2012 Infiniti G37: airbag warning light

Filed Dec 16, 2024 · Airbags · 178,789 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2012 Infiniti G37. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated, and the message "Seat Belt Off" was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where DTC code: B1018 was retrieved. The dealer determined that the passenger's side seat occupant classification system sensor and module diagnostic unit had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the cost. The dealer referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline for assistance. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 178,789.

Filed Sep 10, 2023 · Airbags, Electrical · TX

I’ve owned this 2012 g37 for a few years and had no issues whatsoever. However within the last couple of months, my air bag light came on and has been flashing since. I’ve taken it to get inspected and had the system checked and was told my passenger seat occupant sensor malfunctioned and is throwing the code on. The sensor itself, very easily replaced, is unable to be bought by itself. Repairs by the dealership is well over 5,000 for the seat and labor. The sensor is being sold as a component part of the bottom build of the seat, and cannot be sold otherwise. The issue with the sensor not being active, prevents the activation of the passenger airbag regardless of the seat being occupied or not. My concerns are that I won’t be able to safely commute with passengers on the road and also being able to pass state inspection, as needed per law per state. Without this sensor, driving is an everyday peril, a safety concern a driver has no control over with other vehicles on the road. There has not been any prior incidents that have occurred that could cause this electronic issue.

Filed Aug 25, 2022 · Airbags · CA

I first noticed this problem on August 15, 2022. The front Passenger Airbag Off Light on the dashboard is always illuminated when the car is started, with or without any occupant on the seat, which would indicate that the airbag in non-operational and will not deploy when needed. At the same time, the Supplemental Air Bag Warning Light in the instrument panel is flashing. I have not brought my car to the dealer or any repair shop for inspection or repair. I just noticed similar complaints from other people in the internet for the same model year car and that the repair cost being qouted to them is upwards of $6000.00. I am also aware of an on going recall of other Infiniti models for a faulty Occupant Classification Sensor.

Filed Aug 27, 2020 · Airbags · 46,000 miles · FL

Air bag warning light on 2012 g37 convertible with only 46,000 mi. Infinity service found code b1018 occupant sensor failure passenger seat. Quoted cost of repair at $7200 to replace seat base. This is obviously a design defect when cannot replace a sensor without replacing the whole base. This is obviously a sensor defect when you see the numbers that have reported this failure (imagine the number that did not report) this should be a safety recall and. Covered by infinity. $7200 to repair a failed sensor is unreasonable.

Filed May 26, 2020 · Airbags · 32,000 miles · AL

2012 infiniti g37 35000 miles. Displays flashing passenger airbag light whenever the ignition is on, and the "passenger airbag off" light illuminates continuously even with adult in passenger seat. Local infiniti dealer troubleshoot and indicated that to fix the bad passenger seat sensor the entire seat would require replacement at a cost of $8k. I appealed directly to infiniti consumer affairs; they declined to offer any assistance as the vehicle was beyond the warranty time period. This is a design flaw--customers should not be faced with the choice of either bearing the extreme cost of poor engineering or putting passengers at risk.*dt

Filed Jan 28, 2020 · Airbags · 68,500 miles · CT

Sitting in driveway I started the car and side airbag light came on for no reason. I have spoken to multiple people and they all seem to have this issue with this vehicle. This should be a recall fix as it puts people in danger.

Filed Nov 23, 2019 · Airbags · FL

G37 2012' infiniti journey coupe. Vin. # [xxx] my air bag light on my dash board, indicated that my passenger side air bag has been disabled. Check if there's a fix! ,,,,it was suggested that it must be brought back to the dealer to check out! Service chg. $150. If it must be repaired the cost to repair the issue...a chg. To repair & replace the controller & front passenger seat would be in excess of $6,000. I've checked on line complaints & many owners have experienced the same issue!...to no avail! Safety should be the issue, especially for the ongoing problems with 'faulty air bags' causing some very serious accidents? Might be a takata air bag issue? Can you help. Sincerely [xxx] redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *cc

Filed Jan 15, 2019 · Airbags, Electrical · 86,000 miles · TX

I brought in my 2012 for maintenance at an infiniti service dealer. I received a "new" battery as I was told the battery needed replacement soon. Come to find out, the "new" battery was actually a faulty component and my car would not start. I brought it in for diagnostics and they said nothing was wrong. I told them that it must be the battery since I never had that issue before. The battery issue continued and I would have to jump my car off. The day I had to bring it back to infiniti, I had to jump off the car and right after I did, the airbag light began flashing and codes indicated a faulty diagnosis sensor unit for the airbag. They then did their diagnostics again and determined that the battery itself was the problem in the car-starting issue, yet the infiniti bag light continued to blink. The dealer said the cost would be $1600 to replace the sensor/control unit. The airbag has never been deployed and I never had issues until the battery replacement with a faulty battery and thus creating the need to jump start the vehicle. The light came on right after a jump start. I never saw the light before that.

Filed Jan 4, 2019 · Airbags, Electrical · 85,327 miles · LA

Passenger airbag light blinks. Took car to dealer and they said the seat bottom needs replacing as it is an occupancy sensor failure. Cost for part is $6500.00. Cost to install and reset is $500. That repair is half the value of what it is worth. I called infinity'not under warranty or recall. Have read online that multiple owners of these models are having same issue. I feel that this is a potential safety-related defect in the vehicle.

Filed Jan 20, 2018 · Airbags · 55,800 miles · CT

Car battery drained while car was unoccupied (in a garage) for two weeks. After jumping car operated as normal except for airbag light. Infiniti dealer informed me that the airbag diagnostic unit had failed and airbags would not deploy until a $1500 repair was done. Dealer noted that the unit likely failed when the battery was at low power or when jumping (jumped car exactly according to owner's manual).

Filed Aug 1, 2016 · Airbags · 47,800 miles · GA

The airbag light is blinking. I took the car to infiniti and I'm told that the there is a failure code b1018 stored due to internal failure of occupant airbag detection sensor. They are charging $6,653 to replace this part. $348 is labor and the remainder is the part cost. The car has 47,800 miles and is out of warranty by 3 months. Infiniti USA told me that the air bag would not deploy on the passenger side and that I should replace it immediately as it is a safety hazard for passengers which are mainly my children. Due to the fact that this part is priced so far out of reach for most normal consumers, I asked infiniti USA for some consideration as this is my only car. They declined any type of assistance in replacing the part. In other words, its dangerous enough for me to pay almost $7000 to replace it but not dangerous enough for them to help fix it. I was told at the dealership that they are seeing this sensor issue more and more on cars 3-4 years old and that they are not making them like this anymore.

Filed May 19, 2014 · Airbags · 16,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 infiniti g37x. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag indicator continuously illuminated as being off even though the passenger seat was occupied. The failure has occurred for two years. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that there was a flaw in the sensor. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000. ....updated 07/23/14 *bf the consumer was informed that if a person weighed less than 110 lbs the air bag would not deploy. Updated 07/29/14