# NHTSA recall 26V230000

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: 26V230000
- Manufacturer's number: R26A1
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2026\-04\-09
- Owners notified: 2026\-06\-05
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 47928
- Part numbers: 98560\-7991C

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain 2009\-2010 Cube vehicles. The driver’s air bag inflator may rupture or detach from the steering wheel during air bag deployment.


## What can happen

A driver's air bag that ruptures or detaches can strike the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the front air bag inflator serial number, and replace the inflator as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 9, 2026. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800\-647\-7261. Nissan's number for this recall is R26A1. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 14, 2026.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 1, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 47928
- Reported remedied: 1073 \(2%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2009 NISSAN CUBE](/makes/nissan/cube/2009/recalls.md). Built from 2008\-10\-10.
- [2010 NISSAN CUBE](/makes/nissan/cube/2010/recalls.md). Built to 2010\-09\-25.

## Investigated as PE25005

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.

- PE25005: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2025\-06\-13, closed 2026\-09\-03. Driver Airbag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/26V230000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/26V230000/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/26V230000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/26V230000)

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