nissan versa Problems

nissan versa 2014 Complaints

AIR BAGS

tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan versa. the contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the vehicle became involved in a head-on collision and the air bags failed to deploy. a police report was filed and the driver sustained neck injuries. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 250. updated 12/30/13*cn

Reported in: SAN JOSE CA || Crash: Y || VIN #: 3N1CN7AP3EL

POWER TRAIN

we recently (2 nov) purchased a 2014 nissan versa with the 5 speed transmission ,our problem is with down shifting from 5th to 4th . when shifting from 5th to 4th the shifter will randomly lock up and you have to coast to the side of the road and physical move the shifter in every direction till you can shift again or if you?re lucky as you?re coasting and fighting with the shifter it pops loose and you can shift into a lower gear. it seems like the shift linkage locks up and the car won?t go fully into 4th. my wife has taken off work twice and attempted to have the car repaired at our local nissan dealer (leglue nissan, alexandria, la). both times she has been she told by the service manager after a short test drive nothing is wrong with the car, all the 2014 versas shift like that. we have contacted nissan consumer affairs and received a similar answer basically that they are aware that the versa has a hard downshift from 5th to 4th but that this is normal for the vehicle. also, let me at this time alleviate any concern about us being unfamiliar with the operation of a manual transmission vehicle. we presently own four passenger vehicles with manual transmissions, one being a 2009 versa with the 5 speed transmission which has never given us a problem and several pieces of farm machinery and between both of us have over 70 years of experience operating them.

Reported in: COLFAX LA || Crash: N || VIN #:

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

went out to start car push in clutch and car rolled out into street had brake on but did not hold and after starting motor the brakes worked ok with engine running.. everytime i start the car if you are on a slope the car will roll and hit something. i checked threw out the day and found that when car is not running you have no brakes. you do not have any power brakes when engine stops they become hard immediately lose power assist not like other cars where you have 2 or 3 applications before brake loss. if put in a emergency and engine stopped running your brakes would not work and you will hit something causing an accident. i took it to nissan they said they have no solution and good bye. i called nissan headquarter and they said their tech's said it is ok and normal.

Reported in: ALBUQUERQUE NM || Crash: N || VIN #: 3N1CN7APOEL

SERVICE BRAKES

Reported in: ALBUQUERQUE NM || Crash: N || VIN #: 3N1CN7APOEL

STEERING

driving down the highway i found that the car would move sideways 1 and a half feet on a non windy day. when driving on the freeway and you are on concrete the car tracks 1.5 feet sideways right or left. when driving on a day when the wind is 30mph you get 3 to 4 feet drift right or left. taking the car to nissan for repair they found that yes it did drift and blamed it on the road and that nissan had on fix. i do have 2 other cars which have the same size tires that do not do the change lane action that is with this car is doing. other people said they noticed it to. there will be a time when the car next to you will get damaged due to this action .i `called nissan headquarter they had no fix.and said it might be the tires. nissan put the tires on the car.

Reported in: ALBUQUERQUE NM || Crash: N || VIN #: 3N1CN7APOEL

ENGINE

the car is slow to heat up and after driving about six to fifteen miles the temperature drops to a very low level. sometime the temperature is so low that it does not show up on the dash gauge. this condition is most prevalent when the outdoor temperature is low. this makes it impossible to defrost the windshield.

Reported in: GRAFTON NH || Crash: N || VIN #: 3N1CN7AP9EL

POWER TRAIN

tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan versa. the contact stated that while turning at various speeds, the vehicle lost acceleration power. the vehicle was taken to the dealer but the failure could not be duplicated or diagnosed. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 560. updated 06/10/14 ma the consumer stated there was a hesitation when accelerating from a stopped position or when slowly accelerating. updated 07/23/14

Reported in: MICHIGAN CITY IN || Crash: N || VIN #: 3N1CN7AP4EL

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Reported in: MICHIGAN CITY IN || Crash: N || VIN #: 3N1CN7AP4EL

SERVICE BRAKES

i was driving up the street and when i pushed down on the brake it started to shake i only had the car for a day at the time, then within the next week the light around the radio dim in and out all the time and when braking sometime the brake will release on its own and the car will jump forward. when i took it in to nissan they said they could not duplicate what i stated was happening and that there was nothing wrong with it but till this day it is still happening and i spoke with the manager who also says there is nothing wrong with it.

Reported in: SAN ANTONIO TX || Crash: N || VIN #:

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL

Reported in: SAN ANTONIO TX || Crash: N || VIN #:

STRUCTURE:BODY

i was leaving work on private property and a 19-year-old hit the side of my car on passenger side with her manual truck. nothing deployed, she slammed me very hard and the car should be totaled, it is over half what the car is worth at this time. body shop repairs are 5,658 plus another 500.00 for deductible, plus 282.92. the car is not worth that much and should have been totaled. now, i have problems with it on a constant basis.