2018 Nissan Versa problems
NHTSA has received 90 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Versa, and 19% of them involve electrical system. After that come air bags (17%) and engine (16%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 90 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 32,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 16 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 38 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 32,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 14 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2018 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Nissan Versa with enough data (70 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Airbags did not inflact when car had a hard impack hit to front of car. I was going 40MPH or more when a car come into my line. Inoder to avoid the head on colision I shrived to the right and hit a in ground brick that were bounded into the ground. The front end and engine was damage. The car is now at coloial colision. This a concern to me this velical needs to be checked out. I dont feel safe driving this vehical agan.
We had leased this vehicle from hertz earlier in the day. That evening, I was driving down a hill and the vehicle's steering system had suddenly locked up. I was not able to steer and drove into a tree at a high rate of speed. My passenger and I both suffered significant bodily injuries and were taken to a hospital via ambulance.
Vehicle stalls which can cause an accident, my grandmother [xxx] died from stalled vehicle who was driving. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (FOIA), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I was sitting stationary at a stop light in traffic on a city street and my brake light, battery light, and oil light came on and I immediately lost power steering. I had to guide my vehicle off the road and had it towed to nissan south morrow for service. I had also had some minor ignition issues relating to turning my key and not seeing my clock radio become visible but was remedied by using my spare car key. Nissan south morrow said that the car drove well with no issues.
The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Versa. The contact stated while the vehicle was is for an inspection, the vehicle was returned with a malfunctioning check engine warning light on the instrument panel. The vehicle was diagnosed but was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure, and the contact was awaiting a response. The failure mileage was approximately 74,723.