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2012 Nissan ALTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1126261
Internal NHTSA #	10651133
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	ALTIMA
Model Year	2012
File date	20/09/12
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Our 2012 nissan altima's passenger airbag light will shows the airbag being inactive while a person is sitting in the passenger seat. All people who have sat in this seat this issue occurred are over 120 pounds. Twice we took the car to the planet nissan in las vegas where we purchased the car. Their service department said since the issue can be replicated they cannot do anything to fix the issue. This has happened at least a 100 hundreds times in the past two years of ownership. Every time we call a dealership we hear the same answer unless we can see the problem and duplicate it we cannot help you. The issue is the airbag light can be lit (showing airbag to active) and on the way to the dealership the light goes out and we are back to square one. After two years of getting nowhere with this we took video of the last time it happened. We brought this to autonation nissan in las vegas and they check the wiring harness said it is not loose there is nothing else we can do unless we can duplicate the issue. We logged a complaint with nissan usa hq and received the same response, sorry we cannot help you nay further. With all the recent and past nissan airbag recalls i am shocked at their lack of wanting to do something extra to troubleshoot the problem. I have researched many car forums and this is a common problem with nissan, they push the consumer away with the typical cannot replicate the problem therefore it isn't one. At this point there is no guarantee anyone sitting in the passenger seat is safe in a head on crash. Is it going to take a person's death for nissan to step up and make this right? This eerily reminiscent of gm not acting on the faulty ignition switches in a timely manner.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	3000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LAS VEGAS, NV
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Nissan ALTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Nissan ALTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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