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2017 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 2017 record →

Air Bags
Filed Jun 10, 2018GA

AIRBAG LIGHT IS LIT AND BLINKING WILL NOT GO OUT. TIRES HAVE MADE THE CAR SHAKE SINCE DAY ONE.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed May 7, 201810,320 milesPA

TAKATA RECALL. FRONT END COLLISION THAT TOTALED VECHICLE, BUT FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. SIDE AIR BAGS WENT OFF BUT FRONT DID NOT. THE ACCIDENT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH, FRONT END ACCIDENT, SEVERED TO MISS DEER AND VECHICLE HIT DITCH.

Air Bags
Filed Mar 19, 20184,500 milesKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSED THE FRONT DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED MARSHALL NISSAN AT 866-413-5799 (3550 S 9TH ST SALINA, KS 67401) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,500.

Air Bags
Filed Jan 9, 2018CA

2017-12-20 I WENT TO NISSAN SUNNYVALE WHERE I PURCHASED FOR RECALL SERVICE (PM662 / 16V-724). THEY SAID IT WILL BE DONE SAME DAY WITH OIL CHANGE. BUT END OF THE DAY, THEY SAID THEY JUST CHECK THE CAR AND ORDER PARTS. RECALL SERVICE NEED TO WAIT FOR PARTS COME IN. THEY SAID IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE DAY OR A COUPLE MONTH. 2018-01-08 I TEXT MESSAGED TO SERVICE MANAGER FOR THE UPDATE. NO REPLAY. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 2 WEEKS.

Air Bags
Filed Nov 27, 20173,000 milesWI

AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF

Unknown or Other
Filed Nov 27, 2017235 milesAZ

WHEN ENGINE IS COLD AND THEN STARTED. AIR CONDITIONER MAKING METAL SCRAPING OR COMPRESSOR MAKING SCRATCHING SOUND. METAL AGAINST METAL

Air BagsCrash
Filed Nov 3, 20173,000 milesAZ

I PURCHASED MY 2017 NISSAN VERSA IN SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2017. WITHIN 2 WEEKS, I BEGAN HAVING BRAKE ISSUES. THE CAR WOULD SCREECH WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND MAKE ALMOST A GRINDING SOUND WHEN MAKING A HARD BRAKE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM (ABC NISSAN) AND THEY TWICE REFUSED TO FIX IT. THAN I DROVE ACROSS TOWN TO ANOTHER DEALER (MIDWAY NISSAN) WHO ADMITTED THAT IT WAS A KNOWN DEFECT AND SAID IT SIMPLY NEEDED MORE GREASE. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER BEING FIXED, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN TO STOPPED TRAFFIC WHEN THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO STOP. I ATTEMPTED TO STEER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SIDE LANE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION WITH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE AIRBAGS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED AND ALTHOUGH NO SERIOUS INJURIES OCCURRED, I FOUND THAT SOME PAPERS I HAD IN THE CAR HAD SOMEHOW BEEN TORN. ALTHOUGH I WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, MY SEAT BELT WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. I AM GLAD I AM ALIVE AND I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT INJURED (OTHER THAN VERY MINOR KNEE INJURY) BUT I FEEL THAT BOTH THE BRAKES AND THE AIR BAGS PRESENT SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERNS. PREVIOUS YEARS OF NISSANS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE BRAKE ISSUES. MY CAR ONLY HAD 24 MILES WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND FAILED AT 3,000 MILES.

Air Bags
Filed Oct 29, 2017IL

TAKATA RECALL - NISSAN DEALER IN GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL HAS REPEATEDLY STATED THAT THEY WILL CALL ME WHEN THE PART/S HAVE ARRIVED. IT HAS BEEN OVER SIX MONTHS

Service Brakes
Filed Sep 27, 20174,000 milesMO

2017 NISSAN VERSA SEDAN FWD. BRAKES ARE GOING TO FLOOR WHEN PEDAL IS PRESSED. IT SLOWLY FLOATS TO THE FLOOR BUT IS NOT A REPRODUCIBLE ACT EVERY TIME. SEEMS THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER COULD HAVE A POROUS SIDE WALL? WILL TAKE TO DEALER TO EVALUATE AND POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT ON WARRANTY SINCE 4000 MILES ON CAR.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 29, 201712,000 milesNC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CHAIN REACTION CRASH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH THEN CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO FUNCTION AS INTENDED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED CHEST AND FRACTURED RIBS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. ..UPDATED 09/11/17 *BF ...UPDATED 10/19/17 *BF *JS *CN

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 11, 201764 milesAZ

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2017 NISSAN VERSA NOTE. DROVE IT STRAIGHT HOME. OPENED THE HATCH AND SAW THE PASSINGERS REAR SEAT LATCH WAS UNLOCKED. TIPPED SEAT FORWARD AND FOUND THE SEAT BELT WAS STUCK IN THE LACH AND DAMAGED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND HE SAID THEY WILL REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. BUT THAT WILL NOT STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. THE SEAT BELT HANGS LOOSE AND NEEDS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF HOLDER TO KEEP IT FIRM AGAINST THE SIDE PANEL TO AVOID THE SEAT BELT FALLING INTO THE LATCH AREA AND GETTING STUCK IN THE LATCH AND CAUSING THE SEAT NOT TO LATCH AND DAMAGING THE SEAT BELT. THE DEALER SAID HE LOOKED AT AN IDENTICAL VEHICLE ON THE LOT AND FOUND THAT VEHICLE HAD SAME EXACT ISSUE AND DAMAGED THAT SEAT BELT TOO. HE SAID AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE SMALL NOTCHES IN THE SIDE PANEL THAT APPEAR MIGHT BE FOR A BRACKET OR SOME TYPE OF STRAP. BUT THE DEALER SAID THERE IS NOTHING AVAILABLE AND HAS NO IDEA WHAT THOSE NOTCHES ARE FOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THE SEAT WILL NOT LATCH IF BELT IS JAMMED IN IT AND IT IS DAMAGING THE SEAT BELTS. I CAN ONLY GUESS HOW MANY SEAT BELTS CONSUMERS MIGHT GO THROUGH EVERYTIME IT GETS JAMMED.

Air Bags
Filed Apr 9, 2017CA

TAKATA RECALL

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