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2016 Nissan Versa Note Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 29 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Nissan Versa Note, most often about the transmission (35% of complaints, typically around 84,000 miles). It is the 3rd most complained-about Versa Note model year since 2000.
Most common 2016 Nissan Versa Note problems
Transmission
10 complaints · 35%Half of these problems showed up before 84,000 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission.
Your transmission in your versa notes are crap I had to have one replaced last year 15,000 miles later I was driving and I almost was killed when my transmission went out again when I had the audacity to think I could actually make a turn out of the driveway and not get killed by oncoming traffic everything was…
First year of owning vehicle. I was in the freeway and shifted gears - and nothing happened. The car engine reved, but no gears. I took it in for repair to dealership. Dealership said it was under warranty, no charge. A year later I'm on the freeway I push clutch in and it bottoms out and cannot engage gear. I can not…
Other or unspecified
8 complaints · 28%Unknown at a stop, when the A/C kicks on, I hear a very audible rattling noise coming from somewhere between the engine and the transmission. Whenever I am starting off, for example, going down my street, I can hear a very audible, yet different, rattling noise coming from somewhere behind the glove box. I thought…
Brakes
6 complaints · 21%Half of these problems showed up before 31,000 miles.
The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Versa Note. On several occasions, while driving various speeds, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to respond. Additionally, on several occasions when the brake pedal was depressed, the stopping distance increased. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign…
The break peddle will sink on its own. It has done this at a complete stop with the car off, on the highway, on city streets, in corners. It goes off seemingly at random. It has done this in summer and winter. It has done this since shortly after I got the car, but I'm going to enter today's date. I bought the car in…
Air bags
5 complaints · 17%On 7/13/2016----- my passenger and I were traveling on clemson road where the posted speed limit is 45 MPH, its a four lane highway with no median. A truck did a u turn in front of a lot of traffic my vehicle struck his at about 40-43 MPH though me and my passenger had seat belts on my passenger still managed to hit…
The contact owned a 2016 Nissan Versa Note. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH in a parking lot, the vehicle failed to stop as needed while the brake pedal was depressed. No warning lights were illuminated. The failure caused the vehicle to crash into a nearby wall, which was not damaged. The…
Engine
4 complaints · 14%Parts named most often: exhaust system.
I used my car to pick up my spouse. It was a hot summer afternoon. All of a sudden my engine stalled. It will not run. The engine had turned off all of a sudden without a warning.good that I was still in the parking lot with my young son.if I w as in a street I don't really know what will happen next. It was…
While driving my car will shut off. It has happened a total of 5 times and taken into the dealership 4 times. Out of all the times it has shut off my 6-month-old has been in the car twice. One of the times it shut off I was on the freeway while the others were on the street.
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2016 Nissan Versa Note recalls
NHTSA lists no recalls for this model year.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture
Summary
From 2000 through 2017, takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("psan") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004l. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 blomquist report at www.NHTSA.gov/sites/NHTSA.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substa
Questions about the 2016 Nissan Versa Note
- What are the most common problems with the 2016 Nissan Versa Note?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: transmission (10 complaints, typically around 84,000 miles); other or unspecified (8 complaints); brakes (6 complaints, typically around 31,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2016 Nissan Versa Note have?
- NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2016 Nissan Versa Note. Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls in case one is issued later.
- Is the 2016 a bad year for the Nissan Versa Note?
- It is the 3rd most complained-about Versa Note model year since 2000, with 29 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.