Faulty airbags caused Nissan Motor Company to promptly recall its sport utility vehicles 2009 Murano and 2008 Infinity EX 35 units sold last year in the United States.

According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the safety air bags of both models produced by Japanese company Nissan were not properly programmed. With such faulty software program of the air bags, these Nissan parts will likely fail to inflate right away when a collision happens.

“Due to incorrect software programming, the airbag control unit may cause the passenger airbag not to operate as designed if the vehicle battery becomes significantly discharged,” said NHTSA in an official statement in the national agency’s website. “This could result in the passenger airbag not inflating in a crash in which it was designed to do so, and increasing the risk of injury.”

Based on the data of Autodata Corporation of New Jersey, a total of 76, 358 units of the medium-sized crossover SUV Murano was sold in 2007. From this number, 11, 511 vehicles were equipped with the defective air bag software program. Meanwhile, 4, 854 units of the high-end SUV Infiniti EX 35, which was introduced last December to go against BMW’s X3 and Honda’s Acura RDX, are part of the recall.

Nissan dealers across America will reprogram the air bag software of the 16,365 vehicles. Murano and Infiniti EX 35 owners can expect the recall to start this month and can call Nissan at (800) 647-7261 and Infiniti at (800) 662-6200.

Source: Bloomberg and Edmunds.

Nissan wants to start the year 2008 right. And what better to start it than to introduce an all-new 2009 Nissan Murano. This Nissan model will be the one to represent the crossover SUV segment in the Japanese automaker’s lineup for 2008. This 2009 model has been equipped with only the finest quality Nissan parts to ensure that one gets an exciting driving performance.

When one looks at the 2009 Nissan Murano, the first thing they most likely will notice is that it has a new body, there is now a dual panel power sliding glass moonroof and a 2^nd row skylight. When one take a peek at the model’s cabin, he will be amazed at its “mobile suit” design theme which has become more warm and luxurious. The luxurious features equipped in the 2009 Nissan Murano are the heated front and rear seats, power return rear seat, RearView Monitor, and the cargo organizer.

The power unit to be installed in all the 2009 Nissan Muranos is the VQ-Series 3.5-liter DOHC V6 with power capacity of 265 horsepower and its torque is 248 pund-feet. The Muranos will also be equipped with Xtronic CVT with Adaptive Shift Control (ASC). One can opt to have with either a front-wheel drive system or with the advanced all-wheel drive system.

The 2009 Nissan Murano is also available in five well-equipped models – S 2WD, S AWD, SL 2WD, SL AWD, LE AWD. One can opt to have his 2009 Nissan Murano finished in Tinted Bronze, Deep Sapphire, or Saharan Stone.

This new Nissan model also makes use of the “D” platform, making it have a solid foundation and lighter suspension components but with increased stiffness. There are new dual flow path shock absorbers which will provide the model with sure footing on all surfaces. The model also benefits from proper levels of assistance in city and high-speed driving thanks to the new twin-orifice speed-sensitive power steering system equipped in it.

The push button start comes standard in the Nissan model together with the iPod connectivity (LE only). Other notable technological features in the 2009 Nissan Murano include a premium 11-speaker audio system, a new power-operated 9-inch roof-mounted screen, Voice Recognition for audio, navigation system, Bluetooth, Intelligent Key, and an advanced touch screen navigation system complete with 9.3GB Music Box hard drive.

Those who’d want to experience this all new Nissan offering this year won’t have to wait long as it is already on sale in the United States.

More and more people, specifically in Korea, are becoming more practical with regards to buying vehicles. Instead of going for the luxury cars, Koreans eye vehicle models that carry tag prices along the middle range. With such trend, Japanese automaker Nissan shifts gears, which is away from its expensive Infiniti models, and markets more its not so pricey vehicles like Nissan Murano and Nissan Altima in Korea.

Last Tuesday, Nissan Motors stated that the sport utility vehicle Murano and the medium-built sedan Altima will pioneer the company’s campaign in introducing more affordable models in Korea. Collin Dodge, who is the senior vice president for overseas market operations of Nissan headed Tuesday’s announcement held in South Korea’s capital Seoul. Geared with well-designed and well-engineered Nissan Parts are going to push the Murano and Altima to become Koreans’ top automobile picks. Included in the Nissan pool of money-saving models are the X-trial, Rogue, and Quashqui, which are all equipped with quality Nissan Parts.

Aside from the inexpensive offerings of Nissan, the Japanese automaker also continuous to innovate and develop green cars like the electric car Pivo 2, which was unveiled in its homeland auto show. The most unique Nissan Parts of the Pivo 2 are the revolving cabin and wheels.

Along with Nissan, Toyota and Deawoo Motors are also going to launch the affordable models in the East Asian country.