Nissan's extremely popular Altima is being recalled for a problem with airbags. The airbags may not deploy on the passenger side.
Nissan just issued a second recall for more than 1 million cars, SUVs and vans to fix a problem with the airbags in those vehicles.
Due to a faulty sensor, passenger-side airbags on the vehicles may not inflate. The sensor does not detect an adult sitting in the passenger seat, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The recall affects the Altima, Leaf, Sentra, Pathfinder models from the 2013 and 2014 model years. Also impacted are the NV200 Taxi van and Infiniti JX35 SUV from 2013 as well as the Infiniti QX60 and Q50 SUVs from 2014.
The vehicles were already subject to an earlier recall in February 2013 for a similar problem. At that time, dealers replaced seat sensors, but complaints continued, the company said. The current recall consists of a software update and will begin in the middle of next month.
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Nissan received three reports of air bags failing to inflate in a crash. Spokesman Steve Yeager said in an e-mail that he is not sure if anyone was hurt in those incidents, according to the Associated Press. There have been no deaths due to the problem, he said.
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The recall affects almost 990,000 vehicles in the U.S., another 60,000 in Canada and small numbers in other countries, Yeager said. The Nissan recall comes on the heels of GM recalling 1.6 million vehicles for a faulty ignition switch that could impact the ability of the airbags to work properly.