Nissan North America, Inc.: Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Nissan North America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 14, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 218,019. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Nissan (Nissan North America, Inc.) is recalling certain model year 2007-2012 Nissan Versa vehicles manufactured May 8, 2006, to November 12, 2012, that were sold or ever registered in the District of Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Road salt may corrode the front coil springs, possibly resulting in the coil springs fracturing.
The risk
If a front coil spring fractures, it may contact the tire, possibly puncturing it, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace both front coil springs, free of charge. The recall began on February 2, 2016. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Nissan Versa | 486 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| 2011 Nissan Versa | 269 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 2010 Nissan Versa | 269 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 2009 Nissan Versa | 504 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 2008 Nissan Versa | 381 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2007 Nissan Versa | 354 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V573000.
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