Nissan faces lawsuit about Pathfinder Seatbelts

[Gregk604]

Interesting article. I have young kids and the rear seatbelts seem to fit them just fine.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.3011394

[rgk]

They are called "the forgotten children" — kids who have outgrown booster seats but are too small for adult seat belts.

In 1999, the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration appointed a blue-ribbon panel — including a manager from Nissan — to look at ways of protecting the "forgotten children" in vehicles.

The lawsuit claims Nissan conducted studies on restraint systems after the release of the panel's recommendations and allegedly found the seatbelts failed to protect children.

The lawsuit claims the Pathfinder's front seatbelts had pretensioners to eliminate slack in the event of a collision.

Sidhu also claims the Pathfinder's front seatbelts were equipped with pretensioners, devices "designed to eliminate slack in the lap and/or torso area in the event of a collision."

But he alleges the rear seatbelts were not equipped with pretensioners; Sidhu claims the devices would have reduced or eliminated his injuries.

[atraudes]

"the forgotten children"

Yeah, that's not a politically charged term Good info for members with little 'uns. Thanks!

[Firefighter3244]

Since my wife and I are probably buying a 2008 pathfinder soon
maybe a fix to this is replacing the rear belts with front ones purchased online.

I might not be understanding this correctly, the seat belts in the rear still catch in an accident right.
They just don't Pull tight like the fronts. (I don't think many cars even have this feature)