2008 NISSAN VERSA — Complaint #1071731
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER filed June 3, 2014
NHTSA complaint #1071731 (ODI reference 10595929) concerns a 2008 NISSAN VERSA and was filed on June 3, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 29, 2014. The vehicle had 50,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Massachusetts based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:shock absorber, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN VERSA cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:shock absorber failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 NISSAN VERSA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENDLY MADE A LOUD NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS TILTED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE SHOCK SPRING HAD FRACTURED. IN ADDITION, THE TECHNICIAN MADE THE CONTACT AWARE THAT THE MANUFACTURER NO LONGER PRODUCES THE PART NEED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1071731 |
| ODI Number | 10595929 |
| Date Filed | June 3, 2014 |
| Failure Date | May 29, 2014 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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