2009 Nissan Versa
Complaints about this year name coil springs far more often than the other years of this generation — 8% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 3.2%.
Generation 1 of the Nissan Versa, which began in 2007 and ran to 2011. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,006 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 188 |
| Involving a crash | 54 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| EPA combined | 28.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- spring broke — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
PART OF THE COIL SPRING BROKE FROM MY 2009 NISSAN VERSA AND FELL OFF IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I EXPLORED WHERE IT HAD COME FROM I REALIZED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD SNAPPED OFF AT THE BOTTOM. THE FIRST PIECE OF BROKEN COIL SPRING I DID NOT REALIZE HAD COME…
THE COIL SPRINGS THAT NISSAN INSTALLED IN MY CAR DUE TO THE 2015 RECALL HAVE, NOW, BOTH BROKEN AGAIN. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS REFUSES TO HELP ME WITH THE COST OF REPLACING THESE FAULTY PARTS BECAUSE THEY ARE 'OUT OF WARRANTY!' I H…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V008000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V044000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V028000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V449000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V573000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 16V349000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V401000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 22E066000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Versa was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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