NHTSA Complaint #11071626 — 2011 NISSAN VERSA

VEHICLE WAS FREQUENTLY MAKING AN ODD NOISE - LIKE TENSION BEING RELEASED WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS - TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE CORRODED. NISSAN HAS RECALLED THIS PART FOR OTHER VERSAS FROM OTHER STATES "DUE TO SALTING OF THE ROADS" OUR STATE DOES NOT SALT SO WE WERE NOT INCLUDED. IT ALSO ONLY APPLIED TO THE VERSA SEDAN - NOT HATCHBACK. CLEARLY THIS IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THEN NISSAN WANTS TO EXPLORE OR ADMIT TO. UPON CALLING THEM THEY WILL OFFER NO REMEDY AS WE DID NOT TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FIRST. BUT A COMPLIANT HAS BEEN FILED WITH NISSAN. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY CONCERN AS THE SPRING CAN SNAP AND PUNCTURE THE TIRE - IT IS A PROBLEM WITH CARS THAT AREN'T ON SALTED ROADS! NISSAN NEEDS TO EXPAND THIS RECALL.