Nissan is also recalling another 620,000 of its 2013-2016 Sentras. In these cars, the air bag sensor has the opposite problem: It isn't shutting off when it should be.

Nissan Group announced Friday it will recall 3.18 million vehicles in the U.S., and more than 3.5 million worldwide due to an issue with air bag sensors in some models.

One dirty sensor could be hurting your car’s performance — learn which one it is, the symptoms to watch for, and how to clean it easily.