Nissan Altima 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin NTB16-046 · NHTSA communication 10075221 · issued Apr 22, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2016
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM LIGHT OPERATION LOGIC CHANGE SERVICE INFORMATION Nissan is issuing this Technical Service Bulletin to clarify that a change has been made for the logic that controls the Occupant Classification System (OCS) and passenger airbag indicator (PABI), as described in the Owner s Manual. This TSB applies only to vehicles using the 2-sensor OCS. Those changes are: PABI light is ON with an empty front passenger seat.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.