Nissan Versa Complaints (2008)

381 consumer complaints on file.

#10777986September 28, 2015
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT COIL SPRING SUDDENLY BROKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778002September 28, 2015
SUSPENSION
NOT SURE OF EXACT TIMING (APPROX APRIL 2015) WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR A REGULAR SERVICE APPOINTMENT, I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THEY PUT THE CAR ON THE LIFT, ONE COIL SPRING FELL OFF IN TWO PIECES - I WAS SO FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND NOT ON THE ROAD! I WAS TOLD THAT IF IT HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. I REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS AT THAT TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763820September 15, 2015
SUSPENSION
THANKFULLY I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET. HOWEVER I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE MISSING A CHUNK FROM THE SPRING. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN I HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP FOR ANOTHER ISSUE ON 6.12.15. I WAS INFORMED AT THIS TIME THAT WITH THE CHUNKS MISSING THIS COULD CAUSE MAJOR ISSUES IF EITHER OF THEM POP OUT OF THEIR BASE. I HAD MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE (AT A NEIGHBOR'S WHO IS A MECHANIC) YESTERDAY, 9.14.15. I INFORMED HIM OF WHAT HIS REFERRAL GUY SAID TO ME BACK IN JUNE, AND AFTER LOOKING AT MY CAR HE SHOWED ME EXACTLY WHAT THE GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE TOLD ME THIS WAS CONCERNING, SEEING AS MY CAR ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. MY REAR SUSPENSION IS ACTING UP TOO, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. I WENT TO THIS SITE & NOTICED IRONICALLY THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING ISSUES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT. I AM TRYING TO MAKE A COMPLAINT CONSIDERING I HAVE ONE OF THESE CARS, WHICH IN MY MIND IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. I FEAR, AS OTHERS HAVE HAD HAPPEN ON HERE, THAT AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR, WITH INJURIES TO MYSELF, ANYONE ELSE IN THE CAR WITH ME, OR OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE ROAD. I AM TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE ON THIS, & AM HOPING SOMETHING WILL BE DONE TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT TO OCCUR AGAIN. NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS & FIX THESE IMMEDIATELY AT THEIR COST. THEY SHOULD'VE NEVER PUT FAULTY PARTS ON THEIR CARS TO BEGIN WITH. THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES POSSIBLY AT RISK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760378August 31, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759890August 28, 2015
SUSPENSION
REPAIR TECH FOUND ON INSPECTION THAT RIGHT FRONT SPRING COIL WAS BROKEN. DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH 2008-2010 NISSAN VERSA MODEL AND WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR RECALL DUE TO OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF VEHICLE HAVE OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759291August 25, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD KEEPS BLINKING AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT SAYS IT IS OFF ON THE CENTER CONSOLE EVEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. HAD IT CHECKED ONCE BEFORE AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE AND A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME LIGHTS ON HER 2007 VERSA HAD TO GO ON THREE TIMES TO GET IT TURNED OFF AFTER BEING CHECKED. IT WOULD KEEP COMING BACK ON AND FINALLY TOOK IT IN FOR THE FOURTH TIME THEY SAID SHE WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT AIRBAGS AND IT WAS OGLING TO COST $1200 BUT SHE TOOK IT TO A SECOND OPINION AND THEY TOLD HER A CABLE UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED FOR $80 AND IT FIXED HER VERSA. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE MINE IN TO GET CHECKED FOR THE SECOND TIME BUT IT CONCERNS ME DRIVING WONDERING IF IT'S BROKE. OR JUST A SMALL CABLE THAT NEEDS FIXING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749978August 20, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747233August 8, 2015
SUSPENSION
MY CAR BEGAN TO SHIMMY WHEN STOPPING AND I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS BROKEN AND THAT THEY WOULD BE BEST REPLACED IN PAIRS AS THE OTHER SIDE WOULD NOT BE LONG BEFORE IT ALSO BROKE CAUSING A POSSIBLE TRAGIC ACCIDENT. HE ADVISED ME NOT TO GO FAR WITH THE CAR BEFORE REPAIRING THEM AS A FATAL ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR. AT THE BARE MINIMUM, THE COIL SPRING WOULD GO THROUGH MY NEW TIRE AND CAUSE EVEN MORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CAR. MY SON OWNS A VERSA AS DOES MY FORMER HUSBAND AND THEY BOTH HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIR COIL SPRINGS. I FEEL THERE MUST BE SOME TYPE OF DEFECT IN THIS PRODUCT. IT SEEMS FAR TOO COINCIDENTAL. THERE HAVE BEEN 93 OTHER REPORTS AS WELL. NISSAN SHOULD ISSUUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746499August 5, 2015
WHEELS
FRONT COIL SPRING FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. IF I WAS GOING ANY FASTER IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF IT PUNCTURED A WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744701July 29, 2015
SUSPENSION
FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744241July 28, 2015
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME HTIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743790July 27, 2015
SUSPENSION
I WAS ROTATING MY TIRES WHEN I FOUND THAT MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. BOTH PARTS WERE STILL ATTACHED AND I HAVE THEM. IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS CAR AS SHOWN IN THIS LINK. HTTP://WWW.LEFTLANENEWS.COM/NHTSA-INVESTIGATES-NISSAN-VERSA-OVER-BROKEN-COIL-SPRINGS-88526.HTML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735347July 20, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHEN GOING 75 MILES AN HOUR THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WITH A VERY LOUD NOISE PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE FOUND NOTHING LOOKING AT THE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED JUST ENTERING ARIZONA SO SINCE WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WE CONTINUED ON TO PHEONIX TO OUR DESTINATION. WE THEN CONTACTED HTTP://WWW.HONEST1GLENDALEAZ.COM/ AND HAD THEM INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMP AFTER THAT WE COULD HEAR SOMETHING LOOSE. ONCE THEY LOOKED AT IT THEY QUICKLY FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE STRUT BENT. THEY SAID THE COIL BROKE AT THE BOTTOM LUCKY FOR US NOTHING FLEW OUT TO BLOW THE TIRE WHEN IT HAPPENED. THE CAR HAS VERY LOW MILES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734459July 16, 2015
SUSPENSION
COIL SPRING ON DRIVERS SIDE BROKE CAUSING A SHAKE AND ALLOWING THE CAR TO DRAG WHEN IT SHOULD NOT OF BEEN ABLE TO...UPDATED 11/05/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DID MOT STEER PROPERLY AFTER COIL SPRING FAILURE. UPDATED 1/8/2015 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734280July 15, 2015
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY FRIEND HAD MY VEHICLE. SHE HAD JUST MADE IT HOME FROM WORK. SHE LIVES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES FROM HER JOB. SHE SAID WHEN SHE MADE IT HOME SHE WENT INTO THE APARTMENT TO CHANGE INTO A BATHING SUIT AND SOMEONE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR SAYING THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BLACK CAR SMOKING. SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEY ALL CALLED 911. THE FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FIRE AND THEY TOLD HER THAT IT IS A MOTOR MALFUNCTION BECAUSE IT WAS PARKED AND WITH NO SORT OF OVERHEATING ISSUE. UPDATED 09/15/15*LJ UPDATED 11/22/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733144July 8, 2015
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 0.1 MILES AFTER A LEFT TURN AND WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE COIL FRACTURED AND A SECTION OF THE COIL PUNCTURED AND TORE THE INNER WALL OF THE TIRE CAUSING A SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE. THE SOUND OF THE FRACTURE WAS VERY LOUD METAL ON METAL SOUND, DRAWING PEOPLE OUT FROM NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE NEW FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE REPLACED AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732470July 7, 2015
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING 69 MPH CAR WENT UP ONTO BAR DITCH AND TRAVELED IN A VEY STRAIGHT LINE FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE HITTING A TREE RESULTING IN MAJOR INJURIES TO MY BROTHER WHO WAS THE DRIVER AND KILLING MY DAD PASSENGER MAJOR BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD. ALL MY BROTHER REMEMBERS IS THE CARS SIDE CURTIAN AIRBAG HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. DURING THE TRAVEL FOR 1/4 MILE ON BAR DITCH THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF OVER CORRECTING OR BRAKING. WITNESS TO THE ACC. STATED HE NEVER SAW BRAKE LIGHTS BEFORE HITTING THE TREE: BEFORE THE CAR WENT OFF ROAD HE HAD BEEN BEHIND MY DADS CAR FOR OVER 20 MILES AND STATED THE CAR MAINTAINED PERFECT DRIVING AND SPEED: MY BROTHER STATED MY DAD WAS ON OVERHEAD PHONE SPEAKER WITH MY COUSIN AND HAD JUST FINISHED CALL THEN REMEMBERS AIRBAG HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE TEMPLE! BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS! THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER SAFETY STRAP WEBBING HAD FULLY EXTENDED OUT BEFORE GETTING HUNG IN D-RING. TBS 10010097. DUE TO THE SRS SYSTEM FAILING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEM HAD AIDED TO MY DAD HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BREAKING RESULTING TO HIS INJURIES BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD RESULTING TO HIS DEATH. DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEPLOYED HOWEVER DRIVER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG BROKE THROUGH THE STITCHING IT DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY. DRIVER SIDE STEERING COLUMN DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY RESULTING MY BROTHER RECIEVING A BROKEN CLAVICAL BROKEN STERNUM NUMERIOUS BROKEN RIBS DISLOCATING METAL HIP REPLACEMENT AND BENDING METAL HIP PLATE BROKEN RIGHT FEMER LEG BONE LONG WAY UP AND DOWN SHATTERING RIGHT ANKLE AND FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE AND HEAD INJURY LEAVING HIM WITH POSSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE! THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTIAN AIRBAG DID NOT INFLAT NOR DID THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG DID NOT INFLAT. THE PASSENGER SIDE DID TRY TO INFLATE HOWEVER THE DASH COMPONET WAS ON TOP. THE SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON! PASSENGER SIDE SEAT IS BROKEN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. SEE ALSO ODI 10610795. *DSY *JB *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10731901July 3, 2015
SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING ON A SMALL PAVED TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH.I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SHORTLY AFTER THE TIRE BLEW OUT.THIS HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE A SMALL SIDE ROAD SO I WAS ABLE TO TURN ONTO THAT ROAD SO I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY.DUE TO THE FLAT TIRE AND BROKEN SPRING THE CAR SAT TOO LOW FOR THE FACTORY PROVIDED JACK TO FIT UNDER THE CAR.I CALLED MY BROTHER FOR ASSISTANCE AND HE SHOWED UP WITH MY NEPHEW.THEY WERE ABLE TO LIFT UP ON THE CAR JUST ENOUGH SO THAT I COULD PLACE THE JACK IN THE CORRECT POSITION.WE PUT THE FACTORY DONUT SPARE TIRE ON AND I DROVE TO WAREHOUSE TIRE...UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE JUST CLOSING DOWN FOR THE DAY.I HAD FOUR NEW TIRES INSTALLED THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AND THEN TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC.I PICKED THE CAR UP ON JULY 3RD.MY MECHANIC INFORMED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN ALSO.THE DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN NEAR THE TOP;THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE CLOSER TO BOTTOM WHICH ALLOWED IT TO SPIN OUT OF PLACE AND SLICE THE TIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730138June 24, 2015
SUSPENSION
FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE SHREDDING A RELATIVELY NEW TIRE. WE JUST TURNED ON TO A RESIDENTIAL STREET, SO FORTUNATELY WE WERE GOING SLOW AND NO ONE WAS HURT. CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY SEAR'S AUTO CENTER WHERE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE REBUILT AND AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. PLUS NEW TIRE INSTALLED. INCIDENT ISSUE WAS OPENED WITH NISSAN, BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FREQUENTLY OCCURRING POOR QUALITY ISSUE...UPDATED 08/12/15 *BF UPDATED 11/27/2015*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724899June 12, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND METAL HITTING PAVEMENT. GOT OUT AND A PART OF THE SPRING COIL HAD SNAPPED IN HALF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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