{"id":"2016_nissan_nv200","make":"Nissan","make_slug":"nissan","model":"NV200","model_slug":"nv200","year":2016,"url":"/nissan/nv200/2016/","pts":[],"configs":[],"vclass":"Van","segment":"Van","epa_certified":false,"recalls":[{"campaign":"25V676000","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP:CONTROL/DRIVE MODULE","mfr":"Nissan North America, Inc.","reported":"2025-10-09","owner_notified":"2025-12-29","units":173301,"summary":"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2013-2021 NV200 Van, 2014-2017, 2019 NV200 Taxi, and 2015-2018 Chevrolet City Express vehicles. The Fuel Tank Temperature (FTT) sensor harness may have been incorrectly routed, damaging wires and causing a short circuit in the fuel pump fuse.","consequence":"A blown fuel pump fuse can cause the engine to stall, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will inspect and reroute the FTT sensor harness or replace the fuel pump assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed January 2, 2026. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800-647-7261. Nissan's number for this recall is PMA56. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov October 10, 2025.","notes":"","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"PMA56","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"16V244000","component":"AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION","mfr":"Nissan North America, Inc.","reported":"2016-04-26","owner_notified":"2016-06-10","units":3296947,"summary":"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles.  In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied.  As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.","consequence":"If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.","remedy":"Nissan will notify their owners.  Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors.  Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge.  Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016.  Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":2,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":84,"grade":"B","complaints":{"count":7,"crash":1,"fire":0,"injured":1,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Air Bags",5],["Electrical System",1],["Fuel/Propulsion System",1],["Steering",1],["Fuel System, Gasoline",1]],"by_year":{"2021":2,"2023":1,"2024":2,"2025":1,"2026":1},"excerpts":[["2025-10-07","Air Bags","The contact owns a 2016 Nissan NV200. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the passenger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side seat air bag warning light illuminated, indicating that the air bag was inactive, even though the seat was occupied. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle\u2026"],["2024-12-16","Air Bags","The red dash airbag light began flashing continuously approximately 4 months ago. I took it to a neighborhood automobile repair shop where the problem was diagnosed. They explained that only a Nissan dealership could make the repair. I took the car to Reliable Nissan in Albuquerque, NM on October 1, 2024. I was told th\u2026"],["2024-09-10","Air Bags","I was hit while driving by another vehicle going 65 miles per hour. He hit me on the passenger side. Upon impact, all the airbags exploded shattering in thousands of pieces hitting me like shrapnels in my eyes, face, hands, neck, lungs. I was temporarily blinded, so I hit another car. I spent 10 days in the hospital. I\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"EA21002","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE","opened":"2021-09-17","closed":"","campaign":"","subject":"Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture","summary":"From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (\"PSAN\") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 Blomquist Report at www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a \"desiccant\" (a substa"}],"ncap":[],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":null,"ncap":null,"complaints":7},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}