Nissan Versa Complaints (2009)

504 consumer complaints on file.

#10743634July 27, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT ABNORMALLY LOWER. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED IN TWO PLACES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743556July 26, 2015
SUSPENSION
RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING, ALIGNMENT THRUST BROKEN WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY INTO ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735117July 20, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP IN 2013, THE CAR STALLED OUT IN THE FAST LANE OF A SMALL TOWN. NEGOTIATING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE SECOND FUEL PUMP ALSO FAILED. NISSAN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID A GENERAL RECALL, ISSUED A ONLY A TECHNICAL BULLETIN WARNING OF POSSIBLE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THIS SITUATION CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734801July 17, 2015
SUSPENSION
AS I WAS DRIVING, AT 40 MPH I HEARD A LOUD NOISE I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I SEE A PIECE OF MY SPRING ON THE ROAD I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP AND I AM TOLD THAT I NEED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS REPLACED, AND BALL JOINTS PLEASE NOTE THE BALL JOINTS WERE JUST DONE SO I AM CONCERNED IF THE SPRING COIL HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS ISSUE, THERE WAS NO RUST ON OR NEAR THE SPRING AND PRIOR TO THIS BREAKING, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING TO ITS NORMAL STANDARDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734473July 16, 2015
SUSPENSION
:WHILE PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT AT WORK (THANKFULLY WAS NOT DRIVING ON A ROAD OR AT FULL SPEED), MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SNAPPED OUT OF PLACE. AT FIRST, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BALL JOINT, BUT ONCE IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE GARAGE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES, TO THE TUNE OF 1400 DOLLARS. WHILE I AM THANKFUL THAT I WASN'T DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR NEAR PEDESTRIANS (I WORK IN A CITY), HAVING THIS HAPPEN ON A 6 YEAR OLD CAR SEEMS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS. I HOPE THERE IS SOME SORT OF RECALL AND WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF NISSAN IS WILLING TO REIMBURSE THE 1400 I UNEXPECTEDLY HAD TO PAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733854July 14, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO BOUNCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LEAF SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARMS WERE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733607July 13, 2015
SUSPENSION
MY WIFE'S 2009 NISSAN VERSA DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END COLLAPSED ONTO HER TIRE LAST YEAR IN THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE 2014. WHEN I ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND PLACED THE GEAR INTO DRIVE THE FRONT DRIVER END COLLAPSED ON THE TIRE AND A PIECE OF THE METAL STRUT FELL OUT OF THE CAR ONTO THE PAVEMENT. WE CONTACTED THE COMPANY AND NISSAN FINALLY DECIDED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AFTER WE THREATENED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION. WE ASKED THE DEALER MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE SHOCK/STRUT THAT WE WERE NOW CONCERNED THAT THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE FAULTY AND IF IT WAS SAFE AND/OR IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE SAID HE CHECKED IT AND IT WAS FINE. SURE ENOUGH JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN 1 YEAR FROM THEN MY PREGNANT WIFE WAKES UP TO FIND THE FRONT END OF HER CAR COLLAPSED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE BEING PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY. WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT NEITHER ONE OF US WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO DEAL WITH NISSAN NOW TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION BUT FELT IT NECESSARY TO WARN OTHERS THAT THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM AND A SEVERE CONCERN TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL WHO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733337July 10, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733059July 9, 2015
SUSPENSION
THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE STANDING IN OUR DRIVEWAY. PART OF IT SHOT IN TO THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE. THANK GOD WE WEREN'T ON THE HIWAY AND HAVE THE BROKEN SPRING SHRED OUR TIRE. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS CAR MODEL'S SPRINGS BREAKING ON YOUR WEB SITE. WHY NO RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732062July 6, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,200. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ UPDATED 11/06/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731692July 2, 2015
SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY, AROUND 20 MPH, AND EXITING MY WORKPLACE WHEN I HEARD A SUDDEN LOUD NOISE (LIKE A CLANG) FROM THE FRONT AREA OF MY CAR. I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING, BUT I STOPPED TO LOOK AND THERE WERE NO POT HOLES OR ANYTHING AROUND THE CAR THAT I COULD HAVE HIT. I TRIED TO CONTINUE HOME, AS I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO A SHOP AND WAS GOING TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT... BUT LESS THAN A MILE LATER THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED LAST NIGHT. TODAY I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE COIL SPRING, WHICH HAD SNAPPED OFF AND WAS DIGGING INTO MY TIRE. NOW I HAVE TO HAVE TO THE COIL REPLACED AND PURCHASE A NEW TIRE -- THE ONE I HAVE IS NEARLY SHREDDED. WHILE I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT I'M JUST OUTSIDE MY 5/60 WARRANTY (CURRENTLY AT APPROX. 63,000 MILES), I FEEL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BY THIS MALFUNCTION. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, I JUST HAPPENED TO BE GOING FAIRLY SLOW WHEN IT DID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731799July 2, 2015
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE NEAR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE UNTIL THERE WAS ANOTHER LOUD POP HEARD FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS SLICED 360 DEGREES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731468July 1, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTRY SIDE ROAD AT 40 MILES PER HOUR, PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WITHOUT WARNING AFTER A SMALL HILL TOP (WHILE THE CAR WAS COMPRESSING THE SUSPENSION) AND TORE THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. THE TIRE INSTANTLY DEFLATED, THE RIM PUNCHED HARD INTO THE GROUND RESULTING IN A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE MANAGED TO STAY ON THE ROAD. CAR WILL NEED A NEW RIGHT SUSPENSION AND SOME REPAIR TO THE FRONT BUMPER (SCRATCH MARKS).
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730803June 27, 2015
SUSPENSION
CAR WAS SETTING IN THE PARKING LOT. OPENED THE DOOR TO GET IN. HEARD SOMETHING HIT THE PAVEMENT. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND PART OF THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE GROND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730154June 24, 2015
SUSPENSION
PART OF THE COIL SPRING BROKE FROM MY 2009 NISSAN VERSA AND FELL OFF IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I EXPLORED WHERE IT HAD COME FROM I REALIZED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD SNAPPED OFF AT THE BOTTOM. THE FIRST PIECE OF BROKEN COIL SPRING I DID NOT REALIZE HAD COME OFF AND THE SECOND ONE LUCKILY BROKE OFF WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726736June 23, 2015
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
THE COIL SPRING ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BROKE IN TWO AND THEN MOVED OUT OF PLACE TO DAMAGE AND EVENTUALLY POP MY TIRE (IN A MATTER OF MINUTES). THE EDGES OF THE BREAK ON THE SPRING ARE VERY JAGGED AND TORE AWAY THE RUBBER FROM MY TIRE AS I WAS DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725542June 16, 2015
SUSPENSION
SECOND TIME IN A MONTH A SUSPENSION COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY NISSON. FIRST ONE WAS THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE AND ON SUNDAY THE DRIVE'S FRONT SIDE AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725328June 15, 2015
SUSPENSION
BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE, AND WHEN I GOT DOWN TO THE STREET AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE, I HEARD A LOUD POP AND PING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. PART OF THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN OFF. I PULLED IT IMMEDIATELY BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND A PIECE OF THE SPRING IN THE ROAD AND NOTED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS LOWER THAN THE OTHER. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK, HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD INDEED BROKEN OFF. THE SPRING WAS NOT RUSTY, IT IS CURRENTLY 6 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 45K MILES ON IT. SINCE THERE ARE NO AFTERMARKET PARTS FOR THIS AND NISSAN SELLS SPRING, MOUNT, STRUT (NOT AN ASSEMBLY), THEY ARE FORCED TO PUT ON ALL NISSAN PARTS WHICH MAKES ME NERVOUS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THE MECHANIC ADVISED I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING AS THE SPRING HAD GONE THROUGH THE STRUT AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO SHREDDING THE TIRE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL, I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS I FOUND ABOUT THE VERY SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. I HOPE NISSAN STEPS UP OR IS FORCED TO DO A RECALL AND REIMBURSES ME, AS I HAD BOTH SIDES REPLACED AND IT COST ME $1266, NOT INCLUDING THE $80 FOR TOWING. I AM JUST THANKFUL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AS IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS. *TR ...UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF UPDATED 9/24/2015*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724243June 9, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724158June 8, 2015
WHEELS
I WENT OUT TO START MY CAR BACK IN MARCH AND SAW THAT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A ROUTINE FLAT TIRE UNTIL I WENT TO GET THE CAR REPAIRED AND THEY BILLED ME FOR $1500 & EXPLAINED HOW MY STRUTS ON MY FRONT WHEELS BUSTED SO BAD THAT IT WAS PUSHING ON MY TIRES PUNCTURING THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THEY WENT ON TO EXPLAIN FURTHER HOW I MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING EXTREMELY HARD B/C THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO BREAK. SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING BUT THE OCCASIONAL BUMP IN THE ROAD I HIT I REALIZED THAT SOMETHING HAD TO BE WRONG WITH THE STRUT AND SPRINGS. THIS COMPLAINT IS MOTIVATED BY THE FACT THAT MY STRUTS AND SPRINGS COULD HAVE BROKEN DURING MY ROUTINE TRIPS ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS. IF THEY WOULD HAVE BROKE AT THAT TIME WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 50-70 MPH I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT THAT COULD VERY EASILY HAVE TAKEN MY LIFE OR THE OTHERS AROUND ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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