2008 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

VEHICLE STARTED TAKING LONG CRANK TIMES, MULTIPLE CRANKS TO START ENGINE. INFORMED DEALER OF PROBLEM AND THAT PRIOR MODELS OF VERSA HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. DEALER SAYS THIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURED AFTER DATE OTHER PROBLEMS WERE FIXED. OBVIOUSLY NOT SINCE THIS PROBLEM PERSISTS IN MODELS MANUFACTURED AFTER PREVIOUS BULLETIN DATE. CONCERNED THAT ONE DAY VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND LEAVE ME STRANDED. LONG CRANK TIMES NOT DEPENDENT ON WEATHER, TEMPERATURE OR LEVEL OF FUEL IN TANK. *TR

NEW CAR 10 MILES - STRONG PULSATION IN THE BRAKES, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. CAR COVERED IN SAND - IN THE FRAME, OVER THE GAS TANK, ALL OVER THE ENGINE. *TR

AFTER VEHICLE RUNS FOR A WHILE, THEN LEFT TO SIT FOR ABOUT 1-1/2 HOURS, STARTING THE VEHICLE BECOMES DIFFICULT. LONG CRANK TIME. TOOK TO DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. WAS TOLD BY NISSAN VEHICLE DID NOT APPLY TO TSB NTB-07-094. NISSAN TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOLD TECHNICIAN TO MEASURE FUEL DROP AFTER RUNNING VEHICLE, THEN LET SIT FOR 30 MINUTES. MEASURE THE FUEL PRESSURE. IF LESS THEN 30 PSI, REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AND PACKING. FUEL PRESSURE MEASURED AT 12 PSI. ORDERED PARTS, BUT PACKING IS ON BACKORDER. *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR LESS THAN ONE WEEK. THE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 275 MILES. WHEN I TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE CAR DOESN'T START UNTIL I HOLD THE KEY TURNED FOR AT LEAST 5 SECONDS. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS IF IT WILL NOT START. THIS HAPPENS DAILY, WHETHER IT IS HOT OR COLD OUTSIDE. IT IS NOT CONTINGENT ON THE TIME OF DAY EITHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A VERY LOUD RATTLING SOUND IN THE SLACK OF THE ENGINE. HE STATED THAT IT WAS A VALVE TRAIN NOISE. THE NOISE CAN BE HEARD AT 1,900 RPM AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT HAS NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE ENGINE NOISE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 432.

2008 VERSA, CAR STARTED MAKING WHINING NOISE, BROUGHT BACK AND WAS TOLD TIRES HAD CUPPING (SP?) AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER. NIGHT BEFORE DEALER APPT. BACK TIRED SHREDDED WHILE TRAVELING ON MAJOR INTERSTATE. LOOKED UP COMPLAINTS UNDER TIRES ON THIS SITE AND THERE IS A PENDING INVESTIGATION ONTO THE CONTINENTAL TIRES FOR "ALLEGE SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TIRE INCLUDING TREAD SEPARATION" NISSAN DEALER SAYS THAT THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE BACK TIRE BECAUSE BLOW OUT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARDS. SENT THEM THE INVESTIGATION LINK. WAITING TO HEAR HOW THEY WILL HANDLE. THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS AND COULD BE PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER. (MILEAGE LISTED MAY BE 10-15 MILES LESS THAN ON ODOMETER... DO NOT HAVE VEHICLE STILL AT DEALERSHIP). *TR

SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL START THE FIRST TIME THE STARTER IS ENGAGED. SOMETIMES IT JUST CRANKS AND CRANKS. IT HAS NEVER COMPLETELY FAILED TO START, JUST SOMETIMES IT WON'T ON THE FIRST OR SECOND TRY. HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY LIKE THIS. *TR

2008 NISSAN VERSA-WHEN STARTED AFTER BEING SHUT OFF AND IDLE FOR ANYWHERE FROM 1 HR OR 24 HOURS, ENGINE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT TURN OVER IMMEDIATELY. SOMETIMES CRANKS FOR 10 SECONDS. IGNITION NEEDS TO BE TURNED TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE IT WILL START UP. VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 2200 MILES ON IT. *TR

IGNITION PROBLEMS. UNABLE TO START VEHICLE, ENGINE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT TURN OVER ON THE FIRST TRY. AFTER THE SECOND TO THIRD TRY ENGINE STARTS. VEHICLE IS NEW WITH ONLY 150 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *TR

EVERY TIME I RIDE IN THE NISSAN VERSA IT HAS A TOXIC EFFECT ON ME. I GET SHORT OF BREATH AND HAVE COUGHING ATTACKS. THIS WILL LAST DAYS AFTER BEING IN THE VEHICLE. THERE HAS TO BE SOME TOXIC ITEMS IN THE CAR FOR IT TO HAVE EFFECTS LIKE THIS ON ME. IT GETS WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. *TR