NHTSA Complaint #10522261 — 2009 NISSAN VERSA

I BACKED UP MY CAR IN THE MORNING FROM PARKING LOT, HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE. STOPPED THE CAR AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AS I STARTED DRIVING THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS MOVING AS USUAL A STRANGE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. JUST BEFORE PULLING TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE CAR AND SOON THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BURST WITH A LOUD NOISE. IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER AND FOUND A BROKEN COIL SPRING FELL ON THE ROAD . THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED TO ME COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE (FRONT) COIL SPRING BROKE AND POPPED OUT WHEN THE CAR WAS BACKED UP IN THE PARKING LOT (TIRE DID NOT BURST AS I WAS ALREADY IN A MECHANIC SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE). I THINK THE NISSAN VERSA 2009 HB MODEL COIL SPRING HAS AN ISSUE SPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BACKED UP( MAY BE WITH THE STEERING IN A CERTAIN POSITION). THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING ISSUE IF SUCH THINGS HAPPEN IN A HIGHWAY AS THE COIL SPRING BREAK FOLLOWED BY A TIRE BURST CAN RISK THE LIVES OF PASSENGERS. *TR