NHTSA complaints.

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SilverV

Discussion Starter · Jul 5, 2013

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

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
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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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Versa15

· #7 · Aug 12, 2018 (Edited)

To update this thread, my 2015 Versa SV does the same braking issues. I haven't noticed anything with the a/c compressor kicking in and surge. But I have felt the bump several times. It feels just like the car behind has pushed me. I have to push the brake pedal hard after the car comes to a stop, or else it will start rolling forward again. Several times I've almost bumped the car in front of me if I'm not paying attention after coming to a stop at a light. My problem is I have nerve damage in both legs from an accident in 1997. I have neuropathy in both feet. I can't push down hard on the brake pedal. I have to drive a car with power brakes. This Versa has power brakes only up until it comes to a complete stop, then something changes to greatly reduce the braking pressure and I have to use both feet to keep it from rolling into the car in front of me.

I'm sure this is a non issue for a strong healthy person. But a major issue for a handicap person like me. I can't have a manual transmission due to holding the clutch down. But since 97 I've never had a problem driving an automatic safely until this Versa. I had someone tell me it's the cvt and not having a torque converter is why it "brake creeps."

I can drive a manual, just don't care to own one for daily use. I borrow my fathers GMC Sierra 5 speed occasionally. I can clutch but I have too take it out of gear and let up with my clutch foot and watch for the sequence of the traffic light so I can clutch and back into first as it changes to green.

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Versa15

· #10 · Aug 13, 2018 (Edited)

It was a mechanic that told me cvt doesn't have a torque converter. I've worked on engines but never an automatic trans. So I believed him not knowing. Lol

I owned a Ford with cvt and it's brakes were completely normal. But it didn't shift at all. The Versa has a shift point around 35-40, so driving in city speed limit of 35, it's constantly hunting for a gear so to speak.

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Versa15

· #16 · Aug 18, 2018 (Edited)

I've always assumed it was a vacuum booster issue. I don't think it's a leaky booster unless they all leak. There are too many Versa owners with the exact same complaint. It does it to me with the a/c turned off.

The bump is either the sudden drop in brake pressure letting the car move forward or something happening with the trans. I've only felt the bump twice. But every time I stop, the pedal has good firm feel and the car comes to a complete stop. Then instantly the pedal begins to sink to the floor and the car starts rolling forward.

Are the brake boosters on these cars vacuum or electric assist?

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