Infiniti Fx35, Infiniti Fx45, model years 2003 to 2008. Filed by Nissan North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 4 March 2021. 26,158 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Nissan North America, Inc. (INFINITI) is recalling certain 2003 INFINITI FX35, 2006-2008 FX35 and FX45 vehicles that previously received a replacement front passenger air bag assembly under recall number 20V-008. The air bag cushion was folded incorrectly, which could increase internal pressure and tear the air bag …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.
Infiniti's own number for this recall: R20C2. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V139 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V139 cover?
- Infiniti FX35, Infiniti FX45, model years 2003-2008.
- What is wrong with them?
- Nissan North America, Inc. (INFINITI) is recalling certain 2003 INFINITI FX35, 2006-2008 FX35 and FX45 vehicles that previously received a replacement front passenger air bag assembly under recall number 20V-008.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A tear in the air bag may decrease air bag performance, and increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. INFINITI will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on April 19, 2021. Owners may contact INFINITI customer service at 1-800-662-6200. INFINITI's number for this recall is R20C2.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Infiniti calls this recall R20C2, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “A tear in the air bag may decrease air bag performance, and increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V139 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 March 2021 |
| Model years | 2003-2008 |
| Vehicles named | INFINITI FX35, INFINITI FX45 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A tear in the air bag may decrease air bag performance, and increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
INFINITI will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on April 19, 2021. Owners may contact INFINITI customer service at 1-800-662-6200. INFINITI's number for this recall is R20C2.
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Infiniti notices we hold
- 24V470: 2011-2013 M56, 2012-2013 M35 Hybrid, 2014-2018 Q50, Q70 Hybrid, 2014-2019 Q70, and 2015-2019 Q70L two-wheel drive
- 21V234: 2021 INFINITI Q50 and Q60
- 21V025: 2020 INFINITI QX50
All 4 Infiniti campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 21V139 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ef0b13a4 - Consequence
27b90447 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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