Selling a junk Nissan Versa Note
Any Versa Note sells for scrap or parts, running or not. Below: what owners report most often for each model year, the recalls on file, and which of those change the offer. Enter your ZIP for a buyer near you.
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What owners report about the Nissan Versa Note
NHTSA has 402 owner complaints on file for the Nissan Versa Note, model years 2014 to 2019, the 423rd-most of the 423 models in our data. The most-reported components are transmission and drivetrain (93, 23%), other (62, 15%), engine (38, 9%). 38 complaints involved a crash, 4 a fire, and 20 say the vehicle had to be towed. The median mileage when the problem was reported is 48,000 miles. The 2014 model year has the most complaints (200). Data as of 2026-10-12.
When the top complaint is transmission and drivetrain, the question for a seller is whether a buyer will resell the car, pull the parts or scrap it. Read our guide to selling a car with a bad transmission: it explains which offers assume the part works and how to describe the car so the price holds at pickup.
Nissan Versa Note by model year
| Year | Complaints | Most reported | Crash | Fire | Recalls | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 200 | Transmission and drivetrain | 14 | 1 | 3 | 50,000 |
| 2015 | 137 | Other | 17 | 3 | 2 | 45,000 |
| 2016 | 45 | Transmission and drivetrain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29,950 |
| 2017 | 13 | Transmission and drivetrain | 2 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | Transmission and drivetrain | 1 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 2019 | 2 | Electrical system | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not confirmed defects. Median miles is the odometer reading owners gave when they reported a problem, shown only where 20 or more reports include it.
Nissan Versa Note recalls
NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns across these model years, most often for air bags (2), speed control (1), seats (1). Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer. Before you sell, check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a buyer who plans to resell the car will.
- 2018 model year, driver assistance (campaign 19V654000, Sep 2019): Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Vers…
- 2017 model year, electrical system (campaign 18V551000, Aug 2018): Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2017 Nissan NV200, Sentra, NV3500 Van, NV3500 Bus, NV200 Taxi, NV1500, NV2500 Van, Chevrolet City Express, 2017-2018 Frontier, Versa Note, and Versa Sedan vehicles…
- 2018 model year, air bags (campaign 17V837000, Dec 2017): Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018 Nissan Versa Note vehicles. During deployment of the side curtain air bag, a component of the air bag inflator may detach. As such, these vehicles fail to com…
- 2017 model year, air bags (campaign 17V275000, Apr 2017): Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2017 Versa, and Versa Note vehicles. The ring plate that secures the air bag cushion to the passenger frontal air bag assembly may fail, possibly causing the air b…
- 2014 model year, speed control (campaign 15V507000, Aug 2015): Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Nissan Versa sedan vehicles manufactured June 9, 2011, to March 11, 2015, and 2014-2015 Nissan Versa Note vehicles manufactured April 23, 2013…
What a Nissan Versa Note is worth as a junk car
Buyers price a junk Versa Note on four things: its weight at today's scrap steel price (the floor), the parts still on it that can be resold, whether it starts and drives, and how far they have to tow it. None of those come from a complaint database, so use this page to describe the car accurately and our junk car value guide to work out a ceiling for the metal. Then get more than one offer.
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- Nissan Altima 19,917
- Nissan Pathfinder 9,574
- Nissan Rogue 8,905
- Nissan Maxima 7,716
- Nissan Sentra 7,575
- Nissan Murano 7,440
- Nissan Frontier 4,333
- Nissan Versa 4,280
Questions people ask
- What is a junk Nissan Versa Note worth?
- What a yard can recover: the car's weight at the current scrap steel price, plus parts it can resell (the catalytic converter, engine, transmission and wheels if they're good), minus towing and processing. The same Versa Note gets different offers from different buyers, so compare at least two. Our value guide shows the public benchmark.
- Will a junkyard buy a Nissan Versa Note that doesn't run?
- Yes. Junkyards and junk car buyers take cars that don't start, and most arrange the tow. Tell them honestly whether it starts, whether the engine and transmission are still in it, and whether the catalytic converter is on; those are what change the price.
- Should I fix an open recall before selling a Nissan Versa Note?
- Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer for as long as the car exists. If the car is going for scrap, the repair won't change the scrap price. If a buyer might resell it or pull parts, a completed recall can help. Check your VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup first.
- Where do these Nissan Versa Note numbers come from?
- From the complaint and recall data NHTSA publishes for every make and model, counted by model year on 2026-10-12. A complaint is an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and the count rises with how many of the model were sold.