NHTSA Complaint #10722113 — 2009 NISSAN VERSA

I WAS TURNING ONTO A SIDE STREET AND HEARD A THUMP UNDER MY HOOD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. THERE WAS NO DIFFICULTY DRIVING ALTHOUGH I KEPT HEARING THUMPS FOR DAYS AFTER. I WENT IN TO A GARAGE TO GET MY SNOW TIRES PUT ON AND THE GARAGE SAW THAT THE SPRING ABOVE MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS SHEERED IN HALF AND HAD DAMAGED MY TIRE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN AND THEY FIXED IT WHILE I WENT AND BOUGHT NEW TIRES. ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER, IT HAPPENED ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEN ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT, THE SPRING ABOVE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BROKE AGAIN, SO I REPLACED IT A THIRD TIME TO A COST OF $1200 PER SPRING. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL WAS IN PLACE FOR THIS. THE MECHANIC AT THE GARAGE TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR. IN ADDITION, AT THE SAME TIME, I NOTICED THE ENGINE LOSING POWER AT DIFFERENT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR UPON ACCELERATION FROM A LOW SPEED TO A HIGH SPEED. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO ENGINE TROUBLE NOTED, JUST LOSS OF POWER. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON SEEMS TO RESET IT BUT IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE. *TR