2012 Nissan Murano: airbag warning light

Filed Apr 15, 2024 · Airbags · MA

I purchased 2012 Nissan Murano in Jul 2012. Recently the Airbag light is on and keeps flashing when start the car. It happened since 6 months ago. I sent my car to the local Nissan Dealer, they charged me $149 diagnostic fee + $1500 to replace the Airbag DIAG unit under the center console. After the replacement, the airbag light is still on and flashing. My car cannot pass the annual inspection because of the airbag light. It's a big safety concern. The dealer told me I need to get the passenger seat bottom sensor replaced, the pars has been discontinued. I am very surprised the airbag is related safety issue, Why Nissan discontinued the parts? And I google this issue, many Nissan car owners have the same airbag light issue. This is the most common issue and related to the customer safety. Nissan should recall it. I paid more than $1500 dollar, cannot get my problem fixed. It's unacceptable!

Filed Feb 13, 2024 · Airbags, Tires · 90,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the air bag warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was examined by an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the air bag control module was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. Also, while operating the vehicle, the tire pressure monitoring system warning light activated although the tire air pressures were normal. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed Aug 26, 2022 · Airbags · TX

2012 nissan murano passenger air bag light illuminating. Receiving diagnostic code b10818. Seat is not reconizing when a passenger is in seat and poses a saftey hazard to passenger. Warning lights appeared on 08/15/2022.

Filed Mar 19, 2022 · Airbags · AL

The airbag indicator light on dash blinks once, then five rapid blinks continuously. Took to Nissan dealership for repair. Charged $135 for diagnostics. They claimed the passenger seat air bag and bottom seat cushion would need to be replaced. That if the airbag indicator light was flashing none of the airbags work. The quote for repair was $2,884.98 before taxes. This is a 2012 Nissan Murano so a very expensive repair for a safety feature on a 10 year old car. Declined the repair. Dealership claims this is not a recall. It should be a recall. And why does one faulty airbag embedded in a passenger seat disable the remaining air bags? The Murano mileage is 49607. The airbag error code is B1018. Very frustrating to have a low mileage car with the airbag system inoperable and very expensive to repair. This faulty part should be repaired by Nissan free to owners to enable the safety features to operate normally.

Filed Feb 4, 2022 · Airbags, Seats · NC

SRS/AIRBAGS LIGHT FLASHING PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF. The airbag will not deploy if in a crash. Nissan code B1018 is diagnosed as needing the whole passenger seat replace due to the occupancy sensor in passenger seat. Nissan quoted repair at $5000.00 to replace. Called Nissan and started case 45708222 on 2/4/22. Was told no safety recall on the 2012 Murano and Murano is too far out for Nissan to assist. In researching Nissan has had this safety issue since 2008 and there have been recalls on certain models but not 2012. I feel Nissan such stand behind this type of safety issue of this magnitude. The vehicle was purchased new and probably 75% of the 61,500 miles there was no passenger in the seat. What factor has to come into play for a safety recall to be issued? Is it number of fatalities that occur for the occupancy sensor not deploying the airbags? I also tried to find out if Nissan has stopped using this type seat/sensors in the new models. Customer rep told me I needed to ask the dealer. The dealer had told me to ask Nissan so I'm at a loss on whether Nissan has changed to avoid this safety issue. I've always been pleased with Nissan and was considering trading this Murano for a 2022 Platinum but since this has occurred my opinion is changing on the Nissan. Nissan has had a safety issue with these sensors since 2008 and forward. Nissan should have recalled any make/model that is/was equipped with the faulty occupancy passenger airbag sensors that could/can fail and cause bodily harm or death. Or even at least compensate on some of the expense. This is just wrong.

Filed Jan 18, 2021 · Airbags · 26,583 miles · FL

Passenger air bag light continuously flashes. Car has 28,600 miles and almost never has had a passenger in the seat. Driven by single, widowed driver. Car is routinely serviced at dealer. Got a quote of over $5200 to repair. I have read a few other complaints online for this model with much higher mileage. Nissan says they are not taking not responsibility and I should contact this agency, $5200 is roughly more than half of the value of the car and non-repair makes it unsafe should an occasional passenger sit in the sit and almost non-salable. This is obviously a safety issue.

Filed Dec 31, 2020 · Airbags · 98,000 miles · FL

We recently bought an out of warranty, as is 2012 nissan murano and the dash airbag light and passenger airbag light are both on. They never go off after the initial 7 second wait time. Vehicle in motion or standing still doesn't matter. I have scanned for codes and b1018-00 keeps coming back after attempting to erase. Normal sized people sit in these two seats and use their seat belts religiously so "misaligned seating" is not the case. I have researched this and a few others have had the exact problem. This is a safety item that should be taken care of by nissan regardless of mileage and such but I'm seeing that people are getting a "oh well" kind of response from nissan. If there's a class action suit to get in, I will. I have not contacted nissan about this as of yet but will probably have to at least spend big dollars to get it scanned and diagnosed at a dealership.

Filed Dec 7, 2020 · Airbags · 116,000 miles · FL

Passenger airbag light is on and will not reset. Vehicle has 116,000 miles, code b1018 code which calls for passenger seat sensor and module assembly. This part is part of the seat itself which nissan charges $4000 for. This is a safety issue because no one is going to pay $4000 plus cost to install just to have a passenger airbag. This could result in injury or death that might otherwise be avoided if the cost to repair was reasonable. Nissan had a flawed design where the inexpensive parts were not separate from the very expensive seat. I have contacted nissan and they have no interest in helping out.

Filed Dec 5, 2020 · Airbags · 119,000 miles · TX

My 2012 nissan murano has approx 119,000 miles on it. The passenger side air bag light stays on indicating that the airbag is off, even when there is someone in the passenger's seat, even when it's a full grown adult. In addition, I have a flashing red airbag light on my dash as well. After a couple weeks of this, I took my vehicle to the dealer as listed in the manual. They said the sensor went out and the entire seat cushion for the passenger side would need to be replaced at a cost of ~$5300. I only paid $11000 for the vehicle to begin with. There's no way I will be paying half the vehicle's worth for a basic safety necessity. I believe the manufacturer should pay for any costs related to a safety issue such as this and it appears that I'm not the only vehicle owner experiencing this issue. Please rectify the situation and do a recall for these airbags or for the sensors in the seat cushions. It's not right to put us all in danger like this.

Filed Feb 6, 2017 · Airbags · 69,772 miles · KY

Air bag warning light began flashing. Indicator light under heating/air condition panel indicated bag off on passenger side diagnostic scan requested from dealer revealed that "occupant sensor unit failed." "recommended replacement of passsenger air bag system and sensors at a cost of $3,563.13." nissan consumer affairs twice rejected my request for financial support for repair, "because it was not listed in the campaign" (recall list). Mileage was 69,772. Updated 03/16/17*lj