2008 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

I OWN A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. RECENTLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LOSING POWER AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF DRIVING. THE PROBLEM STARTED AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS, THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER AND ONLY GO ABOUT 20 MPH. IF ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED, THE CAR WOULD STALL OUT COMPLETELY. AFTER TWO VISITS TO NISSAN DEALERS, THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. I AM AFRAID TO TAKE THIS CAR ON ANY EXTENDED TRIPS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR THE GAS MILEAGE...NOW HAVING TO TAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR SAFETY. *TR

CLUNK OR POPPING NOISE COMING FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION OR STEERING COLUMN. THIS CAN BE HEARD AND FELT WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH TURNING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES AND SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION AND SHE COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED HEAD AND BACK PAIN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

WE TOO HAD A PROBLEM WITH OUR 2008 VERSA. WE HAD AN ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND SO WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN AT 22,000 MILES. THEY SAID WE HAD NO OIL CHANGES EXCEPT ONE. WE ARGUED THE POINT AND GOT NO WHERE. THEY STATED WE HAD NO OIL. WE SAID WHERE DID IT GO -- THEY DIDN'T KNOW! TALKED TO THE MANAGER AND GOT NOWHERE AT BUCKEYE NISSAN. HE PROMISED TO TALK TO CORPORATE AND WE GOT NOWHERE AGAIN. THAT WAS CLEAR BACK IN MARCH OF 2010. SO MUCH FOR WARRANTIES. THEY WANTED TO PUT IN A NEW ENGINE AT $4,500 ON A 2 YEAR OLD CAR. I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN NOR WORK WITH A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCT. WE HAVE HAD OTHER CARS IN WHICH THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD THEIR OIL CHANGES AND RETIRED THESE CARS AT 200,000+ MILES. WE PRESENTLY HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM AND IT HAS 283,000+ MILES AND STILL RUNNING. AND....THEY SAID "WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN OUR VEHICLES." OUR SECOND-HAND FORD EXPLORER SUV HAD 243,000 WHEN WE SOLD IT. AND OUR OTHER DODGE WHICH WAS RETIRED TO THE JUNK YARD HAD CLOSE TO 220,000 MILES. OUR OLD VEHICLES USUALLY HAD TRANSMISSIONS GO OUT AND THAT IS THE REASON WE WENT WITH THE VERSA BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY ON THEIR TRANSMISSION. WHEN WE HAD IT IN FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT, THEIR STORY CHANGED 3 TIMES ON WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND FINALLY ENDED UP WITH THE ENGINE. NO BIG DEAL -- ONLY $4,500 ON A VEHICLE LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. NOW I'M DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT DRIVES WORSE THAN ANY OF OUR 15 YEAR OLD CARS EVER DID, OIL NEEDING CHANGED CONSTANTLY, DIP STICK COMING OUT ON OCCASION AND SPRAYING OIL EVERYWHERE, AND NOW STALLING OUT!. WHEN AIR-CONDITIONER IS RUN -- PUTS A FILM ON WINDOW WHICH FOGS UP. WHAT NEXT. SO MUCH FOR OUR FIRST NEW CAR IN YEARS AND DRIVING OUR GRANDCHILDREN AROUND SAFELY FOR SCHOOL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED NOR UPSET WITH A COMPANY AS I HAVE WITH THIS COMPANY AND STANDING BEHIND THEIR WARRANTIES. AND EVEN MORE SO WITH NO RESPONSE BACK. I DON'T THINK THE MANAGER EVEN CHECKED WITH CORPORATE! *TR

2008 NISSAN VERSA, STEERING NOISE AND KLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING RIGHT AT SLOW SPEEDS. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT MANY OTHER VERSA OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BY THE NISSAN DEALERS. *TR

PARKED 2008 NISSAN VERSA HATCHBACK IN FRONT OF MY CONDO AT NIGHT. IN MORNING CRACK FOUND STARTING FROM BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD ON DRIVER'S SIDE GOING UP ABOUT 2 INCHES AND THEN ACROSS BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD. CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUY I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY. DEALER REFUSED TO ADDRESS IT WHEN DROPPED IT OFF FOR SERVICE. *TR

WE OWN A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. IT CURRENTLY ONLY HAS 9,400 MILES ON IT. WHEN DRIVING IT THERE IS A "POPPING" FEEL UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARDS/ IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 2-26-09 WHERE THEY REPLACED BOTH UPPER STRUT BEARINGS AND COMPLETED A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME ISSUES AND ON AUGUST 5, 2009 BOTH UPPER STRUT BEARINGS WERE REPLACED AND ANOTHER ALIGNMENT WAS COMPLETED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN YESTERDAY WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. THIS TIME THEY SAY THEY CAN'T "HEAR" IT (YOU CAN'T HEAR IT, BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT), SO THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THEY REFUSED TO EVEN PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ASSEMBLY SINCE THEY COULDN'T "HEAR" ANYTHING. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, WE ARE SEEING THIS SAME COMPLAINT ON MANY DIFFERENT WEBSITES. NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THESE VEHICLES. ONE LISTED ON THIS SITE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT APPARENTLY DUE TO THE STRUT FAILURE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING A 2008 NISSAN VERSA HATCHBACK [XXX] AT 50MPH IN A 50MPH ZONE IN THE LEFT LANE OF A TWO-LANE WESTBOUND STREET AT 5:03PM ON A DAY IN SEPTEMBER, 2009 WHEN A CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN (WHERE THERE WAS NO TURN POCKET). I DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE - I HIT THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, BUT I IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO A VERY STRAIGHT, WHEELS-LOCKED SKID, DECELERATING TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 20MPH AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE I HIT WERE INJURED, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WAS HOSPITALIZED. MY CAR WAS TOTALED SINCE THE REPAIR ESTIMATE CAME IN AT THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE LOAN PAYOFF AMOUNT. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAD WORKED WELL IN TWO EMERGENCY STOPS EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THE ACCIDENT LEFT A 30+ FOOT LONG SET OF SKID MARKS AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

STEERING WHEEL HAS A CLUNKING FEEL AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNS SHARPLY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN STOPPED OR AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAVE MENTIONED THIS TWICE WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERS FOR OIL CHANGES AND WAS TOLD "THAT IS JUST THE WAY STE STEERING COLUMN FEELS". *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A CLUNK OR POP THAT IS BOTH AUDIBLE AND FELT IN THE WHEEL WHEN MAKING TURNS TO THE RIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS. AT 10,000 MILES I BEGAN HEARING AND FEELING THIS CLUNK. AT 18,000 MILES I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE STOPPED THE SOUND AND THE POP/CLUNK. 1000 MILES LATER THE SOUND STARTED REAPPEARING. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES SINCE AND THE DEALER CLAIMS TO NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SOUND. I AM AWARE OF TWO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THE PART IS SYSTEMIC DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE. I BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED AS A DEFECT AND REQUIRES A RECALL. *TR