Nissan Versa door locks problems

Filed Jul 31, 2025 · Locks · 58,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2011 Nissan Versa. The contact stated that the rear passenger's side door failed to unlock and unlatch as intended. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an unknown local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the door lock actuator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was diagnosed at the owner's expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 58,000.

Filed Nov 12, 2023 · Electrical · MO

Passenger door lock/unlocked, not working. Buzz noise when operating key fob; actuator malfunction. Can't open door manually.

Filed Feb 13, 2022 · Electrical · CA

Driver door handle will not open from inside car at times. The exterior handle locking mechanism gets stuck not allowing the door to open from the inside. When this happens, I need to roll down the window to reach outside and jiggle the exterior door handle in order to be able to open the door from inside the car. This poses a serious safety hazard of the driver not being able to exit the vehicle in an emergency. This is a common issue with the Nissan Versa car on many car forums online. I believe there was a recall issued for newer model cars, but not the 2011 year.

Filed May 27, 2021 · Electrical · CA

The driver side door lock was frozen and would not open with the use of electrical button inside of car, the remote, or manually with key outside of the car. I was trapped inside of the car and could not get out of the car through the driver's side door and had to climb out of driver seat over to passenger door to get out of the car. If I was older and had health problems I would of not been able to get out of the car. Very dangerous and should not ever happen to any car door. When I took my car into my mechanics for repair, there was another Versa that was brought in for the exact same problem, unbelievable. I did write to Nissan and they had a consumer affairs person call me. I spoke to a women and she informed me that Nissan did not have any recalls for the door locks. I expressed my concern for the safety and she told me that I should of taken the car to the Nissan dealer. I told her that I was not able to get into the driver's door and had my daughter climb into the car to drive to our mechanic to have it repaired as there is not a Nissan dealer nearby.

Filed Aug 1, 2020 · Fuel system, Lights · 30,000 miles · AZ

If you have the AC full blast and are idling at a red light the car will stall out as if it weren't getting fuel because it won't start right back up. In order for me to start it I had to press and depress the acceleration pedal while attempting to turn it over. If turning over exceeds the batteries voltage it will kill the battery resulting in worse problems. If you're lucky it will turn over after a long time turning it over while pushing gas pedal but if you don't unplug and plug in the fuel pump it might not work. If you idle for long periods of time you'll stall out for sure once the car starts sputtering hitting the gas pedal will only increase the speed of the stall because letting go seems to drain the systems fuel and it seems you'll have to get the fuel running thru system again. This car also has a lot more wrong with for starters the trunk is not sealed by welding it honestly looks like brown paint which doesn't completely cover the cracks between the frame and trunk bottom and sometimes I get light headed when idling before it started to stall out. This particular vehicle was made in mexico and seems to be cheaply made because the trim doesn't even display the versa s just versa aside from that immediately after purchasing it the passenger door lock no longer works neither does the trunk. You can hear the wind thru the doors while driving and the floor seems poorly insulated from heat. The blower motor isn't blowing the AC out as hard as it was. When accelerating pops are heard coming from the bottom of the car which I don't know the source but I do know it can't be good. This vehicle is my mother's but I drive it a lot and this is only my half of the experience. I honestly think she got scammed because this 2017 car doesn't have electric seats, door locks or windows and doesnt even have a key fob or alarm.

Filed Jul 13, 2020 · Airbags · TX

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 nissan versa. The contact complained that a stranger, without a mask, knocked on her door and hung a note on the door handle, asking her to call him back for urgent air bag recall. The contact called the mckinney nissan dealer, located at: 3800 s central expy, mckinney, tx 75069 and was told that they did not send anyone. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and stated that the federal safety agency mandated them to do so through a third party and that the manufacturer paid for the service. The contact was referred to the federal safety agency. The contact, however, stated that she received a recall, the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v008000 (air bags) and already scheduled appointment with the above dealer. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Feb 5, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 150,000 miles · VA

The pieces on the door handle of 2007, seem to pop out over time. Drive side key entry and the passenger side door. I know of three nissan versa's have caught fire and all from the cavalier converter... The heater core has some issues. This car had an airbag recall and I don't believe my airbags were replaced. I was told that both side's airbags were done. The dealership told me it would take three weeks to a month to repair. When I told them that I would have to be compensated for my car downtime because I do uber. It was done in two days. The clock spring went out in my car. I do not have a lot of pictures, but I can go in my file and fine them. Thanks for any help on these issues. The airbags were done at the end of 2017 and I didn't know I could do what I'm doing today. I was told I would have to paid to get my airbags checked out. Over the past two years, I've had so many issues with my car. I've spent over 2.000.00 or more. I've learned so much about my car from google and youtube. Thank you for any help in this matter.

Filed Feb 2, 2020 · Body · FL

The drivers door handle is coming off..

Filed Jan 28, 2020 · Body · CA

Outer door handle on passenger side came off.dealer fixed it and I paid for repair. Handle came odd 4 days later.I returned to dealer and was told a part needed to be replaced that is broken and the additional charge would be 350.00. I feel this should have been taken care of when I first went to dealer. I am requesting the handle be replaced by dealer no charge since it was not properly repaired when I first took it in.that part should have been replaced when they initially so fixed it.

Filed Sep 7, 2019 · 59,000 miles · CA

The drivers side interior door handle does not open door. In order to open door to exit car at all (much less in an emergency) you must first keep car running, then engage power door lock to the unlock position, then roll down power window all the way in order to reach the exterior door handle and pull out away from the car. Note: the car had approximately 59000 miles on it. When notified in mid june 2019, nissan customer 'advocate' instructed me to bring the problem to chula vista, ca. Dealer to verify the issue, document it then contact them with the result. When I did so and explained the safety issue and that I was instructed to go there by nissan the service manager there said I'd be responsible for paying a $175 'diagnostic fee' since they claimed they needed to take off the door panel in order to estimate a cost to repair. When I explained that I was there at the behest of nissan he insisted I still would be required to pay the fee but in this case he would authorize it to be credited toward the actual cost of repair should I choose to go forward with the repair. I was and am still not able to do so.. After several unresponsive attempts to relay all this to nissan I believe some government action should be taken to force them to take this safety issue seriously enough to prevent any foreseeable tragedies.