Nissan bulletin PC968 2022 Pathf
What it saysEZ Flex Seat Ownerâs Manual Supplement Voluntary Service Campaign *****Dealer Announcement***** Nissan is providing owners of approximately 67,546 2022 Nissan Pathfinder vehicles with a supplemental Ownerâs Manual… NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Nissan filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Jun 16, 2023, received Jun 29, 2023, about the seats. It names 1 model year (2022). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationWhat it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
EZ Flex Seat Ownerâs Manual Supplement Voluntary Service Campaign *****Dealer Announcement***** Nissan is providing owners of approximately 67,546 2022 Nissan Pathfinder vehicles with a supplemental Ownerâs Manual addendum. The 2022 Pathfinder Ownerâs Manual instructions for the 2nd row seat does not indicate that the one-touch seat release function may operate while driving the vehicle. Customers will be asked to place the supplement, which addresses the functionality of the one-touch seat release on the 2nd row seat while driving, inside the Ownerâs Manual that came with their vehicle. *****What Dealers Should Do***** 1. Verify if new vehicles in their inventory are affected by this Voluntary Service Campaign using Service Comm or DBS National Service History â Open Campaigns I.D. PC968. ⢠New vehicles in dealer inventory can also be identified using DBS (Sales-> Vehicle Inventory, and filter by Open Campaign). ï§ Refer to NPSB 15-460 for additional information ï§ SERVICE COMM will only be active for vehicles in dealer new vehicle inventory. 2. If a dealer receives a supplemental Ownerâs Manual addendum for a vehicle they have retailed, currently have in their new vehicle or pre-owned inventory, or a Nissan Rental Car (NRC), the dealer should either forward the ownerâs manual supplement to the current owner or add the supplement to the Ownerâs Manual in the glove box of any affected vehicle they currently control. 3. Customers receiving this Ownerâs Manual supplement have been advised to place it inside the Ownerâs Manual that came with their vehicle.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC968 2022 Pathf | Service bulletin | Jun 16, 2023 | 10238329 | PDF, 152 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
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Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 137 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 16 of them name Seats — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
Passenger seat is too low/not equal to driver’s seat. Driver’s seat has 10-way functions including raising the seat up and down. Passenger seat does not. My wife can’t see over the hood clearly and there may be an accident where she might hit the dashboard or the airbags might injure her when triggered because the seat is too low.
2022 Nissan Pathfinder · Seats · filed with NHTSA Oct 5, 2022 · ODI 11487934
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the seats
Source: same model, same component group3 other manufacturer communications filed against the Nissan Pathfinder under the same component group (seats), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| PC966/PC980 | Service bulletin | Jul 23, 2024 | VOLUNTARY SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN 2022-2023 PATHFINDER AND 2021-2023 ROGUE; DRIVER’S SEAT RAIL INSPECTION INTRODUCTION Nissan is conducting t… |
| PC987 2023 Rogue | Service bulletin | Sep 15, 2023 | Seat Frame Weld *****Dealer Announcement***** Nissan is conducting a dealer inventory quality action to inspect, and if necessary replac… |
| 2022-Nissan-Path | Service bulletin | Jun 16, 2023 | OWNER’S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT The information contained within this supplement revises or adds to the “Precautions on Child Restraints” sectio… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Nissan PC968 2022 Pathf a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the PC968 2022 Pathf repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way.
Which vehicles does PC968 2022 Pathf cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2022 Nissan Pathfinder. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: 2022 Nissan Pathfinder: built 24 May 2021 – 29 Aug 2022 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.