NHTSA Complaint #10806647 — 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA

FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG REMAINS DISABLED WHEN FULL SIZED ADULT IS SITTING IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER OVER ONE YEAR AGO FOR RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. NEW RECALL ISSUED OCT 2015, TOOK VEHICLE TO NISSAN FOR FIX ON 11/24/15. NISSAN WILL NOT FIX, SAY THEY HAVE NO WAY TO FIX THE ISSUE. NISSAN STATES I WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH INOPERABLE PASSENGER AIR BAGS. SHOWED NISSAN SERVICE DEPT VIDEO OF FULL SIZED ADULT SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT, VEHICLE RUNNING, AND "AIRBAG OFF" LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CENTER OF DASH. NISSAN STATES THERE IS NO FAULT IN THE SYSTEM, AND PASSENGER SHOULD JUST "MOVE THEIR LEGS" TO ARM THE SYSTEM. PASSENGER SEATING POSITION DOES NOT ARM AIRBAG OR ALTER THE FUNCTION OF THE FAULTY SYSTEM. PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY, WITH VEHICLE MOVING/STATIONARY.