2024 Nissan Versa
This year drew an ordinary 94 complaints for a Nissan Versa — the model's median is 204. What they were about is the unusual part: 35.1% of them mention mode, against 0.4% across the model's other years.
Generation 3 of the Nissan Versa, which began in 2020. 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 | 94 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 204 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 32.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- mode — 35.1% of this year's complaints, against 0.4% across the model's other years (94.1×).
- acceleration — 46.8% of this year's complaints, against 17.1% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: acceleration, away, barely, let.
- speed — 31.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the model's other years (5.1×).
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 uncertain exactly which vehicle component is causing the issue, but my headlights dim very low and the heat decreases while driving and when I accelerate both the headlights brighten and the heater returns to full blast. Nissan has categorized this as a "…
P2615 code: Lost of power. Car barely goes up hill on first gear with gas pedal all the way pressed. Won't go faster than 40 on flat road.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V154000 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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