On certain vehicles, a Sensor Cluster Unit (SCU) having incorrect programming may have been installed in error by dealers during servicing. As the SCU helps determine if the driver and/or passenger airbags, seat belt pretensioners and active head restraints should be deployed during a crash, incorrect programming could result in an inadequate activation of one or more of these restraint systems in a crash. This could increase the risk of injury to occupants.
On certain vehicles, the driver’s seatback may have been incorrectly welded at time of assembly. This could cause the seatback to fail in a rear-end collision, increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the seat back frame and replace if necessary.
On certain vehicles, the front passenger seatbelt buckle stud may not have been punched correctly during manufacturing. This may cause a separation between the buckle and the seat belt bracket, which could result in the belt not adequately restraining the seat occupant in a crash, increasing the risk of injury and/or damage to property.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the front passenger seat belt buckle stud, and replace the seatbelt buckle as necessary.
On certain vehicles the lower seat belt anchorage bolts for the rear bench seat may not have been torqued to specification during assembly. This could cause the seat belts to fail to adequately restrain occupants in a crash, increasing the risk of injury and/or damage to property.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the bolt torque of the seat belt anchorages, and tighten as necessary.
Certain vehicles may fail to conform to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 207 - Anchorage of Seats. The third row seat may move forward if subject to high loading, such as in a frontal collision. As a result, it may not adequately restrain an occupant and would increase the risk of injury, and cause it to not conform to the standard.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will install an additional support bracket.
On certain vehicles, if subjected to low temperatures of -20° C or colder, the rear head restraints may not remain locked in the upright position. In the event of a crash at low temperatures, this could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
On certain vehicles, the first and/or second row seat fasteners may not have been tightened to specification at time of assembly. This could result in squeaks, rattles, deflection or unsatisfactory joint integrity, which could compromise the structural integrity of the seat, potentially increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants during a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the seats or seat sets as necessary.
On certain vehicles, in the event that the seat belt mount and seat belt reel attachment bolts were removed during servicing, they may have been reinstalled in the incorrect location due to an error in servicing literature. This could weaken the seat belt attachment points and potentially allow separation in a crash, increasing the risk of injury and/or property damage.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the screws and replace if necessary.
On certain vehicles, the middle passenger overhead seat belt stow clip may fracture, which could trap the latch plate and prevent the use of the seat belts in the center second-row or centre third-row. The inability to use the second or third-row centre seat belt may increase the risk of injury to occupants in the event a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the second and third row overhead seat belt bezels with a new bezel with improved material properties.
Certain vehicles equipped with a manual driver's seat recliner may fail to conform to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 202 - Head Restraints and CMVSS 207 - Anchorage of Seats. There may be an inadequate weld between the driver's seat back and the manually operated seat back recliner mechanism, which may fail to meet the requirements of the standards. As a result, the driver's seat back may appear to be loose, twisted or lean to one side, and/or squeak/rattle. If this condition were present, in the event of a vehicle crash, the seat may not adequately restrain an occupant and would increase the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the seat back frame.
On certain vehicles, the fastener that attaches the rear seat belt might have been improperly assembled. If this condition were present, in the event of a vehicle crash with high loads on the belt attachment, the seat belt end fitting could separate and fail to properly restrain the occupant. This would increase the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the seat belt fastener and repair if necessary.
On certain vehicles, the lower anchor bars that are used for installing child seats using the European-ISOFIX-type rigid-style connector may become damaged during vehicle operation. If the lower anchorage bar(s) were to become damaged, this would increase the risk of injury to a child seated in a child seat using this style of connector if involved in a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will weld a reinforcing bracket to the lower anchor bars and the vehicle body.
On certain vehicles, the screws holding the seatbelt retractor’s retaining plate may not have been properly tightened. In the event of a crash, this could cause the retaining plate to break and come in contact with the occupants of the vehicle, which would increase the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the seatbelt assembly as necessary.
On certain vehicles, fasteners which secure the third-row seat back assembly to the seat cushion assembly may not have been tightened to specification during assembly. This could potentially result in the third row seatback frame separating from the seat cushion frame during a crash, which could increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and tighten fasteners to specification.
On certain vehicles, installing a child seat in the front passenger seat could deform the seat belt bracket. This could cause the occupant classification system (OCS) sensor to fail to detect the installed child seat. In the event of a crash, the airbag would not be suppressed which would increase the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will reinforce the seatbelt bracket and update both the air bag control unit and electronic control unit.
On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
For affected Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue and Sentra vehicles, dealers will reprogram the airbag control unit and the occupant classification system control unit. For affected Leaf, NV200, Pathfinder, Q50 and JX35/QX60 vehicles, dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit.
On certain vehicles equipped with the Easy-Vario rear seat option, the rear screws used to bolt the rear seat to the body of the vehicle may be missing on one side. In the event of a crash, the rear seats may lift up from the body and the seat belt anchoring may not function as designed which could increase the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and repair the rear seats as necessary.
On certain Sierra 1500 and Silverado 1500 vehicles, the flexible steel cable that connects the driver's seat belt to the vehicle structure at the outboard position can fatigue over time and could separate, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will enlarge the side shield opening, install a pusher bracket on the tensioner and, if necessary, replace the tensioner assembly.
Certain vehicles may not comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 - Occupant Protection in Frontal Impacts. The wiring to the switch within the driver seat belt buckle which monitors whether the seat belt is buckled or unbuckled could become damaged by the seat's height adjuster mechanism. This could result in no audible signal (chime) or indicator light if the buckle is not fastened, or the chime and indicator light staying on when the seat belt is buckled. A lack of audible signal (chime) or indicator light may increase the likelihood of the vehicle being operated with an unfastened seat belt, which would increase the risk of injury in a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect, and if necessary, reroute the harness to its proper location. Any harnesses with damage to the circuitry will be replaced.
On certain vehicles, the screws securing the seat backrest and lower seat belt anchor to the passenger front seat may be incorrectly installed or missing due to a manufacturing process error. In the event of a crash, the seat and seatbelt may not work as intended, which could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the screws that secure the seat backrest and the lower seat belt anchor on the passenger front seat.
