1996 Nissan Pathfinder air bags problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1996 Nissan Pathfinder — 7% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I tried to make contact with the nissan dealer and after finding my vehicle return a positive airbag recall on airbagrecall.com. The local deal said it is not listed in their system and did not offer to look into it any further. I told them they could look it up on an internet based system to see…”
filed Oct 30, 2017
“Power steering had just been replaced, vehicle traveling at 40-50 mph when loss of control (spinning) due to possible steering failure causing vehicle collision, no deployment of air bags during collision resulting in head injury. Mjs”
filed Jul 30, 1999
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Air Bags problems in other Pathfinder years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Pathfinder | 2 | 4% |
| 2024 Pathfinder | 1 | 1% |
| 2023 Pathfinder | 2 | 2% |
| 2022 Pathfinder | 5 | 4% |
| 2020 Pathfinder | 1 | 2% |
| 2019 Pathfinder | 4 | 5% |
| 2018 Pathfinder | 4 | 5% |
| 2017 Pathfinder | 6 | 3% |
| 2016 Pathfinder | 18 | 17% |
| 2015 Pathfinder | 55 | 17% |
| 2014 Pathfinder | 92 | 16% |
| 2013 Pathfinder | 177 | 20% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1996 Nissan Pathfinder
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.