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Nissan Versa

Every model year 2016–2025: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

10 Model years 2016–2025
14 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
528 Complaints owner reports, all years
A Newest grade 2025 Safety Signal
2022 Best on record cleanest filed year
Nissan Versa — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Nissan Versa · Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Nissan Versa model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2025GasA012★★★★★35 mpg
2024GasA196★★★★★35 mpg
2023GasA137★★★★★35 mpg
2022GasA020★★★★★35 mpg
2021GasC332★★★★★35 mpg
2020GasB264★★★★★35 mpg
2019GasA125★★★★☆34 mpg
2018GasB360★★★★☆34 mpg
2017GasC372—34 mpg
2016GasA0110★★★★☆34 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2022

On the filed record so far, the 2022 is the cleanest Versa year we hold, and the 2021 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2022A05
2016A011
2019A0.14
2017C0.38
2020B0.311
2023A0.312
2018B0.48
2021C0.66
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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record
  • 2020: best combined mpg 34 → 35
  • 2019: 3 → 2 EPA configurations
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Common questions about the Nissan Versa

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Nissan Versa year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2022 Versa comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 20 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Nissan Versa years should I avoid?

No Versa model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Nissan Versa have?

Across model years 2016–2025, NHTSA has posted 14 recall campaigns for the Nissan Versa. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.