2007 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CONSTANTLY BLINKS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING ACTUALLY WRONG OR IF IT IS GOING TO COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HAVE TO REPLACE A FUSE.

PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE FRONT END WENT DOWN. FOUND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FLAT AND A BROKEN SPRING ON THE GROUND BEHIND IT. WHEN THE DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT COST TO FIX WE WERE TOLD IT IS UNDER RECALL. WE HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND THANKFULLY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT 70MPH SPEED. VERY CONCERNED FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL DRIVING THESE UNAWARE OF THIS HAZARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER UNDER A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING; HOWEVER, THE CROSS MOUNT FRACTURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE THE CLOCK SPRING DUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

REPORTING AN ISSUE WITH THE 2007 NISSAN VERSA INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN DRIVING ON DRY ROADS AND BRAKING HARD, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, THEN RECOVER ITSELF AND HAVE ADEQUATE PRESSURE WITHIN ABOUT A MINUTE. CAR HAS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED SINCE PURCHASE, INCLUDING ANNUAL BRAKE SERVICE. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE CAR'S LIFETIME - THE FIRST TIME, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT ISSUE. FULL BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CHECKED OUT WITH NO ISSUES FOUND IN MASTER CYLINDER OR OTHER HYDRAULICS AND UNABLE TO REPEAT ISSUE. AFTER 1.5 YEARS, THE SECOND TIME THE ISSUE OCCURRED, THE DRIVER WAS IN STOP & GO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON DRY ROADS AND WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. FULL BRAKE SYSTEM CHECK BY MULTIPLE SHOPS SHOWED NO ISSUE WITH BRAKE HYDRAULICS, AND AGAIN WAS UNABLE TO REPEAT THE ISSUE. BRAKE FLUID HAD BEEN RECENTLY EXCHANGED. OWNER HAS REQUESTED EVENT DATA RECORDER INFO PULL FROM NISSAN USA TO DETERMINE THAT BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN - NISSAN USA STATING $600 FEE PLUS 1 MONTH LEAD TIME UNTIL SUCH DATA CAN BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE. NISSAN TECH HAS CONFIRMED THAT SUCH AN ISSUE HAS BEEN SEEN IN SOME VEHICLES, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM CAUSE, ONLY THAT REPLACEMENT OF A WORKING MASTER CYLINDER HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM, WHICH GOES AGAINST REASON OF REPLACING SOMETHING THAT IS FUNCTIONING UNDER STANDARD TEST CONDITIONS.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 3 YEARS, MY 110,000 MILE VERSA STALLS AND DOES NOT START, RANDOMLY. SOMETIMES IN DRIVEWAY, SOMETIMES STALL MID-DRIVE. SOMETIMES AFTER DRIVING HIGHWAY OR RESIDENTIAL FINE AFTER TURNING OFF, AND RETURNING IT WON'T START. SOMETIMES AFTER THIS IT WILL RESTART AFTER TAKING A BREAK AND THEN TRYING AGAIN A THIRD OR FOURTH TIME. YOU NEVER KNOW.4 MECHANIC SHOPS, INCLUDING NISSAN DEALERSHIP (TWICE) COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT. NO DIAGNOSTIC IS CLEAR ON THE ISSUE. ONE MECHANIC FOUND A THEFT/SECURITY CODE COME UP, BUT BOTH SETS OF KEYS WORK AND BOTH REMOTE LOCKS WORK. I CALLED THE LOCK RESET PEOPLE AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A COMPUTER PROBLEM. FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS. I DO ALL THE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE AND CHECKS. THIS IS BAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 (N/A) NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A THREE VEHICLE CRASH. THE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED GLASS PARTICLES ENTERING THE FINGER, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. IN ADDITION, FOUR PASSENGERS SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES AND THE DRIVER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *DSY SEE ALSO ODI 10809473.

WITH THE CAR RUNNING, THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WHENEVER A PASSENGER SITS IN THE RIGHT FRONTSEAT AND STAYS ON AFTER THE PASSENGER EXITS THE VEHICLE. AFTER HAVING THE SENSOR RESET AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR COMPANY, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS THE NEXT TIME A PASSENGER SITS IN THE SEAT. THE SENSOR HAS BEEN RESET SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY,WITH THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING EACH TIME A PASSENGER SITS DOWN BEFORE A TRIP.

WAS TOLD EXCESSIVE RUST ON DRUMS WERE MAKING BRAKES SQUEAL IN REVERSE. BRAKES MAKE HARD RUBBING NOISE WHEN STOPPING IN A HURRY CITY STREETS. . DEALER SAID IF NOISE CONTINUES TO BOTHERED ME I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE DRUMS REPLACED.MY CAR IS JUST UNDER 20,000 MILES. IS IT REASONABLE THAT I PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM? CAR HAS RARELY BEEN DRIVEN IN WINTER SALT/ CONDITIONS. VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR A CAR THIS AGE. ISN'T THIS CORROSION CONSIDERED EXCESSIVE WEAR?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE COIL SPRING ON THE GROUND UNDER THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PICKED THE SPRING UP AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V573000 (SUSPENSION) AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS, BUT THE CLAIM WAS DENIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,537.

CVT TRANSMISSION. CAR WILL STOP WHILE IN DRIVE, WITH CAR ALREADY IN MOTION, AND NEED TO BE RESTARTED IN NEUTRAL. WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, CAR WILL NOT ACTUALLY GO IN REVERSE FOR SOME TIME AND GENERALLY NOT UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL IS MORE FIRMLY DEPRESSED AND THEN EVENTUALLY AFTER 30 SECONDS OR SO WILL FINALLY "LURCH" INTO REVERSE. THEN WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE, THE CAR WILL START TO GO AND THEN STALL OUT AGAIN, NEEDING TO BE RESTARTED IN NEUTRAL AGAIN. THE FACT THAT THESE INSTANCES OCCUR WITH THE CAR IN MOTION IS CONCERNING AND COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THUS FAR TO BE IN LIMITED TRAFFIC WHEN THESE INSTANCES HAVE OCCURRED BUT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. TRIED TO RESEARCH TODAY AND FOUND THAT OTHERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED SIMILAR ISSUES.