Of the 11 Versa model years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the most about the 2023 (1.94) and the fewest about the 2017 (0.26), per 1,000 sold in the first three years.
Median across these years: 0.44 per 1,000 sold in the first three years. A model year well above its own nameplate’s median is the signal worth acting on.
Each model year with a verified denominator. Follow a year for what owners reported about it.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | Most-reported part |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.94 | 37 | Engine 32% |
| 2014 | 0.91 | 117 | Power Train 27% |
| 2012 | 0.75 | 80 | Air Bags 25% |
| 2008 | 0.72 | 61 | Air Bags 37% |
| 2009 | 0.62 | 52 | Suspension 30% |
| 2015 | 0.61 | 87 | Power Train 17% |
| 2013 | 0.46 | 53 | Power Train 25% |
| 2020 | 0.44 | 25 | Power Train 15% |
| 2018 | 0.32 | 29 | Electrical System 18% |
| 2021 | 0.27 | 15 | Power Train 17% |
| 2016 | 0.27 | 38 | Power Train 19% |
| 2017 | 0.26 | 31 | Air Bags 16% |
| 2011 | 0.20 | 20 | Air Bags 46% |
| 2010 | 0.16 | 15 | Air Bags 38% |
| 2019 | 0.14 | 10 | Power Train 24% |
2023 (1.94), 2014 (0.91), 2012 (0.75). Figures are complaints per 1,000 sold.
2017 (0.26), 2016 (0.27), 2018 (0.32). A year with too few complaints to rank is left out: few reports is not the same as a good year.
Safety complaints owners filed with NHTSA in each model year’s first three years on the road, divided by how many were sold, so a year that sold twice as many cars is not penalised for it.
Too few owners filed complaints about them to rank them. Few reports is not the same as a good year, so those years are left out of best and worst.