2012 Nissan Altima, NV van recalled for air bag control unit issue

For a two-week period this year, Nissan apparently incorrectly assembled the air bag control unit in both the 2012 Altima and the 2012 NV work van. That's the news from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which today announced a small recall of the two vehicles – the potential number of vehicles affected is just 54. The faulty ACU installations were done between June 15 and 21, 2011 for the Altima, and June 23 and 28 for the NV. NHTSA says that the unit "will not operate as designed and this issue may cause the air bags not to inflate in a crash . This could increase the risk of injury." Um, yes.

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