2015 Nissan Pathfinder Airbags Problems
53 owner-reported airbags complaints from NHTSA data
Data sourced from NHTSA public database. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified mechanic.
Airbags Recalls (2)
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
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.
Fix: 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.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Altima and Pathfinder vehicles, 2013-2014 Nissan Sentra vehicles, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles, 2014-2015 Infiniti QX60 vehicles and 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid vehicles. The affected vehicles received an incorrect occupant classification system (OCS) control unit during a repair. These OCS control units may incorrectly classify the front passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
Fix: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
Owner Complaints (53)
The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving at 25 MPH, the front driver's side air bag and the driver's side curtain air bags suddenly deployed without impact. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent or dealer.
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The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH, the passenger side front, middle and rear curtain air bags were erroneously deployed causing the vehicle to abruptly shut off. During the failure, the driver sustained burns to both arms and hands which did not require medical treatment.
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There was a vehicle at a complete stop doing an illegal left turn, the car behind him was able to swerve around him but I was not able to I hit the brakes twice all the way down and the car did not stop. At the impact the air bags did not deploy. There were not skid marks on the road either, making me believe that the brakes did not do its job.
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Was in accident moving about 10 miles per hour and slowing as approaching light on a local city street. Car trued to pass illegally on left. I moved right to avoid and hit car in front of me at very slow speed.
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I was backing from a parking space when I struck a passing car with the boat hitch on my rear bumper. It was a low-impact collision as we were both moving slowly in a parking lot.
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I was involved in an accident where another car clipped the back bumper of my pathfinder going trough an intersection. It was enough to deploy my curtain airbags on the drivers side and the seat air bag in the drivers seat, but did minor damage to the back bumper on the drivers side. But, after everyone was out of my pathfinder, a police officer noticed a fire inside the pathfinder.
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2015 nissan pathfinder envolved in unknown accident air bag deployed, nissan refuses to respond , numerious recalls, belief concusion occurred need assistance, stoped payments, collection has been in contact with me , VIN on pathfinder doesn't match veh, asked them also to provide date of mfg not recieved
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This pertains to 16v244000... With the exception of starting the vehicle, I had never seen this light come on until recently. My pathfinder is largely used to move my children (both under the age of 4) to and from activities and run errands.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. While driving 60 MPH, the contact's vehicle rear ended another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 15 MPH, the vehicle was crashed into the front driver's side of another vehicle. The front passenger's side air bag failed to deploy with the impact involved.
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I worked with nissan last year to resolve an issue that I had with a pathfinder airbag issue (nissan case 19556126). 'the original vehicle was replaced and I've had the bad luck of getting a 2015 pathfinder with the same issue. 'I've had this vehicle since late november of 2015, it has approx.
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Our 2015 pathfinder has an issue where when the passenger seat is occupied with an adult passenger, the passenger side airbag will not activate. (indicator light for pass airbag off is illuminated) sometimes it will activate after several minutes of driving, other times it will not activate until the car is turned off and back on again.
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Have a 2015 nissan pathfinder where the "airbag is off" passenger light keeps coming one when an adult passenger weighing more than 150 lbs is properly seated wearing the seatbelt properly. This has happened several times (10+ times). I have had it to the nissan dealer twice with the most recent date being february 2, 2016 for this issue.
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Passenger air bag light (which indicates air bag is off and will not deploy) remains on (>50% of the time) when there is an adult seated in the passenger seat. Took vehicle into the nissan fox dealership (grand rapids, mi) this morning for service. Before assessing, they told me they probably won't find anything and that I should rely on my seat belt in case of an accident.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH down an incline, the brake pedal was applied and traveled to the floorboard. Excessive force was applied to the brake pedal but the brakes failed to respond causing the contact to crash into the rear of another vehicle.
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Driving down on florida highway I-75 . Ahead was a previous accident with debris in the road. Reduced speed to try to avoid most of the debris that was scattered along the 4 lanes.
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The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the passenger's side air bag.
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The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair of NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V244000 (Air Bags) however, after the recall repair, the air bag warning light illuminated, and the message "Passenger Air Bag Off" was displayed despite the front passenger's seat being occupied.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving, the passenger's side air bag sensor light illuminated, indicating the front passenger side air bag system was turned off with a the passenger seated in the front passenger's side seat.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. A dealer was not contacted.
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Couple of things, first the front passenger air bag is set to off when there is an adult sitting there, and I have a blinking airbag light, at all times no matter what. Second, there is a loud noise coming from the engine when I turn my heater on. I can also feel the vibration when I'm still.
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Had our airbag recall fixed last year but the light continues to stay on when someone sits in the seat. This happens periodically. Recall fixed wallace stuart.
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Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable.
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Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v344000 (air bags) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags). The contact stated that the parts needed for the recall remedy were still not available.
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Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags).
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I received a recall notice in may regarding the ocs that affects the passenger airbag. I went to the dealership in june and was told the parts were not in yet for replacement. I went again in september and was then told that the parts are on manufacturer restriction and they were unable to replace/repair.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags). The dealer was contacted several times, but they were unable to determine when the manufacturer would supply the parts.
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Takata recall you previous webpage mentions the manufacturer acquiring the parts to repair in a timely manner. My question is, what do you consider a timely manner? I received my recall notice approximately 6 months or more ago, but I haven't heard anything else regarding nissan repairing the faulty airbags.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags). However, the part to do the repair was unavailable.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired.
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I had problems with my air bag sensor ever since I bought the car. Every once in a while when I had a passenger in the front seat the air bag would deactivate. Originally the service manager stated that my purse must be to heavy and is knocking out the calibration.
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Re all is not fixed in my car nissan never fix this recall
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Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags).
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair.
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Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags).
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. One on occasion, the air bag light remained illuminated. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v244000 (air bags).
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan pathfinder. On several occasions, when an occupant was seated in the front passenger seat, the passenger air bag off warning light would illuminate intermittently. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle and stated that the vehicles on the lot would have the issue remedied.
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There have been several incidents where a full size adult passenger has been riding in the front passenger seat and the airbag sensor does not detect the adult and turns off the airbag. There have been times wher the vehicle is parked and when the passenger gets in, before the car is started, once the car is started, the airbag is already off before we leave.
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Purchased a 2015 pathfinder sl in may 2015 to replace the 2014 pathfinder sl we had. The dealer returned the 2014 for us for the same issue we're experiencing with the 2015. In late june the passenger seat air bag would not engage for several minutes if someone was sitting in the seat before the car would start.
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Purchased in may 2015. Within a month of ownership, airbag light on passenger side would not engage intermittently if passenger was seated in car before started. I just had the passenger wait until car was started to sit.
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I purchased a used 2015 Nissan Pathfinder last year. Recently the passenger airbag light does not turn off. After searching the internet, I found their was a recall for this issue in the past.
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The vehicle had no issues after being stopped for three days the airbag light on the dashboard started to flash and the passenger airbag-off light is on even with a passenger seated on.
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Air bag light is going off
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I have received 2 notices concerning the NHTSA recall 16v-244. I have contacted nissan of gadsden in gadsden, al several times and they tell me that they do not have the part in stock to fix my vehicle.
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I have to recall that shows on my car fax, but one recall have to parts to replace since may 23,2016. Have only received 1 letter in mail after I call nissan 1800 number. The second happen today for co2 sensor.
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I received a recall for the air bags, the service was done to the car but the problem keeps on occurring, but I have to take it again for the second time, if the problem isn't resolved, what can I do ?
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Passenger air bag light goes on all the time when a passenger in sitting there. Went to nissan and first time said it was my bladder and adjusted it.
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I purchased the vehicle in july, 2015. The passenger side airbag light came on several times while a passenger was in the front seat shortly after I got the car. During my first routine service appointment on feb.
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The airbag sensor for the front passenger side seat does not work properly. There can be a large adult in the seat, and the sensor shows the airbag off. We bought the car new, as a demo, with approximately 5,000 miles on it.
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The passenger side airbag light remains illuminated when a adult is sitting in the seat with their seatbelt on. I brought it into the service center at nissan and they told me the computer says nothing is wrong so there is nothing they can do! I have numerous videos of the seat occupied and the light on!
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We were driving the pathfinder and the passenger airbag light came on. There was a passenger in the seat. The passenger's weight is 165 pounds and approximately 5'6" tall.
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