NHTSA Complaint #10456360 — 2007 NISSAN VERSA

ON 3/18/2011 I HAD TO HAVE MY WHOLE MUFFLER SYSTEM REPLACED BECAUSE IT BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT 119K MILES. (I'M NO CAR EXPERT.) THEN TODAY I HEAR THE SAME LOUD NOISES AND MY VEHICLE SHAKING JUST LIKE A YEAR AGO. RIGHT NOW MY CAR IS AT 138K MILES. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN JULY OF 2006. I'M TAKING MY CAR IN TOMORROW TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AGAIN AND I WILL BE VERY SURPRISED IF IT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. I'M WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY MUFFLER SYSTEM COMING OFF AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY CAR IN THE STATE THAT IT IS IN AND I'M DEFINITELY NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING WHILE PREGNANT WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR. I'M NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT HAVING TO SHELL OUT ANOTHER $700 TO GET THIS FIXED WITHIN A SPAN OF 13 MONTHS! BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED, I HAVE READ SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. NISSAN CLAIMS IT'S SALT DAMAGE. IN THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE NOT DRIVEN ON ANY SALTY ROADS SINCE HAVING MY VEHICLE FIXED, SO I CAN'T SEE HOW IT CAN BE BLAMED ON SALT. OUR WINTER WAS SO WARM OUR ROADS DIDN'T EVEN GET SALTED THE WINTER SEASON AFTER I GOT MY MUFFLER SYSTEM FIXED THE FIRST TIME. I'VE ALSO READ THAT NISSAN - CANADA IS FIXING IT AS A MEASURE OF GOODWILL ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I'D LOVE FOR NISSAN TO FIX MY CAR TOO SINCE THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME I'M HAVING TO FIX THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I KEEP MY CAR WELL MAINTAINED AND THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I'VE HAD THAT HAS BEEN RECURRING WITH MY VEHICLE AND HAS BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME. *TR