2011 Nissan Leaf: airbag warning light

Filed Sep 25, 2023 · Airbags, Seats · WA

Supplemental air bag warning light started blinking on 9/24/2023. It blinks regardless of whether the front passenger seat is occupied. The OCS sensor for the passenger seat failed. This should have been covered by a recall. The dealer wants over $3,000.00 to replace the seat cushion. I declined the repair. Dealer assured me that driver air bag isn't affected, so I'll operate the car without a front passenger. Dealer Estimate: Denied Repair Step Step Total: $3,687.14 Correction: inspected system, dtc b1018 for occupant sensor unit failure is present. Cleared dtc, when sitting in passenger seat, dtc came back on. Inspected continuity to passenger seat occupant sensor and found ok at this time. Diagnosis says replacement of passenger occupant sensor assembly (lower seat assembly) Labor: $588.00

Filed May 30, 2023 · Airbags · CA

The airbag warning light has come on. An independent shop and the dealer say the repair is $4500 or more -- greater than the value of the vehicle, because Nissan only sells the complete passenger seat as a repair part, and requires the airbag be paired with the car at the dealer. I ask that this situation be resolved by Nissan making just the seat cushion available as a repair part, as they have for recalls of airbags on other model year cars. The SAFETY problem is that Nissan's refusal to sell a repair part, leads to a FISCAL INCENTIVE TO BYPASS THE AIRBAG. See also the federal safety agency #: 08V‑521

Filed Aug 23, 2022 · Airbags, Seats · NV

Air bag occupant sensor in front passenger seat failure causing air bag system shut off. DTC Code: B 1018 Description: Air Bag Occupant Sensor (Unit Fail). Well documented common failure of this critical safety component on the Nissan Leaf Forum. Sensor is not available to replace the defective part and a recall campaign was issued by Nissan, but doesn't cover 2011-2012 models. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. The system scan revealed the DTC Code. Code returns after code clearing. Component has not been inspected by manufacturer. Air Bag Warning indicator lamp and Air Bag Off X 2 lamp illuminated.

Filed May 13, 2022 · Airbags · WA

Airbag light comes on when it should not. Vehicle disables the passenger airbag because it has code B1018. Airbag should not disable when an adult is sitting in the passenger seat. Code can be reset, but will come back any time someone sits in the passenger seat, regardless of size.

Filed Dec 29, 2020 · Airbags · 110,000 miles · TX

Airbag light flashing. Passenger air bags are disabled. Dealer fix is a need a new passenger seat at a cost of $3,000+. Current fault code is b1018. Occupant sensor unit fail. Seat is perfect and no one sits on it - it just stopped working. This is a known iissue

Filed Jul 28, 2020 · Airbags, Seats · 87,344 miles · WA

Airbag light flashing. Passenger air bags are disabled. Dealer fix is a need a new passenger seat at a cost of $3,000+. Current fault code is b1018. Occupant sensor unit fail. No damage to seat or cushion. It just stopped working. Safety issue. Safety recall should be implemented.

Filed Feb 25, 2020 · Airbags · 108,000 miles · CA

Air bag light flashes indicating air bag system inoperative. It can be reset by recycling the car on/off 3 time within certain time limits. The light starts flashing again within about 5-20 miles of driving. Same problem on other nissan leafs that were previously recalled. Nissan dealer wants $250 and change to diagnose the problem and then tell me what the solution is, but everybody already knows the solution in a few thousand dollars to replace the passenger seat and sensor. The nissan customer affairs office insists that I pay the diagnosis fee despite the fact that the dash board light already diagnoses this problem, which along with the know history of nissan leaf clearly points to the known problem. Nissan customer affairs says "we will consider good will assistance" - after I pay the diagnosis, but later in the call noted that the car is out of warranty so it is clear no good will assistance is being considered. The dealer service manager (hayward) tells me that he has had a number of leafs in with the airbag light flashing and it could be "anything from a loose connector to the wiring harness," which interestingly is a set of possibilities that excludes the sensor/seat replacement which is the well known fix. This is a safety issue that is nissan's responsibility. Please recall this vehicle. Thanks.

Filed Dec 4, 2019 · Airbags · 58,800 miles · WA

The airbag warning light and danger symbol began flashing recently. Took the car to the dealership and they said the airbag sensor in the seat failed and needed to be replaced and the airbags would not function until the repair was completed. This vehicle has under 60,000 miles on it and the repair part costs nearly $3000 which is above the kbb value of the vehicle. There was no incident to report, just a failure on the vehicle.

Filed Nov 18, 2019 · Airbags · 65,581 miles · HI

Illuminated airbag warning lights for front passenger seats, diagnosed by nissan dealer as a failed sensor. Was told the whole front passenger side seat bottom would need to be replaed (estimate $3,185.61). Also told that the failure of this sensor meant that all airbags were deactivated.

Filed Feb 14, 2019 · Airbags · 55,000 miles · MO

While driving and making a right hand turn, the air bag light came on. Took it to the dealership. A check of the diagnostic codes showed that the passenger occupancy sensor failed. They reset the code and it cleared for 2 weeks, then re-appeared. Was informed that repairs to replace the passenger occupancy sensor was $2700 + labor. This same part was recalled in 2013+, but not recalled on 2011/2012. The repair is very expensive because nissan will not sell just the airbag sensor--you must purchase an entire seat.

Filed Aug 31, 2018 · Airbags · 44,000 miles · TN

The airbag light is always on and indicates the airbags are off as I understand it. Went to nissan and they said it would cost $5,000.00 to repair and refused to correct this serious safety issue! We are stunned and have not used the car for a long time now, terrified that we might be seriously hurt or killed...help!! Date it happened I do not recall but put a couple of years ago....

Filed Jun 23, 2018 · Airbags · 52,000 miles · MO

While driving the vehicle straight at around 35 MPH, the airbag light came on. Subsequent diagnosis showed a b1018 code thrown by the leaf, which indicates that the passenger occupancy sensor has failed. The code was reset and stayed off, but again about 5 days later, the same issue occurred. This time, the code would not reset. I was quoted $2700 in parts and $300 labor by the dealership to repair the problem, which was uneconomical and more than half the value of the car. The car only has 53,000 miles and is only 7 years old. I contacted nissan customer affairs and they would not help with the price of the repair at all. I was informed by the dealership that not repairing the sensor would result in all airbags being disabled, since the light was illuminated. It seems like a big safety issue that if the passenger occupancy sensor fails, all airbags are disabled. We will have to continue driving the car and cannot afford a $3000 repair to a $5500 car. This same part is recalled on 2013-2015 leafs as well as millions of other nissan cars. If this is a common failure, maybe it should be recalled on the 2011-2012 leaf as well.