# NHTSA recall 18V452000

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: 18V452000
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-07\-06
- Owners notified: 2018\-07\-25
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 233

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain 2007\-2008 Nissan Versa sedan and Versa hatchback vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands \(Saipan\), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.    The passenger air bag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation due to exposure to humidity and temperature cycling.


## What can happen

If an inflator were to explode it 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 July 25, 2018.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1\-800\-867\-7669.  Note: The vehicles covered by this recall are in addition to those covered by recall 16V\-349.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 233
- Reported remedied: 41 \(17%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 28

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, 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

- [2007 NISSAN VERSA](/makes/nissan/versa/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-05\-18 to 2008\-05\-26.
- [2008 NISSAN VERSA](/makes/nissan/versa/2008/recalls.md). Built 2006\-05\-18 to 2008\-05\-26.

## 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.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V452000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V452000/investigations)

## 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/18V452000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V452000)

[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%2018V452000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F18V452000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2018V452000)