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Nissan Recalls Almost a Million Cars and Trucks for Air Bag
Nissan is recalling about 990,000 cars and trucks from the 2013-14 model years because the front passenger-side air bag might not deploy in a crash, according to a report from the automaker posted Wednesday on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Nissan models affected by the recall include some 544,000 Altima sedans, 29,000 Leaf electric vehicles, 124,000 Pathfinder S.U.V.s, 183,000 Sentra compacts and 6,700 NV200 taxis from the 2013 model year. Infiniti models affected by the action include 64,000 2013 JX35 and 2014 QX60 models and 40,000 2014 Q50 sedans. The problem stems from a federally mandated system intended to determine whether the front passenger seat is occupied — and turn off the air bag if it is not — or if a small child is seated there. Nissan told the safety agency that a software problem in the occupant classification system might not detect an occupant in that seat. The automaker blamed the “sensitivity” of the software calibration, particularly when “a combination of factors such as high engine vibration at idle when the seat is initially empty and then becomes occupied” or an “unusual” seating posture are factors. The report says the automaker is aware of three accidents in which the passenger air bag did not deploy in a crash even though the seat was said to be occupied. Nissan is not aware of any fatalities involving the problem, Steve Yaeger, a Nissan spokesman, wrote in an email. He said he did not know if any injuries were associated with the defect. Read complete article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/au...tion.html?_r=0
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