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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2017 Nissan Versa Recalls

The 2017 Nissan Versa has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 21, 2018.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Nissan Versa. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
3

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
62

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
9

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2017 Nissan Versa, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

3 recalls on the 2017 Nissan Versa

Electrical system: ignition

Campaign
18V551000
Reported
August 21, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 153,047
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2018 Versa, 4 other models

18V551000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
17V275000
Reported
April 26, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 509
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 1 other model

17V275000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: side/window

Campaign
16V724000
Reported
October 11, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 1,754
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 226, ejection mitigation
Same campaign
only the 2017 Nissan Versa

16V724000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2017 Nissan Versa complaints by year

NHTSA has received 62 owner complaints about the 2017 Nissan Versa, the newest on March 27, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (15%); owners reported 6 injuries.

In complaints about the 2017 Nissan Versa, the component group named most often is the air bags (24%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the power train (15%).

2 of the 2017 Nissan Versa's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2017 Nissan Versa owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 27,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags15
  • Unknown Or Other12
  • Electrical System11
  • Power Train9
  • Service Brakes9
  • Engine8

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2017 Nissan Versa received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20178
201810
20198
202010
20219
20224
20235
20244
20253
20261

Complaints about the 2017 Nissan Versa peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 10. 58% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Nissan Versa drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Nissan Versa year in the same window: 12th highest of the 16 ranked years.

Nissan Versa years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 62 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Versa are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Nissan Versa by model year

Other 2017 Nissan models

Newest record on this page: March 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted