B00A0: owner reports and bulletins

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What owners report to NHTSA

34 complaints filed with NHTSA mention B00A0, 33 of them since 2015, across 18 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: air bags.

Most-reported models

VehicleComplaintsModel years reported
NISSAN LEAF52013, 2014, 2017, 2018
NISSAN MURANO42014, 2016, 2018
NISSAN ALTIMA32013, 2014
FORD F-15032013
NISSAN ROGUE32015, 2017, 2018

Manufacturer service bulletins that name B00A0

20 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention B00A0, from 4 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • MAZDA MX-5 (2024), bulletin 11003360: The following DTCs are missing from the 2024 MX-5 WSM, but you can refer to the 2023 MX-5 for these DTCs to troubleshoot a 2024 model. B00A0:09 B00A0:28 B00A0:4A B00A0:54 B00A0:55 B00A0:81 B00A0:87
  • INFINITI QX60 HYBRID (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), bulletin 11009064: DTC B00A0-00 STOREIF YOU CONFIRM DTC B00A0-00 (OCCUPANT DETECTION SENSOR UNIT) is stored, AND OCS zero point reset cannot be performed, (continued on the next page)D
  • NISSAN ROGUE HYBRID (2017, 2018, 2019, 2014), bulletin 11009068: DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin. IF YOU CONFIRM DTC B00A0-00 (OCCUPANT DETECTION SENSOR UNIT) is stored, AND O…
  • INFINITI QX60 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), bulletin 10233657: DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
  • NISSAN MURANO (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), bulletin 10234044: DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin.
  • FORD F-150 (2021, 2022, 2023), bulletin 10242855: Some 2021-2023 F-150 vehicles may exhibit an illuminated airbag indicator light that may be accompanied by diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) U3000:41 and/or U3000:54 in the occupant classification system module (OCSM) and/…

Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.