NHTSA Campaign 15V226000

AIR BAGS

Issued by Nissan North America, Inc. · Reported Apr 17, 2015 · 12,606 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2003-2005 FX35 and FX45, and 2006 M35 and M45 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia, are included. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Consequence

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.

Remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: This recall supersedes recall 14V-701.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
INFINITI FX35 2003 12,606
INFINITI FX35 2004 12,606
INFINITI FX35 2005 12,606
INFINITI FX45 2003 12,606
INFINITI FX45 2004 12,606
INFINITI FX45 2005 12,606
INFINITI I35 2003 12,606
INFINITI I35 2004 12,606
INFINITI M35 2006 12,606
INFINITI M45 2006 12,606

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V226000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.