2005 Nissan Altima Air Bags

AIRBAG SYSTEM ERROR LIGHT BLINKING. 2005 MODEL YEAR NISSAN ALTIMA AFFECTED BY THIS DEFECT, AS RESEARCHED ON INTERNET. DEALERSHIP STATING CAR NOT PART OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE RECALL. INFORMATION FOLLOWS WITH WEBSITE LINK TO VOLUNTARY RECALL INFORMATION: 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA, MAXIMA; VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON SOME MODEL YEAR 2005 MAXIMA AND ALTIMA VEHICLES, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT MAY FLASH EVEN THOUGH THE AIR BAG SYSTEMS IT MONITORS ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. TO PREVENT THIS CONDITION, NISSAN HAS INITIATED A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG STATUS LIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT WHICH IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. WEBSITE REFERENCE: HTTP://X.NISSANHELP.COM/FORUMS/KNOWLEDGEBASE/LINKS/371. *TR

MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEREBY TWO CARS SIDESWIPED EACH OTHER. THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE, RIPPING THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR OFF, EXPLODING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AND DAMAGING THE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. THE OTHER CAR'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MINE DID NOT. FROM THE IMPACT MY SON HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SIDE WINDOW, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH THEN HIT A TREE. THE FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT IMPACT WITH THE TREE. THE CAR WAS DECLARED TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO NISSAN AND A 6-WEEK RUN AROUND BY NISSANS AIR BAG DIVISION I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH DECELERATION FOR THE AIRBAGS TO GO OFF. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND I WAS AT THE SCENE. THE ACCIDENT WAS BAD. I WAS NEVER GIVEN ANY DETAILS JUST A SELF SERVING CONCLUSION FROM NISSAN AFTER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. I WAS ALSO GIVEN CONFLICTING INFORMATION AS TO WHEN AND WHERE THE CAR WOULD BE VIEWED. EXCUSES WERE MADE AS TO WHY THE OTHER VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS WENT OFF EVEN THOUGH NISSAN NEVER EXAMINED THE OTHER VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 ALTIMA FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY PREVIOUS NISSAN. HOWEVER, I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT. WHEN I SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. I AM 5'4 AND WEIGH ABOUT 104 LBS. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO AUTOWAY NISSAN (TAMPA, FL) TWICE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IN ORDER FOR THE LIGHT TO GO OFF, I HAVE TO JUMP AROUND IN MY SEAT SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OFF. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT GOES OFF AND OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T. WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OFF, MOST OF THE TIME IT COMES BACK ON AFTER 10 MINUTES OR SO. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT AUTOWAY NISSAN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION, ONLY TELLING ME THAT IT IS A WEIGHT SENSOR THAT PICKS UP AT 100-110 LBS AND THAT IT CAN NOT BE CALIBRATED. I HAVE EVEN CONTACTED NISSAN AND STARTED A FILE WITH THEM. IT HAS BEEN TWO DAYS NOW, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR THAT SENSOR TO PICK UP ON WEIGHT ONLY. MY HUSBAND'S '04 ACCORD'S SENSOR GOES OFF WHEN I SIT IN HIS PASSENGER SEAT. I KNOW I'M COMPARING APPLES WITH ORANGES, BUT YOU WOULD THINK NISSAN WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN BUILDING THE VEHICLE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAG SDEPLOYED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE DEPLOYMENT CAUSED INJURY TO THE CONTACT'S HAND. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK

DT: 2005, NISSAN, ALTIMA: THE AIR BAG LIGHT, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT GO OFF. ONCE SOMEONE SITS IN THE SEAT. THE LIGHT WILL NOT GP\O OFF. DEALER IDICATED THAT BECAUSE HIS WIFE DIDN'T WEIGH MUCH THE LIGHT MAY NOT GO OFF. IT OCCURRED ITERMITTENTLY.*AK

WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IN SEVIERVILLE, TENNESSEE ON 2/12/2005, MY 2005 ALTIMA WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY A CAR THAT FAILED TO STOP. THE DRIVER OF THAT CAR WAS DETERMINED TO BE AT FAULT BY POLICE. FOUR VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WITH MY CAR BEING THE MOST DAMAGED. POLICE ESTIMATED THE CAR THAT HIT ME WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH. AT IMPACT. THE IMPACT DROVE MY CAR FORWARD INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE REAR OF MY CAR WAS DESTROYED AND THE FRONT IMPACT WAS HARD ENOUGH THAT THE RADIATOR WAS BURST AND FRONT SUSPENSION MEMBERS AND THE HOOD WERE CRUMPLED. AT NO TIME DURING THE ACCIDENT DID EITHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS IN MY ALTIMA DEPLOY! HOWEVER, THE SEAT BELTS DID LOCK IN POSITION AND PROBABLY SAVED US FROM MORE SERIOUS INJURY. INJURIES FOR THOSE IN MY CAR (FOUR PEOPLE) CONSISTED OF CUTS, SCRAPES AND BRUISES ACCOMPANINED WITH SORENESS. SINCE IT IS ONLY TWO DAYS SINCE THE ACCIDENT, THERE MAY BE OTHER POSSIBLE PROBLEMS ARISE. I THOUGHT AIR BAGS WERE SUPPOSE TO DEPLOY IN CASES SUCH AS THIS? I NOTE FROM RESEARCH THAT NISSAN HAS HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AIR BAG FAILURES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP THIS!*AK