2009 Nissan Altima Air Bags

THE SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND IS NO LONGER ABLE TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT TO TURN ON THE AIRBAG.

MY NISSAN ALTIMA WAS IN A 4+ ROLLOVER AT @65 MPH, WEST BOUND ON I-8 NEAR BOULEVARD CALIFORNIA ABOUT DAWN AND JUST EAST OF SANDIEGO . WHEN A SUDDEN RAIN DOWNBURST, THE CAR HYDROPLANED AND LEFT THE ROAD AND PROCEEDED TO ROLL 4+ TIMES. I HAVE YET TO SEE THE ACCIDENT REPORT. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND NEITHER DID THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR BAGS. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE PASSENGERS DO NOT RECALL THEM AIRING UP. USAA HAS THE VEHICLE IN SANDIEGO SOMEWHERE. I FEEL THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED IN A MULTIPLE SIDE ROLLOVER.... THE OCCUPANTS WERE AT HUGE RISK BUT FOR THE GRACE AND HANDS OF GOD, THEY WALKED AWAY, THOUGH I FEEL THAT THE CHP SHOULD HAVE FORCED A 4 YOUNG ADULTS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, INSTEAD EVERYONE LEAVING THE SCENE AFTER GATHERING LUGGAGE AND SUCH. INJURIES ARE UNKNOWN, BUT TYPICAL OF BEING ROLLED AT HIGH SPEED NUMEROUS TIMES, BEING SHAKEN, BRUISED, SKELETAL ALIGNMENT DISRUPTED ETC...

TAKATA RECALL. DEALERSHIP SAYS ENTIRE SEAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR ISSUE. WILL COST OVER $1,400 TO REPLACE DUE TO SHORTAGE IN REPLACEMENT SEATS. WILL ONLY WARRANTY FOR 1 YEAR IF REPLACED.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASHBOARD, AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE OCS SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT HAD FAILED, AND I WOULD NEED TO PAY $3500 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SEAT. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO AN AIRBAG RECALL INVOLVING 2013-2016 ALTIMAS, AS WELL AS OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT INDICATING THE AIRBAG IS TURNED OFF REMAINS ON EVEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THEN THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SEAT TO FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MASS SENSOR FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE WITH A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INDICATING THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. JFT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A RESPIRATORY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.

SINCE PURCHASE AS NEW IN 2009, OCCASIONALLY WHEN MY WIFE IS IN PASSENGER SEAT, THE DISABLE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE MY WIFE WAS NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR '(SENSOR)" TO DETECT.!!!??? MY CONCERN WITH RECENT NEWS OF DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS THAT WHEN WE TRAVEL TOGETHER THAT THE "(OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM)" IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND MY WIFE AS A PASSENGER IS NOT PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A ACCIDENT. THE DISABLED AIR BAG LIGHT DOES NOT LIGHT UP ALL THE TIME AND IS ONLY OCCASIONALLY, BUT THIS DOES NOT GIVE ONE A FELLING OF SECURITY AND SAFETY. WITH RECENT CNN & FOX NEWS AS WELL AS LOCAL TV NEWS CONCERNING (AIR BAGS) MAKES ONE TO WONDER ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. *TR

PASSENGERS SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR NOT WORKING. WHEN MY WIFE WHO WEIGHS 113 LBS SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG IS OFF WHEN SOME ONE WHO WEIGHS 150 OR MORE SITS THERE AIR BAG IS ON. *TR

OCT 2012: PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF SYMBOL ILLUMINATED WITH ADULT SITTING IN THE SEAT. DEALER DIAGNOSIS: NO CODES IN SYSTEM FOUND. DEALER RECALIBRATED THE AIR BAG. CUSTOMER COST $100 DEC 2013: PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF SYMBOL ILLUMINATED AND DASHBOARD AIR BAG SYMBOL FLASHING. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT CUSHION SENSOR NEEDED REPLACING. CUSTOMER COST $130 FOR DIAGNOSIS, $399 FOR SENSOR. MAY 2014: BODY SHOPS REFUSE TO HANDLE AIR BAG ISSUES AND WAS REFERRED BACK TO A NISSAN DEALER. SEAT CUSHION ASSEMBLY WAS NOW OVER $700 BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SEAT CUSHION NEEDED REPLACING. NISSAN NO LONGER REPLACES JUST THE SENSOR. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH NISSAN ASKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPLACEMENT PART . NISSAN REQUIRED ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS TO BE WITHIN A 3 MONTH PERIOD. JULY 2014: NISSAN REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH THE COST BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *JS

THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF OWNING THIS CAR, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WILL APPEAR AS "DEACTIVATED" WHEN THERE IS AN ADULT FEMALE (WEIGHING 150 LBS) SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE APPROXIMATE DATE AND VEHICLE MILEAGE ARE UNKNOWN BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. *TR

WHEN MY HUSBAND GETS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES. I HAD MY HUSBAND GET OUT THE CAR, AND THEN I DID HE RESET OF THE AIRBAG, AND THE LIGHT STAYED OFF FOR 8 MINUTES UNTIL I HAD MY HUSBAND GET BACK IN THE CAR, AS SOON AS HE GOT IN THE CAR, BOTH AIRBAG LIGHTS CAME ON. WHEN RESEARCHING IT, I FOUND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ANOTHER NISSAN WHICH WAS RECALLED BUT NOT FOR MY YEAR OF 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. *TR

SON WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND FRONT END AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON THE STEERING COLUMN HE WAS KILLED. *TR. UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF UPDATED 7/9/2015*JS ...UPDATED08/20/15 *BF UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT UPDATED 09/30/15 *JS UPDATED 12/30/15*LJ

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES, AND NOW THIS WEEK THE SUPPLEMENTAL AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY TELL ME THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS MALFUNCTIONING. IF THE CAR WAS IN A COLLISION AND SOMEONE WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP, WHILE THIS CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY WITH SAME COMPLAINT, BUT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. FUNNY, HOW 2013-2014 ALTIMAS ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, BUT THE EARLIER MODEL YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN. *TR

I OWN 2009 ALTIMA COUPE SE. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. SOMETIMES SOMETHING AS SMALL AS AN IPAD WILL ACTIVATE THE AIRBAG. AS WHERE OTHER TIMES MY 125 WIFE WILL HAVE IT TURN OFF. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AS I AM SEEING THAT A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA COUP V6 EDITION FREQUENTLY TURNS OFF THE PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. THE PERSON WEIGHS OVER 125 LBS AND SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE SEAT TO SENSE AN ADULT IN IT. FOR SOME REASON IT INTERMITTENTLY WILL FLASH THE DASH BOARD LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT GO OFF DURING AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE OCCUPANT IS TOO LIGHT. I HAVE TAKEN IN INTO THE DEALER ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THE SENSOR AND AIRBAG UNIT ARE FUNCTIONING, AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, MEANING THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS DISARMED, WHILE MY WIFE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. THIS MEANS IF THE CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY AND COULD CAUSE MORE INJURY OR DEATH. THERE IS A RECENT NISSAN RECALL FOR ALTIMA 2013-2014 FOR THIS SAME DEFECT. THE SAME ISSUE IS PLAGUING MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. *TR

AIR BAG DEACTIVATE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE EVEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. THIS HAPPENS ON AND OFF MANY TIMES. I THINK THEY SHOULD OF RECALLED MORE YEARS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN A CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK CUT INTO MY LANE AND STOPPED ABRUPTLY. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT AND REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE. MY CAR ENDED UP UNDER HIS BUMPER WITH MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE. MY BUMPER WAS DRAGGING WHEN I PULLED TO THE SIDE, BOTH HEADLIGHTS WERE BROKEN, THE HOOD WAS DAMAGED, AND THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WERE LEAKING. THE GRILL WAS SMASHED IN AND WAS BEHIND THE FRONT BUMPER. I WAS TRAVELING AT LEAST 40 MILES PER HOUR. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2009 AND IT HAD LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE FIRST ACCIDENT I HAVE EVER BEEN IN. THE OTHER VEHICLE LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE, FIRE, AND TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALL SAID THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *TR

I WAS NOT AWARE OF YOUR AGENCY UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT IS WHY I AM SENDING THIS E-MAIL TO YOU. MY 2009 ALTIMA WAS APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MONTHS OLD WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT (MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING) THE NO AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR ME. I NOTIFIED ALHAMBRA NISSAN, ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED FOR 3 YEARS AND EVERY TIME I ADVISED ALHAMBRA NISSAN AND THEY KEPT TELLING ME NOTHING WAS WRONG (I HAVE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING ALL THE TIMES THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP). IN 2013 I ADVISED ALHAMBRA NISSAN I WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR, THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE NISSAN CORPORATION. I PLACED SEVERAL CALLS WITH THEM AND ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME THAT IF NISSAN TOOK EVERY SILLY COMPLAINT OF A CUSTOMER THEY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS. FINALLY A REPORT WAS MADE WITH THEM. I WAS ADVISED BY THEM THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP SEE IT WHEN IT OCCURRED. WHEN IT OCCURRED MY HUSBAND DROVE ME TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOOK PICTURES AND RAN SOME TYPE OF TEST WITH A LAPTOP. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOTIFY ME WHEN TO RETURN VEHICLE. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE. THEY REPLACED THE SEAT ON THE PASSENGER FRONT WERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SENSOR WAS LOCATED. WHEN THE REPLACEMENT WAS DONE I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE. I DROVE IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SIT IN THE PASSENGER SIDE TO TEST IF IT OCCURRED AGAIN. WHEN I DID IT OCCURRED AGAIN MY HUSBAND DROVE ME BACK THEY TOOK PICTURES AGAIN AND DID TESTING WITH A LAPTOP AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. WHEN THEY DID I WAS TOLD THAT PER THE NISSAN CORPORATION MY VEHICLE IS FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD. I SEE THAT THE 2013 ALTIMA IS RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE THAT I HAVE HAD FOR 4 YEARS. I ALSO SEE THAT 2003-08 HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR SAME REASON. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

WAS IN A WRECK AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT COME OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BATTERY AREA, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 12/13/11*LJ

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WITH ADULT (150 LBS PLUS) IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND SO FAR HAS DONE LITTLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STARTED THE FIRST MONTH AFTER PURCHASE OF THE NEW VEHICLE ON 4-20-2009 AND WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER. THEY FOUND NO TROUBLE WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM.

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S - PASSENGER AIRBAG DISABLED LIGHT COMES ON WHEN A PERSON IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT INDICATING THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN ANY SITUATION. THE PASSENGER MEETS AND PASSES THE WEIGHT REQUIREMENT AND IS SEATED CORRECTLY. WE CAN NOT PRODUCE THIS ISSUE ON DEMAND. ENVIRONMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER. SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE PASSENGER DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER EITHER. DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BOTTOM 6 OR SO MONTHS AGO. DIDN'T FIX THE ISSUE. MY WIFE AND I WERE BLAMED CONTINUALLY FOR MONTHS (10 OR SO) AS BEING THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. I DOCUMENTED WITH VIDEO AND THEY STILL SAID IT WAS OUR FAULT. ONE DAY WE ALMOST GOT HIT AND I THE NISSAN DEALER I WOULD HOLD THEM LIABLE. THAT DAY THE DISABLED LIGHT REMAINED ON AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THE DEALER. AFTER THAT AN ENGINEER GAME IN TO CHECK THE CAR. THEY SAID THE SYSTEM WORKS ARE IT SHOULD, WE WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A FAULT. THAT ENGINEER SUBMITTED THE ISSUE UP THE CHAIN TO THE ALTIMA ENGINEERS IN THE USA. IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS NOW AND NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MADE. NISSAN HAS TOLD ME THEY ARE RE-ENGINEERING THE SEAT BOTTOM AND A REPLACEMENT PART WILL BE PRODUCED. IT WILL TAKE TIME THEY SAY. MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD THIS CAR AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM THE FIRST MONTH WE OWNED THIS CAR BACK IN SEP/OCT 2009. *TR