes before performing any service on the SRS. See this bulletin for further detail.
NTB13022A	2021-05-10. Service bulletin. Nissan is conducting a voluntary service campaign to reprogram the Engine Control Module (ECM), and if necessary, the Transmission Control Module (TCM) on certain specific 2013 Nissan Sentra vehicles at no charge to the customer for parts or labor. The reprogramming will prevent a condition in which the vehicle's engine may stop running under certain unique conditions at cold start. The vehicle still meets and exceeds applicable safety standards and there is no unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety. Campaign ID #: P3212 See this bulletin for further detail.
NTB19-071A	2021-04-13. Service bulletin. DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.