NHTSA campaign 08V066000 · Nissan campaign P8201

Infiniti and Nissan Recall 08V-066: PASSENGER AIR BAG FAIL TO DEPLOY

NHTSA recall 08V066000 (Nissan campaign P8201) was reported by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. on February 12, 2008, with 16,365 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Infiniti EX35 and Nissan Murano for model years 2008–2009. Owners were notified on February 19, 2008, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 08V066000 (also written 08V-066 or 08V066)
Filed by: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Nissan campaign number: P8201
Report received: February 12, 2008
Potentially affected: 16,365 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Air Bags
Owners notified: February 19, 2008

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08V066000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Infiniti

Infiniti EX35
- 2008 · Vehicles built through January 24, 2008 (per NHTSA)

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Nissan

Nissan Murano
- 2009 · Vehicles built through January 28, 2008 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08V066000.

Defect description

NISSAN IS RECALLING 16,365 MY 2008 INFINITI EX35 AND MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO VEHICLES. DUE TO INCORRECT SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING, THE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT (ACU) MAY CAUSE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED IF THE VEHICLE BATTERY BECOMES SIGNIFICANTLY DISCHARGED.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD RESULT IN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT INFLATING IN A CRASH IN WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO SO, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ACU IN AFFECTED VEHICLES. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 19, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT INFINITI AT 1-800-662-6200 OR NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.

Notes

NISSAN RECALL NO. P8201.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 08V066000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.