Vehicle Recall: Nissan Versa Hatchbacks & Sedans

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Canada/Ottawa: Transport Canada, an Ottawa, Ontario regulatory and safety authority, recalls an estimated 40,603 model year 2010 to 2012 Nissan Versa Hatchbacks and 2010 to 2011 Versa Sedans marketed, sold and delivered in Canada.

On the affected Nissan vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger frontal airbag.

If this defect occurs, it could cause the vehicle’s Airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants Airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the Airbag Assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function.

This reported defect could increase the risk of consequential serious injury and/or life-changing results in the event of a crash, motor vehicle collision (“MVC”) or other impact event.

==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 9-1-1, your closest hospital or emergency center equipped to properly treat lacerations, concussions, bone fractures, amputation, central nervous system (“CNS”) damage and/or internal injuries.

==> No VINs, item numbers, manufacturing date codes, production dates, regulatory approval designations, registration numbers, agency approval designations or other identification numbers were listed with this recall notification.

Proposed Remedy:
Nissan will notify affected Versa owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to an Authorized Dealership to replace the Passenger Frontal Airbag Inflator.

Nissan ‘s designation listed for this recall is PM823.

Please note: that Canadian climate results in the Airbag propellant degrading slowly. The recall is, therefore, being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace Airbag Inflators before their function would be affected.

Please also note: this recall affects 2010 to 2012 Versa Hatchback models and 2010 to 2011 Versa Sedan models. The 2012 model year Nissan Versa sedan is currently not involved in this recall.

==> To see other recalls and notifications for vehicles manufactured, marketed and/or sold by Nissan Canada, a Mississauga, Ontario establishment, please search for “Nissan” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications for vehicles manufactured, marketed and/or sold under the Nissan Versa brand, please search for “Versa” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

You can get more information about this recall from Transport Canada: https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/detail.aspx?lang=eng&rn=2018328

Not relevant to your vehicle? Try here!
You can search Transport Canada’s Database of Motor Vehicle Safety Recalls for your vehicle, tires, accessories or baby car seats by visiting https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng.

French/Français for the Canadian release:
You can also read about this recall in French here (“Transports Canada”)
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/numero-rappel-transports-canada-2018328-nissan

Vous pouvez également lire ce rappel en français ici (“Transports Canada”):
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/numero-rappel-transports-canada-2018328-nissan

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Additional information about this recall:
TC Identification number: RA-67504
Transport Canada ID: 2018328
Recalls Direct RIN: 17951-2023
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General information:
More recalls? Back to the main Recalls Direct page:
==> http://www.RecallsDirect.com/
About the Recalls Direct service:
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Visit the Living Safely site:
==> http://www.LivingSafely.org/
Report unsafe vehicles, tires or car seats you purchased in Canada [external: new window opens]:
==> https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/PCDB-BDPP/fc-cp.aspx?lang=eng
Search for a recalled product on the Health Canada Web site [external: new window opens]:
==> http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/index-eng.php

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