Nissan Sentra Complaints (2014)

380 consumer complaints on file.

#11161827December 16, 2018
POWER TRAIN
CAR STARTED JERKING SO TOOK IT IN TO GET SERVICE , A TRANSMISSION SERVICE WAS DONE BUT MECHANIC MADE US AWARE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN SENTRA FROM 2013-2016 AND THAT NISSAN HAVE NOT DONE NOTHING YET . CAR IS GETTING WORST AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE A 4K TRANSMISSION AS I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161275December 13, 2018
POWER TRAIN
OUR CVT TRANSMISSION JUST LET GO ON A 2014 SENTRA SR WITH 89,000. IT WAS SLIPPING, BUCKING AND STALLING THE CAR. TOWED IT TO THE DEALER SAID THE COST WOULD BE $2200 TO REPLACE THE VALVE BODY AND A EXHAUST TIMING SOLENOID. IF THAT DIDN'T FIX IT, (I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $2200) IT WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD COST ABOUT $4300. I CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE BUT THEY WERE OF NO HELP. THEY SAID IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY DIDN'T EVEN OFFER TO PAY 50%. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS IS OUR 5TH NISSAN. NEVER WILL I BUY A NISSAN VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154364November 27, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE VEHICLE STALLED OUT GOING DOWN THE ROAD, COULD NOT MOVE OFF ROAD LEFT HELPLESS BLOCKING TRAFFIC. 75,486 MILES GETS SERVICED AT DEALERSHIP ONLY NEVER ONCE WAS DID THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMEND A TRANSMISSION SERVICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154114November 26, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
SENSOR/WARNING/CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS APPEAR TO NOT WORK. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY, THE CAR WOULD THEN BARELY MOVE WHEN PRESSING GAS. AFTER TRYING TO ACCELERATE MORE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE AT ALL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS SUCH AS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT ALL WHICH MADE ME BELIEVE THERE WAS NOTHING SERIOUS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN IT WAS INSPECTED BY NISSAN TECHNICIANS, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IF THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY AND THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WRONG CAUSE ME SERIOUS POTENTIAL DANGER AS I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY, UNABLE TO MOVE. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THIS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX THE ISSUE EARLY ON SO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153592November 25, 2018
AIR BAGS
WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, MY PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT DID NOT TURN OFF WHILE I HAD A PASSENGER IN THE CAR WITH THEIR SEATBELT ON. I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE FOR MONTHS AND HAS NOT BEEN FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153455November 24, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HAD MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY OCT.13,2018 FOR A 2HR TRIP...1HR INTO TRIP AND MY CAR KNOCKED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BEGAN JERKING WITH RPMS JUMPING UP AND DOWN. ON RETURN TRIP IT DID THE SAME THING, BUT NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER APPEARED ON DASH. WHEN CHECKED, NO RED FLAGS AND AFTER A DAY OR 2 AROUND TOWN RPMS DID NOT JUMP. NOV.22,2018(JUST A LITTLE OVER 1 MONTH) I PUT MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE SAME TRIP AND WITHIN AN HOUR THE CAR KNOCKED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, BEGAN JERKING AND RPMS WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN. ON THE RETURN TRIP BACK, 1HR AND A HALF INTO TRIP, MY CAR LOST ALL ACELERATION POWER..PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IT CONTINUED TO DROP SPEED FROM 70MPH TO 45 BEFORE I TURNED ON HAZARDS AND STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER. THEN FINALLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPS ON! BUT MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE NOW STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE BUSY HIGHWAY. MY CAR HIT 75K MILES DURING THIS 2ND TRIP, SO FIRST TIME WAS UNDER 75K. AFTER SPENDING OVER AN HOUR HELPLESS, THE CAR JUMPED BACK INTO GEAR AND ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE IT THE REMAINING 20 MILES, BUT ONCE EXITING THE HIGHWAY I COULD NOT ACELERATE TO MERGE INTO STREET TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED. THERE HAS BEEN NO MENTION OF ANY CVT ISSUES WHEN I TAKE IT IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. NOW IT'S IN NEED OF REPAIR BADLY! NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO TAKE IT IN TO THE NISSAN DEALER ASAP. I'VE BEEN LOYAL TO NISSAN FOR MANY YEARS HAVING HAD A 1995 AND 2002 SENTRA FOR YEARS...I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THIS 2014 FOR 2 YET, AND IF BEING STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH A YOUNG CHILD OR ALMOST BEING REAR-ENDED DUE TO LOSS OF POWER TO ENGINE DOESN'T SCREAM 'WE NEED A SAFETY RECALL' WHAT WILL??
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11152326November 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY CAR WOULD JERK WHEN GOING INTO SECOND GEAR. IT WAS SLIGHT AT FIRST. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF I WAS STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP OR SLOWING TO TURN THEN ACCELERATING. LATER ON IT BEGAN THE SHAKING LATER ACCOMPANIED BY A WHINE. THIS BEGAN AROUND 65K MILES. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY PROBLEMS CVT ISSUES WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE RPMS WOULD JUMP UP OR DROP DOWN WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NOW ITS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BADLY BECAUSE IF I GOT OFF HIGHWAY AND HAD NO PEDAL WHEN I PRESSED ACCELERATOR TAKING IT IN TO THE NISSAN DEALER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11152062November 16, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA THE TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING YEARS AND JERKING WHEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY ARE YOU THEN PUT IT IN CRUISE CONTROL TO SEE IF IT WOULD STOP AND IT WOULDN'T THEN WHEN I WAS IN THE CITY IT WAS STILL JERKING AND SKIPPING AS WELL WHEN THIS STARTING HAPPENING I TOOK THE TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC THEN SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST THEN STATED HE HAS FOUR OTHER NISSAN IS THE SAME MODEL IN HIS SHOP WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP EVEN STATED THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES BUT THE ONLY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS ON THE 2010 AND WILL NOT FIX MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150078November 8, 2018
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THEN SUDDENLY AS I TURNED OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IT WOULD NOT MOVE! I HAD TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR JUST TO AVOID BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. I HAVE ONLY HAD CAR FOR TWO YEARS. NISSAN KNOWS THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE AND ARE STILL PUTTING CONSUMERS AT RISK. AT MINIMUM THEY SHOULD BE OFFERING OPTION TO PURCHASE EXTENDED WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11145378November 5, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144638November 1, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION IS NOT CHANGING THE GEARS CORRECTLY . WHEN DRIVING ON A CITY STREET OR HIGHWAYS AND PULLING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE DRIVES OFF AS IF IT IS PULLING A LOAD AND THEN WHEN IT SHOULD BE CHANGING IN THE 2ND OR 3RD GEAR IT STARTS TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AS IF IT IS GOING IN NEUTRAL AND THEN YOU FEEL ROUGHNESS IN THE CHANGING OF GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142294October 23, 2018
ENGINE
THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD COUNTLESS SPORADIC ACCELERATION ISSUES AND FEEL AS THOUGH IT WOULD STALL/LOOSE POWER BUT IT HAS ACTUALLY COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME ON 3 OCCASIONS. 1ST TIME: I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 10 MPH LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT AND AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUDDER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED AS I WAS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PARKING LOT. I HAD TO RESTART THE ENGINE. I TOOK THE CARE TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 3,300 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND/RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR DID NOT HAVE A RECALL. NOTHING WAS DONE. 2ND TIME: I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN A REGULAR STREET AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND AS I TRIED ACCELERATING, THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING AND AGAIN, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY MORE. I HAD TO COAST/PULL THE CAR OVER INTO A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. 3RD TIME: I WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR WOULD JERK AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, THE RPM GAGE JUMPED AROUND, AND THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER SO I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE ENOUGH TO ENTER THE FREEWAY AT A SAFE SPEED, BUT WOULD ONLY GET TO A SAFE SPEED AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FORWARD IN THE EMERGENCY LANE FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN, AFTER I WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE FREEWAY, THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER AGAIN AND I WOULD HAVE TO COAST OFF TO THE EDGE OF THE FREEWAY AWAY FROM SPEEDING VEHICLES. IT WAS NIGHT TIME AND VISIBILITY WAS LOW BECAUSE IT WAS A UNLIT HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT BETWEEN NEVADA AND ARIZONA. I WAS LUCKY NOT HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR. I TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEED REPLACING. IT COST $4,607.83 (WITH CAR RENTAL) TO REPLACE. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 77,000 MILES AT THE TIME. I DO NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE, EVEN AFTER THE REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *DT ..*BF *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141042October 17, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TACHOMETER FLUCTUATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MOSES NISSAN OF HUNTINGTON (5200 US ROUTE 60 EAST, HUNTINGTON, WV 25706, 304-736-5291) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED AND THE TACHOMETER CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11139901October 11, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WHILE OPERATING UNDER NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING ON A CITY STREET A STOP LIGHT THE CAR JUST SHUTS DOWN. HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN AT UNDER 90,000 MILES. AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AT A LIGHT, THE CAR JUST SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WON'T MOVE....*BF.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11129273September 13, 2018
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR WENT OUT. THE CAR IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO PASS TWENTY MILES AN HOUR. IF I TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON IT WILL RUN FOR A WHILE, BUT IF IT STOPS AT A LIGHT OF STOP SIGN, IT WILL NOT GO AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11128822September 11, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I TURN OF MY CAR AND GO TO START IT BACK UP AND IT WILL NOT START THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED EVERYTHING COMES BACK FINE. NO SERVICE LIGHTS ARE ON. I KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE AND OIL CHANGES ON MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11127992September 6, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING YOU CAN FILL THE GAS ALL THE WAY UP AND THE GAUGE DOESN'T GO ON THE FULL BAR IT JUST FILLS UP TO 3/4. THEN THE GAS MILES WILL SAY 340 THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW IT SAYS 280 THEN DRIVE A LITTLE MORE IT GOES TO 320. THE A/C DOESN'T WORK AS MUCH AS YOU FIX IT AND FOR THE A/C TO BLOW COOL THE GAS HAS TO BE FILLED UP ALL THE WAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11124512September 5, 2018
POWER TRAIN
NO RECALL YET BUT SEEN OVER 159 COMPLAINTS OF THE SEASON PROBLEM, 80000 - 90000 MILES!! DRIVING THE CAR AND IT STARTS REVVING ITSELF AND R GUAGE BOUNCES FROM 2 TO 3 AND BACK DOWN!! CALLED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE AND THE MECHANIC SAID MOST LIKEY THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS TOO COMMON! DOES NOT MATTER THE SPEED YOU ATE TRAVELING!! THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11123417August 30, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
CVT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND CAR ISN'T EVEN AT 80,000MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11122837August 27, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OFF THE ROAD BY ANOTHER DRIVER AND THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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