# NHTSA recall 17V144000

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: 17V144000
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2017\-03\-06
- Owners notified: 2017\-11\-28
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Units potentially affected: 54751

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain 2012 Nissan Versa vehicles.  Degradation of the side impact sensor  connector pins may cause the curtain and seat\-mounted air bags to deploy unexpectedly if the door is slammed.


## What can happen

If the curtain and seat\-mounted air bags inadvertently deploy, it can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will install a new jumper harness, and replace the side impact satellite sensors, free of charge.  The recall began November 28, 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-04\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 54751
- Reported remedied: 16560 \(30%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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

- [2012 NISSAN VERSA](/makes/nissan/versa/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-06\-09 to 2012\-04\-02.

## Investigated as PE16013

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.

- PE16013: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2016\-09\-28, closed 2017\-03\-20. Inadvertent Curtain and Seat Air Bag. AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V144000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V144000/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
- [NTB15033A](/bulletins/10192623.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB00042D](/bulletins/10192513.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB08055C](/bulletins/10192305.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin
- [NTB19\-071A](/bulletins/10190213.md), 2021-04-13, Service bulletin
- [NTB19\-071](/bulletins/10165784.md), 2019-10-09, Service bulletin
- [NTB17\-049b](/bulletins/10153006.md), 2019-02-19, Service bulletin
- [Nissan Aftersale](/bulletins/10152994.md), 2019-02-19, 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/17V144000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V144000)

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