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2020 Nissan Versa

This year drew an ordinary 64 complaints for a Nissan Versa — the model's median is 204. What they were about is the unusual part: 28.1% of them mention lights, against 4.9% across the model's other years.

First year of a new generation. The Nissan Versa was redesigned for 2020. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

What the complaints were about

• lights — 28.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the model's other years (5.7×).
• dashboard — 14.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the model's other years (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: dashboard, attention, neither, failing.
• nothing — 14.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the model's other years (3.1×).

Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.

What owners wrote

I am not sure which component or system is failing neither does Nissan however it is available for inspection. This vehicle will stall in traffic starting at high speeds and it fails to accelerate while driving which’s puts my safety and other drivers at risk.…

while attempting to add fuel to the vehicle on several occasions, the fuel tank release lever popped and became inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer…

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.

Recalls for this year

• 21V471000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
• 20V112000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.

Own a 2020 Nissan Versa? What happened to yours?

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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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