# NHTSA recall 16V242000

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: 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

## 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.


## 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 NISSAN SENTRA](/makes/nissan/sentra/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-04 to 2016\-04\-09.
- [2014 NISSAN SENTRA](/makes/nissan/sentra/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-04 to 2016\-04\-09.
- [2015 NISSAN SENTRA](/makes/nissan/sentra/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-04 to 2016\-04\-09.
- [2016 NISSAN SENTRA](/makes/nissan/sentra/2016/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-04 to 2016\-04\-09.

## 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/16V242000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V242000/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
- [NTB19\-071C](/bulletins/10234044.md), 2023-04-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB19\-071B](/bulletins/10213158.md), 2022-06-03, Service bulletin
- [NTB16\-046](/bulletins/10194220.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin
- [NTB16046](/bulletins/10192811.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB00042D](/bulletins/10192513.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB14111](/bulletins/10192486.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB08055C](/bulletins/10192305.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB13022A](/bulletins/10192202.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB19\-071A](/bulletins/10190213.md), 2021-04-13, 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/16V242000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V242000)

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