2008 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS ISSUE BACK IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED NOT BEING ABLE TO CARRY A PASSENGER FOR FEAR OF FAILURE. UPDATED 6/25/18*JB

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM NISSAN EXPLAINING THE FOLLOWING: "CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO AREAS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATOR HOUSING TO RUPTURE AND DEPLOY ABNORMALLY RESULTING IN METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH." WHEN I CALLED NISSAN IN JULY 2016 THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THE PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY EITHER SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 2016. I CALLED NISSAN AGAIN ON OCTOBER 17, 2016 THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE PARTS UNTIL DECEMBER 2016. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FOLLOW-UP NOTICE OF ANY KIND AND IF I HAD NOT CALLED NISSAN ON THE 17TH OF OCTOBER, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE NOTIFIED ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE PARTS WILL NOW NOT BE IN UNTIL DECEMBER 2016. I WOULD LIKE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND MORE UPDATES FROM NISSAN WHILE THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED SINCE I NOW CANNOT ALLOW ANYONE TO SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND IT IS AN EXTREME INCONVENIENCE FOR ME SINCE I NEED TO HAVE THAT SEAT AVAILABLE FOR MY FAMILY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 01/04/17*LJ UPDATED 01/12/17.*JB

I WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. I WAS BRAKING, ALMOST AT A STOP OR MOVING AT 2 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER AND DOOR OF MY 2008 NISSAN VERSA WITH THE FRONT END OF HIS VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY NISSAN VERSA DEPLOYED AND A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK MY STERNUM FRACTURING SAME. I ALSO HAD TWO HEMATOMAS ON MY RIGHT BREAST AS A RESULT OF THE METAL STRIKING MY CHEST WITH EXTREME FORCE.. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION OF TWO CITY STREETS, NOT HIGHWAYS. I WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT GOING WEST AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT GOING SOUTH. THE OTHER VEHICLE'S SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. THE AIRBAG IN THE 2008 NISSAN VERSA DEPLOYED WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THE METAL PIECE WAS EXPOSED AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED MY INJURIES. I NOTICED A RECALL ON THE 2008 NISSAN VERSA, DATED MARCH OF 2016, FOR THE FRONT TAKATA AIRBAGS..UPDATED 10/13/16 *BF *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

REGARDING RECALL: NHTSA 15V-573 FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT MY VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO THE RECALL GOING INTO EFFECT, I HAD ALREADY HAD MY COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THEM CRACKING. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST OF THE WORK I ALREADY PAID FOR TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS. TOTAL COST TO ME WAS $635.68 FROM MY LOCAL MECHANIC, BRUCES AUTOMOTIVE IN EAST AURORA, NY. I SUBMITTED A STATEMENT FROM BRUCES THAT INDICATES THE COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AND PAID FOR BY ME (ATTACHED). I SUBMITTED THIS INFORMATION TO NISSAN, THEY INFORMED ME THAT I NEED TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER TO HAVE THEM REPLACE THE COIL SPRINGS. WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL FACTOR SPRINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND THAT NISSAN IS NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPRINGS IN MY VERSA, THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO DO IT ANYWAY. TO ME, THIS IS A WASTE OF MY TIME. I SIMPLY WANT THEM TO REIMBURSE ME THE $635 I ALREADY SPENT PRIOR TO THE RECALL TO HAVE THE SPRINGS REPLACED. IF THE SPRINGS IN MY CAR BRAKE AGAIN, THIS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY, NOT NISSAN. I ONLY WANT TO GET REIMBURSED THE MONEY I ALREADY SPENT.

TAKATA RECALL. WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG? I CANNOT TAKE MY FAMILY ANYWHERE IN ONE VEHICLE. THIS IS OUR FAMILY CAR AND I CANNOT LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT. I LIVE IN AUGUSTA, GA. HUMIDITY IS LIFE HERE AND I AM SO UPSET THAT THIS IS TAKING SO LONG AND I FEEL LIKE I WILL BE HURT EVERY TIME I GET INTO MY CAR. I WORKED HARD FOR THIS VEHICLE AND CANNOT USE IT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE THAT I PURCHASED IT FOR. THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

ALL THE AIRBAGS NOT WORKING AS INDICATED LIGHTS FLASHING! RECALL STATES PASSENGER AIRBAG COULD EXPLODE CAUSING METAL FRAGMENTS RESULTING IN INJURY EVEN DEATH. WAS INFORMED BY NISSAN SAN FRANCISCO DEALER THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THE AIRBAG PROBLEM YET AND THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY ANYTHING TO DO WITH AIRBAGS NOT ENGAGED EXCEPT FOR THE RECALL AND THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR CURRENTLY FOR THE SAFETY RECALL. IN ADDITION, WHEN BUYING NEW TIRE SAND GETTING A WHEEL ALIGNMENT, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT ALL 4 OF MY STRUTS ARE BENT AND SUSPENSION IS OFF AS A RESULT.