2008 Nissan Versa Powertrain & Transmission Problems

THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS ON NISSANS ARE UNSAFE. FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, OUR NISSAN VERSA WOULD BRIEFLY LOSE POWER WHEN WE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT IT ONLY HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY AND TEMPORARILY. THEN ON JULY 15, IT GOT MUCH WORSE. WE COULD BARELY DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT WOULD CONSTANTLY LOSE POWER. THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR AND CONTINUED AS WE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE THE CAR A COUPLE OF BLOCKS ON THE CITY STREETS. I AM THANKFUL THAT WE WERE NOT ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. WE LEARNED LATER THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR WAS TRYING TO START IN A HIGH GEAR INSTEAD OF A LOW GEAR. OUR 2008 NISSAN VERSA IS 6 WEEKS PAST THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION. DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ARE BELOW THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT OF THE WARRANTY AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS LIKELY BEEN GIVING US PROBLEMS FOR YEARS, NISSAN WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. I BELIEVE NISSAN SHOULD BE ORDERING A RECALL ON THE CVT TECHNOLOGY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OLDER MODELS. THEY KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS FLAWED AND UNSAFE, THAT'S WHY THEY CREATED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST OUT OF THAT WARRANTY PERIOD, THEY WON'T HELP YOU OUT AS A CONSUMER. IF THEY PUBLICIZED THE CVT PROBLEM AND ORDERED A RECALL, THEY WOULD PREVENT HAVING UNSAFE CARS ON THE ROAD.

THERE WERE 3 RECALLS ON MY 2008 NISSAN VERSA. TWO WERE FOR AIRBAGS AND 1 WAS FOR FRONT COILS/SPRINGS. I WAS GIVEN A LOANER VEHICLE UNTIL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. NISSAN HAD ME DRIVE MY VEHICLE IN TO GET SERVICED, KNOWING THAT IT WAS A HAZARD TO MY LIFE. ON THE WAY TO GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED ONE COULD HEAR A LOUD POP, THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL AND WAS AT THEN ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

THIS CAR WAS BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP WITH 120,807 MILES AND THE COMPLAINT WAS IT WOULD NOT GO. MANY TRANSMISSION CODES FOUND AND TRANSMISSION FLUID VERY BLACK IN COLOR. HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION DO TO THE FACT THAT NO ONE WILL REBUILD THIS CVT TRANSMISSION. A GOOD DESIGNED TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 121,000 MILES WITH WHAT THEY COST.

I WAS INFORMED IN MAY 2016 OF THE AIRBAG RECALL AND NISSAN STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE PART TO REPAIR IT, THEY SAID JAN 2017. AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED IN THE VEHICLE AND NISSAN WANTS TO CHARGE 4600.00 TO FIX IT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND NISSAN HAS HAD A TERRIBLE FAILURE RATE WITH THESE TO PARTS, ALSO THE FRONT COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF A RECALL. IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA YOU HAVE TO PASS AN INSPECTION AND THAT WAS DUE IN MAY 2016 AND THE AIRBAG PARTS ARE NOT IN TILL 01/2019. I HAD TO SPEND MONEY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HAVE THE CAR PASS INSPECTION IN ORDER FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT GETTING A MOVING VIOLATION FOR FAILED INSPECTION. NISSAN SAID THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE ME A DISCOUNT ONLY I PURCHASED A NEW VEHICLE- THAT IS UNJUST. *TR

MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE. CLUTCH PEDAL LINKAGE BROKE FROM CLUTCH THROW ROD UNDER THE DASH. THERE IS A PLASTIC COMPONENT THAT CONNECTS THE PEDAL TO THE LINKAGE AND IS ONLY HELD BY A BALL/SOCKET COMPRESSION FIT. AFTER FAILURE, CLUTCH CANNOT BE ENGAGED AND CAR WILL BE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. *TR

I HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING CAR INTO PARK. DASH INDICATOR SAID IT WAS IN PARK . THEN I COULD NOT REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY. I THEN WIGGLED THE KEY IT CAME OUT. AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR IT STARTED TO ROLL DOWN HILL. BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL SERVICE STATION AND THEY HAD FOUND THE SHIFTER TO HAVE A BROKEN PIECE OF PLASTIC IN IT. *TR

CVT TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A METAL RUBBING NOISE WHEN IN DRIVE AND IDLING. NISSAN DEALER CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE DUE TO CVT FAILURE. *JB

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT PUTTING IT ON A COMPUTER WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND ADVISED HER TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REFUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO CAUSE FOR FAILURE WAS FOUND AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. SIX MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. DT

NISSAN 2008 VERSA WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER ,THEN SHUT OFF,CAR JUST CAME BACK FROM DEALER NOT FOR THIS PROBLEM ,BUT FOR LOSE OF POWER IN WHILE DRIVING A UPGRADE HILL THIS CAR IS ON SECOND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION NOTIFIED NISSAN CORPORATE OFFICE NO ANSWER. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOUND IN SOME VERSA SLS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, RELATING TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT ON HOT DAYS, THIS SWITCH MAY MOVE, AND CAUSE THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH TO DISENGAGE PREMATURELY. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE DANGEROUS IF IT OCCURS IN A REMOTE AREA OR ON A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROAD. THIS PROBLEM WILL SEVERELY COMPROMISE YOUR VEHICLES ABILITY TO MOVE, AND YOUR CAR MAY END UP DISABLED OR POSSIBLY WITH A BURNED OUT CLUTCH IF YOU IGNORE IT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A GROWING TREND WITH CLUTCH PROBLEMS IN NISSAN VERSA'S RANGING FROM MILEAGE OF 168 AND UP. NISSAN FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM.

CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS (2ND TIME AT 40,000). *TR

FRONT AXLES "CLICK" WHEN MAKING TURNS. CVT TRANSMISSION CUTS OUT OR STALLS WHEN MAKING TURNS AND/OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. OCCURRENCE IS 3-5 X WEEKLY. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE 9-10 TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT AXLES AND TRANSMISSION WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. *TR