Infiniti Jx35, Infiniti Qx60, Infiniti Qx60 Hybrid, Nissan Altima, Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Sentra, model years 2013 to 2015. Filed by Nissan North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 October 2015. 919 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Altima and Pathfinder vehicles, 2013-2014 Nissan Sentra vehicles, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles, 2014-2015 Infiniti QX60 vehicles and 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid vehicles. The affected vehicles received an incorrect occupant classification …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V681 cover?
- Infiniti JX35, Infiniti QX60, Infiniti QX60 Hybrid, Nissan Altima, Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Sentra, model years 2013-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Altima and Pathfinder vehicles, 2013-2014 Nissan Sentra vehicles, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles, 2014-2015 Infiniti QX60 vehicles and 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger air bag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger air bag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to th…”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V681 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 October 2015 |
| Model years | 2013-2015 |
| Vehicles named | INFINITI JX35, INFINITI QX60, INFINITI QX60 HYBRID, NISSAN ALTIMA, NISSAN PATHFINDER, NISSAN SENTRA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger air bag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Infiniti JX35 recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Infiniti QX60 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Infiniti QX60 Hybrid recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Nissan Altima recalls: 33 US campaigns
- Nissan Pathfinder recalls: 32 US campaigns
- Nissan Sentra recalls: 29 US campaigns
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V681, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v681/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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