Infiniti Air Bags: Inflator Module

Infiniti is recalling about 509 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. A passenger air bag that fails to deploy in the event of a crash can increase the risk of injury.

Campaign
16V939000
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Reported
28 December 2016
Vehicles
509
Built between
Aug 2016 – Sep 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
21 March 2017
Repaired
90%
Unrepaired
51

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2016 and September 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Infiniti QX30Built August 2016 to September 2016

Repair progress

51 of 509 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2018.

90% repaired — 458 of 509 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2017 Infiniti QX30 vehicles manufactured August 11, 2016, to September 27, 2016. The affected vehicles have a passenger air bag inflator initiator that may fail to ignite during a crash, preventing the air bag from deploying. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

What could happen

A passenger air bag that fails to deploy in the event of a crash can increase the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on March 21, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2016 to September 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 December 2016
  3. Owners notified21 March 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2018 — 90% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 28 December 2016.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Safety standard
FMVSS 208
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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