2008 Nissan Versa Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“BROKEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING. SHOP FOUND IT DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS TOLD THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE IF UNNOTICED”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE REPARIED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V573000 (SUSPENSION), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS A RESULT OF THE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURE, THE”

“THE LOWER FRONT CONTROL ARM ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHICH HOLDS THE FRONT WHEEL ON THE FRAME BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PART LETTING THE FRONT WHEEL LOOSE FROM THE CAR. A SMALL PORTION OF METAL THAT DID NOT BREAK HELD THE TIRE ON. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT”

“CLUNKING NOISES EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AT SLOWER SPEEDS, SUCH AS WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED WITH EXCESSIVE PLAY BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND TIE ROD END. POWER STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND TOP TORQUE ROD WERE”

“MY WIFE WAS MAKING RIGHT HAND TURN, ENTERING A HIGHWAY, SHE LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND PARKED ON THE SHOULDER. HAD CAR TOWED TO GARAGE, MECHANIC INSPECTED”

“EXHAUST FLANGE RUSTED OUT THE MUFFLER FLANGE ROTTED OUT. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR, THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS ROTTING OUT. VERSAS HAVE WEAK EXHAUST THAT DO NOT WITHSTAND HARSH CONDITIONS SUCH AS WINTERS”

“VARIOUS PARTS OF THE MUFFLER SYSTEM HAVE BROKEN ON THIS VEHICLE. THE INITIAL BREAK WAS IN 10-2014, AND WAS THE WHERE THE MUFFLER ASSEMBLY EX AND GASKET EXHAUST WAS REPLACED AT 91,671 MILES, AND NOW 10-2015, THE MIDDLE EXHAUST HAS TO BE REPLACED AT 108,090 MILES”

“EXHAUST IS LEAKING INTO THE CABIN OF THE CAR FROM SEVERAL PLACES. THE MUFFLER WAS REPLACED IN 2010 AFTER THE FLANGE BROKE, NOT RUSTED APART. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR IS OVER $2000.00 THIS CAR HAS 156K MILES ON IT BUT HAS BEEN DRIVEN MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE USA AND THERE”

“TAKATA RECALL - RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL IN EARLY MARCH 2017. PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WERE EXPECTED BY THE END OF APRIL. IT IS NOW THE BEGINNING OF JULY AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY UPDATES AND NO REPAIRS. I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO DRIVE WITH PASSENGERS IN THE FRONT SEAT”

“I RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY RECALL NOTICE IN JULY 2016, AND THE DEALER STATES THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. I THINK IS TOO MUCH BURDEN TO PLACE ON AN UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMER.I DO NOT HAVE THE USE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IN A SMALL CAR!NISSAN HADS”

“I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN JULY 2016 ABOUT THE AIR BAG SENSORS FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAGS BEING FAULTY AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. I'VE CALLED MY DEALERSHIP AND THE NISSAN HEADQUARTERS NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT GETTING THE PART REPLACED. EACH TIME I CALL, I'M TOLD THAT I HAVE TO”

“THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS ON NISSANS ARE UNSAFE. FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, OUR NISSAN VERSA WOULD BRIEFLY LOSE POWER WHEN WE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT IT ONLY HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY AND TEMPORARILY. THEN ON JULY 15, IT GOT MUCH WORSE. WE COULD BARELY DRIVE THE CAR”

“THIS CAR WAS BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP WITH 120,807 MILES AND THE COMPLAINT WAS IT WOULD NOT GO. MANY TRANSMISSION CODES FOUND AND TRANSMISSION FLUID VERY BLACK IN COLOR. HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION DO TO THE FACT THAT NO ONE WILL REBUILD THIS CVT TRANSMISSION. A GOOD DESIGNED”

“VEHICLE IS UNDER 100,000 MILES AND THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS OUT! I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE AND WHEN I GOT BACK TO MY CAR IT FLAT OUT DID NOT START NO ISSUES OR WARNING PRIOR TO IT NOT STARTING. I WAS STRANDED AT NIGHT WITH NO TRANSPORTATION”