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On April 24, 2003 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced an agreement by Nissan to replace dangerous passenger side airbags in 1994 and some models of 1995 Nissan Altimas. As Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety pointed out over two years ago, these airbags pose an unreasonable risk of blinding or inflicting severe eye injury on passengers, even in low speed crashes. Consumers who own these vehicles should immediately go to their Nissan dealership to have their passenger side airbag modules replaced free of charge. No one should ride in the passenger side of these Altimas until the airbag is fixed. While this is a good result, it took far too long for Nissan to admit the hazards of its airbag and to act to protect consumers - - at least 79 people have suffered eye injuries from these airbags, yet Nissan dithered and delayed. |