Other wheel or tire problem on the 2009 Nissan Versa
1 crash 1 injury 2 of the 16 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2009 Nissan Versa report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 45,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 75,000 miles, from 14 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 5,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 80,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 75,573 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
43% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,900 miles | 21,125 miles | 45,568 miles | 73,683 miles | 78,473 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash and 1 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 8 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2012, at a median of 20,000 miles, and latest on the 2011 at 60,000 miles.
By volume the 2008 carries the most reports, with 20; the 2009 has 16. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I just bought a 2009 nissan versa. While driving on a wet road and taking a corner the car lost traction forcing me to slow down to almost a halt. The stock tires (185/65r15) seem to be undersized for the high center of gravity. *tr
I have had three tire air pressure sensor valves fail on three different tires since I bought my 2009 nissan versa in february 2009. Two kept losing air and triggering the light in my dashboard more frequently until it was every 2 or so days and I had it replaced with a plain valve till I could get to nissan for a replacement. The other was suddenly almost flat and I had the valve replaced. The first time this happened, the dealership service said there was no problem, maybe it was the weather, even though only one tire was losing pressure every 2 days. I have changed dealerships and they have replaced 2, and I will be bringing in the third. All were originally diagnosed and had plain valves replaced at my local tire store. When will the fourth go, and will it kill me or someone else? Are the replacements any better than the originals? I'm afraid to drive my new car. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 nissan versa equipped with continental conti pro contact tires, size p185/65/r16. The contact stated that the front tires became worn at 25,000 miles although the tires had been routed every 5,000 miles. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and was advised to call the tire manufacturer. The contact called the tire manufacturer who told the contact to take the vehicle to the local dealer. The service representative at the dealer stated that there was no warranty for the tires and the contact would be responsible for the cost of the replacements. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000. Updated 01/06/11 *bf updated 01/24/11*jb
Also reported on the 2009 Nissan Versa
Strut, shock or spring failure
Airbag inflator rupture
Other suspension problem
Fuel pump failure
Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin
Other engine problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 16 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2009 Nissan Versa?
Across 14 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 45,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 75,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2009 Nissan Versa?
16 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed