2009 Nissan Cube defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2009 Nissan Cube. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Driver Airbag Inflator Rupture
  Preliminary Evaluation PE25005 · opened Jun 13, 2025 · closed Sep 3, 2026 · led to recall 26V230

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE25005 on June 13, 2025, to assess the scope, root cause, and potential defect in 2009 Model Year (MY) Nissan Cube vehicles equipped with Takata PSDI-X air bag inflators.At the time the investigation was opened, analysis by Nissan and Takata (now …

• Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Engineering Analysis EA21002 · opened Sep 17, 2021 · still open

  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…