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TrevorK »
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Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:35 am
I don't think this will help you, but in extreme cold temperatures the passenger airbag sensor in my Rogue is illuminated. I recall other people here stating they experience the same thing. I assume it has something to do with the seats freezing/hardening. When I asked the dealer they mentioned the issue is that if it stays illuminated for a long period of time (day or two).
Have you thought of going through Nissan to have this looked at rather than solving it yourself? There seem to be some cautions in the service manual:
Never disassemble seat cushion trim and pad from seat frame assembly of passenger seat. Always
replace as an assembly. (With occupant classification system control unit model)
This is the part I assume you are looking to remove in order to replace the sensor. This recall seems to support that the entire seat cushion may need to be replaced:
Description of Recall:
NISSAN IS RECALLING 204,361 MY 2007-2008 ALTIMA, ALTIMA HYBRID, 350Z, 350Z ROADSTER, MY 2008 ALTIMA COUPE, ROGUE, MY 2009 MURANO, AND INFINITI MY 2007-2008 G35 SEDAN, MY 2008 G37 COUPE AND EX35 PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS' OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) CONTROL UNITS. A VARISTOR IN THE OCS CONTROL UNIT LOCATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED OUT OF SPECIFICATION. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THIS COULD CAUSE AN INTERRUPTION OF SIGNAL BETWEEN THE OCS AND THE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT (ACU).
Action Needed To Fix It:
DEALERS WILL TEST THE SIGNAL BETWEEN THE OCS AND ACU SYSTEMS USING A SPECIAL TOOL TO CHECK THAT IT IS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. IF NECESSARY, THE SEAT CUSHION (CONTAINING OCS HARDWARE) WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE MANUFACTURED TO SPECIFICATION. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261 OR INFINITI AT 1-800-662-6200.