I have had the same braking problem with my 2016 Versa S with 5 speed. So I don't think it's the CVT doing it. I agree with the OP that it's the A/C that's doing it. I have experienced this 3 times since I bought my car new in Oct 2016. All 3 times the A/C was on. My pedal also went nearly to the floor when it happened. Dealer of course can not reproduce the problem.
NHTSA complaints.
Reading through complaints on the NHTSA website regarding 2013 sedans. I've found some that I have issues with also. While I love my Versa these problems are nagging if to say the least. Anyone else having these issues with their new sedans?
The one about the A/C compressor causing the car to surge forward when you are stopped or coming to stop or the brake pedal feeling a bit loose and the ones about the car wandering and getting blown about in windy conditions I've also have experienced.
Read more complaints here just search for year, make, model:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchComplaints
The one about the A/C compressor causing the car to surge forward when you are stopped or coming to stop or the brake pedal feeling a bit loose and the ones about the car wandering and getting blown about in windy conditions I've also have experienced.
Read more complaints here just search for year, make, model:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchComplaints
Date Complaint Filed: 06/13/2013
Component(s): SERVICE BRAKES , UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of Incident: 02/08/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10519751
All Products Associated with this Complaint
Details
0 Associated Documents
Crash:No Fire:No Number of Injuries:0 Number of Deaths:0
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available
SUMMARY:
I HAVE NOTICED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN STOPPED OR COMING TO A STOP, BRAKE WILL FEEL LIKE IT BECOMES DISENGAGED OR FEELING OF CAR SURGING FORWARD A LITTLE, WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE MY FOOT IS HEAVILY ON THE BRAKE, SO THAT IT WILL NOT FEEL LIKE IT WILL MOVE FORWARD. A COUPLE OF TIMES, I HAVE THOUGHT THE CAR IN BACK OF ME HAD BUMPED ME. ALSO, THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS A LITTLE LOOSE. ALSO, WHEN THERE IS DEW PRESENT ON THE WINDOW IN THE MORNING IF I HAVE PARKED OUTSIDE AT NIGHT, THE BUILT-IN WINDOW BRUSHES/EDGERS WILL NOT CLEAR THE WINDOWS. THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING AND THE WINDOWS BECAME FOGGY ON THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THOSE LITTLE BRUSHES, WERE JUST MEANT TO KEEP DEBRIS OUT OF THE DOOR PANEL AREA.
Date Complaint Filed: 06/10/2013
Component(s): STEERING , SUSPENSION
Date of Incident: 05/08/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10515942
All Products Associated with this Complaint
Details
0 Associated Documents
Crash:No Fire:No Number of Injuries:0 Number of Deaths:0
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): Not Available
SUMMARY:
THE CAR WANDERS WILDLY AT SPEEDS OF 55MPH + AND YOU ARE IN ANOTHER LANE IF THE WIND BLOWS. HAVE BROUGHT TO DEALER, HAD TIRES ROTATED, SUSPENSION CHECKED TIRE PSI MATCHING ETC. IT IS DESIGN FLAW WITH SOME COMPONENT, WHETHER IT BE THE CAR IS SIMPLY TOO LIGHT, OR THE SUSPENSION IS TOO SOFT ETC. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PULLED OVER BY STATE TROOPERS FOR "EXCESSIVE WEAVING", WHEN IT WAS WINDY OUT.
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You have a brake problem plain and simple. Not all are easily diagnosed, the MCs can leak to drop pedal then not do it again for a day or a month. That has nothing whatsoever to do with a/c other than it happened to be on at the time and of course it would since it was turned on.
I say it again, the a/c in and of itself does NOT have the power to bump a car forward and it certainly is not connected with the brakes to act up only when the a/c is on. Go ahead and insist on it though and how the cars never get fixed or get messed up worse. When drivers insist on silly things like that the dealers will lie about outcomes or mess with their stuff just because they know the complaint is false and the owner wants them to chase phantoms.
Yours, and do with it as you will, nobody said we had to be smart about it. Post [URL=http://www.nissanversaforums.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=12]#12 [/URL] is even worse as poster has a clutch and pushed in the engine is not even connected to trans to be able to move the car, ergo, impossible.
Gotta think about this stuff people, it's not rocket science.
Ok smart Alec. I am the author of post #12 . Point out again where I ever said my clutch was pressed in? I said my foot was on the brake and it went nearly to the floor. My A/C was on and as soon as the compressor cycled on the pedal went nearly to the floor. 3 times since I bought the car new. My car was in 2nd gear each time as I was downshifting to come to a stop. The engine seemed to lurch as the compressor cycled on and my BRAKE pedal went nearly to the floor. Get it now? Mechanics like you are the reason why we owners would rather do the job ourselves.
Uh, I am one of those owners, I do not let anyone ever touch my cars and do all work on them as well as many other brands countless times. I have never paid for any car repair EVER. 45+ years now, and 3-4 cars running at all times during that period. I loathe dealerships and most independent shops are filled with the unlearned. Everything that you can think of on a car needing done I do.
AGAIN I say, the A/C cannot do that, even coming on the A/C forces are in no way connected to brake hydraulics. Braking is purely mechanical only unless there is an ABS unit involved there. Drivers can imagine whatever they want to past that, I see it all day long and wasted millions of dollars over it. The ECM likely inhibits A/C coming on at decel anyway, many of them do it in the software, to lower the likelihood of a sudden coming on affecting decel drop speed and resultant idle speed recovery. Read the service manual. AND, unless you have like LEDs installed like I do that for one thing show you EXACTLY when the A/C clutch comes on you have NO idea of when it actually came on, any bump you feel could easily be 10 other things.
'...with 5 speed.'
I guess you never use the clutch?
'Point out again where I ever said my clutch was pressed in?'
'...as I was downshifting to come to a stop.'
So now you're downshifting without pushing in the clutch (again)? The transmission will love you for that one..............
Your problem is the pedal dropping, or hydraulic or booster failure, you can jump around that all you want, but nothing will get fixed until you address that and why it is happening.
Yours and do as you will with it...........
You really need a reading comprehension class. Just stop replying to my posts if you are always going to twist things around and add things I never wrote. Honestly take a class or just stop responding to my posts. Please.
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