2008 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

HAVE HAD MY NISSAN VERSA SINCE 2009, GOT IT WITH 50 MILES ON THE CAR. SPENT 2 YEARS IN FLORIDA WITH IT WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND IN THE PAST YEAR I'VE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS CAR I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN. HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES TWICE AND TODAY I WAS A MILE FROM MY HOME WHEN MY CAR HAD ISSUES ACCELERATING AND STARTING MAKING A LOUD RATTLING NOISE. I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT MY MUFFLER HAS BROKEN AT THE FLANGE. APPARENTLY THIS IS COMMON WITH THESE NISSANS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CHANGE IT. THIS CAN CAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING GOD FORBID SOMEONE PARKS THIS CAR IN THEIR GARAGE AND COULD ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE ENTIRE MUFFLER RUSTS AND FALLS OUT OF SOMEONES CAR WHILE THEIR ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR BEFORE HAVING THE CAR PART REPAIRED, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL HARD TO THE LEFT TO MAKE A TIGHT TURN I HEARD A CREAKING NOISE. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS AND MENTIONED IT TO MY MECHANIC WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC FELT IT WAS RELATED TO THE AXLE. MY HUSBAND NOTICED THE NOISE WHEN DRIVING MY CAR AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. MECHANIC HAD TO ORDER A NEW NISSAN AXLE FOR THE CAR. THE COST OF THE PART AND THE LABOR TO REPLACE IT WAS AT MY EXPENSE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS GOING TO RETURN THE DAMAGED PART TO NISSAN BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING BECAUSE THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A 5 YEAR OLD CAR WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *TR

TRIED STARTING THE CAR; ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. WAS STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT CLOSE TO MY MECHANIC'S SHOP AND CALLED HIM. MECHANIC SENT HIS ASSISTANT TO THE PARKING LOT WHERE I WAS AND HE TRIED TO GET THE CAR TO TURN OVER. HE SAID HE THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING FUEL. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FUEL PUMP WAS BROKEN. MECHANIC HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING A REPLACEMENT NISSAN FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP WAS OBTAINED AND INSTALLED AT MY EXPENSE. MECHANIC FELT THAT FUEL PUMP SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A 5 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR

WELD BETWEEN THE MUFFLER PIPE AND FLANGE FAILED. IT WASN'T A HOLE THAT RUSTED OUT BUT A CLEAN FAILURE AT THE WELD. *TR

THE FAN MOTOR ON THE AC/DEFROST STOPS WORKING LEAVING THE OPERATOR NO WAY TO DEFROST THE VEHICLE WHEN EVER THE WINDSHIELD EITHER FROSTS OR FOGS OVER. THIS RENDERS THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THE WINTER. THE A/C WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON REGARDLESS IF YOU SELECT IT OR NOT. THERE ARE LITERALLY A FEW THOUSAND OWNERS WITH THIS IDENTICAL ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALL OF THEM NEEDED TO REPLACE THIS PART WHICH CAN COST ON AVG. $500 OR MORE. THE DEALER STATES THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT THEY STOCK THE PART. HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE BEFORE NISSAN RECALLS THE VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE PART? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD THUD. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED, DAMAGING THE RIM AND PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 11/19/13*LJ UPDATED 11/26/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN ADDITION TO A BURNING ODOR. ALSO, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FELL TO THE GROUND AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

CVT TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A METAL RUBBING NOISE WHEN IN DRIVE AND IDLING. NISSAN DEALER CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE DUE TO CVT FAILURE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA WHILE DRIVING AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *TR

WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE OTHER DAY, I HEARD A VERY LOUD "METAL ON METAL" SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR, FOLLOWED BY A NOTICEABLE LOWERING OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND FOUND A PIECE OF METAL ON THE DRIVEWAY IN THE SHAPE OF SEMI-CIRCLE AND SNAPPED ON ONE END. AFTERWARDS I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD BOTTOM OUT ON ENTERING/EXITING DRIVEWAYS AND TAKING MINOR ROAD IMPERFECTIONS AND POTHOLES VERY HARD. WENT TO MY MECHANIC, SHOWED HIM THE PIECE OF METAL I FOUND AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THEN, AND HE SAID YOUR SPRING COIL BROKE. UPON READING ALL THE SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS FOR THE VERSA FOR SIMILAR MODEL YEARS, THIS HAS TO BE EITHER A DEFECTIVE PART OR DESIGN ON NISSAN'S PART. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT EXPERIENCED A BROKEN SPRING COIL. I WOULD NOT EXPECT A CAR SLIGHTLY OVER 5 YEARS OLD TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN. DOES NISSAN INTEND ON ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE? *TR