Nissan 200SX Complaints

166 consumer complaints on file.

#761649May 7, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759692March 22, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR, SEATS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THIS CAR WAS RULED A LEMON. MBUSA ADMITTED THERE IS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THAT PREVENTS THE PASSENGER MIRROR FROM RETURNING TO IT'S MEMORIZED POSTITION AFTER IT TILTS DOWN WHEN THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. THE REMOTE KEY (I HAD IT REPLACED TWICE) RANDOMLY FAILS TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE VEHICLE. IT ONCE RANDOMLY LOCKED ME IN. THE PASSENGER DOORS ALSO UNLOCK WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO. THE SEAT ALSO FAILED TO RETAIN MEMORY AND I COULD NOT REACH THE PEDALS UNLESS I CORRECTED IT. IT CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION AFTER THE CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. THIS CAR HAD MANY RANDOM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758286February 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN 03/01 THE ENGINE WENT AT 69,000 MILES, THEN 2 WEEKS AFTER THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AXLE WENT, 06/01 THE FRONT CRANK SEAL WENT, 02/02 THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CLUTCH WENT ALONG WITH THE EGR SYSTEM CODE HOSE NOT BEING ATTACHED TO THE DASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758164February 13, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A DIASTER FOR US SINCE WE DROVE IT OFF THE LOT ON MARCH 18, 1996. WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OWNING THE CAR THE WATER PUMP BLEW UP WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IT, THEN THE CAR KEPT LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING IT ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND ALL TIMES WE KEPT BRINGING IT BACK TO THE NISSAN DEALER. WE ASKED TO GIVE THE CAR BACK CAUSE IT WAS A LEMON TO US BUT THEY DID NOT ACCEPT AND WE HAVE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR EVER SINCE. THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK, IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION BY LOOKING AT IT YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS NEW. TO MANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. I WILL NEVER IN MY LIFE BY ANOTHER NISSAN. WE STILL OWN IT AND WOULD LIKE TO GET RID OF IT. WE HAD TO REFINACE IT CAUSE THE PAYMENTS FOR IT WAS TOOOO HIGH. I WISH WE COULD BE REIMBURSED. EVERYONE WE KNOW EVEN KNOWS THE TROUBLE WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. I TRIED CALLING THE ORIGINAL PLACE WHERE WE BOUGHT IT TO TELL THEM ALL THE PROBLEMS AND NO ONE NEVER CALLED ME BACK. IT HAS BEEN HECTIC WITH THIS CAR. IT HAS BEEN SITTING INOUR DRIVEWAY FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP US??? THE ENGINE WENT OUT ONE DAY WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT OUT TO GO TO WORK ONE DAY. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WATERPUMP THREE TIMES, THE AC COMPRESSOR WENT OUT TOO EARLY AND HAD TO GET DISCONNECTED CAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH TO GET FIXED. THIS CAR IS A HEART ACHE AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET ANYMORE WORK DONE TO IT. NOW IT NEEDS SHOCKS. IT IS ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER. I CAN GET PROOF FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY STATING THAT WE HAVE SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME GETTING THIS CAR FIXED THAN DRIVING IT. WE HAVE HAD TO GET LOANS TO GET IT FIXED AND CAN'T AFFORD IT NO MORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757407January 27, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES. DEALER SAYS AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND COMPUTER MODULE IS BAD WITH A REPLACEMENT COST TO US (THE OWNER) OF $600. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION WHY THIS WOULD GO BAD. DEALER SAYS THEY SOMETIMES GO BAD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002593January 22, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A FUEL SMELL COMING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE VENTS, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564021January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563846December 7, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW UNIROYAL P175/65R14 WW UNIR AS TIRE ON 10-13-2001 AND STATES THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE WITH A DAMAGED BELT, CONSUMER IS EXPECTING A FULL REFUND. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755282December 4, 2001
AIR BAGS
I GOT OFF WORK AND GOT IN MY CAR. WHEN I STARTED IT THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING. I LET IT SLIDE FOR A LONG TIME AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN BECAUSE OF HOW EXPENSIVE THE PART WAS. NOW IM TRYING TO SELL THE CAR AND I HAD TO FIX IT. COST 623 DOLLARS ALTOGETHER. STARTED LOOKING INTO AND FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF AIRBAG PROBLEMS WITH THE 200SX, SOME EVEN WITH INJURIES. I THINK NISSAN ATLEAST OWES US AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, MAYBE EVEN A RECALL TO BE MADE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899199November 16, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
A PRIVATE MECHANIC EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR A FUEL LEAK AND DETERMINED THAT LEAK ORIGINATED FROM FUEL INJECTORS. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN 95I006000. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS RECALL ONLY APPLIED TO 6 CYLINDER ENGINE. REPAIRS WILL BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE SINCE THIS VEHICLE HA A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894631August 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT BRAKES WERE GRINDING. ALSO, WHEN SHE PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND MAKE A ROARING NOISE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893799August 8, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON EVERY SIX MONTHS. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER EVERY TIME. DEALER COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562304July 31, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE A FUEL ODOR WAS PRESENT WHICH WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL INJECTORS, THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT PRIOR TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED, THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN CONCERNING THE FUEL INJECTORS AND HOSES. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748891July 21, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE K-FRAME OR A-FRAME OR ENGINE SUSPENSION CORRODES DUE TO DEFECTIVE STEEL AND HAS POTENTIAL PROBLEM OF LOOSING CONTROL OF VHECLE WHILE DRIVING. CORROSION WAS SEEN EARLY NISSAN DEALERS NEVER MENSIONED THE PROBLEM UNTIL WARRANTY RAN OUT. NOW THE DEALER INDICATES THATE PROBLEM AS SAFETY HAZARD. MANFACTURER DECLINES TO HELP CORRECT PROBLEM.BUT DEALER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890105June 11, 2001
SEATS
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER SAT IN DRIVER SEAT, SEAT BOTTOM DETACHED FROM BOTTOM OF VEHICLE AND CONSUMER WAS THROWN BACKWARD. CONSUMER STATED LEFT FRONT ANCHOR BROKE, VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER NOT INJURED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746018May 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON APPROXIMATELY 6/30/97 AND AGAIN 4 WKS AGO DEALERSHIP CHECKED,STATED NO PROBLEM. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 5/22/01 AND ON 5/27/01 CAR DID NOT START. PER PEP BOYS ENGINE VALVES BURNED OUT. AIRBAG LIGHT CAME RT AFTER LEFT DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SERVICED BECAUSE DASHBOARD PANEL WENT BLACK AND INTERFERENCE WITH ALARM OPERATION. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AND ADVISED AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO VISIT. THEY CHECK AND ADVISED COMPUTER CHIP WAS BAD AND COST $800 TO REPLACE. REFUSED RESPONSIBILITY. I TOOK THE CAR IN 11/2000 FOR OVER $800 IN REPAIRS, INCL 90,000 MILE MAINTENANCE WORK EVEN THOUGH CAR ONLY HAD 84000 MILES. WORK INCLUDED RT CV JOINT REPLACEMENT. WITHIN 2 HOURS RT TIRE WAS FLAT. I PAID FOR TOWING TO DEALERSHIP, ADVISED JUST HAD WORK DONE ON THE RT SIDE AND THEY REFUSE OWNERSHIP. POINTED OUT THAT THE TIRE WAS SHINY, LOOKED LIKE SOME CHEMICAL BURNT ON AND THERE WAS STEAM/SMOKE FROM TIRE. HOW IS IT THAT AN AIRBAG NEVER BEFORE DEPLOYED CAN GO BAD. HOW IS IT THAT THE PANEL CAN GO BAD AND THE CAR IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. THE TRONCALLI NISSAN DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF DEFECTIVE PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745841May 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
IN EARLY APRIL OF 1997 THE GAS PEDAL BEGAN SLIPPING TOWARD THE CLUTCH UPON PRESSING IT TO ACCELERATE. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE ORIGNAL INCIDENT, THE SUPPORT BRACKET WHICH IS WELDED TO THE FIREWALL TO SUPPORT THE PEDAL AND ALSO ACT AS A PRESSURE POINT FOR THE TROTTLE LINKAGE BROKE. THE PIECE I AM REFERING TO CONTAINS A SPRING UNIT FOR THE PEDAL. IT SEEMS THAT THE PRESSURE OF THE PEDAL WORE THE BRACKET, MADE OF APPARENTLY ALUMINUM, INTO AT THE FOLDS WHICH PROVIDE THE PIECE A PLACE TO BE SPOT WELDED TO THE FIREWALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886984April 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
RECALL 95I00600; CONSUMER FOUND OUT ABOUT A RECALL. CALLED NISSAN DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED. CONSUMER WANTED TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT DEALER SAID COULD NOT DO IT UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER. BEFORE DEALER WOULD PERFORM RECALL VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. TOTALLED VEHICLE, AND DESTROYED GARAGE. NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS LOSS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886152April 17, 2001
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH VEHICLE WILL START PULLING TO SIDES. HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THEN, PROBLEM RETURNED WITH VIBRATION ON STEERING WHEEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743767April 9, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHEN THE CAR WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE MANUFACTURER, THE AIR COMPROSSER WAS BOLTED DOWN TO TIGHTLY. WE HAD PURCHASED THE CAR IN NOV. 1998 AND WHEN SUMMER OF 1999 ROLLED AROUND THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD NOT COOL. THE DEALER FILLED THE UNIT WITH FREON AND IT HELD FOR THE SUMMER BY SUMMER OF 2000 THE FREON HAD LEAKED OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY CHARGED US TO REFILL THE UNIT BUT PUT A DIE TO SEE ABOUT A LEAK, WHAT THEY FOUND WAS WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THE SCREW AT THE TOP WAS TIGHTENED DOWN TOO TIGHT AND THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK ALLOWING THE FREON TO ESCAPE. NOW INSTEAD OF STANDING BEHIND THE PART AND THE LABOR THEY ONLY ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE PART. IT WAS THE MANUFACTURER LABOR THAT MADE THE PART DEFECTIVE. PLEASE HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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