Nissan Versa Complaints (2009)

504 consumer complaints on file.

#10853747April 6, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PREMATURE MUFFLER CORROSION, INSUFFICIENT ANTI-CORROSION COATING: MUFFLER (CENTER & REAR) RUSTED OFF AND DRAGGED ON THE GROUND, EMITTING LOUD NOISE AND CREATING AIR SAFETY HAZARD. CAR HAD < 40,000 MILES AND < 4 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853042April 2, 2016
STEERING
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION UPON TURNING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT POPPING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN . ALSO CAUSING FRONT END TO CREAK . GERALD NISSAN INSPECTED AND SAID IT NEEDS STEERING SHAFT U JOINT REPLACED . BUT THEY SAY IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852798March 31, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILED RESULTING IN CAR LOSING POWER AND MAKING NOISES WHEN ACCELERATING. NISSAN IS NOT HONORING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR WHICH MY CAR IS ELIGIBLE AND WON'T RESPOND TO MY MANY CALLS AT ALL. IT HAS BEEN 7 WEEKS. THEY ARE STONEWALLING ME. THEY WON'T EVEN TELL ME THE NAME OR EXTENSION OF THE "SPECIALIST" HANDLING MY CASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852378March 30, 2016
SUSPENSION
MY NISSAN VERSA WAS RECALLED LAST YEAR FOR FAULTY COIL SPRINGS. THE LETTER SAID THAT PARTS WILL BE READY IN JANUARY 2016. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY DEALER TO HAVE THE PARTS ORDERED AND REPLACED. IT IS ALMOST APRIL 2016 AND THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. I CALL MY DEALER ONCE A MONTH, THEY HAVE NOW CHOSEN TO SCREEN THEIR PHONE CALLS AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY SERVICE CALLS ABOUT THE RECALL. I THINK THAT NISSAN IS NOT PREPARED TO HANDLE THIS RECALL ON THE VERSA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846407March 14, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED WHILE THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPIRAL CABLE AND THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846074March 11, 2016
POWER TRAIN
ON THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 2016, MY TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD. ONLY REVERSE. SO I HAD TO REVERSE MY CAR OFF THE STREET AGAINST ONCOMING AND PARK ON THE SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845768March 9, 2016
SUSPENSION
2 REAR SPRINGS BROKE WHILE DRIVING IN CITY (ALREADY HAD FRONT SPRINGS REPLACED DUE TO RECALL)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10823391February 1, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CAR TENDS TO LOSE POWER AND SPUTTER AND IN SOME CASES IT WILL STALL. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART IT, IT WILL NOT START. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. ALSO, IF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND THEN SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF YOU CAN NOT RESTART IT WITHOUT WAITING AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. MY 16 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR AND THE FIRST INSTANCE IT HAPPENED WAS WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IT. SHE LOST ALL POWER AND WAS NOT EVEN ABLE TO USE HER BRAKES. SHE CAME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING A WALL BUT WAS ABLE TO STEER IT AWAY BUT STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT AS WELL. WE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP THINKING IT WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH GAS BUT THIS STILL HASN'T FIXED THE ISSUE. WE ARE TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THE PROBLEM CAN'T BE DUPLICATED THEREFORE IT CAN'T BE FIXED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THIS CAR DUE TO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE THEY WILL FIX IT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VERSA AND NISSAN TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AND FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10823588February 1, 2016
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 30MPH CHICAGO STREET MY CAR ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND ACTUALLY REACH A SPACE BUT THAT SPACE WAS TOW ZONE SO I HAD TO SIT THERE WITH MY CAR FOR 3 HOURS WHILE I WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY RUSH HOUR. AFTER TAKING IT TO AAA CAR BODY SHOP, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS JUST DEAD. AND AFTER THEY TOOK IT APART THEY COULD ONLY SPECULATE BUT WITH SOME CONFIDENCE FROM SEEING SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE PAST THAT SOME SORT OF CHAIN INSIDE THE ENGINE SNAPPED AND STRUCK THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE CYLINDERS TO COME TO A HALT. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE SAW SOMETHING SIMILAR IN A MID 2000'S SATURN. IN WHICH CASE IT ENDED UP BEING A RECALL FOR THAT LINE OF CAR. HE SAID IF YOU KEEP THE RECEIPT AND SOMEDAY IT ENDS UP BEING A RECALL, I COULD POSSIBLY GET A REFUND. ANYWAYS, THE BIGGER DEAL IS THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY HAZARDOUS BREAKDOWN. IM GLAD I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY WAITING 3 HOURS FOR A TOW. BUT IM ALSO GLAD I COULD COAST ON THE MOMENTUM I HAD. AFTER THE INITIAL BREAKDOWN THAT HAD A POPPING SOUND, MY CAR FELT HEAVY BECAUSE I LOST POWER STEERING AS WELL SO THE TURN INTO THE FORTUNATE PARKING SPACE WAS ACTUALLY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS NOT JUST TO ME BUT ALSO TO PEDESTRIANS. BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME IF I HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. ALSO THE BREAKS WERE HEAVY.. I HAD TO REALLY PRESS DOWN ON THEM TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THATS ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY FROM MY MEMORY OF THIS INCIDENT. I DO HAVE MY RECORDS (RECEIPT FROM AAA)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821552January 21, 2016
SUSPENSION
I HAVE NISSAN VERSA SINCE 2009.I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW FROM NISSAN OF RENO. SINCE LAST YEAR FRON DRIVER SIDE BROKEN COIL SPRING.NOW IT HAPPEND AGAIN ON PASSANGER SIDE SPRING BROKE. I CALL DELER TO FIND OUT WHY DID IT BROKE BOTH OF SPRING WITH IN ONE YEAR. THEY HAVE NO ANSWER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10819178January 10, 2016
SUSPENSION
COIL SPRING RUSTED AND BROKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816891December 29, 2015
SUSPENSION
MY NISSAN VERSA WAS RECALLED FOR FRONT SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED. I HAD ALREADY HAD THE SPRINGS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY BROKE. I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD TO HAVE THE SPRINGS REPLACED AGAIN TO SATISFY THE RECALL. THE STRUTS WERE RUSTED OUT, BUT WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE STRUTS REPLACED WHEN THE DEALERSHIP BROKE THEM REMOVING THEM TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS. THE STRUTS AND SPRINGS ARE ONE UNIT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RECALL. THE SPRINGS DID NOT NEED REPLACED. I WAS CHARGED OVER $250 FOR A RECALL REPAIR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COVERED BY NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10812051December 24, 2015
SUSPENSION
DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING. APPEARED TO BE VERY RUSTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10810245December 15, 2015
SUSPENSION
A LARGE PIECE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AND FELL OFF ON THE ROAD, AS I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND TURNED INTO THE STREET. I HEARD A CLUNK IN THE FRONT AND SOMETHING FALLING ON THE ROAD. THE REMAINING SPRING ON THE CAR WAS STILL IN PLACE. I HAD MY REPAIR SHOP REPLACE THE SPRINGS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809191December 9, 2015
SUSPENSION
THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURE IN MY MODEL YEAR 2009 NISSAN VERSA RUSTED/CORRODED AND BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH. THE NOISE WAS APPARENT AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN PULLING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. I PULLED OVER TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT FIND ANY SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE NOISE AND CONTINUED HOME. I TOOK THE CAR INTO MCCARTHY NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD RUSTED/CORRODED AND CRACKED AND THAT DRIVING THE CAR IN THAT CONDITION WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND REQUIRED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT COILS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794734November 18, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MUFFLER EXHAUST FLANGE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790023November 12, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V573000 (SUSPENSION) AND WAS CONCERNED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY WOULD FAIL TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,985. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 02/05/16*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789563November 10, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REAR HATCHBACK BUTTON IS NOT OPENING THE HATCHBACK. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE SPARE TIRE IS LOCATED IN THE CARGO AREA. THIS ONE DAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES STOPPED WORKING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787670November 2, 2015
SUSPENSION
ON 10/15/2015 WENT TO NISSAN DEALER FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE(MILEAGE 50938)DURING INSPECTION MECHANIC FOUND BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS O SUSPENSION BAD AND WAS REPLACED AT THE COST OF $895.24 ALSO 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS WAS DONE AT THE COST OF $109.95.WHEN BACK HOME I LOOK FOR RECALLS ON SUSPENSION SYSTEM ON NISSAN VERSA AND FIND OUT THAT THERE IS RECALL ON COIL SPRINGS EFFECTIVE AS OF 09/14/2015.AT THE TIME OF SERVICE I WAS NOT INFORMED BY THE DEALER ABOUT THIS RECALL AND WHEN I CONTACTED THEM AND ASK WHEN COILS WILL BE REPLACED I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DON'T HAVE PARTS AND I HAVE TO WAIT TILL NOV/DEC 2015 FOR THE COILS TO BE REPLACED.DO SOME RESEARCH RE:LOWER CONTROL ARMS FAILURE ON NISSAN VERSA AND FIND THAT IT MAY BE RELATED TO COILS FAILURE AS IT IS PART OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM INTERCONNECTED TO SPRING COILS.CORROSION OF COILS CAN CAUSE THE TENSION ON THE SPRINGS TO FAIL AND CAUSE THE OTHER PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION TO GO BAD LIKE IN MY CASE.I MY BE LUCKY THAT COILS ON MY CAR NOT BROKE OFF YET BUT FOR SURE THEY ALL READY COST ME A LOT OF MONEY AND MAY COST ME MORE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIX YET.GET IN TOUCH WITH NISSAN BUT WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THE ARMS ARE THE PART OF SUSPENSION SYSTEM INTERCONNECTED TO COILS-THE COILS ARE NOT CAUSE OF ARMS FAILURE.I DO NOT AGREE WITH NISSAN OPINION ON THIS AND I TOLD THEM THAT I WILL FILE COMPLAINT TO NHTSA. BECAUSE OF NISSAN REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THEY FAULT AND SOLVE THE ISSUE I DO NOT HAVE OTHER OPTION LEFT BUT FILE COMPLAINT AND MAKE OTHER NISSAN VERSA OWNERS AWARE ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY MAY HAVE WITH THEIR CARS AS I DID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787513November 1, 2015
SUSPENSION
SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THE SUSPENSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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