Air bags: sensor: occupant classification (Nissan, Infiniti and Chevrolet)
Vehicle recall 16V-244. NHTSA received Nissan North America, Inc.’s report on Apr 26, 2016.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Nissan North America, Inc.’s report on Apr 26, 2016. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
Nissan North America, Inc.
(Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles.
In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied.
As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Air bags: sensor: occupant classification.
What should you do?
Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 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 a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,296,947 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- Nissan Murano Hybrid20162015
- Infiniti QX60 Hybrid20162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Infiniti Q50 Hybrid20162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid2015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Infiniti JX35and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Nissan Altima20162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Nissan Sentra20162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Nissan Pathfinder20162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Nissan redundant NV20020162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Nissan Rogue201720162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet City Express20162015
- Nissan Maxima20172016
- Nissan NV200 Taxi20162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Nissan Murano20162015
- Nissan Leaf20162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Infiniti QX6020162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Infiniti Q50201720162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Nissan North America, Inc..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 19, 2026.