Nissan Altima. Published by Transport Canada as 1996157 on 3 October 1996. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says These vehicles do not comply with c.m.v.s.s. 209 - seat belt assemblies. the buckle base in the rear seat assembly does not meet the strength requirements of the standard. correction: rear seat buckle assemblies will be inspected and replaced if required.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Nissan ALTIMA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Nissan ALTIMA is named on 29 American notices, 1 European and 7 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996157
- Recall date
- 3 October 1996
- Make
- Nissan
- Models
- Altima
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,132
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 209 - SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE IN THE REAR SEAT ASSEMBLY DOES NOT MEET THE STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARD. CORRECTION: REAR SEAT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES WILL BE INSPECTED AND REPLACED IF REQUIRED.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1996157.
Nissan elsewhere in this register
Nissan is named on 330 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996138 · 13 September 1996 · Pathfinder, D21 Pick Up · Seats And Restraints
- 1996083 · 7 June 1996 · Quest · Seats And Restraints
- 1996035 · 21 February 1996 · Pathfinder · Brakes
- 1997014 · 21 January 1997 · Quest · Lights And Instruments
- 1997041 · 19 February 1997 · Sentra · Seats And Restraints
- 1997087 · 22 April 1997 · G20, NX · Seats And Restraints
- 1995233 · 28 December 1995 · Maxima, Stanza · Fuel System
- 1995218 · 7 December 1995 · Quest · Electrical
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996164 · 11 October 1996 · Rodeo · Seats And Restraints
- 1996153 · 30 September 1996 · Probe · Seats And Restraints
- 1996138 · 13 September 1996 · Pathfinder, D21 Pick Up · Seats And Restraints
- 1996127 · 23 August 1996 · Coupe · Seats And Restraints
- 1996204 · 13 December 1996 · Motorhome · Seats And Restraints
- 1996119 · 31 July 1996 · 4 In 1 Car Seat, Infant Seat · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Nissan Altima, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Nissan: 330 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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