Michigan Nissan Drivers Be Warned Your Airbags May Explode!

Do you own a Nissan?

If you do, have you heard about the active recall affecting all Nissan drivers, specifically in Michigan?

Let me break down what is going on.

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Nissan Airbag Recall

Nissan is urging roughly 84,000 vehicle owners to stop driving their cars IMMEDIATELY!

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Why?!

This urgency is due to their Takata airbag inflators having an increased risk of exploding in a crash.

That means that the airbag may explode instead of protecting you in a crash and throw dangerous metal fragments at you.

This announcement comes after one Nissan driver was killed due to the front-passenger inflators exploding. Also, as many as 58 people have been injured due to this since 2015.

The company has already recalled 736,422 of the 2020 vehicles to replace the Takata inflators.

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In their statement, Nissan stated that,

"Due to the age of the vehicles equipped with defective Takata airbag inflators, there is an increased risk the inflator could explode during an airbag deployment, propelling sharp metal fragments which can cause serious injury or death."

What Nissan Cars Are Affected By Recall?

Nissan's "Do Not Drive" warning is in effect for certain 2002 through 2006 Sentra cars and several others including:

2002-2004 Pathfinders
2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 SUVs

If you want to find out if your vehicle is affected by this ongoing situation, you can check Nissan's website by typing in your 17-digit vehicle identification number.

Owners are asked to contact their dealer to make an appointment to replace the inflators for free.

Nissan will also offer free towing to dealers; in some locations, mobile service and loaner cars are also available.