Nissan class action lawsuit dropped
Appeals court says district court should not have allowed automatic emergency braking lawsuit November 30, 2024 — The Nissan automatic emergency braking lawsuit, once certified as a class-action lawsuit, has been decertified against customers in 10 states. The class action lawsuit covers these Nissan vehicles equipped with Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 410. 2017–2020 Nissan Rogue 2017–2021 Nissan Rogue Sport 2019–2021 Nissan Altima 2020–2021 Nissan Kicks In 2017, some Nissan drivers reported "phantom activation" of the automatic emergency braking (AEB) system on low overpasses, railroad crossings and parking lots. Engineers believe the radar hardware could misread the road ahead as drivers approach slopes or turns. On a curve, the radar may view a car in an adjacent lane as an obstacle on the road. Driving uphill in a multi-storey car park may mean the radar reads a low-slung overpass as an incoming wall. Due to hardware limitations, Nissan released a software update "S1" in 2018 and a software update "S2" in…