2009 Nissan Versa: check engine light

Filed Aug 31, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 102,500 miles · PA

While the vehicle was accelerating out from a stop sign, it suddenly without warning or noise lost all ability to accelerate and stalled in the intersection. No lights came on at that point. Restarted car, drove home. I could feel acceleration hesitation in the gas pedal. Next morning I started car, now has engine light on. I drove to work, it repeated the behavior once. The next day I took the car to get the computer code p2138. The car stalls everyday the first time it is driven and I can feel the hesitation everytime. After the inital stall, it drives fine the rest of the day. Check engine light remains on. I did unplug the accelerator pedal sensor to air blow off any dust. It continues to behave the same whether coming out of a stop position or driving on the road or highway and the check engine light remains. Will be taking it to nissan dealer to have recalls checked and will ask about this issue as well. I went on this site and saw that other nissans have had this issue over the years.

Filed May 29, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · NY

I was turning onto a side street and heard a thump under my hood on the right side of the car. There was no difficulty driving although I kept hearing thumps for days after. I went in to a garage to get my snow tires put on and the garage saw that the spring above my right front tire was sheered in half and had damaged my tire. I had it towed to the nearest nissan and they fixed it while I went and bought new tires. About 3 months later, it happened on the left side. Then about a year after that, the spring above the right front tire broke again, so I replaced it a third time to a cost of $1200 per spring. I contacted nissan and was told no recall was in place for this. The mechanic at the garage told me this was a common problem for this car. In addition, at the same time, I noticed the engine losing power at different times, especially when stopped at a light or upon acceleration from a low speed to a high speed. No check engine light, no engine trouble noted, just loss of power. Shutting the car off and turning it back on seems to reset it but it's an ongoing issue.

Filed May 27, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 98,000 miles · IL

Check engine light came on, code was for a small evap leak, noticed smell of gas fumes inside the passenger cabin. Independent mechanic found and showed me a cracked fuel pump housing, additionally the electrical connection was black on the leftmost pin, evidence of arcing (sparking) from a short/poor connection between contacts.

Filed Apr 6, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 27,400 miles · PA

I was pulling out of a wawa after fueling up when the check engine light came on the car stalled in the middle of the road. I had to push it to the side. The road is normally busy thank god this did not occur during the busy time. I got the car to the dealership I explained to them my issues they repaired it by resetting the engine module thing. I just took the car back in middle of march due to the car riding rough service light back on and the engine is making a lot of noise. The car had 30379 miles on it at this point. The dealership demanded oil change receipts told me I needed a new motor. They told me I had to pick the car up and it was safe to drive. I later found out the vehicle was not safe to drive after dropping it back off again. There was a lower engine knock due to the pistons. I finally got the car 04/05/2012. I went to drive on i95 and the car was being slugish and it was hesitant with switching gears. The car is still noisy and riding rough. The car is vibrating at traffic lights like its going to stale. I now how have to take it back another time. The dealership claims they did a road check and safety check but there was no sheet that they could show me. I am now again without a vehicle. I am fortunate I didnt have my child with me. This car is not safe at all.

Filed Jan 5, 2010 · Engine · 3,700 miles · TX

I have a 2009 versa that has approx 3800 miles. This happened out of no where: the car had been driving fine until I came to a stop at a light. The car began to hesitate like it was going to die. I pushed the gas and it was still hesitating as I drove. I finally, stop and turned off the car and began driving it again. It was okay until I came to a stop again and it started all over. It felt like it was going to die while I was driving and someone would come behind me and hit me. There was no engine light indicators showing any problems. I felt unsafe to drive and asked the dealer to tow the vehicle to be checked out. The dealer is working on it but said that it may be the crank sensor, that was the code when they put the computer to the car. The dealer drove the car and was unable to duplicate the issue.