20V008000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2003 NISSAN MAXIMA
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 249 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints249
Complaints citing a crash20
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
15V287000
AIR BAGS
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 43ENGINE
- 39ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 27AIR BAGS
- 22EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- 14ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 10UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 10ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 6VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 NISSAN MAXIMAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.