2015 Nissan Versa steering problems

“The PS warning light has been coming on intermittently. The power steering goes out and the vehicle is hard to steer. My safety and others are put at risk if I lose power steering. We have done research online and plan to take it to a dealership to confirm the exact issue. The PS warning light has come on a few times over the last several months and the power steering comes and goes.”

“When driving the electric power steering began to malfunction in short periods of driving, making it very hard to drive safely. Until a few weeks later the whole unit stopped working and the power steering light came on. This made it hard to steer in high and low speeds. This put my car and others at risk in lane changing and during turns because of the seizing steering. Imagine if a person jumps out in front of the car and the brakes weren’t a viable option, I would not be able to swerve out of the way. Or run off the road. Our auto mechanic recommended we report it to NHTSA because the car can lose control due to the steering seizing. The mechanic said the car is not old enough for it to be failing and should be recalled due to safety. Research on the internet shows these cars with low miles are all having the same issue.”

“While I’m driving the car it starts swaying or jerking to the right sometimes to the left. Mostly when I press the gas to go faster. It’s very scary and I’m afraid it will run me in a ditch or into another vehicle.”

“Steering wheel assembly cracked and also the left side of the steering wheel piece broke. Very expensive to fix and wasn’t offered a car to use. Order for this assembly is on back order!!!! Nissan said the crack could only be if it was blunt force to it which would consist of 300 lbs. So it’s a Nissan failure but no recalls on it which is sad.”

“WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH CAR FEELS VERY OUT OF CONTROL LIKE IF ITS ON ROLLER SKATES, FEELS LIKE CAR IS GOING TO SWAY THIS WAY OR THAT WAY. VERY UNSAFE FEELING. VERY SCARY.”

“WHILE DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY THIS MORNING I HEARD A CLICK AND THEN THE "PS", POWER STEERING, LIGHT TURNED ON. THE CAR WAS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHEN THIS OCCURED. WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING HAD TURNED OFF. WHEN I GOT TO WORK UNATTACHED MY BLUETOOTH OBD-II READER TO CHECK THE CODES. THE READER SHOWED ZERO CODES RECORDED. I LEFT THE READER INSTALLED. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR TO GO TO LUNCH THE "PS" LIGHT WAS OFF AGAIN AND POWER STEERING WAS FUNCTIONING. WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT FOR LUNCH THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY CUT OUT AND THE "PS" LIGHT TURNED BACK ON. MY OBD-II READER REPORTED NO CODES. UPON STARTING THE CAR AGAIN THE "PS" LIGHT WAS ONCE AGAIN OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN. THE POWER STEERING WORKED DURING THE DRIVE HOME AND THE "PS" LIGHT STAYED OFF.”