Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | ||||||||||||||||
| 06V048000 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 04/24/2002 to 07/27/2005 | V (Vehicle) | 203000 | 03/20/2006 | MFR | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 02/13/2006 | 02/14/2006 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On some sport utility vehicles, in certain high speed frontal crashes, the webbing of a rear outboard seat belt may contact the rear seat back hinge where it can be cut by the sharp edge of the metal portion of the hinge. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the webbing is completely separated, it can increase the risk of injury to an occupant in a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install protectors over the webbing of the rear seat belts. the recall began on march 20, 2006. owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 12/08/2010 | 52900 | ||
| Upon starting the vehicle it was noticed the airbag light was flashing on the console. on 12/8/2010 contacted nissan dealership, wright automotive - wexford, pa, and service agent advised the earliest they could see the vehicle was12/13/2010 and that the airbag would not deploy while the airbag light was flashing. upon taking vehicle to dealership service agent advised he has not seen this issue in the 2 years he's been at the dealership and advised there is no recall or known tsb. service order indicated a code of b1054 which means 'drivers side air bag open'. thus, they recommended 'replace spiral cable' for a total cost of $371.88. i paid $69.95 diagnostic fee, $197 spiral cable, and $18.69 tax and pending payment of $104.93 labor cost to replace part. upon researching this issue on the web the following was uncovered: several murano owners, crossing model years, have experienced the same issue and two suggested solutions. the first solution states to perform a reset by turning the vehicle from 'off' to 'on' three times while counting to 5 during the 'off' time. this solution worked for several owners. the second solution identified by one owner said replacement of the 'seat belt pre tensioner', which was supposedly covered under a recall for a 2005 murano, solved the identified issue. we choose to perform a self 'reset' on 12/13/2010 which was subsequent to dealership analysis payment of $266.95 (diagnostic fee and special part order). upon discussing the 'reset' with nissan service agent, he suggested either return special order part and pay restocking fee or keep the part since he believes the light will begin flashing again. since performing the 'reset' the flashing airbag light has not returned. nissan needs to determine if this is a safety concern and issue a recall or if this is not a safety issue then nissan should document a tsb solution. | |||
| 06/11/2008 | 46800 | 1 | |
| 2006 nissan murano driver side seat back cross brace broke, car only has 46,800 miles | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | |||
| 10/18/2007 | 14146 | 2 | 04/10/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan murano. when the left and right rear shoulder seat belts were pulled to restrain an occupant, the seat belt became stuck in the webbing. the seat belt was then cut in half. the manufacturer stated that the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign id number 06v048000 (seat belts:rear). the current and failure mileages were 14,146. | |||
| 03/31/2006 | 1 | 02/11/2006 | |
| While on a three hour road trip, my 11 year old son was riding in the back seat (behind) driver of my recently purchased 2006 nissan murano. he was playing with the middle seat belt which retracts from the ceiling and somehow wrapped the seat belt and knotted around his neck. my 19 year old daughter was in the back also and tried to unsuccessfully loosen the seat belt. we pulled over on the highway, my son started to panic and each time he moved the seat belt got tighter and tighter. me and my fiance tried to get the seat belt off or at least loosen. at this point my son could not breathe and his face was red and lips starting to turn purple. luckily my fiance had a pocket knife and we were able to cut the seat belt. if we did not have a knife, i am sure my son would have died. if there were a safety mechanism that could release the seat belt we would not have been through this terrible ordeal. *nm | |||