NHTSA Complaint #10733624 — 2010 NISSAN VERSA

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN I HEAR A SNAP AND THEN PASSENGER TIRE GETS POPPED AND DEFLATES. AT AN INTERSECTION GOING 10 TO 15 MPH. IT TURNS OUT MY FRONT SPRING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE COLLAPSED AND HAS SNAPPED A PEICE OF SPRING INTO MY TIRES BLOWING IT. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THIS CAR FOR LONG, AND DRIVE QUITE SAFELY. I SINCE HAD TO PURCHASE NEW FIRES AND NOW STUCK WITH MY SPRINGS STILL COLLAPSED. SHOULD THIS INCIDENT HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY, THERE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A CASE OF AN ACCIDENT AND RISK OF INJURY AS THE INCIDENT HAPPENED QUITE SUDDENLY, LUCKILY I WASN'T AT HIGH SPEEDS. ALSO, MY FRONT BUMPER HAS SUFFERED DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE EXTREME HEIGHT DECLINE FROM TIRE AND SPRING INCIDENT. FIRST IMPRESSIONS TELLS ME THE SPRINGS (AND MUFFLER) USE AN ALLOY THAT SUFFERS FROM EXTREME ACCELERATED CORROSION/RUST AFTER SEEING THE MUFFLER AND SPRINGS. BUT I'D NEED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER.