2021 Nissan Versa: raw data

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vehicle	2021 / nissan / versa
known issues	8 clusters (reviewed 2026-08-21)
complaints	31 on file (2021-02-27 → 2026-06-02)
recalls	3
investigations	1
fars	46 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
indexed	yes
license	CC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

CVT transmission loss of drive and acceleration failurePOWER TRAIN8 complaints2023-09 → 2026-06versa-2021-cvt-power-loss

11719379 Cvt Transmission failed While driving transmission popped and no forward drive leaving us in traffic unable to move in forward. Had to get out and push the car to the side of the road. No warning lights no warning signs. Just immediate loss of forward drive. Engine revs up but…
11740221 On May 9, 2026 I was driving to work when my car experienced acceleration failure. It had 80,600 miles on it. When the acceleration failed, I was in the process of making a left turn and came very close to being hit by oncoming traffic
11689040 Need to put in complaint the CVT transmissions has been doing a lot of whining and jerky. Spoke to the dealership they stated had no idea what it was. Started to investigate and found out there were recalls in the 2012 to 2015 CVT transmissions on Nissans and there is pending…

Engine acceleration cutoff and gear hesitation under 35 mphUNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE3 complaints2024-03 → 2024-08versa-2021-acceleration-hesitation

11611743 Driving down the road, the car enters a phase where you can not accelerate at all. It seems like the fuel injectors are cut off by 90% and you can only accelerate to about 35 mph. It stalls often and feels as if it's struggling to switch gears. It only has 68k miles on it with…
11577226 Driving down the road, the car enters a phase where you can not accelerate at all. It seems like the fuel injectors are cut off by 90% and you can only accelerate to about 35 mph. Although this has happened the whole life of the car 26,000 miles, today I was fed up with it and…

Air bag non-deployment in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY2 complaints2022-05 → 2022-11versa-2021-airbag-non-deployment

11466320 Driving vehicle about 60-65 mph when collision with another vehicle occurred resulting in moderate front end damage to almost all of front bumper with no airbag deployment and put driver in danger due to speed and mechanism of collision which seems to be a malfunction in safety…
11492174 Driver lost control of vehicle and slid along fence to hit a tree stump. Driver airbags went off in time and driver was unscathed. Passenger remembers seeing tree hit car (vision was not obscured by deployed airbag). Passenger was seriously injured and needed airlift to…

Automatic emergency braking activation and brake lockupFORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING1 complaints2023-09 → 2023-09versa-2021-aebs-brake-lockup

11545075 20 miles down the road the Car brakes locked up the car skid a bit jerking driver and passenger forward. The driver stopped the car. A warning sign was on the dashboard showing a yellow square in front of a car and above two cars colliding. Monday I called the Nissan…

Rear windshield tint distortion during night drivingVISIBILITY/WIPER2 complaints2021-12 → 2021-12versa-2021-rear-visibility-tint

11443081 New car purchased 10/19/2021. Did not test drive at night. When I drove it the next night there is severe rear windshield refraction/distortion at night. Multiple head light reflections for every car behind. Unable to safely determine where cars are behind my vehicle
11443085 Rear window tinting - dealer installed. Causes severe distortion/refraction on rear windshield during night driving making it impossible to determine where the cars are behind me

Fuel gauge inaccurate reading after fill-upELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:FUEL GAUGE2 complaints2022-03 → 2023-10versa-2021-fuel-gauge-inaccuracy

11461272 After filling my tank, and driving less than 5 miles, it's at 1/4 full or below. Last fill up @145.3 miles: days later @ 145.3 miles 1/4
11552115 First the furl gage reads the wrong amount I filled up and the gauge never changed. The radio which is a known problem cuts in and out or just stops working

Water intrusion at spark plug coils causing engine misfireUNKNOWN OR OTHER1 complaints2024-02 → 2024-02versa-2021-water-intrusion-misfire

11570706 Water collects on spark plug coils and the car does not exceed 50 mpg, check engine light comes on. This has happened twice so far, the first time was 1/04/2024. I actually didn't drive the car for two weeks after the first repair, it just sat in the driveway in the rain and…

Driver seat belt self-releasing while drivingSEAT BELTS1 complaints2025-05 → 2025-05versa-2021-seatbelt-unbuckling

11661166 On three separate occasions while driving, my driver seatbelt has come unbuckled on it's own. Most recently today. It also sometimes sticks and is difficult to unbuckle

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

count	earliest_date	latest_date	crash_flagged	fire_flagged	top_components
31	2021-02-27	2026-06-02	5	0	POWER TRAIN:9; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:7; AIR BAGS:5; ENGINE:5; UNKNOWN OR OTHER:5

Recalls all years →

campaign_number	report_received_date	component	summary	consequence	remedy
21V471000	23/06/2021	EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:BULBS	Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Titan, Titan XD, and Versa vehicles. The front right and/or left turn signal bulb can crack and fail to illuminate.	Inoperable front turn signals cannot alert on-coming drivers and/or pedestrians that the vehicle will be turning, increasing the risk of a crash.	Dealers will inspect and replace the bulbs as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 20, 2021. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PM986 and PC811.
22V693000	15/09/2022	STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM	Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2021 Versa and Kicks vehicles. An intermittent electrical connection in the electric power steering (EPS) torque sensor can disable the power steering assist.	Loss of power steering assist can increase the steering effort required, especially at low speeds, and increase the risk of a crash.	Dealers will inspect the steering column torque sensor lot code, and replace the column, if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 9, 2022. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PMA10 / PMA25.
23V496000	18/07/2023	STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM	Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2021 Versa and Kicks vehicles. An intermittent electrical connection in the electric power steering (EPS) torque sensor can disable the power steering assist.	Loss of power steering assist can increase the steering effort required, especially at low speeds, and increase the risk of a crash.	Dealers will inspect the steering column torque sensor lot code and replace the steering column assembly, if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 8, 2023. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is PMA26. This recall involves vehicles that were previously inspected, but did not receive a steering column replacement, under recall number 22V-693. These vehicles will need to be reinspected for this recall.

Investigations all years →

action_number	status	subject	components	opened	closed	recall_campaign	summary
PE24007	closed	Reduced Power After Engine Stall	POWER TRAIN	2024-03-07	2025-10-02	·	The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on March 7, 2024, after receiving twenty (20) consumer complaints and multiple field reports describing reduced power (limp mode) after re-starting the vehicle following a stall on certain 2022-2024 model year (MY) Nissan Versa. A Preliminary Evaluation was opened to gather information and assess whether the subject vehicles contain a safety-related defect. During this investigation, Nissan explained that certain 2022-2044 MY Nissan Versa vehicles equipped with a manual transmission may, under specific conditions, experience

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_years	occupant_deaths	match_type	vpic_recovered
2010-2024	46	legacy-code	0

FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2021 Nissan Versa vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2021/nissan/versa

@misc{wrenchpro_2021_nissan_versa_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2021 Nissan Versa},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2021/nissan/versa}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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