2024 Nissan Versa acceleration & cruise control problems

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What owners say

1. Filed Jul 9, 2025MDAcceleration & Cruise Control

   The car is a manual transmission. I stalled the vehicle by accident and after turning the engine on again the vehicle experienced loss of power as if it was in some kind of limp mode. The cars now able to accelerate past 25-30 mph in any gear for the remainder of the trip home.

   NHTSA complaint #11672379 · source
2. Filed Jun 19, 2025MOElectrical SystemOther / UnknownAcceleration & Cruise Control

   Limp mode when pushing in clutch to start car. Car will not go above 40mph randomly must turn car off and hope it resets.

   NHTSA complaint #11667871 · source
3. Filed May 13, 2025WAOther / UnknownAcceleration & Cruise ControlTransmission & Drivetrain

   I have a manual transmission and can usually go up a steep hill by my house in 3rd gear. But on this occasion in 2nd gear I was unable to maintain speed even with the gas pedal all the way to the floor. It was also having trouble maintaining speed on less steep highway hills. The dealer replaced the alternator which helped, but I feel this puts my safety and others at risk because I was going much slower than expected and felt that I might not even be able to get up the…

   NHTSA complaint #11660793 · source
4. Filed Mar 28, 2025NCElectrical SystemEngineAcceleration & Cruise Control

   My 2024 Nissan Versa S goes into a "limp mode" almost any time I stall and then turn the engine back on. In this limp mode, acceleration is dangerously slow. Often acceleration is so weak that if I drive up a hill in this limp mode, the car will lose speed even while I'm pressing the gas pedal all the way to the floor. This can easily be reproduced and inspected by purposely stalling the car in a quiet parking lot and then trying to accelerate out onto a road. In this mode I…

   NHTSA complaint #11651253 · source
5. Filed Feb 20, 2025CAEngineFuel, Hybrid & EV PropulsionAcceleration & Cruise Control

   It's happened three times now that the car will simply fail to accelerate no matter how much the pedal is pushed. It is extremely dangerous because this has happened on the freeway and caused us to pull over and wait for the car to become responsive again. This is an automatic transmission. There doesn't seem to be an active recall for this and I can't understand why as I see online a lot of people reporting the same issue. This is dangerous and unacceptable for a new car.…

   NHTSA complaint #11643936 · source
6. Filed Dec 26, 2024NYEngineAcceleration & Cruise ControlTransmission & Drivetrain

   While driving down the highway, the vehicle significantly lost power while going up a hill, so much so that I had to downshift into 2nd gear in order to maintain and not lose speed. This is incredibly dangerous as I was only able to climb the hill at about 20 mph while the flow over traffic was 55 mph.

   NHTSA complaint #11632417 · source
7. Filed Sep 11, 2024MSEngineAcceleration & Cruise ControlTransmission & Drivetrain

   I just purchased my 2024 Nissan VERSA two weeks ago August 24, 2024. Since I have had it my car doesn’t seem to want to shift speed like it should. My transmission seems to be stalling to change out. My car also constantly makes a growling noise when left I’m on my brakes sitting. I took my car back to the dealerships and they tried tell me that it was the compressor which is false my AC nor my defrost is on. I really need this problem resolved. The noise it’s making is…

   NHTSA complaint #11613937 · source
8. Filed Sep 9, 2024FLAcceleration & Cruise Control

   The vehicle loses power, at a certain point it does not accelerate and does not respond well, which is a major safety problem when you need it on the road.

   NHTSA complaint #11613392 · source
9. Filed Sep 6, 2024WAAcceleration & Cruise Control

   After car stalls, the vehicle enters limp mode. I’ve also randomly lost power and can barely accelerate. It’s very alarming and dangerous.

   NHTSA complaint #11613111 · source
10. Filed Aug 19, 2024NCAcceleration & Cruise Control

    Intermittently the car will not accelerate when needed. It becomes excrutiatingly and terrifyingly slow. This is life-threating when coming into highway speed traffic from an exit ramp. On the highway, I've had cars slam on brakes behind me as I tried to accelerate from traffic lights. I saw no warning lamps.

    NHTSA complaint #11609353 · source
11. Filed Aug 11, 2024TXAcceleration & Cruise ControlTransmission & Drivetrain

    Problem Description: Loss of acceleration in 5-speed manual S trim model. It seems that almost every time you stall this car, it will enter a "limp mode" or something like that, where your RPMs are capped for the rest of the drive, until you turn off the car and fully restart it. In this mode, even in 1st gear, you can go (from a stop) about 5 mph tops, if there is any incline. I am a new standard transmission driver, so stalling is at the moment not rare. This means my car…

    NHTSA complaint #11607866 · source
12. Filed Aug 11, 2024NVElectrical SystemEngineAcceleration & Cruise Control

    I was practicing manual transmission on my new Nissan Versa and when I stalled, that check engine light came on and I lost a LOT of power in all gears. In first gear, there’s also a whine that goes with it, and I don’t think that’s normal

    NHTSA complaint #11607827 · source

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation public data. Complaints are submitted by owners and are not verified by NHTSA or by us; a complaint does not prove a defect exists. View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov Methodology