Nissan Versa Complaints (2012)

486 consumer complaints on file.

#10850987March 22, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR HAS A CVT TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND OVER HEATS. TOOK IT TO 3 TRANSMISSION SHOPS ALL 3 SAY IT UNREPAIRABLE.WAS ALSO TO CVT TRANSMISSION WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND THEY ALL IN TIME WILL OVER HEAT AND CHEAPLY MADE AND A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO OUT BUT A CVT IS A DEFECT AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND NO ERRORS WAS CAUSED BY ME AND CVT TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD HAVE CONTACT NESSIN AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON-LINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850809March 21, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE EXTERIOR SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SEE MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING LARGE SUV'S ETC, IN THE LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS MAKES CHANGING LANES VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE NEARLY COLLIDED WITH VEHICLES ALONGSIDE ME A NUMBER OF TIMES TRYING TO CHANGE LANES. THIS WILL BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM UNTIL THE MIRRORS ARE REPLACED OR I REPLACE THE CAR WITH ANOTHER BRAND.THIS ISSUE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WHILE ALL CARS HAVE BLIND SPOTS, THE BLIND SPOTS FOR THIS CAR ARE ESPECIALLY SEVERE AND DANGEROUS DUE TO THE EXTERIOR SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS BEING TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLES TO BE SEEN IN. NISSAN IS SOMEWHAT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE FOR THE 2015 MODEL YEAR, NISSAN HAS ENLARGED THESE EXTERIOR SIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS SO THAT VEHICLES IN LANES ALONGSIDE THE VERSA CAN NOW BE MORE EASILY BE SEEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THE 2012-2014 VERSAS AND REPLACE THE EXISTING REVIEW EXTERIOR MIRRORS WITH THE LARGER MIRRORS THAT ARE NOW ON THE 2015-2016 VERSAS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845674March 9, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE RPM GAUGE INCREASED ABNORMALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 4,000-5,000 AND THE VEHICLE JERKED. IN ADDITION, WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE RPM GAUGE INCREASED TO 4,000 BEFORE THE VEHICLE BECAME OPERABLE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,670.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839893March 4, 2016
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED BETWEEN SHIFTING AND THE ENGINE RPMS REVVED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT GEARS VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839093February 29, 2016
AIR BAGS
MOTHER IN LAW WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO INFLATE POLICE REPORT FILED BROWNSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 16023840.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10838477February 25, 2016
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING ON I-5 NORTH OF SAN DIEGO AND CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE, RPM GOING INTO RED BUT NO ACCELERATION. CAR SLOWED TO 40'S THEN 30'S THEN STOPPED ALTOGETHER. HAD TO BE TOWED. CLEARLY A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. I GAVE THIS CAR TO MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE AND RELIABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838072February 24, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NO LONGER OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, IT CAN ONLY OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. I WAS SIMPLY PARKED AND TRYING TO EXIT MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY, AND I HAD TO ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT CAUSED THE HANDLE TO BREAK, AND THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL WEAR & TEAR THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE HANDLE TO BREAK. WE OPENED THE DOOR PANEL TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND OUT WHY THE HANDLE WASN'T WORKING. WE DISCOVERED THE CORD THAT CONNECTS TO THE HANDLE IS BROKEN. CONSIDERING I HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING UNUSUAL WITH MY DOOR HANDLE, I FEEL THAT THIS CORD IS A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838091February 24, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKED HEAT SHIELD BELOW CENTER CONSOLE, UNDERNEATH THE CAR PER NISSAN REPAIRMAN! I NOTICED THAT WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS THAT I WOULD A RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA, AND I COULD FEEL COOL AIR ALSO IN THAT AREA!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10836386February 16, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLES WOULD NOT MOVE. YOU PRESS THE PEDAL AND IT DOES NOT THROTTLE UP OR MOVE AT ALL LEAVING US EXPOSED TO TRAFFIC. AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR 1 HOUR WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE IT BUT THEN THE RPM BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 2000 AND 4000 RPM AND YOU COULD FEEL THE VEHICLE SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE THROTTLE. THIS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES SO WE TOOK IT TO A SHOP. THE DIAGNOSED THIS AS A BAD TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY STATED WAS COMMON ON FOR THIS TYPE OF CVT TRANSMISSION. I REVIEWED THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPLAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NISSAN CVT BUILT BY JATCO AND QUALITY ISSUES EXIST. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES ON THE 2010 MODELS WHEN THE 2012 THROUGH 2015 MODELS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND FAILURES POTENTIALLY LEAVING YOU STRANDED OR WORSE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION ABOUT TO GET WHACKED BY A SEMI. NISSAN REFUSED TO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE STATING THAT THERE IS NO ISSUE. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT LOGIC IS MR. GHOSN, CEO NNA, STATE IN DECEMBER 2013 THAT JATCO HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THEIR QUALITY OF PRODUCT. A PRODUCT THAT CAN LEAVE YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN IN A BAD WAY TRYING TO NAVIGATE TRAFFIC. SO MY POINT TO ALL OF THIS, NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH THEIR CVT TRANSMISSION BUT REFUSE TO MAKE IT RIGHT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825837February 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825412February 10, 2016
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 05/11/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG FAILED AT 20,000, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 32,000 AND THE WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED AT 50,000. UPDATED 05/17/16.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825240February 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
12/18/2015 DRIVING THE 2012 NISSAN VERSA SV ON I-380 TO US 101 DURING TRAFFIC HOURS. THE CAR IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE CAR WAS GOING UPHILL, STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL, THE RPM WILL NO GOES UP NEITHER THE CAR MOVE. THE RPM WILL GOES UP IN P OR N ONLY. AUTO SHOP TOLD ME, WHEN TRANSMISSION GETS HOT. IT WILL BE NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CAR ON THE INCIDENT DAY, THE CAR SHIFT SLOW AND VIBRATE A A LOT. AT HIGHER SPEED WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON OR STABLE SPEED THE RPM WILL GOES FROM 2000-5000 UP AND DOWN THERE IS NO ANY CHECK LIGHT ON THE CAR. IT WAS SCARY AND DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10824897February 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT THE 2012 VERSA NEW AND NOW THAT IT HAS AROUND 70000 THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. I TOOK ME VERSA IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A OIL CHANGE AND NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS LATER THE CAR STARTED TO DIE WHEN FIRST START AND WHEN YOU DO GET UP AND GO IT IS NOT SMOOTH. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION (TRANSAXLE) IS GOING OUT. $3800 QUOTE AND I JUST BOUGHT IT IN JULY OF 2012. OIL CHANGE 1/19/2016. TOLD TRANSMISSION WAS BAD ON 2/5/2016.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10823091January 29, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
"FUEL PUMP" SECOND FUEL PUMP IN JUST OVER 3 YEARS. SECOND ONE AT MY EXPENSE. REALLY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822844January 28, 2016
ENGINE
THE CAR JERKS , BUCKS, SPEEDS UP REALLY FAST, STOP OUT OF NO WHERE, SCRUB THE GROUND ONCE YOU PUSH ON BREAK THEN IMMEDIATELY JOLTS OUT OF NO WHERE, AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP WHEN PUSHING ON GAS IT GOES BACK INSTEAD OF FORWARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822482January 27, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS DISTRACTED AND SWERVED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND LEFT ARM, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10821615January 22, 2016
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING FAILED, CAUSED A POPPING NOISE, AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION SPRING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821401January 21, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PULLED UP TO A PUMP AT A GAS STATION, GOT OUT AND WENT IN THE STORE TO GET A DRINK. CAME BACK OUT AND MY CAR HAD LOCKED UP. THE STEERING AND BRAKES WERE BOTH LOCKED. THANK GOD I WASN'T IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I CUT THE CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT THERE BEFORE TRYING TO START IT AGAIN. IT CRANKS BUT NEVER TURNS OVER. THERE IS A BATTERY LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, PS LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT ON THE DASH. I RESEARCHED IT AND EVERYTHING INDICATED A BAD ALTERNATOR. I BOUGHT A NISSAN ALTERNATOR AND PUT IT ON. STILL NEVER TURNED OVER. THE FUEL PUMP RUNS AND I PUT SOME STARTING FLUID INTO THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT STARTED BUT DIED AFTER A FIVE SECONDS. EVERY NISSAN DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. ITS MY ONLY CAR, I'M FLAT BROKE AND I AM WALKING 2 HOURS TO WORK EVERY DAY SO I DON'T LOSE MY JOB. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10819959January 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CVT BELT SLIPPING CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. CAR HAS 66852 MILES ON IT JUST 6852 MILES OVER WARRANTY AND TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. DID RESEARCH AND THIS PROBLEM IS CONTINUOUSLY OCCURS WITH NISSAN VERSASO ANDNISSA REFUSING TO FIX THE ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10818931January 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TRANSMISSION RECALL BUT NOTHING SENT TO TELL US TELLING US THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. WE WERE TOLD IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL THEM. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR THE CAR JUST STOPPED GOING FORWARD AND STARTED TO COAST TO A STOP. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE BEING TAIL ENDED AND POSSIBLY KILLED. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER WE WERE TOLD ALL WAS OK BUT WHEN LEAVING IT WAS APPARENT THE PROBLEM STILL WAS THERE AFTER WE DROVE SOME DISTANCE. TOOK THE CAR BACK IN A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD COST 4200 TO REPAIR BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND THERE WERE TO MANY MILES ON THE CAR. TRADED THE CAR IN AT AN ENTERPRISE AFTER TELLING THEM ABOUT OUR TROUBLE; THEY LOOKED UP THE VIN # AND SAID IT WASN'T REPAIRED AS THE RECALL REQUIRED. LOST A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT WAS MUCH MORE CONCERNED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A DEADLY ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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