Steering Problem on the 2008 NISSAN VERSA
Car problem(s) with the 2008 NISSAN VERSA.
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Problem with Steering
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May 12, 2013 - Gwynn Oak, MD - Steering
THE CAR HAS BEGUN TO MAKE A LOUD METAL CLUNKING SOUND AT THE TOP RIGHT SUSPENSION AS WELL AS WHAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A GRINDING BUT NOT SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE BREAKING SYSTEM. I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE AT THE TIME. THE SOUND GETS WORSE WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL CHANGING SPEEDS, SWITCHING LANES, ON POT HOLES OR AN UNEVEN SURFACE. I TOOK IT TO A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. WHILE DRIVING WITH A MORE EXPERIENCED MECHANIC HE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOUND TO BE ISOLATED TO THE RIGHT STRUT AND THE LEFT INNER TIE ROD. HE SAID THAT THE STRUTS ARE USUALLY ONLY REPLACED ONCE IN A CARS LIFETIME SO I AM WONDERING WHY IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SO SOON. I AM WRITING THE COMPLAINT BECAUSE I THINK THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ALL ALONG. THE CAR NEEDS AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF REALIGNMENTS AND BRAKE REPLACEMENTS. WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED THE CAR THE ROTORS AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE SOMEHOW THEY HAD BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THE STEERING HAS ALWAYS FELT INSECURE AS WELL AS THE FEELING WHEN PRESSING THE GAS AND THE BRAKES. THE FEELING I HAVE NOW UNDER THE PEDALS WHEN THE SOUND OF THE STRUT MALFUNCTIONING ENGAGES I HAVE FELT ALL ALONG BUT NOT THIS INTENSELY. THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE PARTS USED AS I HAVE SPOKEN TO SO MANY NISSAN OWNERS WHO REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE OF STEERING AND EXHAUST SYSTEM ISSUES ON NISSANS.
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Sep 03, 2012 - Milwaukee, WI - Steering
VEHICLE HAS AN INCREASINGLY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE EMANATING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURN IS MADE OR SMALL BUMP/HOLE IS MOVED OVER. SOUNDS AS IF THERE IS METAL ON METAL AND LOSE COMPONENTS IN THE SUSPENSION. THIS NOISE IS NOT APPARENT AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND ONLY IS AUDIBLE WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP/POT HOLE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN VEHICLE TURNS, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE 'KLUNK' IN THE STEERING ASSEMBLY THAT IS OFTEN EXACERBATED WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. STEERING FEELS LOSE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AS IF JOINT IS MALFUNCTIONING.
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Aug 08, 2012 - Melbourne, FL - Steering
SLOWED TO STOP SIGN, ABRUPT STOP AS DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SMASHED INTO BODY OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC STATES SUB-CHASSIS COMPLETELY RUSTED TO PIECES AND CV JOINT DISENGAGED WHEEL. HAD THE DRIVER BEEN TRAVELING 50-70 MPH SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM NISSAN OF MELBOURNE. EXCEPT FOR ONE SUMMER WEEKEND TO GEORGIA , VEHICLE HAS NEVER LEFT FLORIDA.
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Apr 23, 2012 - Bergenfield, NJ - Steering
LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEELS WHEN MAKING LEFT TURN AT 5 TO 10 MPH , ON AND OFF NOISE SOMETIMES COLD WEATHER SOMETIMES HOT WEATHER, WHEN PARKED AND ENGINE IS ON TURNING STEERING WHEELS RIGHT AND LEFT MAKES LOUD KNUCKLE POPPING NOISE.
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Apr 16, 2012 - Lakewood, CA - Steering
DRIVING INTO PARKING LOT, MADE LEFT TURN THEN LOUD "KLUNCK" NOISE. BOTH WHEELS TURNED INWARD AND SAW THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE STEERING ROD WAS SNAPPED IN HALF. EXPERIENCED POPPING NOISES BEFORE BUT WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT ITS JUST NORMAL. VEHICLE NOW GETTING REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP. COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS HAD IT HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY OR IN MOVING TRAFFIC AREA. LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION.
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Feb 06, 2012 - 07950, NJ - Steering
1ST...AFTER 25K MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT ON ITS OWN IRREGULARLY, FINALLY AT 45K IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CVT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COVERED IT ACTUALLY COST ME 1,800 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. SECOND PROBLEM WAS A THUMPING NOISE AS I WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE FRONT END THAT WAS DIAGNOSED AS DAMAGED STRUTS AND THE SUB FRAME LINKS, THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, AND WE ARE STUCK WITH THIS ONGOING FAULTY PROBLEM. IT IS GREATER THAN 4,000 TO FIX.
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Jan 22, 2012 - Largo, FL - Steering
WE HAD JUST GONE THROW THE SUNPASS LANE ON I-275 N. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SHE STARTED TO PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE DIE (TEN FEET OUT OF THE TOLL BOOTH). SHE TRIED 3 TIMES TO START THE CAR MOTOR AND EACH TIME IT STARTED AND THEN STOPPED. I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR TO PUSH THE CAR ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC (LUCKY IT WAS 11:00PM) AND THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO OUR GARAGE. THEY (HUMMEL TIRE & AUTO, REG.#: MV-66432) WAS TOLD MY NISSAN (CROWN) THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAD A NEW IMPROVED A/C COMPRESSOR (926001U60A,081468/251G. (THE DASH BROAD LIGHT "PS") WE WAS VERY LUCKY THAT WE DID NOT GET HIT THE REAR, BECAUSE WE COULD NOT MOVE. I HAD MY WIFE, MOTHER(83), AND MYSELF (58). NISSAN SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PART, BEFORE ANYONE DIES. THE DASH BROAD LIGHT "PS" ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEMS.
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Sep 01, 2010 - Brandon, MS - Steering
CLUNK OR POPPING NOISE COMING FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION OR STEERING COLUMN. THIS CAN BE HEARD AND FELT WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH TURNING.
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Aug 30, 2010 - Livingston, NJ - Steering
TL CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES AND SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION AND SHE COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED HEAD AND BACK PAIN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.
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Jul 26, 2010 - St Petersburg, FL - Steering
2008 NISSAN VERSA, STEERING NOISE AND KLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING RIGHT AT SLOW SPEEDS. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT MANY OTHER VERSA OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BY THE NISSAN DEALERS.
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Jun 16, 2010 - Lafayette, IN - Steering
WE OWN A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. IT CURRENTLY ONLY HAS 9,400 MILES ON IT. WHEN DRIVING IT THERE IS A "POPPING" FEEL UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARDS/ IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 2-26-09 WHERE THEY REPLACED BOTH UPPER STRUT BEARINGS AND COMPLETED A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME ISSUES AND ON AUGUST 5, 2009 BOTH UPPER STRUT BEARINGS WERE REPLACED AND ANOTHER ALIGNMENT WAS COMPLETED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN YESTERDAY WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. THIS TIME THEY SAY THEY CAN'T "HEAR" IT (YOU CAN'T HEAR IT, BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT), SO THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THEY REFUSED TO EVEN PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ASSEMBLY SINCE THEY COULDN'T "HEAR" ANYTHING. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, WE ARE SEEING THIS SAME COMPLAINT ON MANY DIFFERENT WEBSITES. NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THESE VEHICLES. ONE LISTED ON THIS SITE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT APPARENTLY DUE TO THE STRUT FAILURE.
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May 20, 2010 - Long Beach, NY - Steering
STEERING WHEEL HAS A CLUNKING FEEL AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNS SHARPLY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN STOPPED OR AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAVE MENTIONED THIS TWICE WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERS FOR OIL CHANGES AND WAS TOLD "THAT IS JUST THE WAY STE STEERING COLUMN FEELS".
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May 18, 2010 - Frederick, MD - Steering
THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A CLUNK OR POP THAT IS BOTH AUDIBLE AND FELT IN THE WHEEL WHEN MAKING TURNS TO THE RIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS. AT 10,000 MILES I BEGAN HEARING AND FEELING THIS CLUNK. AT 18,000 MILES I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE STOPPED THE SOUND AND THE POP/CLUNK. 1000 MILES LATER THE SOUND STARTED REAPPEARING. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES SINCE AND THE DEALER CLAIMS TO NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SOUND. I AM AWARE OF TWO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THE PART IS SYSTEMIC DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE. I BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED AS A DEFECT AND REQUIRES A RECALL.
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