2007 Nissan Versa Fuel System Problems

WHEN THE GAS TANK IS COMPLETELY FULL, THE VEHICLE HAS A BAD SMELL OF GASOLINE. AFTER DRIVING FOR FIFTY MILES, THE SMELL DISSIPATES. I TOOK THE NISSAN VERSA 2007 TO HANOVER NISSAN AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT IS THE FUEL PUMP. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE AND HAVE NOTICED THAT IT IS A RELATIVELY COMMON ISSUE ON VARIOUS NISSANS. HOWEVER, NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND DOES NOT ISSUE ANY RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS SINCE IT COSTS $800 - $1,000 AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE MONEY SO THEY WILL NOT ISSUE AN SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THE FAULTY FUEL PUMPS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING WHEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO SOUND OR OTHER INDICATION OF ENGINE PROBLEMS ASIDE FROM INABILITY TO ACCELERATE. WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AGAIN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND THAT THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. IN ADDITION, WHILE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE SINCE 2007, THERE HAS BEEN NO VOLUNTARY RECALL DESPITE MANY OTHER INCIDENTS (AS PER INTERNET SEARCH) OF OTHER VEHICLES LOSING POWER WHILE IN MOTION. THE INITIAL SYMPTOMS INCLUDE AN INABILITY TO START UPON INITIAL TURNOVER WHEREIN THE ISSUE PROGRESSES TOWARDS TOTAL FUEL PUMP FAILURE. I DID EXPERIENCE THE ISSUE WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD TAKE A SECOND OR THIRD TRY TO TURN OVER BUT HAD ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE STARTER. *TR

LOST ALL POWER TO VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING DOWN EXPRESSWAY AT POSTED RATE OF SPEED (65 MPH). NO POWER BUT ALL ELECTRICAL WORKING. ALMOST CAUSED A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT AS I TRIED TO MOVE FROM THE CENTER LANE TO THE ROAD SHOULDER. IT TOOK ABOUT 20 TRIES TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER 45 MINUTES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT THE CAR DID START. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR INTERMITENTLY. FINALLY TOOK IT IN TO A SHOP AND TOLD THEM MY HISTORY OF FUEL PROBLEM. THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME ABOUT ALL THE INFO ON THE NET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND NISSAN NOT RECALLING. MANY REFERENCES TO MOVING VEHICLE FAILURE. COST OF THEW FUEL PUMP IS NEAR $1000. I THINK THIS IS WHY NISSAN IS NOT RECALLING. BUT SOMEONE WILL BE HURT OR KILLED FROM THIS NEGLECT. DID THE RESEARCH ON THIS AND FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP ON THIS AND OTHER NISSANS HAVE FAILED SINCE DAY ONE. TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON THIS ON MESSAGE BOARDS. NISSAN ISSUED A TSB BUT IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THE PROTECTING THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS, OR THE DRIVING PUBLIC FROM THIS FAILURE THAT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED. *TR

THE CAR AS MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR THE YEARS 2007 AND 2008 HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP TO CORRECT THE CRANKING NO START PROBLEM. AS PER NISSAN TECHNICAL BULLETIN THE FUEL REGULATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM OCCURRED THE NEXT DAY AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO. THE DEALER HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE CAUSE IS. *TR

THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM STARTING MY 2007 NISSAN VERSA (CVT) IN THE MORNINGS. DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT WHEN YOU GO TO START IT COLD THE CAR WILL NOT START AND SOMETIMES TAKES UP TO 30 SECONDS TO START. OTHER TIMES YOU CAN BE DRIVING AT AROUND 25 MPH AND THEN THE CAR HESITATES AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO AND THE CARE HESITATES FOR ABOUT 3-4 SECONDS AND THEN PICKS BACK UP. I TOOK TO ABQ RELIABLE NISSAN AND THEY SAY THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT I CAN SEE BY THE NISSAN FORUMS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT'S NOT SAFE (CAR HESITATING IN TRAFFIC) AND NOT STARTING IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THE HONDA FIT! *TR

THE CAR SHUT OFF AS WE WERE DRIVING, AND I HAD TO COAST IN A VERY BUSY FREEWAY...THE ENGINE JUST DIED. VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION BECAUSE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO COAST UNTIL OFF THE HIGHWAY..THEN TO RESTART THE CAR IT TOOK AT LEAST 15 MIN OF TRYING...I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BATTERY ETC, BUT I DID TAKE TO THE DEALER AND NOTHING WAS NOTICED,,,,FROM THEN ON I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN STARTING THE CAR, OR IN THE MORNING OR WHEN I LEAVE WORK AT 2 AM ETC...SO I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY MY CAR, BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM...STARTING THE ENGINE AND OR JUST DYING AS WE ARE DRIVING..I AM LEARNING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH A FUEL PUMP...BUT IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN DOESN'T CARE OR IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO THEM...PLEASE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.. *TR UPDATED 06/22/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, ALONG WITH DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE FINALLY STARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED OCCASIONALLY FOR OVER A YEAR UNTIL THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF FUEL EFFICIENCY AT AROUND 51K MILES IN JANUARY 2011. ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD TO START FILLING TANK UP MORE FREQUENTLY AND NOTICED IT WOULD SHUDDER AT RANDOM. ON FEBRUARY 8, 2011 I WAS SITTING IDLE IN A PARKING SPACE IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND THEN SHUT OFF. BATTERY WAS FINE BUT ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT COME ON. WAS TOLD FUEL PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT, NISSAN WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AS A PROBLEM AND SAID I WOULD BE CHARGED 3 HOURS OF LABOR TO REPLACE WHILE THE SERVICE STATION I USE SAID IT WOULD ONLY REQUIRE 1 LABOR HOUR. HAD IT REPLACED FOR ALMOST $600. I BOUGHT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A RELIABLE CAR, BUT AFTER THIS AND HAVING THE FUEL DOOR BECOMING DISCONNECTED FREQUENTLY, I AM NOT FEELING CONFIDENT. *TR

2007 NISSAN VERSA BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN OCT. 06 - HAS HAD "EXTENDED" CRANK SINCE DAY 1, BUT NOW HAS FAULTY FPR (FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR) FAILURE AT 54,434 MILES. WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 3/36,000. CAR WILL NOT START INTERMITTENTLY LEAVING ME STRANDED FOR 15 MINUTES OR MORE. YOU HAVE TO "PUMP" THE GAS TO TRY AND GET IT TO START AND HEAVY ODOR OF FUEL IN CABIN OF CAR RESULTS. HAD TO SPEND $101.86 TO GET IT DIAGNOSED TO SEE IF NISSAN WOULD HELP, WHICH THEY DENIED MY CLAIM. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON VERSA'S FROM 2007-2009 MODEL YEARS. SINCE MY CAR IS THE FIRST MODEL YEAR IT HAS THE OLD FAULTY FPR. AS A RESULT OF EXTENDED CRANKING AND HAVING TO CRANK CAR MULTIPLE TIMES IT HAS KILLED MY BATTERY WHICH NOW NEEDS REPLACED AS WELL. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, AS NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

IN 2008, WE BEGAN TO NOTICE INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS WITH OUR 2007 NISSAN VERSA; THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER PROLONGED CRANKING OF THE STARTER. IN MAY 2009, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO UNDERGO DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR. THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A FAULTY FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE PROBLEM REAPPEARED. THE VERSA WENT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME REPAIR, IN NOVEMBER 2009, AND AGAIN REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE THE LAST REPAIR, THE VERSA WAS DRIVEN INFREQUENTLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2010, AND THEREFORE, DIDN?T ACCUMULATE SIGNIFICANT MILEAGE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2010, THE CAR WAS DRIVEN REGULARLY AGAIN, WITH THE STARTING PROBLEM REAPPEARING IN OCTOBER 2010. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE UNTIL JANUARY 2011. THIS MARKS THE THIRD REPAIR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THE VERSA HAS EXCEEDED THE FACTORY WARRANTY (38K MILES) AND WE ARE PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ISOLATED TO US. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND THE SAME PROBLEM IS SHARED MY MANY OTHER NORTH AMERICAN VERSA OWNERS ACROSS MANY ENTHUSIAST INTERNET FORUMS, CAR SITES, BLOGS AND OTHER LOCATIONS. WITH THAT IN MIND, I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND STATED MY CASE. THE REPLY WAS SIMPLY THAT NISSAN HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM AS A RECALL OR CAMPAIGN. WE MADE THE DECISION TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE BASED ON SAFETY AND RELIABILITY. WE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN OUR NISSAN VERSA, AS EVERY TIME WE TAKE THE WHEEL WE?RE LEFT WONDERING WHETHER IT WILL OR WILL NOT START. I CANNOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT A MODERN, LOW-MILEAGE, THREE-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE WILL OCCASIONALLY NOT START, THEREBY, CREATING A SITUATION OF POTENTIAL DANGER TO FAMILY. WHILE THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN IMMINENT THREAT SUCH AS A BRAKE FAILURE OR TIRE DEFECT, HAVING YOUR CAR BECOME INOPERABLE CAN LEAD TO DANGEROUS OUTCOMES AS WELL. NISSAN IS NOT ADDRESSING A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

HAVING ISSUE WITH HARD START WITH VEHICLE TAKING A LONG TIME CRANKING IN ORDER TO CATCH. WHILE READING OTHER CONSUMERS ISSUES WITH THEIR VERSA DYING OUT IN TRAFFIC I WOULD LIKE TO AVOID THAT AS I HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON ENTRANCE RAMP AND ACCELERATING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED WITH NO POWER TO THE STEERING, BRAKES OR ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS IN CENTER LANE HAD TROUBLE STEERING TO THE RIGHT TO GET TO SHOULDER. AFTER TURNING KEY BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES, THE LIGHTS AND DASH CAME BACK ON BUT WOULD NOT START. CAR CRANKED BUT WOULD NOT START. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD THE FUSE TO FUEL PUMP BLEW. THAT WOULD NOT EXPLAIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTTING DOWN. IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC, THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT WITH NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE STEERING. WAITING ON CAUSE FOR FUSE TO BLOW FROM DEALER. *TR

MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN TURNING ON ONCE A MONTH AND NOW IT'S ABOUT ONCE A WEEK IT WAS CRANK AT ALL. ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS AND IT JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED. PLEASE HELP ME! I BOUGHT THE PLATINUM WARRANTY ON THE CAR AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT IT MIGHT NOT START. WHEN I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER IT HAPPENS TO TURN ON BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I KNOW WHEN AND WHERE IT WILL NOT TURN ON. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT LOTS OF NISSAN VERSA OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SAY IT IS THE FUEL PUMP. I TOLD THE DEALER THIS AND THEY REFUSE TO EVEN HUMOR ME THAT IT MIGHT BE JUST THAT. A RECALL IS IN ORDER PLEASE!!! *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2007 NISSAN VERSA IN 2007. IN 2008, I BEGAN TO NOTICE INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS(HARD TO CRANK ENGINE); THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER PROLONGED CRANKING ATTEMPTS. IN MAY 2008, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO UNDERGO DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR; THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A FAULTY FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY, FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE PROBLEM REAPPEARED. I TOOK MY NISSAN VERSA BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME REPAIR, IN NOVEMBER 2009, AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR MY CAR BEING THAT I WAS ROUGHLY 2,000 MILES OVER MY WARRANTY PERIOD. SINCE THEN THE CRANKING PROBLEM WITH MY NISSAN VERSA HAS BECOME MORE PREVALENT AND AS A RESULT I'VE RECENTLY HAD MY FIRST BATTERY REPLACEMENT BECAUSE I DESTROYED MY ORIGINAL BATTERY FROM EXTENSIVE CRANKING! THE NISSAN CORP. AND NORTH AMERICAN NISSAN SHOULD HONOR THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR A SERIOUS ISSUE! *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 NISSAN VERSA. THE LAST WEEK I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN WAS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A FUEL PUMP. IT WAS REPLACED. AFTER I GOT THE CAR BACK IT STARTED TO HAVE NO POWER WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS PETAL. BECAUSE OF THIS I WAS ALMOST HIT SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT AND THE RPM'S WOULD BE VERY HIGH. IF SOUNDED LIKE THE MOTOR WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE SHOP AGAIN AND NOW THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT IT IS A MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD WHY ARE THESE THINGS HAPPENING? I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT HIT ME EVEN WHEN THE GAS PETAL IS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TRYING TO MAKE THE VEHICLE MOVE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR

CAR LOST POWER GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. AFTER I STOPPED THEN CAR DID START UP AGAIN. DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHAT COULD BE WRONG. I'VE READ ONLINE ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. THIS IS A 2007 NISSAN VERSA SL HATCHBACK. *TR

PURCHASED CAR JULY 2007. IN SPRING 2008, FUEL PUMP REPLACED DUE TO CAR (A) GETTING POOR GAS MILEAGE (B) TAKING 2-3 CRANKS TO START (C) FEELING LIKE NO POWER WAS GETTING TO THE PEDAL. STARTED HAVING ISSUES AGAIN FEBRUARY 2009. WENT ON A TRIP MARCH 2009 FOR TWO WEEKS. WHEN I RETURNED, THE CAR TOOK 5 MINUTES TO START WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS AFTER CRANKING AT LEAST 5 OR 6 TIMES. TAKING TO THE DEALER NEXT WEEK. TODAY, STARTED FINE, BUT NO POWER BEHIND PEDAL AND POOR MILEAGE. SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY BEAT UP TRUCK, WHICH WAS JUST AS RELIABLE. *TR

I PURCHASED MY NISSAN VERSA JULY 2007. THAT WINTER, I WAS HAVING HARD START ISSUES ON A FULL TANK, THE CAR SEEMED TO BE SLOWING DOWN WHEN I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS, I WAS GETTING ABOUT 18 MILES TO THE GALLON, AND THE CAR MADE FUNNY NOISES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES. ON THE THIRD VISIT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL PUMP REGULATOR HAD BEEN RECALLED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS, THE GAS MILEAGE WAS GREAT, AND I HAD NOT PROBLEMS STARTING THE VEHICLE. THEN, I THE NEXT WINTER, I WAS HAVING HARD START PROBLEMS AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT MUST JUST BE THE COLD WEATHER. WELL THIS PAST WINTER, YET AGAIN HARD START ISSUES. I AM ALSO GETTING POOR GAS MILEAGE, SLOWING DOWN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE GAS, ETC. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE TECHNICIAN SAID "OH WELL, YOU ARE OUT OF WARRANTY...I CAN HELP YOU FIND A GOOD PRICE." I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE ISSUES WITH A NEW CAR. THE SCARIEST PART IS THE SLOWING DOWN WHILE MY FOOT IS ON THE GAS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN I HAVE IT ON CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

MY SPECIFIC COMPLAINT IS FALSE ADVERTISING. WHEN I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE NISSAN ADVERTISED THE VEHICLE A VERSA WITH CVT TRANS AS GETTING 30/36 MPG. MY VEHICLE HAS NEVER GOTTEN ANYWHERE NEAR THESE FIGURES. MY LAST FILL UP, MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES WAS 22 MPG. THE SERVICE DEPT. STATES EVERYTHING IS RUNNING CORRECTLY IN THE ENGINE. IT IS FUNNY BUT NOW THE SERVICE DEPT TELLS ME THE MPG IS 28/33 NOT 30/36. I BOUGHT A CAR THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAVE GOOD FUEL ECONOMY AND IT IS NOT MUCH BETTER THAN MY SUV. *TR