2011 Nissan Versa

Name: 2011 Nissan Versa owner-filed safety complaints per 1,000 sold
Creator: YearsTell

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2011 Versa in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 11 Versa years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2017 (0.26 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2023 (1.94).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.20 per 1,000

too few complaints to rank against its other years

Counted from 20 complaints filed in the first three years, of 270 ever. 95% lower bound 0.11.

Every Versa model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years

This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.44

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.72	61
2009	0.62	52
2010	0.16	15
2011	0.20	20
2012	0.75	80
2013	0.46	53
2014	0.91	117
2015	0.61	87
2016	0.27	38
2017	0.26	31
2018	0.32	29
2019	0.14	10
2020	0.44	25
2021	0.27	15
2023	1.94	37

Issues owners of the 2011 Versa report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 153 complaints

recall notification	33	22%
until	32	21%
spring	24	16%
experienced parts	23	15%
recall recall	19	12%
until spring	14	9%

When it breaks

18% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 64,800 miles, from 147 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

Questions buyers ask about the 2011 Nissan Versa

Is 2011 a good year or a bad year for the Versa?

What problems does the 2011 Versa have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Air Bags (153), Suspension (46), Steering (21). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2011 Versa reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Versa years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2011 Versa in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

Which Versa year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2017, at 0.26 per 1,000 sold. Every Versa year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Versa.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.