Nissan 200SX Complaints (1996)

37 consumer complaints on file.

#855829January 31, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45MPH, BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON OR WARNING. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES. DLR HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854196December 20, 1999
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD FREEZE UP WHEN ENGAGED AT 33 DEGREE OR LOWER. UNABLE TO MOVE UNTIL WEATHER GET WARMER. DEALER NOTIFIED AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712016September 24, 1999
AIR BAGS
SRS CONTROL UNIT FAILED WITHOUT ANY REASON. CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION, AND HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND AT ANY TIME. AFTER VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE RED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. DEALER REPLACE THE SRS CONTROL UNIT FOR $595 (INSTALLED.) HOW RELIABLE ARE THESE UNITS? CAN IT BE DEPENDED UPON IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT?O
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843043July 22, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY AND IDLES HIGH. OCCUPANT HAS TO PRESS THE BRAKES HARD IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842014July 9, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 30MPH SUDDENLY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT, AIR BAG LIGHT WAS FLICKERING ON/OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829987November 3, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE MAKING A TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MP THE REAR WHEEL ROLLED OVER THE CURVE WHICH CAUSED BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS NORMAL CONDITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827960September 17, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5-10MPH, THE BACK TIRE HIT THE CURB, RESULTING IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS . THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540636September 7, 1998
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH MAKES GRINDING/CHATTERING NOISE WHEN FULLY DEPRESSED. DEALER REPLACED THROWOUT BEARING AND ADJUSTED LINKAGE, BUT PROBLEM REMAINS UNSOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#539517September 1, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DESIGN OF THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM CAUSING CONFUSION DUE TO INTERIOR DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATING WHEN PARKING LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO ASSUME THAT THE HEADLIGHT WERE ENGAGED, HOWEVER THET WERE NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#605216October 27, 1997
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
SUNROOF FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817008October 9, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY A DODGE VAN. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF VEHICLE IN FRONT, WHICH WAS ALSO STOPPED. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STRUCK A DEER RESULTING IN $3900 IN DAMAGE YET NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#603214April 23, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
MAP SENSOR FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#809107February 19, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
ALL SHOULDER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS EXCEPT ON DRIVER'S SIDE LOCKED UP WHEN MAKING ANY KNID OF MOVEMENT AND SOMETIMES WHEN THERE IS NO MOVEMENT . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808166January 27, 1997
PARKING BRAKE
PARKING BRAKES : WHEN TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 35 THE EMERGENCY BRAKES FREEZE AND WILL NOT RELEASE. CAUSE OF PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806903December 30, 1996
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING ABOUT 25MPH WHEN SUDDENLY AIR BAGS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES DEPLOYED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#801511September 30, 1996
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON FIVE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#985936June 20, 1996
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONTAL IMPACT, VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLING OUT OF WHERE PARKED WITH NO LIGHTS ON. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0

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