Nissan will visit you to replace your car’s Takata airbags

MANILA: Ever since the Takata airbag issue started floating in 2015, the automobile space and the automakers who use Takata airbag inflators have been found scratching their head on how to resolve the issue. Fast forward four years since the issue came to the fore, the issue continues to haunt both the automakers and the customers. Moreover, even after dedicating so much of time and manpower into resolving the issue, ample of automakers still find them covered by the clouds of trouble.

Latest developments show that Nissan Philippines Inc. (NPI) has, at last, come up with an interesting and proactive method to resolve the issue in the Philippines. The Japanese automobile manufacturer has announced that it will be visiting several locations in Luzon between 27th of September 2019 to 30th of October 2019 and replace the faulty airbag inflators there and then. Nissan will run its campaign caravan at 26 locations for the same number of days. The campaign started on the 27th of September 2019 from Tagaytay and will end with on the 30th of October 2019 in Manila.

Speaking of the vehicles that are a part of the recall and are supposed to be brought at the aforementioned locations of the airbag inflator replacement include:

• 2008-2014 X-Trail
• 2006-2007 Teana
• 2008-2014 Grand Livina
• 2007-2014 Navara
• 2006-2008 Frontier
• 2003-2017 Patrol Super Safari

To make sure whether or not your vehicle is a part of the recall and needs its airbag inflators to be replaced, visit the Nissan Philippines' official website and use the VIN checker to confirm. One can also register for the Nissan Service Caravan on the website the make the process even simpler.

Besides the Takata airbag recall, the present and the future for Nissan seems very promising. Recently, the Japanese auto giant unveiled the all-new 2020 Juke. The quirky crossover now looks quite mature and features a kind of a radical makeover and an array of creature comforts alongwith the latest tech. Check out the 2020 Nissan Juke here.

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