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Nissan Leaf · 2016

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V253000·2017-04-13

    Nissan Recalls Sentra and Leaf Vehicles for Air Bag Defect

    Nissan is recalling 2014-2017 Sentra and 2015-2017 Leaf vehicles because the front passenger air bag may not deploy properly in a crash.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN LEAF, SENTRA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V244000·2016-04-26

    Nissan and Infiniti Recall Vehicles Due to Passenger Air Bag Defect

    Nissan is recalling specific 2013-2017 Nissan, Infiniti, and Chevrolet vehicles because the passenger air bag may fail to deploy in a crash.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN, INFINITI, CHEVROLET MURANO HYBRID, QX60 HYBRID, Q50 HYBRID, PATHFINDER HYBRID
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V436000·2016-06-15

    Nissan Recalls 2016 Leaf and Sentra for Passenger Air Bag Wiring Defect

    Nissan is recalling specific 2016 Leaf and Sentra vehicles because a wiring harness connector may disconnect, preventing the passenger air bag from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN LEAF, SENTRA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE19015 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal
  • DP19002 Defect Petition · air bags:sensor:occupant classification
  • EA19002 Engineering Analysis · suspension:rear
  • EA15003 Engineering Analysis · service brakes, hydraulic
  • PE14014 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
  • DP12004 Defect Petition · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2011 · airbags 35 complaints, median 59,400 mi
  • 2011 · electrical 27 complaints, median 20,206 mi
  • 2011 · brakes 20 complaints, median 15,677 mi

Technical service bulletins

743 manufacturer service bulletins across 16 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5
  • 2025: 4.5/5 · 7 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 4.7/5
  • 2022: 4.6/5
  • 2021: 3.6/5 · 54 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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