Infiniti QX56, QX80 (2013-2014): Air bags
Recall 14V668000 · Oct 24, 2014 · Nissan North America, Inc.
1,848
vehicles affected
1,848
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 14V668000
- Date
- Oct 24, 2014
- Maker
- Nissan North America, Inc.
- Units affected
- 1,848
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags > Frontal > Driver side > Inflator module
- Model years
- 2013-2014
- Started by
- The safety regulator
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013 Infiniti QX56 vehicles manufactured September 1, 2012, to April 26, 2013, and 2014 Infiniti QX80 vehicles manufactured June 18, 2013, to February 11, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the driver's frontal air bag inflator may have been manufactured with an incorrect part.
What can happen
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's air bag, the incorrect part may block the flow of propellant to the air bag and the air bag's inflator may rupture. The rupture could cause metal fragments to strike and potentially seriously injure the vehicle occupants.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driver air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
Vehicles covered
2 models, 2 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 14V668000?
2 models: Infiniti QX56 (2013), Infiniti QX80 (2014), about 1,848 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 14V668000?
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driver air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
What can happen?
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's air bag, the incorrect part may block the flow of propellant to the air bag and the air bag's inflator may rupture. The rupture could cause metal fragments to strike and potentially seriously injure the vehicle occupants.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.