Tl*the contact owns a 1996 nissan pickup. When the contact started the vehicle and began to accelerate, the driver's side air bag deployed. There were no injuries. The manufacturer stated that an engineer would come out and inspect the vehicle. Two weeks after the inspection, the manufacturer called the contact and stated that no compensation would be provided due to the high mileage on the vehicle. The contact called the nissan dealer and received an estimate of $2,000 for the repair. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 205,000.
1996 Nissan D21 airbags problems
13 complaints (30% of all complaints for this car). 6 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 13
- of this car's complaints
- 30%
- crashes
- 6
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal7
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Nissan D21 airbags problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1996 Nissan D21 owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
We purchased a truck at curry's used cars. The truck had been wrecked, it was repaired at curry's paint and body shop. Then the owner sam curry had it for sale. We purchased it. Later we found out that he did not replace the airbag that had deployed. It has a dummy airbag in the vehicle. I know that this is a federal offense. Since I found this out know that other vehicles were repaired at this body shop and airbags replaced with dummy bags.
While driving at 35 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy. *ak *ts
Consumer was getting into truck and began to smell something burning. Smoke started coming from steering wheel. Consumer got out of truck once smoke cleared. Drove to mechanic, and was informed that air bag wire assembly had burned, and it would need to be replaced. Please describe details.
While parking vehicle at 2 MPH driver's airbag deployed.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Components busted inside of steering wheel where airbag is located and sounds metalic fear the steering may fail or cause airbag to deploy while driving. I emailed nissan corp of this matter and no responce as of yet.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, the airbags did not deploy. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified.
A few minutes after starting vehicle, the airbag experienced false and violent deploymnent, went off in driver's face causing servere damage to driver's neck, face, chest, wrist which resulted in bruises and bleeding.
Violent deployment of driver's air bag upon impact, resulting in injuries.538435 dup 0f 538424; posted on 09-07-1999.
Questions about the 1996 Nissan D21 airbags
Does the 1996 Nissan D21 have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 13 complaints about the airbags of the 1996 Nissan D21, 30% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 1996 Nissan D21 airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1996 Nissan D21 airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Nissan D21 have bad airbags?
The Nissan D21 model years with the most airbags complaints are 1997 (21 complaints) and 1996 (13 complaints).
Other 1996 Nissan D21 problems
Suspension 6Tires 6Electrical 4Engine 3Body 2Lights 2Seat belts 2Transmission 2Acceleration 1Brakes 1Fuel system 1Steering 1Visibility 1
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