Nissan recalls 1 million vehicles


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Nissan Motor is recalling more than 1 million vehicles in the United States and Canada to fix a software problem that could prevent the front passenger airbag from deploying in an accident.

Nissan (NSANF) said it is not aware of any deaths caused by the problem, but can not give details about resulting injuries.

 The problem is with the sensors in the front passenger seats that are supposed to tell if an adult or a child is sitting on the seat. Because the risk of injury or death to child is greater from an airbag than from an accident itself, if the system senses there is not enough weight in the front passenger seats, that airbag will not deploy.

The problem with the Nissans is that the sensors are shutting off the airbag even if an adult is in the seat.

The cars being recalled are most of the best-selling Nissan and luxury Infiniti models from the last two years. They include the 2013-2014 Altima, Leaf, Pathfinder and Sentra, the model year 2013 NV200 cargo van that's also known as the Nissan taxi, the 2013 Infiniti JX35, and the 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 cars.

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on a slightly related note, maybe these safety features should be restricted, something I've noticed, the 'safer' cars get, the more deteriation is observed within driver behaviour,

(something silly I once saw was a safety feature added to a steering wheel, a 6 inch spike, you'd make damn sure you drove safely with that thing waiting to impale you)

 

And on topic, glad to see more and more manufacturers taking the responsibility to 'fix' the problem (ok it shouldn't have been there to begin with, but one could argue this forever)

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