2016 Nissan Pathfinder Recall
Issued April 26, 2016 · Nissan
In April 2016, Nissan recalled the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder, a serious vehicles recall reported by the NHTSA. Affected owners are eligible for a repair. Here is what the hazard is and exactly what to do about it.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
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.
What you should do
- 1 Keep using 2016 Nissan Pathfinder only as advised. See the remedy below.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Nissan to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Recall details
- Brand
- Nissan
- Category
- Vehicles
- Recall date
- April 26, 2016
- Units affected
- Not reported
- Sold at
- Not listed
- Recall number
- NHTSA-16V244000
- Made in
- Not listed
- Issuing agency
- NHTSA
In context
- Nissan has 65 recalls in our database, including 2 rated Critical.
- We're tracking 1,755 Vehicles recalls in our database.
- This is the 99th Vehicles recall we've logged in 2016.