But today I noticed a weird glitch while starting up my car. I ran in to get some lunch, came back and started my car. Maybe I was in a rush, but it seemed like it died right after turning over. My interior lights stayed on but my engine was dead. I restarted, and it worked fine. No weirdness. I didn't think much of it, but then I got out of work and it did the same type of thing again; turn, tried to turn over, made some chugging noises, stopped. I stayed in the parking lot and tried it again. Worked fine. Started, stopped, restarted. Seemed like it was fine. Then I lost my contact in the parking lot and was more worried driving home at 1 a.m.

I'm concerned about this, having never owned a car of my own before and planning to make a small trip to Iowa tomorrow. Does this seem that abnormal? I've had it for a month now and feel dumb taking it in for service, but I don't want to get stranded on some highway rest stop in the middle of a state I barely know. It could also be I don't know how to turn the ignition, since I'm always weirded out about not using a real key. This is a CVT SL model with the conv. package, has never had any problems before, brought brand new to the airport for me. Am I being paranoid here? Should I not take Vice (my car's nickname) on the road trip? Help?

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Modified by seize at 2:50 PM 7/3/2007

I have had and have heard of starting problems but not of the dying after starting. My own SL has had a problem at different times of not cranking on the first try and then it always cranks. The salesman I bought it from is having the same problem.

I haven't taken mine in yet as is always starts after this problem and I have been on the lookout for others having the same problem.

Get it to the dealer if you are feeling uduly apprehensive about the problem.

The reason i ask is that my car started up fine til i put the key on with my other keys. (LOL SOUNDS FUNNY) What was happening was that on my key ring, i had an electronic key fob.(keyless access) When it was close to my key, it wouldnt allow the car to start sometimes. The electronic key fob would interfere with the chip in the key. It took me a good day to figure out what the hell was going on.

Hope this helps. If not, its just a long story in the wrong topic. LOL

Also this is for all models.

Yeah, it's turning over, and sometimes it goes but then dies. Sometimes it just turns and turns and won't start. The second time always gets it going, though.

I took the trip against my judgement, so I'm taking it in to a dealer here. This sucks.

I make a trip for the Nissan dealer yesterday and talked to one of the techs in the shop. He said he hadn't heard of this problem in the Versa but leave it with him and if they can't find it they then call Nissan with the problem.

Going to leave mine with them next time I drive for them.

Will keep you posted.

Deke, I tried the crank-till-it-starts and it seemed to work for me, too, but it also goes against my better judgement. I would imagine it works the second time because it has the fuel from the first try, too. I know next to nothing about cars and don't know how skeptical to be toward all of this.

Anyone had this problem before? Anyone have any idea how much it'll cost me?

My Luther guy was real chatty, asking me how much I liked the car, you know, except for this whole can't-start-it-up-right thing. I do love it, but this is pretty annoying, especially because I work the holiday.

Thanks for the help, guys.

David

I forgot to include in my post that I had been doing what you mentioned and it doesn't help at all.

I have owned numerous autos with fuel injection and have never had this problem regardless of the weather conditions. I am not saying this couldn't happened I just haven't experienced it myself.

What ticks me off is it will go for awhile with no problems then start all over again.

The salesman that sold me mine bought one about the same time I did and he is having the same problem.

It has never left me stranded yet.

I checked the front wheels, etc. nothing that should cause it to lock.

I am already thinking of trading it in. will i get the same value i bought it for? It a NMAC financed car. I dont want to be spending money, and going to the dealer every other month.

Surely all Vs can't be bad... I've had two so far and no trips to the shop (that weren't because people are retarded and apparently my car makes people forget to be intelligent) ... let me clarify, I've been back several times in reference to my paint protectant, my decals, and my dealer brands.

In fact, I'd only have had one V if the salesman hadn't told me that the aftermarket sunroof was better than the factory sunroof.

We'll see how the Camel goes after a 5,000 mile round trip in late August... but I've been really happy with the V so far...

Not sure if this is a common issue, but if you trade it in, then you will NOT get the full purchase price back. The car is now considered used and depreciation has started to kick in. Assuming that you didn't pay more than MSRP, the value of the car is probably around 15%-%25 less than when you bought it. If you sell it yourself, you might get closer to what you paid, but probably not the full amount, especially now that the 2008s will be hitting the dealers in force soon.

The car is still under warranty. The dealer has to fix it for free. Is this is the only problem? If so, then give the dealers a chance to fix it. It will cost you far less money to have the dealer fix the problem than to trade it in for another car.

Modified by Woogie at 9:26 PM 7/8/2007

My first question would be--Do you have the Intelligent Key opition?

Power Package; Convienence Package; SIRIUS; Sunroof; CVT

hopefully someone will give us the right answer so we can all go to our dealer and tell them too look at this

Power Package; Convienence Package; SIRIUS; Sunroof; CVT

I hope Vice grows out of it. If anyone does it in front of a service center, let me know. I don't want my guys to think I'm crazy.

Side story: I fit my girlfriend's bike in the backseat, no problem. I was quite impressed. I did ding up the paint a bit, but nothing too bad.

Quick Update on this... They don't have a solution yet, and the tech filled my ticket in saying that that car was working to specs (he said they don't want to start replacing parts when they don't know what the problem is). I have a complaint call in at 1800-NISSAN1 to make sure that this continues to be considered an issue. A new car should inspired confidence, not trepidation. That said, it hasn't left me stuck anywhere and I love everything else about the V. I just want to make sure that someone somewhere is looking in to a real fix for this.

Might be but and can't understand why it cycles when the gass should be fairly consistent in quality.

I guess until Nissan gets enough complaints and figures it out I am going to live with it and not pay 10 cents more a gallon hoping it will correct it.

I still think my Versa is the greastest thing since sliced bread.

Power Package; Convienence Package; SIRIUS; Sunroof; CVT

All North American Versa's come from a plant in Mexico, as I understand it.

Versa Hatchbacks are mostly made at a plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Originally, Nissan had decided to make 40% of all Versas into hatchbacks, and 60% sedans. When they saw the actual sales numbers, they reversed that, making 60% hatchbacks and 40% sedans. Aguascalientes is supposedly not a large enough plant to make these numbers of hatchbacks, so supposedly part of the 2nd Mexico plant, where the Sedans are made (I forget the name of it) ALSO makes hatchbacks.

But there are 2 different Mexico plants that the Versas are made at. Most of us here will have had ours built at Aguascalientes.

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