2012 Nissan Versa: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Jan 30, 2026 · Driver assistance, Engine · ID

My car keeps having sensors go out. Such as the tire pressure sensor and fuel compression sensor I think is what they called it anyways. They start to go up a hill. And my car loses all speed and slows way down my traction control. Don't turn on when it's supposed to. And needs to my cruise control, quit working when this went out. And my engines started sounding louder, which is weird because it's the one variable transmission. I love this car. I really. I'm tired of replacing sensors, though. Why do they keep going out? I kind of need those sensors to keep the carving good and the tire sensor lets me know if my tires are going flat or not. And I don't know now. I have to constantly be checking my tires with it. Pressure gauge also May I ask how to find out value? I found out the Carla. I'm buying this from has charged me 3 times more than it's claimed value that carmax says it's worth Which honestly I love this car so much? It really doesn't bother me that they did. But at the same time, I'm having to spend all this money getting it fixed. Because things keep going out. Online it says that it's only worth maybe 6000 I'm paying almost 15000 plus I've paid out a pucket Quite a bit and On top of that it has a warranty But I'm still having to replace things that are kind of strange to be going out. You've repeatedly what could be causing this to happen over and over

Filed Aug 10, 2021 · Acceleration, Airbags · FL

Backing up out of a parking space the lights started flashing cruise control air bag horn started blowing whole dash lit up when I straightened the vehicle the horn stopped. Got to my destination backed up a few feet as soon as I turned the wheel and attempted to put it in drive the airbag deployey. I did not hit anything. The airbag deployed for some unknown reason. Fearful car might catch fire very startling called 911 fire dept disabled battery had the vehicle towed and reported the issue to Nissan. I also reported this on Sunday after it happened.

Filed Aug 8, 2021 · Acceleration, Airbags · FL

I stopped at an atm when I backed out of space cruise control lights started flashing horn going off air bag light flashing passenger door clicking. Made it to store parked car got horn to stop. When I backed up out of space and turned wheel air bag deployed. Lights flashing horn sounding alarms. Turned off vehicle call 911 fire department came to see if no danger of fire and if I was ok. Called ins company set up CV claim because air bag deployed for no apparent reason hit me in the chest possibly due to electrical something malfunctioned.police also came but said I did not need to report anything because I did not hit anything. Called geico had vehicle towed and because air bag deployed they created a claim. Had vehicle towed to firestone but they were closed today adjuster from insurance company coming out tomorrow 892021 to assess damage and repairs needed.

Filed Apr 26, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 20 miles · OK

The transmission completely quits working sometimes in the middle of driving down the road and then start back working just fine. It's like a dead paddle but I have replacement everything but the transmission. It has no check engine lights or ABS codes. It will only allow rpms up to 1 until it comes back then it starts working again it even kick off the cruise control and started blinking

Filed Feb 9, 2016 · Transmission · 66,000 miles · CA

12/18/2015 driving the 2012 nissan versa sv on I-380 to us 101 during traffic hours. The car is at normal operating temperature. The car was going uphill, stepped on gas pedal, the RPM will no goes up neither the car move. The RPM will goes up in p or n only. Auto shop told me, when transmission gets hot. It will be not functioning correctly. Really happened to the car on the incident day, the car shift slow and vibrate a a lot. At higher speed with cruise control on or stable speed the RPM will goes from 2000-5000 up and down there is no any check light on the car. It was scary and dangerous.

Filed May 12, 2014 · Electrical · 41,000 miles · CT

I am writing with to provide notification about a serious safety issue with my vehicle, a 2012 nissan versa, purchased on october 11, 2011 with approximately 42,000 miles. My car is unsafe to drive, and after several failed attempts to have nissan address the issue, I believe that it is my duty to report this issue. On march 10, 2014 I was driving my vehicle on the highway and noticed that the tachometer was oscillating rapidly, even though I was driving at a constant speed via cruise control. Over the next several days this issue continued to persist both under local and interstate driving conditions. On march 15, 2014 I was driving my car when it suddenly stopped running. To fix the problem I had to come to a stop, put the car in park, take my key out of the ignition, and completely restart the car. Shortly thereafter this issue occurred while I was driving on a highway at a highway speeds. On march 17, 2014 I brought my vehicle to nissan for consultation. It took them three weeks to diagnose the problem, at which time they said that car needed a new wiring harness. While they initially said that the problem would be covered under warranty, they subsequently retracted this and refused to cover it. I appealed to corporate nissan twice advising that this is not a normal repair but a serious, potential life threatening safety issue and they rejected my appeals. Please note that nissan confirmed that my vehicle is not the only versa that has this problem, thus other nissan owners may be subject to the same unsafe wiring harnesses. Since I am unable to afford the $2000 repair cost for a new harness, I have been forced to drive my vehicle as-is, which is a danger to me and other drivers on the road. If my vehicle stops running while I'm on the highway I could cause a very serious accident, and nissan has shown minimal interest in acknowledging this problem.