Nissan Misc 2015 consumer safety air bag information guide
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2015
SAFETY & AIR BAG
NISSAN CONSUMER
INFORMATION GUIDE
The 2015 NISSAN Consumer Safety & Air Bag Information Guide provides
information for 2015 NISSAN vehicles available at time of publication.
Refer to your vehicles owner’s manual, to familiarize yourself with all disclosures,
warnings, cautions, and all air bag protection and seat belt safety instructions.
This publication may be amended as new vehicles are introduced.
Air Bag Protection
Child Safety _____________________________________________________10
Seat Belt Safety
NISSAN’s Customer Care Program
NISSAN’s Commitment to Customer Satisfaction __________________17
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AIR BAG PROTECTION
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AIR BAGS
FASTER THAN THE EYE CAN BLINK
Air bags are a supplemental restraint system designed to enhance the protection provided
by the seat belt system during certain types of collisions. Driver and passenger frontimpact air bags are standard on every NISSAN vehicle. Front seat-mounted side-impact
supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags are
available on many 2015 NISSAN vehicles. See your vehicle owner’s manual for information
about these air bag systems, if so equipped.
Please remember, always wear your seat belt, and that a rear-facing child restraint must
never be used in the front passenger seat if the vehicle is equipped with a front passenger
air bag. See page 10 of this guide for important information about child restraint use.
In a collision, a lot can happen in just one second. Generally, at 0.01 seconds after a
collision starts, an air bag begins to inflate. At 0.04 seconds, it is fully inflated. By 0.1
seconds, it has done its job and is deflating. Considering the speed of these events, it is
not surprising that many people involved in a frontal
bags did inflate.
collision do not realize that their air
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THE NISSAN ADVANCED AIR BAG SYSTEM
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF AN AIR BAG: YOUR SEAT BELT
always wear your seat belt.
SEAT BELT SAFETY
CHILD SAFETY
All 2015 NISSAN vehicles (except for the 2015 NV 1500/2500/3500*) are equipped with
the NISSAN Advanced Air Bag System (AABS) for the driver and front passenger seats.
Typically, this system, which has dual-stage inflators,** monitors information from various
crash sensors, the front seat belt buckle sensors, and the occupant classification sensor.
The front passenger air bag may automatically turn OFF under some conditions, depending
on the pressure or weight detected by sensors in the passenger seat. See the vehicle
owner’s manual for more information. If the front passenger air bag is OFF, the front
passenger air bag status light will be illuminated.***
The front passenger air bag status light does not indicate a malfunction of the front
passenger air bag. If the front passenger air bag status light illuminates while a small adult,
child, or child restraint occupies the seat, the occupant may need to shift his or her seating
position, or remove the child restraint so the system can turn ON the front passenger air
bag and turn off the status light.
Your chances of surviving a collision will improve greatly if one simple piece of advice is
followed:
systems. Do not count on just the air bags for occupant protection; they are merely a
supplemental restraint system. You must always use seat belts properly, as explained in
the vehicle owner’s manual.
Seat belts help to protect the occupants of your vehicle during collisions in which the air
bags are not designed to activate. Moreover, in situations where the air bags are activated,
seat belts enhance their effectiveness and can help reduce the risk of injury from an
inflating air bag. Seat belts will also help protect the occupants of your vehicle during
multiple-impact collisions, while the air bags work only one time if a collision is severe
enough to activate them. Please see the
sections of this guide and the vehicle owner’s manual for more information.
The NV lineup is equipped with dual-stage front air bags and seat belt buckle sensors, but the
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2015 NV 1500/2500/3500 does not have an occupant classification sensor (and the associated
front passenger air bag status light).
**Dual-stage inflators vary the air bag inflation rate based on the severity of the collision (for
example, less
forceful inflation for moderate impacts and a high force of inflation for more severe impacts). In
addition, based on information from the seat belt buckle sensors that detect whether the seat belts
are fastened, whether one or both front airbags deploy. Only one front air bag may inflate in a
crash, depending on the crash severity, and whether the front occupants are belted or unbelted.
***When the system detects that the seat is unoccupied, the passenger air bag status light will not
illuminate even though the front passenger air bag is OFF.
Remember, all air bags are supplemental restraint
and
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EFFECTIVE USE OF SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS
SEAT BELT SAFETY
HOW AND WHEN FRONT AIR BAGS WORK
Seat belts and supplemental air bags are most effective when vehicle occupants are sitting
upright and well back in the seat with both feet on the floor. Keep in mind that air bags
inflate with great force. Being unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways, or being out
of position in any way puts you at a greater risk of injury or death in a crash. You may also
receive serious or fatal injuries from the air bag if you are up against it when it inflates.
Always sit back against the seatback with both feet on the floor and as far away as
practical from the steering wheel or instrument panel and always wear your seat belt.
Please see the
for more information.
section of this guide and the vehicle owner’s manual
While the inner workings of a supplemental front air bag system are complicated,
understanding what makes the front air bags deploy is rather easy: the vehicle’s front air
bag sensor system is designed to detect rapid deceleration usually associated with
moderate to severe frontal collisions within a limited range of angles. The vehicle’s
deceleration rate is related to various factors, such as speed of the vehicles, the weight
and stiffness of the vehicles/objects involved, contact locations, and the angle of impact, to
name a few. Once the sensor system is activated, the front air bags inflate followed by a
release of smoke, almost instantly. The front air bags will not usually activate in side-impact
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collisions, rear-end collisions, rollovers, while driving on rough roads, or during hard
WHEN THE FRONT AIR BAGS INFLATE
REPLACING THE AIR BAGS
OTHER SPECIFICS ABOUT AIR BAGS
Child restraints for infants must be used in a rear-facing direction and therefore
must not be used in the front seat. Never
WELL BACK AND UPRIGHT
braking. However, deceleration rates in some situations can be similar to those found in
frontal impacts and may result in front air bag activation.
Please remember, for the supplemental front air bags to be most effective, you must always
buckle up and be seated upright and well back in the seat away from the steering wheel or
instrument panel to allow room for the air bags to inflate. For the front air bags to do their
job, they must inflate with great force. As mentioned earlier in this guide, this may cause
serious or even fatal injury if, for example, you are unrestrained out of position in any way,
sitting or leaning too close to the steering wheel or instrument panel during inflation. Even
when seated properly, there is a possibility of injury from an inflating front air bag. This
usually consists of minor skin abrasions or burns, but may be more serious. Overall, these
injuries are minimal compared to the injuries the front air bags are designed to prevent.
After the front air bags have inflated, you may notice a light smoke within the cabin. This is
a normal by-product of the rapid chemical reaction necessary to inflate the front air bags
and, although harmless do not inhale it, it may cause irritation and choking.
Air bags are not reusable. After a collision in which your air bags have activated,
have the respective air bag system inspected and replaced by your NISSAN dealer
as soon as possible. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
has expressed concern regarding reports of counterfeit replacement air bags
installed in vehicles. Visit www.nhtsa.gov
for more information. We recommend the
replacement of air bags by your NISSAN dealer to ensure that you receive new
original equipment replacement parts. Counterfeit replacement air bags may not
be made to the standards of quality, reliability and durability of Genuine NISSAN
parts. The use of counterfeit replacement air bags or used or salvaged air bags is
a potential serious safety problem and may not provide the same level of protection
in a crash.
If the air bag warning light continues to remain on or flashes after you start the vehicle,
see your NISSAN dealer as soon as possible.
After inflation, air bag components are hot, so avoid contact.
Do not place objects on or near the steering wheel or instrument panel where the air
bags inflate.
install a rear-facing child restraint in the
front passenger seat of a vehicle equipped with a front passenger air bag.
See the vehicle owner’s manual for other important information.
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AN AIR BAG WORKS ONLY ONCE
2
1
In a multiple-impact collision, air bags help to protect only during the first
impact severe enough to activate the system.
If, as in the illustration above, for example, the collision labeled #1 were severe
enough to activate the front air bags, the front air bags would not be reactivated
in collision #2.
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