NHTSA Complaint #10492120 — 2009 NISSAN VERSA

I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE HIGHWAY IN A RAINY MORNING AND SAW THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME PUTTING ON BRAKES. I PUT ON THE BRAKES (PRETTY HARD BUT NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, 70%). INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN, THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT LANE, THEN SWIRLED BACK TO THE MIDDLE LINE AND TO LEFT LINE, AND SPUN INTO A "8" SHAPE FACING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND SPUN ACROSS THE RIGHT LINE AND THREW ITSELF IN THE DITCH. I WENT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK OUT THE CAR. WHAT EXPLAINED TO ME IS THAT NISSAN HAVE DRUM BRAKES, AND IN THIS CAUSE, DRUM BRAKES DID NOT HELD THE WHEEL IN THE RAIN. THE FRONT BRAKE STOPPED, BUT DRUM BRAKES FOR BACK WHEELS ARE NOT WORKING, AND THAT CAUSED CAR SPINNING. TO SUM UP, THE BRAKE WORKS FINE WHEN WEATHER IS GOOD, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DEFECT SHOWS UP IN RAINY OR ICY DAYS. DRUM BRAKES DID NOT WORK IN THOSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CAR DID NOT HAVE ABS BRAKES AND THE SALESMAN DID NOT TOLD ME. *TR