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2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

crash2 injured · 766478 · 2010-02-24

Vehicle

Make
NISSAN
Model
PATHFINDER
Year
2006
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Miles at failure
500
Speed
35 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 2007, I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, MY FRONT-AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ALTHOUGH THE AIR-BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STILL ON TILL THIS DAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO A NISSAN DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE THE AIRBAG SENSOR WIRING HARNESS WAS DAMAGED. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF THE AIRBAG SENSOR WOULD COME ON EVEN THOUGHT HE AIR-BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE AIRBAG SENSOR WIRING HARNESS WAS DAMAGED EVENTHOUGH THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THERE IS A CURRENT A RECALL ON THE AIRBAG SENSOR FOR THIS VEHICLE. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE AIR-BAG SENSOR WAS COVERED UNDER THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE SENSOR. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPLACED THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE THE SENSOR CAME ON AS OF A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SENSOR RECALL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE AIR-BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS STILL ON EVENTHOUGH THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THIS SEEMS LIKE SOME SORT OF FAILURE IN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. *TR

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
10313694
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