Recall 14V138000: 2013–2014 Nissan Leaf and 7 other models

Report received

Mar 25, 2014

Manufacturer

Nissan North America, Inc.

Potentially affected

989,701vehicles

Model years

2013–2014

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (OCS) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.

Possible consequence

If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.

Remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on April 14, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2013 Infiniti JX35280 complaints
• 2014 Infiniti Q50170 complaints
• 2014 Infiniti QX60199 complaints
• 2013 Nissan Altima2,313 complaints
• 2014 Nissan Altima1,114 complaints
• 2013 Nissan Leaf81 complaints
• 2014 Nissan Leaf34 complaints
• 2013 Nissan NV20015 complaints
• 2013 Nissan Pathfinder891 complaints
• 2014 Nissan Pathfinder576 complaints
• 2013 Nissan Sentra638 complaints
• 2014 Nissan Sentra380 complaints