2008 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

FRONT COIL SPRING FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. IF I WAS GOING ANY FASTER IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF IT PUNCTURED A WHEEL.

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME HTIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS VEHICLE.

I WAS ROTATING MY TIRES WHEN I FOUND THAT MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. BOTH PARTS WERE STILL ATTACHED AND I HAVE THEM. IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS CAR AS SHOWN IN THIS LINK. HTTP://WWW.LEFTLANENEWS.COM/NHTSA-INVESTIGATES-NISSAN-VERSA-OVER-BROKEN-COIL-SPRINGS-88526.HTML

WHEN GOING 75 MILES AN HOUR THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WITH A VERY LOUD NOISE PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE FOUND NOTHING LOOKING AT THE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED JUST ENTERING ARIZONA SO SINCE WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WE CONTINUED ON TO PHEONIX TO OUR DESTINATION. WE THEN CONTACTED HTTP://WWW.HONEST1GLENDALEAZ.COM/ AND HAD THEM INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMP AFTER THAT WE COULD HEAR SOMETHING LOOSE. ONCE THEY LOOKED AT IT THEY QUICKLY FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE STRUT BENT. THEY SAID THE COIL BROKE AT THE BOTTOM LUCKY FOR US NOTHING FLEW OUT TO BLOW THE TIRE WHEN IT HAPPENED. THE CAR HAS VERY LOW MILES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN!

COIL SPRING ON DRIVERS SIDE BROKE CAUSING A SHAKE AND ALLOWING THE CAR TO DRAG WHEN IT SHOULD NOT OF BEEN ABLE TO...UPDATED 11/05/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DID MOT STEER PROPERLY AFTER COIL SPRING FAILURE. UPDATED 1/8/2015 *JS

MY FRIEND HAD MY VEHICLE. SHE HAD JUST MADE IT HOME FROM WORK. SHE LIVES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES FROM HER JOB. SHE SAID WHEN SHE MADE IT HOME SHE WENT INTO THE APARTMENT TO CHANGE INTO A BATHING SUIT AND SOMEONE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR SAYING THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BLACK CAR SMOKING. SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEY ALL CALLED 911. THE FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FIRE AND THEY TOLD HER THAT IT IS A MOTOR MALFUNCTION BECAUSE IT WAS PARKED AND WITH NO SORT OF OVERHEATING ISSUE. UPDATED 09/15/15*LJ UPDATED 11/22/2017*CN

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 0.1 MILES AFTER A LEFT TURN AND WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE COIL FRACTURED AND A SECTION OF THE COIL PUNCTURED AND TORE THE INNER WALL OF THE TIRE CAUSING A SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE. THE SOUND OF THE FRACTURE WAS VERY LOUD METAL ON METAL SOUND, DRAWING PEOPLE OUT FROM NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE NEW FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE REPLACED AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED.

DRIVING 69 MPH CAR WENT UP ONTO BAR DITCH AND TRAVELED IN A VEY STRAIGHT LINE FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE HITTING A TREE RESULTING IN MAJOR INJURIES TO MY BROTHER WHO WAS THE DRIVER AND KILLING MY DAD PASSENGER MAJOR BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD. ALL MY BROTHER REMEMBERS IS THE CARS SIDE CURTIAN AIRBAG HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. DURING THE TRAVEL FOR 1/4 MILE ON BAR DITCH THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF OVER CORRECTING OR BRAKING. WITNESS TO THE ACC. STATED HE NEVER SAW BRAKE LIGHTS BEFORE HITTING THE TREE: BEFORE THE CAR WENT OFF ROAD HE HAD BEEN BEHIND MY DADS CAR FOR OVER 20 MILES AND STATED THE CAR MAINTAINED PERFECT DRIVING AND SPEED: MY BROTHER STATED MY DAD WAS ON OVERHEAD PHONE SPEAKER WITH MY COUSIN AND HAD JUST FINISHED CALL THEN REMEMBERS AIRBAG HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE TEMPLE! BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS! THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER SAFETY STRAP WEBBING HAD FULLY EXTENDED OUT BEFORE GETTING HUNG IN D-RING. TBS 10010097. DUE TO THE SRS SYSTEM FAILING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEM HAD AIDED TO MY DAD HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BREAKING RESULTING TO HIS INJURIES BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD RESULTING TO HIS DEATH. DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEPLOYED HOWEVER DRIVER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG BROKE THROUGH THE STITCHING IT DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY. DRIVER SIDE STEERING COLUMN DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY RESULTING MY BROTHER RECIEVING A BROKEN CLAVICAL BROKEN STERNUM NUMERIOUS BROKEN RIBS DISLOCATING METAL HIP REPLACEMENT AND BENDING METAL HIP PLATE BROKEN RIGHT FEMER LEG BONE LONG WAY UP AND DOWN SHATTERING RIGHT ANKLE AND FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE AND HEAD INJURY LEAVING HIM WITH POSSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE! THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTIAN AIRBAG DID NOT INFLAT NOR DID THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG DID NOT INFLAT. THE PASSENGER SIDE DID TRY TO INFLATE HOWEVER THE DASH COMPONET WAS ON TOP. THE SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON! PASSENGER SIDE SEAT IS BROKEN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. SEE ALSO ODI 10610795. *DSY *JB *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A SMALL PAVED TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH.I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SHORTLY AFTER THE TIRE BLEW OUT.THIS HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE A SMALL SIDE ROAD SO I WAS ABLE TO TURN ONTO THAT ROAD SO I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY.DUE TO THE FLAT TIRE AND BROKEN SPRING THE CAR SAT TOO LOW FOR THE FACTORY PROVIDED JACK TO FIT UNDER THE CAR.I CALLED MY BROTHER FOR ASSISTANCE AND HE SHOWED UP WITH MY NEPHEW.THEY WERE ABLE TO LIFT UP ON THE CAR JUST ENOUGH SO THAT I COULD PLACE THE JACK IN THE CORRECT POSITION.WE PUT THE FACTORY DONUT SPARE TIRE ON AND I DROVE TO WAREHOUSE TIRE...UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE JUST CLOSING DOWN FOR THE DAY.I HAD FOUR NEW TIRES INSTALLED THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AND THEN TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC.I PICKED THE CAR UP ON JULY 3RD.MY MECHANIC INFORMED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN ALSO.THE DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN NEAR THE TOP;THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE CLOSER TO BOTTOM WHICH ALLOWED IT TO SPIN OUT OF PLACE AND SLICE THE TIRE.

FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE SHREDDING A RELATIVELY NEW TIRE. WE JUST TURNED ON TO A RESIDENTIAL STREET, SO FORTUNATELY WE WERE GOING SLOW AND NO ONE WAS HURT. CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY SEAR'S AUTO CENTER WHERE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE REBUILT AND AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. PLUS NEW TIRE INSTALLED. INCIDENT ISSUE WAS OPENED WITH NISSAN, BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FREQUENTLY OCCURRING POOR QUALITY ISSUE...UPDATED 08/12/15 *BF UPDATED 11/27/2015*JS