I was involved in a frontal crash where a vehicle pulled out in front of me. Both vehicles were a total loss resuting personal injury to me. The air bag did not deploy. I was traveling 55 MPH on a major highway at tiime of a accident. I had to have brain surgery as a result. I had other injuries also. The air bags could havd lessening if not have prevented the injury. I will have to confirm the dxact date but the date I put is close to best of my memory. I can confirm exact date but will have to research it.
1998 Nissan Frontier airbags problems
12 complaints (9% of all complaints for this car). 8 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 9%
- crashes
- 8
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal7
- Side/window1
- Frontal: sensor/control module1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Nissan Frontier airbags problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1998 Nissan Frontier owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
I was hit head-on by an errant driver. My airbag did not deploy appropriately resulting in a broken jaw in three places, 8 destroyed teeth, and a fractured skull. The vehicle was totaled beyond repair. *jb received 12/27/07 64200. Updated 12/12/07
While driving 45 MPH, the consumer had just went around a curve when the left rear tire blew, she lost control of vehicle, hit a sign and then flipped over. The frontal air bags failed to deploy. The driver and passenger were injured.
While driving at 45-50 MPH, accident occurred,and air bags did not deploy. Consumer hit concrete which weighed at least 3 to 4 hundred lbs. Front end of vehicle was mangled. *ak
Air bag light came on intermittently. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, and dealer repaired vehicle. But soon after that vehicle started to have the same problem. When taken to dealer, he was not willing to do anything.
Am interested in any reported instances of either driver or passenger side air bags not deploying on this make/model vehicle. I was involved in a moving accident with a large deer 0615 am 30 jan 01. I didn't give much thought to the bag/bags not deploying until both the insurance rep and their appraiser were really concerned about the bags not deploying.
While driving at 55 MPH transfer case locked up, causing the rear end to lock up. Vehicle slid out of control, went off the road into a ditch, and hit a fence. Upon impact, neither air bag deployed. Dealer has been contacted.
No deployment of driver and passenger air bags during vehicle collision. Yh
Driving at approximately 20-25 MPH, drove over slight dip when dual airbags deployed without hitting anything or without warning, causing injuries and burns.
Air bag failed on several occasions, unable to fix problem.
Questions about the 1998 Nissan Frontier airbags
Does the 1998 Nissan Frontier have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 12 complaints about the airbags of the 1998 Nissan Frontier, 9% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1998 Nissan Frontier airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1998 Nissan Frontier airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Nissan Frontier have bad airbags?
The Nissan Frontier model years with the most airbags complaints are 2007 (38 complaints), 2006 (26 complaints) and 2012 (23 complaints).
Other 1998 Nissan Frontier problems
Electrical 23Tires 23Suspension 19Engine 11Transmission 9Seat belts 8Fuel system 7Brakes 5Seats 4Acceleration 3Body 3Lights 3Steering 3Visibility 2Wheels 2
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