2009 Nissan Versa SUSPENSION,WHEELS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND TO THE POINT THAT THE CONTACT AND HER FAMILY WERE FACING TOWARDS TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE BUSHES ON THE SHOULDER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE RIM WAS BENT OVER THE REAR DRIVER'S TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE WHEELS WERE REPLACED BY THE CONTACT'S LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CRASH WAS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V573000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE FOR SIMILAR REASONS THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BREAK. (FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER RECALL). REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE CAUSING A FLAT TIRE. REAR COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE; AND THE FLAT TIRE NEEDED REPLACED. REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE NOT PROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND COATED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ON A TOWNSHIP ROAD.

I LIVE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO, ON THE KANSAS SIDE, LESS THAN 10 MINUTES FROM THE BORDER TO MISSOURI. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL THAT APPLIES TO THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS OF NISSAN VERSAS (NHTSA RECALL 17V-637) BECAUSE THE SPRINGS HAVE INSUFFICIENT CORROSION COATING. THIS CURRENT RECALL APPLIES TO MISSOURI BUT NOT KANSAS. I DRIVE MY CAR IN MISSOURI ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF MY PROXIMITY TO MISSOURI AND MY HUSBAND IS EMPLOYED IN MISSOURI. MY FRONT, RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MARCH 17, 2018. THE COIL SPRING BROKE WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AT MY APARTMENT IN A LOT THAT IS RELATIVELY NEW AND FLAT, MEANING NO POT HOLES. A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND WHEN MOVING THERE WAS A LOUD CREAKING SOUND. AFTER PULLING OUT ABOUT 3 FEET I PULLED BACK IN AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I FOUND A ROUND METAL OBJECT ON THE GROUND NEAR THE FRONT WITH RUST ON IT. IT WAS FLAT ON ONE END AND BROKEN ON THE OTHER. AFTER INSPECTING THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE'S WHEEL WELL I DISCOVERED THAT THE REMAINING PART OF THE COIL SPRING HAD SLIPPED OFF THE STRUT LIP AND PART OF THE COIL WAS PRESSING HARD AGAINST THE TIRE. THE APPEARANCE OF THE COIL SPRING STILL ON THE CAR MATCHED THE ONE I HAD FOUND. A MECHANIC AND TOW TRUCK OPERATOR VERIFIED IT WAS IN FACT THE COIL SPRING THAT HAD BROKEN. THE ATTACHED IMAGES ARE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WITH COIL SPRING VISIBLE AND OF THE COIL SPRING PART THAT BROKE OFF. *JS

MY CAR IS UNDER 100,000 MILES AND FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO SUB FRAME BUSHING MISSING. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THESE PARTS USUALLY LAST FOR UP TO 200,000 MILES. HE ALSO TOLD ME MY TIRE COULD'VE COME RIGHT OFF THE CAR WITH THIS PART MISSING. THIS COULD'VE CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT OR FATALITY! CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I'VE DOWN SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND LOTS OF VERSAS FROM 2007-2009 MODELS HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.

THE COIL SPRING ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BROKE IN TWO AND THEN MOVED OUT OF PLACE TO DAMAGE AND EVENTUALLY POP MY TIRE (IN A MATTER OF MINUTES). THE EDGES OF THE BREAK ON THE SPRING ARE VERY JAGGED AND TORE AWAY THE RUBBER FROM MY TIRE AS I WAS DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUTS WERE PREMATURELY WEARING THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES AND STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND THE PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS ORDERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN UPDATED 9/27/2017*CN

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED. BURST THE TIRE. HAD TO BE TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER. BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WITHIN 1000 MILES, VEHICLE ONLY HAS 31000 MILES ON IT. FAULTY PART. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. (HAVE MADE A COMPLAINT FOR EACH SPRING ON THIS SITE.)

AFTER SMELLING RUBBER BURNING AND THE CAR NOT HANDLING CORRECTLY. I CHECKED THE SUSPENSION TO FIND BOTH COIL SPRINGS (PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE) WERE BROKEN. THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKEN COIL WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE WEARING A LARGE GROOVE IN THE ENTIRE DIAMETER OF THE TIRE. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND MUST BE ADDRESSED BY NISSAN AND OR THE SUPPLIER OF THE SPRINGS. THE REPAIR WAS EXPENSIVE (COIL, STRUTS AND A TIRE). *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND IS HITTING LEFT FRONT TIRE. CAR WORKED FINE ON FRIDAY. WENT OUT TO GARAGE SAT. MORNING TO RUN ERRANDS AND WHEN I PULLED OUT OF THE GARAGE I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. PARKED IT AND CALLED MY BROTHER WHO CAME TO LOOK AT IT AND NOTICED THE SNAPPED COIL SPRING HITTING THE TIRE. CAR IS GOING TO THE REPAIR SHOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT AT LEAST A $350.00 CHARGE. I WENT ONLINE AND SAW MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND APPARENTLY NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I JUST THANK GOD IT WAS PARKED AND I WASN'T DRIVING IT. *TR

COIL SPRING ON PASSENGER FRONT SIDE SNAPPED AND DAMAGED THE TIRE TO BRING A COMPLETE FLAT TIRE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I BACKED UP MY CAR IN THE MORNING FROM PARKING LOT, HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE. STOPPED THE CAR AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AS I STARTED DRIVING THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS MOVING AS USUAL A STRANGE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. JUST BEFORE PULLING TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE CAR AND SOON THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BURST WITH A LOUD NOISE. IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER AND FOUND A BROKEN COIL SPRING FELL ON THE ROAD . THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED TO ME COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE (FRONT) COIL SPRING BROKE AND POPPED OUT WHEN THE CAR WAS BACKED UP IN THE PARKING LOT (TIRE DID NOT BURST AS I WAS ALREADY IN A MECHANIC SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE). I THINK THE NISSAN VERSA 2009 HB MODEL COIL SPRING HAS AN ISSUE SPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BACKED UP( MAY BE WITH THE STEERING IN A CERTAIN POSITION). THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING ISSUE IF SUCH THINGS HAPPEN IN A HIGHWAY AS THE COIL SPRING BREAK FOLLOWED BY A TIRE BURST CAN RISK THE LIVES OF PASSENGERS. *TR