Nissan Versa Complaints (2014)

207 consumer complaints on file.

#11115618August 3, 2018
POWER TRAIN
2014 NISSAN VERSA CVT TRANSMISSION...WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A PAIN TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT AT 70 THOUSAND MILES. I HAD IT SERVICED AT 60 THOUSAND FOR ALL FLUIDS AND FILTERS DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS IN GREAT CONDITION I WAS MID WAY HOME FROM DROPPING MY NIECE OFF HOME AND THE VERSA STARTED SLIPPING GEARS AND SHUDDERING I ALMOST CAUSED A 5 CAR ACCIDENT IF I HADN'T PULLED OUT THE WAY OF THE CAR BEHIND ME. IMAGINE IF I HAD MY NIECE IN THE CAR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE DID CRASH BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY WANT 3800.00 TO FIX IT. I AM ONE OF THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS OF NISSAN NOT RECALLING THERE CARS KNOWING THEY PUT OUT A HORRIBLE AND DANGEROUS PRODUCT OUT ON THE ROADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115006July 31, 2018
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I RECIEVED THE CAR WITH A DAMAGED HEAT SHIELD. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS FIXED YET CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT. LATELY I HAVE HAD AXEL SEAL LEAK ISSUES AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE WHEN ACCELERATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11114257July 28, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY 2014 NISSAN VERSA HAS A CVT TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED AT 54,000 MILES. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A RE-MANUFACTURED CVT TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY. AT 122,500, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AGAIN. IN ADDITION TO "SHUDDERING", THE CAR AT TIMES WILL FAIL TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING A POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS SITUATION TO MYSELF, PASSENGERS AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CAR HAS FAILED TO ACCELERATE, AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN "T-BONED" AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING, CAUSING THE LACK OF ACCELERATION. I HAVE PHONED, EMAILED, AND WRITTEN TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA (CERTIFIED MAIL) WARNING THEM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY NOW AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. I SPOKE DIRECTLY WITH MARKITA SCOTT, ARBITRATION SPECIALIST (615-725-7884). I MENTIONED TO HER THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING AND THAT THE CAR'S FAILING TRANSMISSION POSED A SAFETY HAZARD. HER REPLY WAS THE "THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT." SHE REPEATED THAT NUMEROUS TIMES AND SEEMED NOT TO CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT OF DRIVING THIS CAR. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11113636July 25, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY 2014 NISSAN VERSA CVT TRANSMISSION IS HESITATING, FAILING TO ACCELERATE, AND ACTING ERRATICALLY. THIS IS CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I AND MY SON WERE ALMOST "T-BONED" WHILE PULLING OUT INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE CVT, AT TIMES, FAILS TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY, PUTTING DRIVER AT RISK. THIS CAR HAS 122,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE ORIGINAL CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 65,000 AND THE REPLACEMENT CVT TRANSMISSION IS NOW FAILING. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO MY DEALER, NISSAN AUTOFARE STRATHAM, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT I NEED A NEW CVT TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SINCE SENT CERTIFIED LETTER TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA NOTIFYING THEM OF THIS. I SPOKE TO MARKITA SCOTT, ARBITRATION SPECIALIST/DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT, AND STATED NISSAN WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME EVEN THOUGH THIS NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED AT JUST 55,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING/DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS PARTICULAR CVT TRANSMISSION AS I HAD 2 FAILED TRANSMISSIONS IN JUST 122,000 MILES. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THESE FAILURES REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD AND THE RESEARCH I DONE INDICATES THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. THERE'S A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS CVT PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110955July 12, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND HAD I NOT HAD THE RADIO OFF SO I COULD HEAR IT AND HAVE A CLUTCH I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MANY ACCIDENTS. THE GAS PEDDLE GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR LIKE ITS BEING SUCKED IN AND DOESN'T COME BACK UP SO THE ENGINE JUST SCREAMS LOUD AS THE CAR THRUSTS FORWARD AS FAST AS IT CAN GO, SO I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, APPLY THE BREAKS AND KEEP TAPPING ON THE GAS PEDDLE ALL AT THE SAME TIME UNTIL THE PEDDLE COMES BACK UP, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 15 TO 30 SECONDS AND IF YOU ARE RIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER CAR ITS JUST TO CLOSE OF A CALL AND IN THE MEAN TIME YOUR ENGINE IS SCREAMING SO LOUD UNTIL IT COMES BACK UP AND THEN AFTER YOU CAN CALM DOWN FROM GOING INTO SHOCK, YOU CAN CONTINUE. IT HAPPENS WHEN I TAKE OFF AT A GREEN LIGHT, ENTERING ONTO A HIGHWAY WHERE YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT SOME GAS OR PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE, SO BASICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE SOME OR EXTRA GAS. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN AT A GREEN LIGHT WITH ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME ONLY ABOUT 20 FT AND HAD TO THINK FAST AND THROW IT IN NEUTRAL OR IT WOULD HAVE PLOWED ME INTO THAT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I'M SCARRED TO DRIVE IT ON TRIPS TO GO SEE MY KIDS 100 MILES AWAY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS MORE THEN. IT DIDN'T START TILL IT WAS WITHIN THE 1ST YR BUT DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS AND THEN LIKE 5 MONTHS, NOW IT SEEMS TO DO IT A LOT MORE, SO I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME TO CALL YOU. I NEED IT FIXED LIKE NOW OR GET THEM TO PUT ME IN A NEW VEHICLE, PLEASE HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104603June 28, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CODE PO705 RANGE SENSOR/NEUTRAL SAFTY SWITCH .ALSO BOTH REAR TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLIES ARE DEFECTIVE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104013June 26, 2018
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE'S HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY OPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CAPITAL FORD, 4900 CAPITAL BLVD, RALEIGH, NC 27616) WHERE A FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11098737May 30, 2018
SUSPENSION
THE RIGHT STRUT SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. SURE GLAD I WASNT DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD AN ACCIDENT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11094061May 16, 2018
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED A 2014 NISSAN VERSA IN 2016 AND TWO YEARS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT. THE DEALER CONFIRMED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075327February 27, 2018
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY NAME IS [XXX] MY INFORMATION IS [XXX] PHONE NUMBER IS [XXX] WHEN I ALWAYS PUT A FULL TANK OF GAS IN MY CAR IT WILL NOT READ IT RIGHT IT TELLS ME THE SAME AMOUNT WHEN PUT GAS IN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A TOWN CALLED BENTON IL AND I WAS GOING AROUND A AROUND ABOUT AND I MADE MY FIRST RIGHT AND MY BRAKES WHEN OUT AND I COULD NOT GET MY BRAKES TO WORK OR STOP I CALLED THE COPS WHEN I WAS IN A WRECK I HIT A LIGHT POLE IN TOWN AND THE BRAKES WENT OUT FOR ME FOR 5 SECONDS BUT EVERYONE ELSE SAID IT WAS FINE WHEN I KNOW IT WAS NOT I COULD NOT EVEN GET MY CAR INSURANCE TO LOOK AT MY BRAKES TO HAVE IF FIX THEY PAYED FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE CAR BRAKES TO GET FIXED I HAVE TO PAY THEM TO GET IT FIX WITH MY OWN MONEY THAT IS BULL CRAP I GOT 2 CHECK ONE FOR THE TOWING FOR $225 AND THE CHECK $4,130.00 TO GET MY CAR FIX THE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED OR LOOKED AT I WANT THE BRAKES LOOKED AT AND FIXED WITHOUT ME PAYING FOR IT OR I WILL SUE U GUYS BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTION IN THE CAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073790February 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SYMPTOMS ' CAR DRIVEN TODAY ABOUT 100 MILES. ENGINE SHUTOFF FOR GAS UP. ON RESTART THE ENGINE CAME ON,BUT NO POWER WHEN IN GEAR. PRESS OF ACCELERATOR BUT CAR BARELY MOVED. SHUTDOWN AND TURN BACK ON AND GOT A LITTLE POWER. LOOKED AT THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THOSE DO NOT COME ON WHEN BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. LIGHTS CHECKED AND ARE GOOD BULBS. THE ENGINE IDLED SMOOTHLY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS PROPERLY FUNCTIONING AND ENGAGED. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO ANY MOVEMENT FROM ON THE FOOT PEDAL TO THE ENGINE IN ANY GEAR, INCLUDING NEUTRAL AND PARK. AGAIN, THE ENGINE IDLED SMOOTHLY, THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED PROPERLY WHEN SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, ETC. HAD THIS SAME ISSUE ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, NISSAN MECHANIC NOTED THE NO BRAKE LIGHTS AND GOT THOSE TO COME BACK ON. ONCE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORKED, THE ISSUE SUDDENLY WAS GONE. VERSA WAS BROUGHT IN FOR NO POWER AND THE CRUISE CONTROL KEPT DISENGAGING. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CRUISE CONTORL MODULE, THE BRAKE MODULE AND THE POWER TRAIN. ACTS AS IF THE COMPUTER CONTROL IS GETTING SIGNALS THAT BASICALLY DISCONNECTS THE ACCELERATION SIGNALS, OR IS CAUSING THE CVT TRANSMISSION TO DISCONNECT, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN SHIFT THROUGH TH GEARS WITH NO PROBLEM. JUST WON'T GET ANY ACCELERATION AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062796January 15, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WENT TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM DAYCARE ON DAY IN DECEMBER 2017. I STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND MY CAR WOULD BARELY CREEP, I BARELY MADE IT THROUGH A TURN LIGHT AND CLOSE TO GETTING HIT. I COULD BARELY GET UP TO 15MPH. I ENDED UP TAKING IT TO A SHOP AND WAS TOLD A PULLEY BROKE ON THE TRANSMISSION! IT SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED SHRAPNEL TO SHOOT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TOLD COULD OF GOTTEN INTO THE MOTOR! SO I WAS TOLD $4000 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE SHOP PUT ME THROUGH THE RINGER! THEY TOLD ME IT WAS FIXED AND IT WASN'T!! IT WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT! THEN I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. THEN I ENDED UP GETTING AHOLD OF THEM THE NEXT DAY AND THEY TOLD ME NO DOUBT IT IS FIXED AND THAT THEY ENDED UP NOT PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION AFTER THEY READ UP ON IT. I ENDED UP HAVING THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE IT WASNT FIXED! THEN THEY PUT IN A NEW ONE FINALLY AT NO CHARGE AND IT WAS FINE. TOOK 4 TIMES!! TWO WEEKS LATER AND IT STARTS BURNING A GAS/ROTTEN EGG SULFUR SMELL. THEN I FINALLY NOTICE OIL LEAKING OUT FROM UNDER MY CAR. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET!!! I AM ANGRY TO SAY THE LEAST!!1 I SPENT ALL MY SAVINGS AND NOW HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET A NEW CAR AND I DOUBT I CAN PAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11061089January 8, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
* CAR HESITATES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED AT A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN JOLTS FORWARD *IT TAKES LONGER THAN NORMAL FOR THE CAR TO START MOVING WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED * WHEN I TRY TO SPEED UP TO PASS ON THE FREEWAY IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET UP TO SPEED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058497January 4, 2018
POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT THIS VERSA BRAND NEW IN 2014. HAD CVT RECALL WORK DONE IN 2016. SHORTLY AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED, VEHICLE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME SHUDDERING AFTER A COMPLETE STOP AND DURING TAKE OFF. VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM GEAR TO GEAR HARD AND WITH A JERK. IT WILL BARELY ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO HAVE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, HOPING THIS WOULD HELP AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT A FLUSH WOULD NOT HELP. TAKING TO A NISSAN MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. VEHICLE HAS 106,000 MILES, BUT IS USED ONLY FOR LONG STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY COMMUTES.THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF VERY WELL, WITH ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT APPROPRIATE INTERVALS. IT SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION ISSUES THIS EARLY. IT FEELS LIKE THIS CAR IS A THROWAWAY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051552November 30, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE RIGHT REAR STOP LIGHT HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES AND KEEPS BURNING OUT. ALMOST GOT HIT BY CAR BECAUSE HE DID NOT SEE STOP LIGHT ON. LAST TIME THE BULB WAS REPLACED WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. NEED TO REPLACE SAME BULB AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048840November 28, 2017
AIR BAGS
I TOOK MY 2014 NISSAN VERSA TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON BUT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME TO SEE WHAT'S THE PROBLEM. I HAVE'NT HAD THE VEHICLE THAT LONG SO WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY TO SEE WHAT'S THE PROBLEM,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047405November 20, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE CVT TRANSMISSION LEFT MY DAUGHTER STRANDED IN ORLANDO FL. SHE LIVES IN JACKSONVILLE FL. 2.5 HOURS AWAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN SHE TRIED TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY TO HEAD HOME AFTER CLASS. WENT DOWN TO ORLANDO WITH MY TRUCK, RENTED A TOW DOLLY FROM U-HAUL AND TOWED THE CAR BACK TO JACKSONVILLE FL. I AM A ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN. I CONNECTED MY ($600.00) LAUNCH CR129 PRO SCANNER . IT DOES OBDII, ABS, SRS, TRANSMISSION. NO CODES NO MATTER HOW IT DROVE. AFTER 3 DAYS OF TROUBLESHOOTING I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND IT NEEDS A NEW ONE AT THE COST OF $3800.00. THE CAR HAS 66,000 MILES AND IS A 2014. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND WAS TURNED DOWN FOR ANY HELP. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH JATCO TRANSMISSIONS, THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS IT, NISSAN KNOWS IT, MITSUBISHI & SUBARU BOTH USE THE SAME JATCO TRANSMISSION AND HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE ISSUES ARE WIDE SPREAD OVER MULTIPLE CAR MANUFACTURERS AND ALL OF THEM ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEMS. A 2014 WITH 66000 MILES SHOULD NOT NEED A TRANSMISSION. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11046120November 14, 2017
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
SHIFTING FROM LOW TO OVERDRIVE LOSES POWER DRAMATICALLY. TAKATA RECALL MY VERSA IS IN MOTION ON SURFACE STREETS AND HIGHWAY TRAVEL! IT FEELS AS IF MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO DROP ON THE GROUND. SERIOS VIBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VEHICLE AND EXTREME DECELERATION!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11044633November 8, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043419November 5, 2017
ENGINE
"DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION" MY 2014 NISSAN VERSA STARTED SPUTTERING AND JERKING WHILE DRIVING AND NOW IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NOT DRIVE PROPERLY. THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM STARTED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND AFTER RESEARCHING IT APPEARS THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NISSAN VERSA VEHICLES AS THE MANUFACTURER IS REPEATEDLY SALING THESE UNSAFE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH A 2014 PURCHASED VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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