Nissan Versa Complaints (2008)

381 consumer complaints on file.

#10572591March 15, 2014
SUSPENSION
MY DAUGHTER PUT KEY IN IGNITION. STARTED THE CAR. PLACED IT IN REVERSE. SHE MOVED BACKWARD ABOUT ONE INCH. MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER AND MYSELF HEARD A LOUD SNAP. WE SAW NOTHING WRONG. SHE DROVE AWAY AND CAME BACK AFTER DRIVING 1/2 MILE. SHE HAD THE BROKEN PIECE FROM THE COIL SPRING. I KNEW INSTANTLY WHAT IT WAS. I LOOKED BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL AND SURE ENOUGH. I'M AN OLD FARM BOY, NOW 57. I GUARANTEE YOU THIS IS A FAULTY PART. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT BADLY WHILE DRIVING ROAD SPEED. YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS. I WILL KEEP THE BROKEN PART AS PROOF. IT WAS A CLEAN BREAK WHILE SITTING STILL. THIS FAULTY PART IS COSTING UPWARDS OF $900 TO REPAIR!!!:(:( NOT TO MENTION PUTTING PEOPLE AT VERY HIGH RISK. OTHERS ALL ACROSS THE USA AND CANADA ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. CHECK OUT THE FORUMS. CONCERNED AND DISGUSTED FATHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560367January 17, 2014
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH ALL SEASON RADIAL TIRES, SIZE: 185/65R15. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING OVER A GRAVEL ROAD WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE TO DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE THICKNESS OF THE TIRE WAS INADEQUATE AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/16/14 MA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559264January 9, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, TIRES
HAVE HAD MY NISSAN VERSA SINCE 2009, GOT IT WITH 50 MILES ON THE CAR. SPENT 2 YEARS IN FLORIDA WITH IT WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND IN THE PAST YEAR I'VE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS CAR I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN. HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES TWICE AND TODAY I WAS A MILE FROM MY HOME WHEN MY CAR HAD ISSUES ACCELERATING AND STARTING MAKING A LOUD RATTLING NOISE. I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT MY MUFFLER HAS BROKEN AT THE FLANGE. APPARENTLY THIS IS COMMON WITH THESE NISSANS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CHANGE IT. THIS CAN CAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING GOD FORBID SOMEONE PARKS THIS CAR IN THEIR GARAGE AND COULD ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE ENTIRE MUFFLER RUSTS AND FALLS OUT OF SOMEONES CAR WHILE THEIR ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557651December 29, 2013
STEERING
APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR BEFORE HAVING THE CAR PART REPAIRED, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL HARD TO THE LEFT TO MAKE A TIGHT TURN I HEARD A CREAKING NOISE. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS AND MENTIONED IT TO MY MECHANIC WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC FELT IT WAS RELATED TO THE AXLE. MY HUSBAND NOTICED THE NOISE WHEN DRIVING MY CAR AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. MECHANIC HAD TO ORDER A NEW NISSAN AXLE FOR THE CAR. THE COST OF THE PART AND THE LABOR TO REPLACE IT WAS AT MY EXPENSE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS GOING TO RETURN THE DAMAGED PART TO NISSAN BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING BECAUSE THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A 5 YEAR OLD CAR WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557648December 29, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TRIED STARTING THE CAR; ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. WAS STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT CLOSE TO MY MECHANIC'S SHOP AND CALLED HIM. MECHANIC SENT HIS ASSISTANT TO THE PARKING LOT WHERE I WAS AND HE TRIED TO GET THE CAR TO TURN OVER. HE SAID HE THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING FUEL. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FUEL PUMP WAS BROKEN. MECHANIC HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING A REPLACEMENT NISSAN FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP WAS OBTAINED AND INSTALLED AT MY EXPENSE. MECHANIC FELT THAT FUEL PUMP SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A 5 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557257December 26, 2013
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
WELD BETWEEN THE MUFFLER PIPE AND FLANGE FAILED. IT WASN'T A HOLE THAT RUSTED OUT BUT A CLEAN FAILURE AT THE WELD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10550316October 31, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
THE FAN MOTOR ON THE AC/DEFROST STOPS WORKING LEAVING THE OPERATOR NO WAY TO DEFROST THE VEHICLE WHEN EVER THE WINDSHIELD EITHER FROSTS OR FOGS OVER. THIS RENDERS THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THE WINTER. THE A/C WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON REGARDLESS IF YOU SELECT IT OR NOT. THERE ARE LITERALLY A FEW THOUSAND OWNERS WITH THIS IDENTICAL ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALL OF THEM NEEDED TO REPLACE THIS PART WHICH CAN COST ON AVG. $500 OR MORE. THE DEALER STATES THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT THEY STOCK THE PART. HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE BEFORE NISSAN RECALLS THE VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE PART? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548662October 21, 2013
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN ADDITION TO A BURNING ODOR. ALSO, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FELL TO THE GROUND AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548678October 21, 2013
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD THUD. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED, DAMAGING THE RIM AND PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 11/19/13*LJ UPDATED 11/26/2013 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544300September 18, 2013
POWER TRAIN
CVT TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A METAL RUBBING NOISE WHEN IN DRIVE AND IDLING. NISSAN DEALER CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE DUE TO CVT FAILURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525633July 18, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA WHILE DRIVING AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524809July 15, 2013
SUSPENSION
WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE OTHER DAY, I HEARD A VERY LOUD "METAL ON METAL" SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR, FOLLOWED BY A NOTICEABLE LOWERING OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND FOUND A PIECE OF METAL ON THE DRIVEWAY IN THE SHAPE OF SEMI-CIRCLE AND SNAPPED ON ONE END. AFTERWARDS I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD BOTTOM OUT ON ENTERING/EXITING DRIVEWAYS AND TAKING MINOR ROAD IMPERFECTIONS AND POTHOLES VERY HARD. WENT TO MY MECHANIC, SHOWED HIM THE PIECE OF METAL I FOUND AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THEN, AND HE SAID YOUR SPRING COIL BROKE. UPON READING ALL THE SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS FOR THE VERSA FOR SIMILAR MODEL YEARS, THIS HAS TO BE EITHER A DEFECTIVE PART OR DESIGN ON NISSAN'S PART. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT EXPERIENCED A BROKEN SPRING COIL. I WOULD NOT EXPECT A CAR SLIGHTLY OVER 5 YEARS OLD TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN. DOES NISSAN INTEND ON ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524210July 10, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE 10 FREEWAY HEADED EAST NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, MY CAR'S BRAKES SUDDENLY DID NOT RESPOND, CAUSING ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. BEFORE THE INCIDENT THE CAR'S BRAKES WORKED FINE AND AFTER THE INCIDENT THEY FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. I TRIED MULTIPLE WAYS TO GET THE BRAKES TO "BITE" BUT ALWAYS GOT A DEAD PEDAL AND NEVER GOT THE CAR TO STOP UNTIL I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT AROUND 20 MPH. THIS CAR HAS SOME FLAWS ON IT THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT INCLUDING THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH DOES NOT RESPOND VERY WELL TO DRIVER INPUT, THE LAZY TRANSMISSION, WHICH HESITATES TOO MUCH AND DEALERS REFUSE TO FIX, THE IGNITION/STARTER, THE FLIMSY BODY THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE OUT OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS TOYS AND ITS AXLES THAT CAN'T STAND EXTENSIVE CITY DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10523540July 7, 2013
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHILE SITTING IN THE YARD WE HEARD A METAL CLANG SOUND COMING FROM ONE OF THE CARS. WE LOOKED BUT COULD NOT TELL WHICH CAR IT CAME FROM. LATER WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SHREDDED. THIS WAS DUE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BEING BROKEN. WE LATER FOUND THE BROKEN PIECE WHERE THE CAR WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 48,684 MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521890June 26, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT PUTTING IT ON A COMPUTER WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND ADVISED HER TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REFUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO CAUSE FOR FAILURE WAS FOUND AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. SIX MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516085June 10, 2013
SUSPENSION
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WE HEARD A LOUD BANG, THEN THE CAR DARTED HARD TO THE LEFT. COULDN'T GO OVER 15 MPH WITHOUT LOUD SCRAPE AND HARD PULL TO LEFT. GARAGE SAID COIL SPRING BROKE IN HALF AND ALMOST PUNCTURED TIRE. NO RUST ON THE SPRING, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515508June 6, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING CAR INTO PARK. DASH INDICATOR SAID IT WAS IN PARK . THEN I COULD NOT REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY. I THEN WIGGLED THE KEY IT CAME OUT. AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR IT STARTED TO ROLL DOWN HILL. BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL SERVICE STATION AND THEY HAD FOUND THE SHIFTER TO HAVE A BROKEN PIECE OF PLASTIC IN IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511566May 12, 2013
STEERING, POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CAR HAS BEGUN TO MAKE A LOUD METAL CLUNKING SOUND AT THE TOP RIGHT SUSPENSION AS WELL AS WHAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A GRINDING BUT NOT SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE AT THE TIME. THE SOUND GETS WORSE WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL CHANGING SPEEDS, SWITCHING LANES, ON POT HOLES OR AN UNEVEN SURFACE. I TOOK IT TO A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. WHILE DRIVING WITH A MORE EXPERIENCED MECHANIC HE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOUND TO BE ISOLATED TO THE RIGHT STRUT AND THE LEFT INNER TIE ROD. HE SAID THAT THE STRUTS ARE USUALLY ONLY REPLACED ONCE IN A CARS LIFETIME SO I AM WONDERING WHY IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SO SOON. I AM WRITING THE COMPLAINT BECAUSE I THINK THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ALL ALONG. THE CAR NEEDS AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF REALIGNMENTS AND BRAKE REPLACEMENTS. WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED THE CAR THE ROTORS AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE SOMEHOW THEY HAD BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THE STEERING HAS ALWAYS FELT INSECURE AS WELL AS THE FEELING WHEN PRESSING THE GAS AND THE BRAKES. THE FEELING I HAVE NOW UNDER THE PEDALS WHEN THE SOUND OF THE STRUT MALFUNCTIONING ENGAGES I HAVE FELT ALL ALONG BUT NOT THIS INTENSELY. THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE PARTS USED AS I HAVE SPOKEN TO SO MANY NISSAN OWNERS WHO REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE OF STEERING AND EXHAUST SYSTEM ISSUES ON NISSANS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509201April 22, 2013
WHEELS, TIRES
MARCH 2012 - TIRE SENSOR LIGHT WENT OFF; ONE SENSOR REPLACED. DECEMBER 2012 - TIRE SENSOR LIGHT WENT OFF, AND LOCAL TIRE SHOP SAID THEIR DIAGNOSTIC SAID SENSORS OK BUT THAT I SHOULD GO TO DEALER. MARCH 2013 - DEALER'S DIAGNOSTIC SAID BOTH REAR SENSORS BAD, BUT LOCAL TIRE SHOP'S DIAGNOSTIC MACHINES SAID ONLY ONE SENSOR BAD (APRIL 2013). ONE SENSOR REPLACED. APRIL 2013 - TIRE SENSOR LIGHT WENT OFF, AND SAME TIRE CHAIN SAID SENSORS WORKING AS PER THEIR DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. APRIL 2013 - SENSORS RELEARNED, BUT LIGHT WENT OFF WITHIN 1 DAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508072April 12, 2013
SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
I PARKED MY NISSAN VERSA IN A PARKING LOT WHILE I WAS AT WORK ALL DAY. I HADN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. WHEN I GOT IN TO LEAVE IN THE EVENING AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND WENT FORWARD A FEW INCHES, I HEARD A HORRIBLE CRUNCHING NOISE LIKE I HIT SOMETHING. WHEN I BACKED UP TO SEE WHAT WAS UNDER MY CAR, I JUST SAW A METAL HORSESHOE SHAPED BROKEN PIECE ON THE GROUND. MY MECHANIC SAYS IT IS A COIL SPRING THAT BROKE. I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS FROM NISSAN VERSA OWNERS. THE BROKEN PART DIDN'T SEEM RUSTY AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE CAR HASN'T BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN OUT OF THE BLUE. *TR THE DEALER STATED THE REAR COIL SPRING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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