I purchased my car 2 years ago from a used car dealership. It began to give me problems a few months after that. I then took my car to Nissan to be reprogrammed for free back when there was an open recall on my car when I found out it had too many miles for the warranty that would allow the transmission to be replaced. I've been driving it since and doing normal maintenance on it regularly. It recently began giving me trouble. I had to pull off the interstate because it would not accelerate and could have easily gotten into a car accident. I took it back to the dealership where they will be performing a diagnostic study on the car.
2014 Nissan Versa acceleration problems
26 complaints (13% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 51,000. 5 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 26
- of this car's complaints
- 13%
- typical mileage
- 51,000
- crashes
- 5
- recalls
- 1
Which part fails
- Accelerator pedal1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Nissan Versa acceleration problems in other years
Related recalls
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- What is wrong
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Nissan Versa sedan vehicles manufactured June 9, 2011, to March 11, 2015, and 2014-2015 Nissan Versa Note vehicles manufactured April 23, 2013, to March 11, 2015. The affected vehicles have a center console trim panel that may catch the driver's shoe and delay the transition from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal.
- Risk
- A delay in the application of the brake pedal would lengthen the distance needed to stop the vehicle and increase the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will modify the console trim panel, free of charge. The recall began on September 14, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1‑800‑647‑7261.
Recall number 15V507000 · Recall details
What 2014 Nissan Versa owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
the problem in my car is ethier the transmission or transmission control module. The transmission started slipping and then suddenly on the hey of 395 north bound it simply just wouldn't do anything it had no reaction at all right in the middle of the freeway and there I was stuck people at 65-70 miles an hour whizzing by me not to mention simi trucks.tge reason I am writing is I looked up the problem at it is a very common problem with this year and make of the car. I went to nissan here in reno nv and they will not honor the recall sayes it is because of a branded title. The car had been wrecked only damaging the front bumper. Nothing to the motor or transmission was rebuilt but because it had previously been turned in as an insurance claim nissan of reno will NOT honor the recall. Any damage that was done was cosmetic not to the motor or transmission. I would like to know if nissan should honor the recalls on my vehicle. It has 98,000 miles on it and falls under the 10 year under 120,000 miles. The service person I talked to treated me like I was dumb and pretty much pushed me out the door and told me that they don't have to honor it. I am tempted to get ahold of previous owner to see if his insurance claim had anything to do with this transmission issue. It has one complaint after another on YouTube over this very issue. Please help me I don't know what to do. Thank you.
I was driving about 30 miles/hour, there was a sound and the car shut down, engine stopped, lost power steering and brake became heavy, no lights in speedometer and indicators went off/black screen. Brakes were soft but I was able to stop. I restarted the engine and I was able to drive. Then I was on a freeway about 20 min later, driving 65 miles/hour and the car made a big noise, shook as if I drove on a pothole, and it was the same thing. No engine, accelerator didn't work, I was coasting, lost power steering, and hard to push down breaks. Power in the panels were off. I was able to use emergency signal, pulled over eventually and waited for about 3-4 min. Before restarting the car. It worked again and I was able to drive. The same thing happened last year, and today it happened twice. Both times, it was a hot day.
The car doesn't accelerate when taking off sometime. It sometimes wiil not go over 40 MPH. Its coding a input speed sensor inside of the transmission
Car stalling , losing speed , due to failing CVT transmission
Gearshift will not come out of park, have to manually unlock the gearshift with a paper clip; car will not accelerate correlational to the gas pedal, and the rpms go really high on inclines/hills...nissan saying not responsible/no recalls, but I'm still getting 'claims notices' from gm economic settlement claims center...the nissan dealership told me to "disregard" the notices coming in the mail....
My car have 117 k miles and tha tranzmition is bad all tha nissan car are like tha
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan versa. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed to the floorboard however, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated and stalled with an unknown warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000.
Problems with transmission. Rpm go very high and it won't switch gears, then after struggling it will switch gear but jerk the car very hard and you can hear it switch very hard. It does does in the street and highway. Makes me very concerned about getting on a highway and my transmission failing to switch to higher gears and other cars hitting me for not being able to go into faster speeds. The vehicle is not even at the 50k miles yet.
Vehicle hesitates and cuts off while driving. Check engine light is on and says there's a transmission issue
Questions about the 2014 Nissan Versa acceleration
Does the 2014 Nissan Versa have acceleration problems?
Owners have filed 26 complaints about the acceleration of the 2014 Nissan Versa, 13% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2014 Nissan Versa acceleration problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 51,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2014 Nissan Versa acceleration?
Yes, 1 recall: 15V507000. Check your VIN to see if your car still needs the free repair.
What year does the Nissan Versa have the most acceleration problems?
The Nissan Versa model years with the most acceleration complaints are 2012 (33 complaints), 2013 (27 complaints) and 2014 (26 complaints).
Other 2014 Nissan Versa problems
Transmission 82Engine 39Brakes 31Airbags 24Electrical 17Body 12Fuel system 10Steering 10Suspension 6Driver assistance 4Seat belts 3Tires 3Visibility 2Wheels 2Lights 1Locks 1Seats 1
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