OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN FILE

NHTSA campaign 16V244000

NHTSA campaign 16V244000 covers 36 published year-and-model reports from 2 makes in this index and lists 3,296,947 potentially affected units campaign-wide. VIN eligibility must be checked separately.

Report received April 26, 2016 · Snapshot September 21, 2026

01 / DEFECT RECORD

What NHTSA campaign 16V244000 says

NHTSA campaign 16V244000 identifies AIR BAGS and states that If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.

Defect summary

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.

Consequence summary

If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.

02 / CORRECTIVE ACTION

Remedy for NHTSA campaign 16V244000

For NHTSA campaign 16V244000, the filed corrective action says: Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.

Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.

Owner notification: June 10, 2016
Filing manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Component groups: AIR BAGS

03 / PUBLISHED VEHICLES

Vehicles listed under NHTSA campaign 16V244000

RecallRoad links 36 year-and-model reports associated with NHTSA campaign 16V244000; the list reflects published source rows, not individual VIN coverage.