Front Suspension Coil Spring Problems of Nissan Versa - part 2

In 2015 was driving my 2011 Nissan Versa. It was clear weather 830am I was on a street which speed was 40-55mph going within the speed limit the vehicle had been properly maintained since ownership when out of no where my right front end dropped which I learned was ( my front coil spring snapped) and caused my vehicle to loose control and the car to roll multiple times and me being ejected out of the vehicle and the air bags also did not deploy even though they were engaged on. Nissan did not notify me of the recent recall of the front coil spring at all. I'm currently filing a lawsuit against the company due to serious damages that have affected me greatly.

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Driver side front coil spring broke while driving. Appeared to be very rusted.

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I was driving around a curve on a city street when my driver side front coil spring snapped impacting the tire causing my vehicle to swerve over a median sustaining major damages to the undercarriage and body of the vehicle. Recall # 15v573000.

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In may 2015 the right side front suspension coil snapped. I had it replaced at a Nissan dealer at a cost of $270. 26. On oct 22, 2015 the left side front suspension coil snapped. It took the Nissan dealer nearly 2 weeks to get the part and replace it, at cost of $401. 93. The car was sitting in a parking lot the first time and was sitting in my driveway the 2nd time. The broken part was found on the ground at these locations.

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Front drivers side spring broke while car was parked in driveway. Found lower part of the coil spring on the ground.

Broken left front coil spring. Shop found it during routine maintenance and was told this could have caused serious damage if unnoticed.

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~tl the contact owns a 2009 Nissan Versa. While driving approximately 70 mph, the front passenger side coil spring fractured, which punctured and shredded the tire completely. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing and repair. The contact was not aware of NHTSA campaign number: 15v573000 (suspension) until after the failure occurred. The dealer (jeffrey Nissan, 30800 gratiot Ave, roseville, mi 48066, (586) 510-1378) refused to provide the remedy for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified and opened three case numbers; however, there was no remedy for the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Nissan Versa. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the contact heard a loud bang without warning. The vehicle began to wobble and there was a rubbing sound that was heard when the contact made both left and right turns. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the front passenger coil spring had fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 44,500. Sw.

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The front coil spring suddenly broke.

Repair tech found on inspection that right front spring coil was broken. Discovered that this was a problem with 2008-2010 Nissan Versa model and was under investigation for recall due to other incidents where damage to other parts of vehicle have occurred.

(posting complaint for my mom) she was driving along the road at about a fairly low rate of speed (25ish) when she heard a loud bang from the front end. She continued to drive home where I determined that the front driver's side coil spring had broken and dislodged itself from the strut plate. I will be contacting Nissan about the issue.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Nissan Versa. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the contact stated that the front driver side tire blew out. The contact maneuvered to the emergency lane and discovered that the coil spring had broken and slashed the tire. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000. Sms.

I own a 2007 Nissan Versa sl hatchback. I am the second owner. Purchased car with 78,000 miles. Car was pre-inspected before purchase. My certified master mechanic gave the car very high marks. At around the 96450 mileage mark, I noticed a creaking sound when turning steering wheel. My mechanic inspected it and determined my lower right ball joint needed repair. He also determined my left front driver coil spring was broken. I keep my car in very good working order and gently drive it around 10,000 miles per year since purchasing it. Not sure why these two items malfunctioned. I have noticed other Versa owners on the internet reporting similar problems. Thanks for looking into this.

I was reading a web site about vehicle complaints and there was 93 complaints about the front coil springs on Nissan Versas snapping and blowing out tires. I went out to look at our 2010 Nissan Versa and our front passenger side coil spring is broken. With this many complaints there should be a recall before someone is killed. This is definitely a manufacturers defect with that many incidents. Please look into this and get back to me. Thank you jim creevy.

Driver side front coil spring broke while driving, rubbing front tire, towed to Nissan dealer 07-31-15 - tamaroff Nissan - southfield, mi. Car has only slightly more than 25,000 miles, asked Nissan dealership if this was a recall or an issue part, they said no, and that this repair was not covered, I asked that it be referred to Nissan corporate customer service, which they did. I did not hear back from Nissan corp. Customer service until 08-14-15 noting the coil spring replacement was not covered, and that my request was denied. I again asked that it be escalated to the next supervisor level for review. As of this date my car is still at the dealership.

A large piece of the front coil spring on the passenger side broke and fell off on the road, as I backed out of my driveway and turned into the street. I heard a clunk in the front and something falling on the road. The remaining spring on the car was still in place. I had my repair shop replace the springs.

I was rotating my tires when I found that my driver side front coil spring was broken into two parts. Both parts were still attached and I have them. It looks exactly like all the rest of the other complaints for this car as shown in this link. . Read more...

Front left coil spring broke while leaving parking spot; broken spring came to rest on tire (damaged). Looked online and lo and behold, Versas 2008-2010 are apparently being looked at for this. Mine is a 2007, but I want to put this out there so others know to have theirs checked out. Thank god I was going 5mph as I pulled out, not at 70mph.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Versa. While driving approximately 45 mph, there was an abnormal noise coming from the front driver side of the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle felt abnormally lower. The contact stopped the vehicle and noticed that the coil spring was fractured in two places. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 57,000.

The left front coil spring broke 7/23/2015 as I was driving home at approx. 30mph.

On 7/20/15 was outside heard what sounded like an explosion from garage area. Looked around couldn't find anything. Chalked it up to concrete cracking after heavy flooding in the area. 7/23/15 got in car to go to town. The car did not seem to want to move turned steering wheel and bang the sound of metal hitting concrete. Looked to see what happened and found the right front strut coil spring broke and piece of it was laying under the car. So now I know what the sound from Monday was. Of course this could have been a lot worse if had been driving. For a coil spring to unseat from strut mount while parked is an obvious manufacturer defect. Where the spring broke showed sign of old crack in steel. It had a rusted spot about a 1/4" deep one side. Have contacted Nissan and a rep. Is supposed to contact me. Car cannot be moved without risk of further damage. And of course its passed 3/36 warranty. I will wait and see what Nissan rep. Has to say, but I expect to have repair myself at my own cost. Which I will replace both front struts to be on the safe side, and have to have an alignment.

Front driver side suspension coil spring broke rubbing 2 inch gouge into tire.

I was driving at the speed of 40 mph. Suddenly, there was a big sound like 'bang' from underneath the car. I pulled the car over and when I turned the steering wheel, I can hear noise. Later that day, I found front driver side coil spring was broken.

When going 75 miles an hour the right side front coil spring broke with a very loud noise pulled over to investigate found nothing looking at the tire. This happened just entering arizona so since we couldn't see anything we continued on to pheonix to our destination. . Read more...

As I was driving, at 40 mph I heard a loud noise I pulled over to the side of the road and I see a piece of my spring on the road I had my vehicle towed to a shop and I am told that I need both front springs replaced, and ball joints please note the ball joints were just done so I am concerned if the spring coil had anything to do with this issue, there was no rust on or near the spring and prior to this breaking, the vehicle was driving to its normal standards.

My wife was driving the 2010 Nissan Versa hatchback on a secondary road doing less then 30 mph when she suddenly heard a 'bang' sound. She then claimed she heard a similar sound when making left hand turns. When she asked me to inspect the vehicle I was shocked to see that the driver's side front coil spring had broken in two. That was the last thing I expected to see. The 'similar' sound she heard was the sound of broken section of coil spring rattling around the remaining spring/strut assembly. Fortunately because of the nature of the break it was captive and there was no way for it to become suddenly separated from the vehicle while driving. This component on a car should never fail. Had she been driving at highway speed she could have been killed. We paid $350 to have one spring replaced!!! I still have the broken spring. The mechanic saved it for me. I also have close up photographs of the broken spring that I am more then willing to provide to any agency investigating this matter. Nissan should own up and replace these defective springs before someone is killed.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Versa. The contact stated that after inspecting the vehicle, he discovered that the front left coil spring was fractured. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 94,200. Updated 09/10/lj.

The left front coil spring broke while standing in our driveway. Part of it shot in to the side of our house. Thank god we weren't on the hiway and have the broken spring shred our tire. I have seen many complaints of this car model's springs breaking on your web site. Why no recall?.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Versa. While driving approximately 25 mph, there was a loud noise near the front passenger side of the vehicle. The contact continued to drive for approximately one mile until there was another loud pop heard from the front passenger side of the vehicle. The contact pulled over and discovered that the front passenger side tire was sliced 360 degrees. The contact stated that the spare tire was installed and the vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the front passenger side coil spring fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 83,000.

I was driving slowly, around 20 mph, and exiting my workplace when I heard a sudden loud noise (like a clang) from the front area of my car. I thought I had hit something, but I stopped to look and there were no pot holes or anything around the car that I could have hit. I tried to continue home, as I live very close to a shop and was going to have the car looked at. . . But less than a mile later the car began to smoke from the passenger side wheel. I pulled off the road and had to have the car towed last night. Today I found out it was the coil spring, which had snapped off and was digging into my tire. Now I have to have to the coil replaced and purchase a new tire -- the one I have is nearly shredded. While I'm disappointed that I'm just outside my 5/60 warranty (currently at approx. 63,000 miles), I feel incredibly fortunate that this didn't happen on the interstate because I could have been seriously injured or killed by this malfunction. There was no warning that it was about to happen, I just happened to be going fairly slow when it did.

While driving on a country side road at 40 miles per hour, passenger side coil spring broke without warning after a small hill top (while the car was compressing the suspension) and tore the sidewall of the front right tire. The tire instantly deflated, the rim punched hard into the ground resulting in a temporary loss of control of the vehicle. The vehicle managed to stay on the road. Car will need a new right suspension and some repair to the front bumper (scratch marks).

The front driver's side coil spring broke. This is the 2nd time htis has happened on this vehicle.

The front passenger side coil spring fractured while the car was in motion. I had been driving about 0. 1 miles after a left turn and was traveling at a low rate of speed when the coil fractured and a section of the coil punctured and tore the inner wall of the tire causing a sudden tire failure. The sound of the fracture was very loud metal on metal sound, drawing people out from nearby buildings. The car was towed to the local dealership where new front coil springs were installed, the front passenger tire replaced and a front end alignment was performed.

During routine front brake pad and rotor replacement I was informed by my mechanic that one of the front coil springs was physically broken. It appears to have snapped and it was in jeopardy of popping or puncturing my tire. The mechanic was shocked that this would happen with such low mileage on the car (~25,900, 5 years). He called Nissan to ask about the issue and they said it was a common problem. Both front coil springs were replaced. I do recall driving around may 1, 2015 on the highway around 65 mph and hearing a loud clattering noise under my car but thought nothing of it at the time. That could have been when the coil spring snapped.

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.