NHTSA recall 16V349000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 16V349000 |
| Manufacturer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2016-05-24 |
| Owners notified | 2016-12-19 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 413852 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2018 quarter 1 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2018-04-30 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 413852 |
| Reported remedied | 138299 (33%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 85228 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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.
What is wrong
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2006-2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007-2011 Nissan Versa vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Nissan is recalling certain model year 2005-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2006-2008 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007-2008 Nissan Versa vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Lastly, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Nissan is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Infiniti I35 vehicles originally sold, or registered, in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. These inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
What can happen
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began December 21, 2017. All owners should receive a second notice by May 15, 2017. Owners may contact Nissan customer service 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.
| 2003 INFINITI FX35 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
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| 2004 INFINITI FX35 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2005 INFINITI FX35 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2006 INFINITI FX35 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2007 INFINITI FX35 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2008 INFINITI FX35 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2003 INFINITI FX45 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2004 INFINITI FX45 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2005 INFINITI FX45 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2006 INFINITI FX45 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2007 INFINITI FX45 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2008 INFINITI FX45 | Built 2003-05-13 to 2008-03-03. |
| 2003 INFINITI I30 | Built 2003-05-08 to 2004-08-02. |
| 2004 INFINITI I30 | Built 2003-05-08 to 2004-08-02. |
| 2003 INFINITI I35 | Built 2003-05-08 to 2004-08-02. |
| 2004 INFINITI I35 | Built 2003-05-08 to 2004-08-02. |
| 2006 INFINITI M35 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2007 INFINITI M35 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2008 INFINITI M35 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2009 INFINITI M35 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2010 INFINITI M35 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2006 INFINITI M45 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2007 INFINITI M45 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2008 INFINITI M45 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2009 INFINITI M45 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2010 INFINITI M45 | Built 2004-08-02 to 2010-01-07. |
| 2007 NISSAN VERSA | Built 2006-05-08 to 2011-07-02. |
| 2008 NISSAN VERSA | Built 2006-05-08 to 2011-07-02. |
| 2009 NISSAN VERSA | Built 2006-05-08 to 2011-07-02. |
| 2010 NISSAN VERSA | Built 2006-05-08 to 2011-07-02. |
| 2011 NISSAN VERSA | Built 2006-05-08 to 2011-07-02. |
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 EA15001
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.
| EA15001 | Engineering analysis, opened 2015-02-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.