Five problems related to transmission noise have been reported for the 2012 Nissan Versa. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Nissan Versa based on all problems reported for the 2012 Versa.
I was travelling on a highway out of town when suddenly my car begin to slow down and would not accelerate passed 40mph and making a strange noise. Finally able to get it off the highway, I turned off the car. Located a Nissan dealer and drove the car there. At first the car seemed to be once again normal, but again unable to accelerate at all passed 40mph. Dealer is stating that transmission is completely gone! I purchased the car brand new on 2/12/2013. Now 3 years later the transmission is gone?? the dealership wanted to charge 5000. 00 to fix it, but lowered the price to 1800. 00. It's 6000 miles passed the warranty and now what? I need Nissan USA to be responsible for the transmission defect.
My son was driving down interstate 65 near white house, tennessee (at night), and the rpm gauge pegged out; but he could not maintain speed. He pulled over to the side of the road and could go no more than 3 or 4 miles an hour and the car was making noises. We had it towed to the dealer where they told us the transmission needed replacement. The car has about 72,000 miles and the warranty expired at 60,000. They said some kind of sensor failed. This was an expensive repair since the entire transmission had to be replaced. It seems really dangerous for a vehicle sensor to disable the vehicle, especially on the interstate. I feel like Nissan should have fixed this problem for us even though it was out of warranty. It is a safety issue and needs to be investigated.
June 4, 2016, while driving along 118 e freeway I am seeing that my rpm is going up and down and the car is jerking speed. I merged to 405 s in about 5 mins. I was getting off 405 s freeway from ramp. Then travelling north along haskell Ave, my 2012 Nissan Versa just stopped making a rattling noise in transmission. All the cars behind me just stopped. I slowly eased the car to the side of the street. Turned off the engine thinking that I'm done. After sitting for 2 minutes I tried turning it on again because I have to pick up my son waiting at lax flywaway along gloria street. Mysteriously the car started to move forward again. I picked up my son and drove slowly to simi valley CA still with my rpm going up and down at times. We arrived at home in simi valley, CA ok. We stopped using the car for a week until I have it checked by Nissan dealer on June 14, 2016. They said they did not see anything wrong upon testing. I had them service the cvt transmission. I took the car back from the dealer 06/15/2016. On 6/20/2016, while driving to church, we experienced the same problem where the transmission stalled. Same as before, rpm at 0 and we have stop the car and slowly pushed the pedal again and it engaged until we parked at the parking lot. Coming home from church, we have no problem. My wife reported the same problem the day before. It seems that Nissan knows this transmission problem because of several complaints from car owners. . Read more...
My car will not move when the gas is pressed, it stutters and vibrates then jerks. The transmission catches then rpm hit 7500 very unsafe. This happens every time I stop and go. Took it to Nissan they said that they could not replicate the problem therefor could not fix it. This is ( bs ) cause it happens all the time. Also when I turn my steering wheel I feel something moving and hear popping noise on the driver side floor board.
My transmission started to make clunk noises as I would decelerate and the car would jolt while doing that. I took the car too a Nissan dealer and they confirmed there was an issue with my transmission. They also said my transmission fluid was completely black. After a few hours, Nissan finally approved a new transmission after they refused to the first time.