Nissan Sentra: Air bags — occupant classification

Affects Nissan Sentra · 2013–2016 — about 646K vehicles.

The hazard

If the frontal passenger air bag deploys in the event of a crash when a child seat is installed in the front passenger seat, there will be an increased risk of injury to the child in the CRS.

What to do

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reinforce the seat belt bracket as well as reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU), free of charge. The recall began on June 13, 2016. Owners are warned not to install a CRS in the front seat. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational