B1022: owner reports and bulletins

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What owners report to NHTSA

5 complaints filed with NHTSA mention B1022, 5 of them since 2015, across 3 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: air bags.

Manufacturer service bulletins that name B1022

1 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention B1022, from 1 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • NISSAN ARMADA (2015), bulletin 10192455: SERVICE INFORMATION If DTC B00A0 (OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT) is set as current in the Air Bag Diagnosis Sensor Unit: * Follow the "DTC/CIRCUIT DIAGNOSIS" procedure for DTC B1017-B1022 (OCCUPANT SENS C/U…

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.