2001–2006 Nissan Pathfinder, Sentra, Maxima and 2001–2005 Infiniti FX35, I30, FX45 and more recall: Air bags

Recall at a glance

What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 Nissan Maxima, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 and I35, 2003 FX35 and FX45, and 2001 I30 vehicles. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Safety risk

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

The fix

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: On December 18, 2015 Nissan informed NHTSA of an amendment of this recall to remove 2004-2005 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 vehicles.

Affected models

Model years listed by NHTSA for this campaign. Only vehicles within the build range in the notice are affected.

• Infiniti FX35: 2003, 2004, 2005
• Infiniti FX45: 2003, 2004, 2005
• Infiniti I30: 2001
• Infiniti I35: 2002, 2003
• Infiniti QX4: 2002, 2003
• Nissan Maxima: 2001, 2002, 2003
• Nissan Pathfinder: 2002, 2003, 2004
• Nissan Sentra: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Notes from the notice

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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