I WAS ON THE STREET AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED GOING FORWARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. NOW THE CAR STARTS, JUGGLE BACK AND FORTH BUT I CAN'T GO OVER 45 MILES PER HOUR. NO ONE AT NISSAN WILL HELP ME. TELLS ME IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. WITH COVID I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH TO BUY ANOTHER CAR AND LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. I AM STILL PAYING FOR A BROKEN CAR.
2013 Nissan Versa complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2013 record →
THERE IS HESITATION WHEN I ACCELERATE, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO GET UP TO SPEED (WHICH ISN'T GREAT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE FREE WAY). WHEN I PUSH ON THE BREAK AND THEN TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK IT FEELS LIKE MY CAR IS STILL BREAKING. WHEN I'M STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT MY CAR SHAKES.
THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE GOING UP A BRIDGE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO THESE VEHICLES WITH THE TRANSMISSION TYPE. IT IS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF THIS TRANSMISSION TYPE. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE, IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALLS.
WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN HARD SHIFTING, LONG SHIFTING, SKIP SHIFTING, AND NOT SHIFTING. WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL GOING UPHILL IT WILL REV UP AND MAKE OUT ON RPMS AND I HAVE TO TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL. AT ONE POINT GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY IT HAD NO POWER LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. I STILL AM HAVE SHIFTING ISSUE.
TRANSMISSION BEGAN HARD SHIFTING, LONG SHIFTING, SKIP SHIFTING, AND NOT SHIFTING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THIS IS BECAUSE A REVERS TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED TAIL LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION WORKS NORMAL. THIS DOESNT SOUND RIGHT TO ME!
THIS NISSAN VERSA 4 DOOR FAMILY VEHICLE WAS MADE WITH A FAULTY CVT BY NISSAN WHICH IS SLIPPING AND PREVENTS THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING PROPERLY CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING HAZARD WHILE ON THE ROAD. A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST INFORMED US THAT NISSAN'S ARE NOTORIOUS FOR PRODUCING VEHICLES WITH FAULTY CVTS AND THEY DO NOT PROVIDE PARTS SO THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED COSTING OVER 4,000 DOLLARS. WE CONTACTED THE NISSAN DEALER AND NISSAN U.S.A. AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO HELP US WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. THEY DO NOT CARE THAT THEY PRODUCED ANOTHER LEMON! WE ARE FORCED TO MAKE MONTHLY CAR PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT WE CANNOT DRIVE!
SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. FIRST TIME WAS TURNING LEFT AT A LIGHT, TOOK OFF AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE TURN CAR SHUT OFF AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A BUS STOP AND NOT GET REAR-ENDED. NOW HAS STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET ROUGHLY 40 MILES PER HOUR ON THE STREET. CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND COMES TO A CRAWL, ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED BUT CAR BEHIND STOPPED IN TIME. STARTED CAR BACK UP AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN, THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER IT TURNED OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET.
THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER CHARGING ME $119.84 I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE REPAIRED FOR A COST OF $1136.00. I WAS TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS MAY OR MAY NOT GO OFF IF I WERE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. SOUNDS LIKE A DEFECT TO ME. I'VE OWNED A LOT OF CARS AND I'VE NEVER HAD AN AIRBAG GET WORN OUT AND BREAK. *TR
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR OCCASIONALLY WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. HAD NISSAN PERFORM A BRAKE SYSTEM FLUSH AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. THEY ASKED ABOUT CHANGING OUT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE WAY THAT THEY ASKED MADE ME BELIEVE THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW OF A PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF CAR. I CHECKED UP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND NOTICED AN INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS IN STREET TRAFFIC OR HIGHWAY WHEN TRYING TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE AND IS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE AND STILL OCCURS AFTER THE BRAKE FLUSH TO REMOVE ANY AIR IN THE SYSTEM.
SINCE BUYING THE CAR IN 2016, MY CAR TRANSMISSION HAS RECENTLY FAILED. I HAD NO LIGHT UP THAT INDICATED A WARNING IN MY TRANSMISSION. MY CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS I WAS TURNING LEFT INTO A 4-WAY INTERSECTION. BEFORE THAT THE FAN WAS ALSO DEFECTED UPON PURCHASING. I OWN THE THE CAR NOW.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (COOK CHEVROLET610 N, TROY RD, ELBA, AL 36323) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A QUOTE OF $2500-3000 FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
STARTING AT 50,000 MILES THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. THE CAR WAS MAINTAINED BY A MECHANIC AND ALL BELTS WERE CHECKED. THERE WAS NO CARS FOUND AT THAT TIME. AFTER HITTING APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING MORE ISSUES THAT INCLUDED LOUDER NOISES FROM THE ENGINE, UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, AND AFTER LETTING THE FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN IMMENSELY. RECENTLY THE CAR WAS CHECKED AGAIN BY MY MECHANIC AND IT WAS FOUND IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS AT FAULT. A FEW TIMES WITH THE CAR IN PARK HAD SEVERE TREMORS TOO. NOW WITH 75,000 MILES THE CAR IS HAVING STRONG JERKS WHEN BEING PUT I TO REVERSE. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING I NEED TO LET OFF THE GAS AND ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TIME TO CHANGE GEAR.
WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE WAIVES TO THE RIGHT AND SINCE THE STEERING WHEEL IS HELD STRAIGHT THE CAR COMES BACK INTO THE LANE. THIS HAPPENS AT SPEEDS 30+ AND SPECIALLY 60+. I CHANGED 4 MICHELIN NEW TIRES, DID ALIGNMENT AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT SUSPENSION IS GOOD "TIGHT" AND NO LEAKING IS VISIBLE FROM THE JOINTS. PROBLEMS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE I AM PLANNING TO GIVE THE CAR TO MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 129 THOUSAND MILES..CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID IT WAS 9 THOUSAND MILES OUT OF WARRANTY..AND THAT IT WAS OUR PROBLEM..ABSOLUTELY RUDE ABOUT IT..WE HAVE 161 THOUSAND ON IT NOW STILL WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION CAUSE IT'S TO EXPENSIVE TO FIX.. PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT RECALLS ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION BUT I CAN'T FIND ANY FOR THIS CAR
EVERY TIME I WANT TO SPEED MY CAR SLOW DOWN, AND HAS A WEIRD SOUNDS IN THE MOTER.
WHEN DRIVING AS I AM PICKING UP SPEED CAR JERKS (PULL) AS IT SWITCHING GEARS.
WHILE DRIVING ONTO THE FREEWAY MY CAR STARTING HESITATING TO CATCH SPEED AND AFTER IT DID WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IT BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND LOOSE POWER . IT WAS ACCOMPANIED WE WITH WHINING SOUND AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON . I WENT TO A TRANSMISSION HAD A FLUID EXCHANGE DONE AND THE FLUID TURNED TO A DARK LOOKING OIL ALMOST SIMILAR TO MOTOR OIL . THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED AND ON CITY ROAD AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE QUALITY OF MY DRIVE TRAIN DECLINED TO TO THE POINT OF NO LONGER RUNNING. MY VEHICLE HAS NOW BEEN PARKED FOR ALMOST 2 AND A HALF MONTHS . IT ONLY HAS 114,000 MILES ON IT . I CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA WILL NOT HELP ME FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BERMAN NISSAN OF CHICAGO (3456 N KEDZIE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60618, 773-295-4650) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A QUOTE OF $4,000 FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE AND THEY AGREED TO PAY 60% OF THE COST FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.
THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT WANTING TO CATCH THE GEARS TO MAKE IT DRIVE.
I WAS ABOUT TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING LOT, I CHANGED MY GEAR FROM PARKED TO DRIVE AND AS I STARTED TO DRIVE OUT, I NOTICED MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AGAIN AND MY CAR JERKED BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE OF TIMES AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT USUALLY THE CAR ONLY JERKS FOR A SECOND WHENEVER I CHANGE GEARS.
I HAVE HAD A JUDDERING AND DELAYED ACCELERATION ISSUE SINCE REACHING 50,000 MILES HAD IT CHECKED BY THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD NO ISSUE COULD BE FOUND. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIRES. SINCE THEN THE JUDDERING AND LOW DELAYED ACCELERATION JUST GOT WORSE. WENT TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE TCM TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE? SINCE THE TCM WAS REPROGRAMMED I HAVE HAD 2 OCCASIONS WHEN ACCELERATING TO GO ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE THE RPMS JUMPED UP TO 5000 AND OVER WITH NO POWER (HIGH RPMS AND NO POWER). I HAD TO PULL OVER COME TO COMPLETE STOP AND UNTIL THE RPMS WOULD COME DOWN. ALSO EVERY TIME WHEN GOING UP HILLS BIG OR SMALL THE VEHICLE'S RPMS JUMP UP AND BARLEY MAKES IT UP THE HILL. (HIGH RPMS AND NO POWER) THIS VEHICLE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. THE DEALER INSPECTED IT AGAIN WITH NO INDICATORS TELLS ME ITS THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT BACK AT 50,0000 MILES.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.
CVT TRANSMISSION STARTED GOING OUT. SAME EXACT ISSUES AS OTHER NISSIANS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THEM. I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM CAR LOT HAVEN'T HAD IT FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. ALL SUDDEN I TRIED ACCELERATING FROM DEAD STOP CAR WOULDN'T MOVE TURNED CAR OFF THEN BACK ON IT STARTED WORKING OK, THEN WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY INTERSTATE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GET ANY POWER PRESSED GAS NOTHING CAR STARTED JOLTING AS IF I HAD PUT IT IN A GEAR OTHER THAN DRIVE ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE RAMMED FROM BEHIND BY 18 WHEELER PLEASE HELP.
TAKATA RECALL: TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT AFTER 2 YEARS OF BUYING OFF THE NISSAN LOT. THIS HAPPENED WHEN IN ROUTE OUT OF TOWN FOR THE DAY, CAR WAS STALLING AND SEEMED TO BE IN NEUTRAL BUT ACTUALLY IN DRIVE. HAD TO TOW HOME AFTER STOPPING AND GOING ON STREETS AND FREEWAYS.
ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO DRIVING HOME FROM WORK MY AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING IT HAS NOT STOPPED.
I WAS DRIVING AT A NORMAL SPEED ON THE STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTS TO SLOW DOWN AND COMES TO A SUDDEN STOP I TRIED TO PRESS THE GAS AND DOES NOT RUN. I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED DUE TO THE SUDDEN STOP WITH NO WARNING OR LIGHTS ON.
I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2015, THE CAR ALREADY HAD CVT ISSUES. IT USED TO JERK AND SOMETIMES I HAD TO TURN IT ON AGAIN BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS NOT AWARE IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE RPM STARTED TO GO UP AND DOWN, IN THE HILLS THE CAR WOULD NOT GET SPEED. IN 2017, THE CAR WAS STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO THE POINT THAT I COULD NOT DRIVE ANYMORE, PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGEROUS. I WENT TO NISSAN AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, IN JULY 2018 THE RPM STARTED TO GO UP AND DOWN AGAIN. ON DECEMBER 31ST I WENT TO NISSAN AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION PART, I REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, AS SOON AS I LEFT NISSAN I REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. I WENT BACK TO NISSAN THEY TOLD ME THAT WATER WAS GOING INSIDE A HOLE IN MY TRUNK AND GOING TO THE LIGHTS AND IT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I WENT TO A TRUSTED BODY SHOP AND A MECHANIC TO GET A SECOND OPINION, BOTH TOLD ME THAT THE LIGHTS DID NOT HAVE TO DO WITH THE MALFUNCTION OF THE CAR., BESIDES THERE WASN'T ANY WATER MARKS INSIDE MY TRUCK. I WENT BACK TO NISSAN AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE LIGHT CONNECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I WENT TO MY MECHANIC AGAIN AND ANOTHER REPAIR PLACE, BOTH AFFIRMED THAT LIGHTS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSMISSION, ISSUES RELATED WITH RPM OR THE CAR STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS A ENGINE CODE ON WHICH SHOWS THE PART THAT I JUST CHANGED AT NISSAN. NOW I AM CONCERNED WITH MY SAFETY BECAUSE IF I STOP AT AN INTERSECTIO
TRANSMISSION SHAKES /STUDDERS AND VIBRATES ON ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN PRESSING ON GAS. ALSO NO DELAY IN ACCELERATION WHEN PRESSING GAS FROM STOP OR SLOW SPEEDS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID ON ICE AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER RECEIVED A MILD CONCUSSION AFTER HER FACE STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V449000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPAIRED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MOSSY NISSAN CHULA VISTA (1885 AUTO PARK PL, CHULA VISTA, CA 91911, (619) 397-6578) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.
PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT (WARNING THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE OFF) IS CONSTANTLY ON; NO MATTER IF NO ONE, AN ADULT, OR A CHILD IS IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS IDLE OR IN MOTION. SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT (WARNING THAT SEAT BELTS ARE NOT BEING USED BY DRIVER OR PASSENGERS) WAS CONSTANTLY ON, EVEN THOUGH DRIVER DID WEAR A SEAT BELT & NO PASSENGERS WERE IN VEHICLE. SPONTANEOUSLY CORRECTED ITSELF; CURRENTLY HAVE NO ISSUE.
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHICH CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS WHEN TRAFFIC IS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN WHEN NISSAN SLOWS DOWN AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. APPEARS THAT 2014 HAD A RECALL BUT THAT RECALL IS NOT HONORED FOR 2013 NISSAN VERSA. A 5 YEAR OLD CAR NEEDS A TRANSMISSION BEFORE THE CAR IS EVEN PAID OFF
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND AND THEN THE STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. A LOCAL MECHANIC CAME TO THE CONTACT'S HOUSE AND REPLACED THE PIN THAT HELD THE STEERING COLUMN TOGETHER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LARRY H. MILLER NISSAN SAN BERNARDINO (735 SHOWCASE DR S, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408, (909) 347-6785), BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.
WE OWN A 2013 NISSAN VERSA, WITH 52,310 MILES. WE KEEP GREAT CARE OF THE CAR, WITH ROUTINE MAINTANCE CHECKS, OIL CHANGES, TIRE ROTATIONS, ETC. THE CAR IS HOUSED IN THE MIDWEST, THUS DRIVING ON A FAIRLY FLAT SURFACE IT'S WHOLE EXISTENCE. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. WE FOUND OUT WE HAVE TO GET A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN OUR VEHICLE COSTING $4,050. THIS SEEMS OUTRAGEOUS AS OUR VEHICLE HAS LESS MILES THAN THE AVERAGE VEHICLE PUTS ON EACH YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE TO GET NEW FRONT BRUSHING COSTING $387.53. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR A CAR WITH THAT LITTLE OF MILEAGE ON IT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. OUTRAGEOUS!. THE VEHICLE CLOCKS WHEN BRAKING, GOING OVER THE SMALLEST BUMPS, AND TURNING. THE VAHIE STRUGGLES TO GET UP TO 40 MPH AND HAS A NOTICEABLE KICK TO IT. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AS SOON AS WE NOTICED A PROBLEM.
I WAS GOING 35 MPH AND I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AS I NOTICED THE CARS INFRONT OF ME WERE AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT, I PRESSED MY BREAKS AND NOTICED I BARELY EVEN SLOWED DOWN AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME I PUT MY EMERGENCY BREAK ON AND IT MADE MY CAR SLIDE FORWARD FORCING MY CAR INTO THE REAR END OF THE CAR AHEAD OF MINE. THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR IS AN ESTIMATE.
CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING SPOT. IT WAS ABLE TO MOVE IN REVERSE; HOWEVER, WHEN IN 'DRIVE' NO POWER/GAS WAS GOING TO THE VEHICLE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.
TRANSMISSION SLIPS STALLS SHUDDERS AND WON'T PULL AWAY FROM STOP LIGHT AT TIMES ALSO ON ACCELERATION IT HESITATED BADLY
WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE (NEW) IN 2012 FOR THE 2013 NISSAN VERSA, I NOTICED THAT WHEN TAKING OFF AT A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE/TRANS SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS A HESITATING TO GO. I MENTIONED THIS TO THE SERVICE GUY WHEN I WENT IN FOR MY FIRST OIL CHANGE, HE SAID THAT IT'S BECAUSE IT A CVT TRANSMISSION. ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO OR SO, THE CAR WOULD JERK WHEN TAKING OFF AT 20MPH AND THE RPM NEEDLE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN AS I ACCELERATE TO GO FASTER, I'VE TAKEN THIS CAR FOR OIL CHANGES AND KEPT UP WITH THE RECOMMENDED SERVICES. I'VE HAD THE TRANS OIL CHANGED AND IT STILL DOES THIS ESPECIALLY GOING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE CAR HESITATES TO GO, AND NOW I READ THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES JUST LIKE I DO. THIS MORNING WHEN GETTING ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO GO TO WORK, I WAS ACCELERATING AND IT HESITATED (LIKE ALWAYS), THEN AS I GAVE IT GAS, IT JERKED (RMP NEEDLE JUMPED TO 4 THEN BACK DOWN TO 2) AND SPED UP AND I ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I'M SO NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. PLEASE HELP. THIS IS DANGEROUS! I'M A SINGLE MOM OF 3 AND VERY PRECIOUS CARGO WITH ME. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS REALLY BAD SYSTEM, AND THEN SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
2013 NISSAN VERSA STRUGGLES TO TURN ON. CAR ALSO IDLES ROUGH AND HAS STALLED AT STOP LIGHTS. TOOK IT TO BUENA PARK NISSAN AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. RECENTLY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, IT WAS P0705 TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR.
YESTERDAY I HAD DROPPED OFF MY CAR AT UNIVERSAL CITY NISSAN FOR THE CVT RECALL REPAIR. WHEN I LEFT AND PROCEEDED TO GET ON THE 101 FREEWAY MY CAR LOST POWER AND WENT FROM 60 MPH TO ABOUT 10 MPH IN FRONT OF A BIG RIG ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE FREEWAY AT 5MPH AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 4000.00 DOLLARS AS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AS THEY SAID I COULD DRIVE ANOTHER 50 MILES. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH MY MECHANIC. I LEFT AND THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED ON A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION ON THE CORNER OF LA BREA AND FOUNTAIN BLVD. I HAD TO KEEP TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT TO GET IT INTO THE PARKING LOT OF AN URGENT CARE UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. THE DEALERSHIP IN NO WAY WANTED TO HELP AND SAID MY WARRANTY WAS UP IN FEBRUARY EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (MOSSY NISSAN, 8118 CLAIREMONT MESA BLVD, SAN DIEGO, CA) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.
TRANSMISSION STICK IN FIRST GEAR AND WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS ON CITY STREETS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKES LOST POWER AND DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT CALLED MICHAEL JORDAN NISSAN (919-489-3800, 3930 DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL BLVD, DURHAM, NC 27707) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DIVISION OF THE MANUFACTURER. AN INSPECTOR WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKE FAILURE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V507000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.
MY VEHICLE JERKS WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS. I WAS I NEED TO COMPLETELY REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH, NISSA HAS A RECALL ON ALL THEIR NISSAN VERSA'S TRANSMISSIONS.
NO TAKATA RECALL. ALSO MUFFLER FAILED AFTER 37,000 MILES REQUIRING HUGE COST TO REPAIR MULFFLER AND A PIPE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HESITATION. ONCE THE VEHICLE REGISTERED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO #1 COCHRAN NISSAN OF SOUTH HILLS (3200 W LIBERTY AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.
TAKATA RECALL, HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DELAYS IN BARKING PROCEDURES, LIKE THE PEDAL IS STUCK AND MY FOOT OR HEEL HAS GOTTEN STUCK EVEN WHEN I HAVE DISTANCE MYSELF ENOUGH CAR DISTANCE FROM A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. HAVE PUT ME IN A SITUATION THAT I HAD TON USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, FEEL PRESSURE ALL THE TIME, WHEN I OUT THE CAR IN REVERS, THERE IS A NOISE IN THE SHIFTING OF GEAR TO REVERSE, THIS HAS CAUSED CLOSE CALLS TO ME BEING IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN FEBRUARY 2018, FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT,
I'VE SPOKEN TO NISSAN COMPLAINTS, AND I'VE GOTTEN NOTHING. NISSAN VERSAS INTERMITTENTLY SHUTTER WHEN DRIVING. THIS IS DANGEROUS. NISSAN TOLD ME IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION, BUT REFUSE TO DIG INTO IT BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THEY CAN'T FIND THE CODES. THIS IS CRAP. I'M NOT DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION IS A CVT. WHEN I ACCELERATE PAST 2 RPG IT SHUTTERS REPEATEDLY. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF RECALL
CAR SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING ABOVE 40MPH. ENGINE SOUNDS ROUGH. HAS STALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN PARKING. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO HAVE 2 RECALLS FIXED. A CENTER CONSOLE MOULDING TRIM AND A CVT SOFTWARE UPGRADE. I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT. I WAS TOLD BY THE 1ST DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WERE NO APPARENT PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE IMMEDIATELY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS NOT INSPECTED AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A $200 INSPECTION FEE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS. THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY JUST ENDED IN FEBRUARY 2018. I TOOK THE CAR TO A 2ND DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING AND GIVEN AN ESTIMATED PRICE OF A REBUILD AND A NEW TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER AFFAIRS TOLD ME THAT THE CAR NEEDS FURTHER INSPECTION TO DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WILL NOT TELL ME IF THEY PLAN ON COVERING THE COST OF THIS INSPECTION. I THOUGH THE CAR WAS ALREADY INSPECTED A COUPLE OF TIMES. I'M GETTING INCONSISTENT CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT I'M TOLD WAS DONE TO THE CAR AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. MEANWHILE THE CAR IS GETTING WORSE AND I STILL HAVE 3 YEARS LEFT ON THE AUTO LOAN. I'VE READ ON SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT OTHER NISSAN VERSA OWNERS ARE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD BY MY CAR FRIEND THAT THEY ARE NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT AN EARLY AGE AND BY THE 2ND NISSAN DEALERSHIP T
THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ON THE DISPLAY GOES OUT FREQUENTLY WHILE IN MOTION. WHEN THE DISPLAY IS OUT, THE CVT TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS, SLIPS, AND/OR 'DOWNSHIFTS' HARD. THERE IS ALSO A LACK OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING WHICH BECOMES A PROBLEM WHEN ENTERING TRAFFIC. THE INDICATOR WILL GO OUT AND THEN COME BACK ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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