Nissan Versa sudden acceleration problems

Filed Jun 13, 2024 · Acceleration, Engine · 176,000 miles · KY

The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Versa. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH with the cruise control activated, the contact approached oncoming traffic and depressed the brake pedal; however, the vehicle continued to surge forward without warning. The contact deactivated the cruise control; however, the failure persisted. The contact was able to pull off to the shoulder of the highway and placed the vehicle in park(P) while the RPM's continued to surge. Upon restart of the vehicle, the RPMs became extremely elevated, and the contact immediately shut off the vehicle. The contact opened the hood and reset the throttle sensor; the contact then restarted the vehicle and drove the vehicle home without further issues. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the dealer for assistance. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 176,000.

Filed May 6, 2021 · Acceleration, Engine · 78,167 miles · WA

The transmission on this vehicle jerks at times making the vehicle lunge forward. It also does not engage from a stop or slow speed placing me in danger of being hit by the vehicles hesitation. When going up a hill the transmission does not engage or slips prior to engaging so I have no power to go up the hill. The transmission slips at a stop sign so when I pull out I never know if I will be stuck in the way of traffic. This transmission is dangerous. When turning the transmission does not engage for a short time jerking the vehicle.

Filed Apr 15, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · CA

Every single day multiple times a day my ABS light comes on cars transmission jerks around or whatever it is. I have to pull over and turn vehicle off and restart to drive again. I may have to do that a few times in a mile. I think it's a safety concern. It could be in motion or stopped car wants to lunge forward

Filed May 22, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 96,000 miles · CA

The nissan versa is at 96000 miles. The first 2 times it happens was on the street, turning from parking lots to street. The car experienced a sudden accelerate, for a short moment (about 2 seconds). Those 2 times was 1 hour apart. The next times the incident happens was on the highway. From the stop light to entering the freeway, which needs acceleration. The car experienced a rapid shake, sudden accelerates.the accelerations happens very closely to each other, only seconds apart, and more noticeble. The tachometer shakes around 2 to 3. The car was driven off the freeway and back to the parking structure. When transfering, the car still experienced the sudden shakes and acceleration. It hasn't been operated since then due to safy concerns.

Filed May 17, 2018 · Airbags · 89,000 miles · FL

Nissan versa was stopping normally to make a left turn. As auto came to a complete normal stop and brake pedal fully depressed auto violently lunged forward deploying both frontal air bags. Same violent type of stopping occurred two weeks prior also but no deployment at that time.

Filed Nov 12, 2016 · Body, Brakes · 8,740 miles · CA · crash

Our car was traveling in a very slow speed on an on-ramp of interchange from freeway 110 north bound to 105 west bound in los angeles county. The traffic flow was in a very slow moving fashion. Since it was an uphill on ramp, I had to step on the gas pedal slightly to keep the car moving at a slow but steady speed. As the traffic got slower, I gently stepped on the brake to slow down the car. While I was holding down the brake pedal, suddenly I heard a "clunk" noise and felt a vibration. At this point, the car started moving on its own without a sign of slowing down. I immediately tried to step on brake with full force but felt the brake having no pressure at all. As the car continued to move forward with uncontrolled speed, the only thing I could do at that moment was to veer the car towards the right edge to avoid direct impact with the front car. By reading the owner's manual, I believed the anti-lock braking system function was being erroneously activated at the time of the incident since the dry and non-slippery road condition did not warrant such activation. And what made things even worse was, for whatever the reason, the car was moving on its own in an uncontrolled speed while the break pedal was completely losing the pressure due to the ABS activation. This vehicle was being recalled and serviced for sudden acceleration safety concern due to the lower panel trim design in august. The liability insurance claim was filed for the accident. The mileage was 8740 at the time of accident. Photos of the accident scene are attached and along with other documents.

Filed Jun 16, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 534 miles · CA

I was coming out of my drive way at 5-10 MPH and the car accelerated without me putting my foot on the gas. It was not a huge acceleration but I still have concerns.

Filed Jun 5, 2015 · Acceleration · 10,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan versa. While depressing the accelerator pedal, the contact's shoe occasionally became stuck on a section of plastic trim located near the pedal. When the failure occurred, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration because the driver was not able to immediately release the pedal. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 10,000.

Filed Sep 4, 2012 · Seats · 101,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I had a 2009 nissan versa(hatchback) that was made during 2008 but was a 2009... I am seeing other cars on here that have had the same issue with the seats. This is very troubling! I was sitting still in traffic when I was hit from behind by a speeding car doing around 60mph. On impact the drivers seat I was sitting in shot forward and then backwards as the back of the seat broke.slamming me in to the back seat in a laying down position. Thank god I was not killed from the seat breaking. I know of someone else my husband works with that has the same year, make and model of car I had and the samething happened to him after he was hit from behind by a car going around 50mph. His seat also broke on impact.

Filed Mar 7, 2011 · Acceleration, Engine · NC

2010 nissan versa. Consumer states unintended acceleration *tgw the consumer stated he experienced engine acceleration while his foot was on the brake. The consumer stated he shifted the gear to neutral and the engine ran at an unusually high RPM for about 10 seconds before returning to its normal 1000 RPM. The second time the incident happened, the consumer was attempting to merge with the traffic from a parallel parking spot and while holding the foot brake, he felt the engine straining until he shifted the gear to neutral which allowed the engine to accelerate briefly and then it returned to normal. Finally, two weeks ago, when the consumer shifted from park to drive, the engine revved up and when he shifted back to neutral the RPM's rose to over 3,000 before settling back to normal.