2012 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

I RECEIVED A RECALL CARD IN THE MAIL INSTRUCTED ME TO TAKE MY CAR TO NISSAN BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAG MALFUNCTION IN THE AIRBAG WHICH COULD CAUSE DEATH AND THE LIGHT CONTINUE TO STAY ON I TOOK MY CAR THERE THEY NEVER FIXED IT THEY SAID THEY DID BUT IT WAS NEVER FIXED I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND AS OF TODAY I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I TOOK MY CAR THEY ARE IN 2017 OR 2018 WHEN I GOT THE CARD WHEN I WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP I DID CALL THAT DEALERSHIP BACK WHICH WAS QUITE COOLEY IN DUNCAN VILLE TEXAS THE ONES THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX IT I'LL CALL THE SERVICE CENTER AND THEY KEPT GIVING ME THE RUNAROUND I DID REPORT THAT IT WASN'T FIXED NOBODY DID ANYTHING AS OF TODAY THEY STILL HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING I'M STILL DRIVING WITH MY CAR WITH THE RECALLS STILL ON MY CAR AND I AM VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT IT I JUST WANT MY CAR FIXED ASAP PLEASE THIS PROBLEM IS STILL ON GOING BEFORE I GOT THE RECALL AND AFTER I GOT THE RECALL AND AFTER THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED IT WHICH THEY DID NOT TODAY'S DATE IS DECEMBER 9, 2019

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AT ALMOST ANY SPEED ABOVE 15MPH THE CAR HAS JERKY SHIFTING MOVEMENTS LIKE IT CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT GEAR. WHILE TRAVELLING AT A CONSTANT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY THE RPMS CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE. TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY SUGGESTED "VALVE BODY" REPLACEMENT. THAT COST AN ASTOUNDING $2100+ TO FIX. GOT IT BACK AND THE PROBLEM IS WORSE THAN BEFORE. CHECKED ONLINE AND TONS OF PEOPLE ARE REPORTING PROBLEMS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS. THERE WAS EVEN A RECALL FOR THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS. NISSAN HAS NOT FIXED THE ISSUE AND CAR'S TRANSMISSION IS JUNK. I'M OUT BIG MONEY AND THEY ARE LIKELY TO RECOMMEND MORE "FIXES" FOR THE ISSUE. LOOK AT ALL THESE COMPLAINTS HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/VERSA/2012/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_FAILURE.SHTML

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, IT SHOOK AND HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILING WITHOUT OTHER MECHANICAL CAUSE. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY WITHOUT BUCKING AND LOUD WHINING. MERGING ON TO THE HIGHWAY VERY DIFFICULT- IT TAKES LONG PERIODS OF TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED. ONLY RESPONDS TO VERY SLOW ACCELERATION. WORSE IN COLD WEATHER- UNABLE TO GO UP A HILL, ROLLED BACKWARD IN DRIVE WITH NO RESPONSE FROM GAS PEDAL AT ALL. ISSUE HAPPENING SINCE FIRST PURCHASED IN 2017. FREQUENTLY REPORTED ONLINE BY OTHER DRIVERS.

WHEN SITTING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT STOP LIGHTS, MY CAR WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF CAUSING THE NEED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH POINT SOMETIMES IT WOULD TURN ON AND SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T. THERE WERE ALSO TIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OR PULL BACK WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND SPEEDING UP IN TRAFFIC. I VISITED MIDAS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THEY ATTEMPTED TO SAVE THE TRANSMISSION BY REPLACING THE FLUID. THIS ATTEMPT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND THEY DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW CAR AND SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE. THERE IS A TRANSMISSION RECALL FOR A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MODEL OF THE NISSAN VERSA 2012, BUT NOT THE NISSAN VERSA SL 2012. THIS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE RECALL LIST.

THE CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND GIVES UNEVEN ACCELERATION UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR TURNING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO NISSAN NA & MANY LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED OVER THE YEARS. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES & ANOTHER WAS JUST REPLACED AT 85,000 MILES. NISSAN KNOWS THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING AN INFERIOR PRODUCT, BASED ON THE # OF LAWSUITS IT HAS FACED OVER THE YEARS CONCERNING THE CVT. NOT ONLY IS THE PRODUCT UNRELIABLE, IT IS ALSO DANGEROUS TO THE DRIVER, THE VEHICLE'S OCCUPANTS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY AFFECTED BY AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY CVT FAILURE.

MY CAR HAD A R1709 RECALL. THIS WAS TO FIX THE AIRBAGS. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAD THE REPAIR DONE. THE WAITING TIME I WAS TOLD WOULD BE ABOUT 1 OR 2 HOURS. IT TOOK ABOUT 5 HOURS AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE A NEW INEXPERIENCED MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON IT. WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK THE LIGHTS TELLING ME THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAGS WERE STILL BLINKING. I HAD NO TIME TO GO BACK SINCE THEY HAD JUST WASTED ALL THE TIME I HAD. THE VERY NEXT DAY I REALIZED THAT NOW MY CAR'S HORN DOESN'T WORK EITHER. THIS WAS NEVER A PROBLEM BEFORE. I CALLED TO TELL THEM I BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE MESSED UP THE WORK THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY SIMPLY TOLD ME THEY DID THE WORK THEY HAD TO AND THAT IF MY CAR HAS ADDITIONAL ISSUES IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I EVEN TOLD THEM I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ALL THE CAR'S AIRBAGS ARE FAILING AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT NOW THE HORN DOESN'T MAKE ANY SOUND RIGHT AFTER I TOOK IT TO GET IT FIXED. I BELIEVE THEY DID THE WRONG WORK ON IT WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THEY TOOK FAR LONGER THAN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THEY GAVE ME NO SOLUTION SO I HAD TO MAKE A CASE WITH NISSAN CORPORATE. THE ONLY SOLUTION I WAS GIVEN BY CORPORATE WAS TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE SAME REPAIR SHOP AND THEY WILL CHECK IT, HOWEVER I WILL BE CHARGED FOR THIS, UNLESS THEY FIND IT WAS THEIR ERROR. I THINK ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO SAY, SO THERE IS NO WAY I CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE SAME PLACE THAT POSSIBLY SCREWED UP IN THE FIRST PLACE SO THEY CAN CHARGE ME TO TELL ME THEY DID A FINE JOB. WHAT I NEED IS SOMEONE TO CHECK MY CAR TO SEE IF THEY DID THE JOB THEY WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO DO AND NOT GET CHARGED FOR IT.

I HAVE A 2012 NISSAN VERSA AND AT 51,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WILL BE UPWARDS OF $4,500 TO REPAIR. I WENT AND GOT TWO OPTIONS AND BOTH PLACES SAID FAILED TRANSMISSION AND I WENT AND SAW PIECES OF IT IN THE PAN. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND BOUGHT IT USED.

THE DRIVERS SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE DOES NOT OPEN DOOR. IN ORDER TO OPEN DOOR TO EXIT CAR AT ALL (MUCH LESS IN AN EMERGENCY) YOU MUST FIRST KEEP CAR RUNNING, THEN ENGAGE POWER DOOR LOCK TO THE UNLOCK POSITION, THEN ROLL DOWN POWER WINDOW ALL THE WAY IN ORDER TO REACH THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE AND PULL OUT AWAY FROM THE CAR. NOTE: THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 59000 MILES ON IT. WHEN NOTIFIED IN MID JUNE 2019, NISSAN CUSTOMER 'ADVOCATE' INSTRUCTED ME TO BRING THE PROBLEM TO CHULA VISTA, CA. DEALER TO VERIFY THE ISSUE, DOCUMENT IT THEN CONTACT THEM WITH THE RESULT. WHEN I DID SO AND EXPLAINED THE SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT I WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO THERE BY NISSAN THE SERVICE MANAGER THERE SAID I'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING A $175 'DIAGNOSTIC FEE' SINCE THEY CLAIMED THEY NEEDED TO TAKE OFF THE DOOR PANEL IN ORDER TO ESTIMATE A COST TO REPAIR. WHEN I EXPLAINED THAT I WAS THERE AT THE BEHEST OF NISSAN HE INSISTED I STILL WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE FEE BUT IN THIS CASE HE WOULD AUTHORIZE IT TO BE CREDITED TOWARD THE ACTUAL COST OF REPAIR SHOULD I CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE REPAIR. I WAS AND AM STILL NOT ABLE TO DO SO.. AFTER SEVERAL UNRESPONSIVE ATTEMPTS TO RELAY ALL THIS TO NISSAN I BELIEVE SOME GOVERNMENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO FORCE THEM TO TAKE THIS SAFETY ISSUE SERIOUSLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT ANY FORESEEABLE TRAGEDIES.

MY NISSAN VERSA IS HAVING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT FUSES HAVE TO BE CHANGED MONTHLY WHEN THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE IS STARTING MY CAR DIES EVEN IF DRIVING AND ENGINE FEELS HEATED SOME PARTS OF ENGINE HAVE DAMAGES LIKE IF THIS IS MELTING DUE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THERE IS A LEAK AND I JUST CAN'T FIND ANY MECHANIC THAT CAN FIND THE LEAK MY CAR ALSO HAS A SWEAKOING NOISE WHEN DRIVING A BREAKING NOISE WHEN MOVING STEERING WHEEL AND MY SUSPENSIONS PLASTIC PROTECTORS HAVE RIPPED IN SLICES EVEN IF I ALWAYS ADDED LUBRICANT TO IT MY CAR DUE TO THIS ISSUES HAS A CRACKED FRONT WINDSHIELD FOR PASSENGER AND DRIVER FENDERS MOVING