Versa won't rev up, bogs down, won't accelerate.

[OriginalWheelman]

I just bought my 09 Versa S hatchback with 68k miles on it. A few days after I got it home it won't accel, won't rev up under load. Thought it was a bad tank of gas from sitting on the dealer lot, so I put iso-heet and fuel injector cleaner into it, and filled it up from 3/4 tank with 93 octane. It ran great until 3/4 of a tank, then it got worse. One day after letting it idle for about 10 minutes, it wouldn't go anywhere. It wouldn't go faster than 10 mph, and it wouldn't rev past 2k rpms. I managed to get it up to speed a couple times. Basically, I'd get to drive it for 3 minutes, it would act up, and I would have to leave it off for 15 minutes, repeat.

I drove the car to Nissan and they tell me it's the catalytic converter. Ok, that kinda makes sense. So I get a loaner and wait for a replacement, as it's covered by the 80k mile Emissions warranty. Well I get it back today and it is better, but still having the original issue. It won't rev past 4k, or 40mph in 2nd. If I up shift, i can get a little more out of it before it starts to lose power again. This is exactly what it did before they replaced the cat.

So I'm at a loss. Anyone else have this problem and get it resolved?

[nissangirl74]

Try this.

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we did it to all of ours and it makes a lot of difference.

[OriginalWheelman]

I'll try it when I get it back from the dealer. I bought it the 8th, it's been at the dealer since the 11th. It's almost time for me to make a payment and I drove it for 3 days. One of which it left me on the side of the highway.

[nissangirl74]

Lemon Law

[OriginalWheelman]

The Tennessee Lemon Law only applies to new cars sales. All used car sales in TN, even from a dealer as as-is. The only hope I have is to go through arbitration or just sell the car at a loss to get rid of it. Neither are good options.

[OriginalWheelman]

The Versa is back from the dealership. They replaced the fuel pump and it is now working properly. I'm still a little worried about it, as it has been cool here the last few days, and the problem comes out when the car has been running in the heat. Here's hoping it's working now.

[RobJordan]

I would like to know if this has worked for you since then or if your still having issues.

[kennethbokor]

I was thinking if its a CVT, the fail safe may have got activated in error and stays activated? The symptoms are similar to this mode.

[OriginalWheelman]

The fuel pump seemed to work for me. It seemed to still have a tiny hesitation after, but i no longer own the car.

[RobJordan]

Ok I was curious how it turned out. Thanks for the info.