Vehicle recall 10V312000 · July 6, 2010

Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4

The air bag inflator contains propellant wafers that are required to properly deploy the front passenger air bag.

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Nissan is recalling forty-six certain model year 2002 pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 vehicles manufactured from August 24, 2001 through August 28, 2001. The air bag inflator contains propellant wafers that are required to properly deploy the front passenger air bag. Due to improper propellant wafer installation during the air bag inflator assembly process, some air bag inflators may be missing one of the wafers. As a result, the remaining wafers in the inflator used for the deployment of the front passenger air bag may, over time, break up into powder due to normal vibration experienced while driving. This causes the combustion rate of the propellant to increase inside the inflator, which can lead to internal pressure rising suddenly during air bag deployment.
Consequence: The inflator housing may rupture and pieces of the inflator could strike and injure vehicle occupants.
Remedy: Nissan will notify the owners of the forty-six affected vehicles. Dealers will replace the front passenger air bag module assembly with a new one free of charge. The safety recall began on August 19, 2010. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261 and Infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.
Notes: Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 10V312000
Reported to NHTSA: July 6, 2010
Filed by: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Owner notification: August 19, 2010
Vehicles potentially affected: 46
Initiated by: the manufacturer
Components: Air bags › Frontal

Recall 10V312000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

Vehicles covered

As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.

Infiniti QX4 (2002): 2002
Nissan Pathfinder (2002): 2002

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