My air bag sensor light came on, took it to the dealership they told me that my air bags have been disabled because of a fault in the spiral cable in my steering column. they told me the part cost $460 to replace. they said it was a common problem which caused the seat belts to be deactivated. they told me to fix it i would have to pay because it was no longer under warranty. it seems to me that a safety feature such as an air bag should not have a warranty expiration. when i told them i didn't have the $460 they said make sure you wear your seat belt because your air bags will not work. the ironic thing is that i was at the dealership because of a safety recall because the air bags would automatically deploy while driving down the road. it seems nissan doesn't care if your air bags will not deploy if it is not still covered under the warranty.
Unable to find the airbag recall.
I was traveling at 25 (no more than 30) mph when another vehicle collided with mine. the other vehicle did clip the middle 1/3 and entire passenger side of my xterra. the hood was crushed to the first third of the front passenger wheel well, transmission and radiator fluids were leaking from the suv, grill was obliterated, front passenger headlight was crushed into the battery (that leaks due to the accident), and the front bumper was impinging the front passenger wheel from freely moving. the airbags should have deployed, but did not. the vehicle is not drivable and had to be towed. i am filing this complaint because i believe that the severity of impact should have resulted in airbag deployment. *tr