2011 Nissan Versa Engine Problems

MY NISSAN HAS UNDER 50,000 MILES ON IT. I DRIVE IN NEW ENGLAND, ROADS ARE A BIT TOUGHER- HOWEVER MY MUFFLER IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND HANGING LOOSE FROM THE BODY OF MY CAR. MY RESONATOR PIPE SNAPPED AND I GOT A QUOTE FOR $931.75 FROM A LOCAL MEINEKE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS DANGEROUS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ON A CAR THAT SHOULD STILL BE RUNNING EFFICIENTLY, I NOTICED IT WHILE DRIVING, GOT HOME AND PULLED OVER TO NOTICE THE MUFFLER WAS VERY VERY LOOSE

FIRST THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. THIS CAR BURNS OIL QUICKLY. DUE TO THIS I HAD BEEN RUNNING MY CAR WITH LOW OIL. WHICH RESULTED WITH A PISTON POPPING OUT AND IT IS REQUESTED I REPLACE MY ENGINE. *TR

MY HUSBAND PURCHASED THE NISSAN VERSA 4HB 2011 BRAND NEW. A FEW MONTHS BACK WHILE DRIVING ON THE TEXAS FREEWAYS 70 MPH...THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND I LOST POWER AND SPEED, THIS WAS FRIGHTENING AND VERY DANGEROUS....WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY NEED TO BE REPLACED: PRICE, OVER $1000.00...OUR PERSONAL MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DO THE JOB BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS SHORT LIVED AND HAPPENED AGAIN. WE WENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING ABOUT REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY, WE EXPLAINED IT WAS REPLACED BUT NEEDED THE VEHICLE TO BE RECODED...THE GUY SAID THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE, SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC, AND HAD IT REPLACED, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN...SO WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD RECODE THE MONITOR...WHICH WAS DONE...BUT HERE NOW IT HAPPENED AGAIN, PUTTING ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON TEXAS FREEWAYS....NOW SITTING IN MY GARAGE. I NEED HELP ADVICE ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE US A CLUE AS TO WHY SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH A VEHICLE BARLEY 2 YEARS OLD....I DO NOT WANT TO DIE ON TEXAS FREEWAYS.... *TR

THE MOST RECENT DATE HAS BEEN 10/21/12. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN JUNE AND APRIL. WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WILL COMPLETELY TURN OFF. ONCE PULLED OVER, I AM ABLE TO RE-START IT. THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

BROUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST 2011. AT EVERY SERVICE I WOULD REPORT OF KNOCKING NOISE AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEED OF OIL. I WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT THERE IS/WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. AGAIN IN AUGUST 2012; I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE ONE OF THE NEW TECH'S LOOKED AT THE CAR AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MY ENGINE WAS GONE AND THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE IT WHICH THEY DID DO. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ASK SHOULD THE WARRANTY START OVER? *TR *JS

APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2011 NISSAN VERSA I NOTICED A KNOCKING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. IT ALMOST SOUNDED AS THOUGH THE CAR WAS LOW OF OIL BUT THIS WASN'T THE CASE. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT "THE VALVES OR VALVE SLEEVES WERE CUT TOO LONG DURING THE MACHINING PROCESS OF THE MOTOR AND THEY WERE TAPPING AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTOR". HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS, HOWEVER... AFTER READING SEVERAL OTHER STORIES OF WHAT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND THEN HAVING TO HAVE THE MOTOR REPLACED I DECIDED TO WRITE THIS IN HOPES OF AN INVESTIGATION OF A POSSIBLE RECALL. *TR