Nissan Sentra Complaints

5,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10513757May 28, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSA SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513832May 28, 2013
AIR BAGS, SEATS
I HAVE A 2012 NISSAN SENTRA AND THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS AND SEAT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS SLAMMED. THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION BUT THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION. TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DO NOT THINK THIS WOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR ACCIDENT 3 MONTHS PRIOR BUT NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ONLY THE TRUNK WAS SMASHED IN. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE REPAIRS TO THE TRUNK COULD HAVE CAUSED A MALFUNCTION. THE CAR WAS ONLY EXAMINED AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN CORPORATE OFFICE WAS INVOLVED BUT NEVER WAS CALLED NOR HAS THE CAR BEEN INSPECTED BY A PROFESSIONAL. THIS TOO ME IS VERY UNSAFE AND INCONSIDERATE OF NISSAN TO IGNORE THIS MATTER. WHAT IF THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHAT TYPE OF ACCIDENT OR INJURY THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED. I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST INSPECTED THE CAR BY A PROFESSIONAL TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS NOT A SENSOR ISSUE AND TO CONFIRM THAT IT NOT THEIR FAULT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513675May 27, 2013
ENGINE
I PURCHASED A USED NISSAN SENTRA SER SPEC-V, FROM A PRIVATE PARTY ON 5/8/13. I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH, ABOUT 6 MILES DOWN THE FREEWAY, FROM WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, WHEN THE ENGINE DIED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOP, WHILE SMOKE FLOWED OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS TOWED 25 MILES TO A MECHANIC I TRUST. THE GEARS IN THE COUNTER BALANCER ASSEMBLY BLEW APART, CLOGGING AN OIL SCREEN, NOT ALLOWING OIL TO THE CYLINDERS, AND THREW A ROD. I MENTIONED I HAD HEARD ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE CRANK POSITION SENSORS ON THESE CARS, AND REPLACED IT AS WELL. $2428.90, PLUS A $200 TOW. ON 5/13/13, I WENT TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON MY CAR, AND WAS TOLD NOT FOR MY VIN NUMBERS. I GOT THE CAR BACK ON 5/23, AND HAVE DRIVEN IT LESS THAN 100 MILES WHEN ON 5/26/13, GOING 40 MPH, IT SUDDENLY DIED AGAIN. I COST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. NO LIGHTS CAME ON OR ANY SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM. I TRIED 6-8 TIMES TO START IT. I GOT OUT AND OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE IF ANYTHING LOOKED FUNNY,WENT BACK AGAIN TO START IT AND IT TURNED RIGHT ON. THE ODOMETER IS 55,571. I LOOK ON THIS WEBSITE AND SEE 100 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF SENTRAS RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF. THIS PROBLEM IS UNACCEPTABLE, NEXT TIME MY CAR DIES, THERE MIGHT NOT BE A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER TO, OR WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, I AM LIKELY HIT SOMEONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513685May 27, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN PARKING LOT. STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND WHEELS WERE STRAIGHT. CAR WAS ATTEMPTED TO START MORE THEN 10 TIMES. A FLASHING REG CAR WITH A KEY ICON LIGHT WAS ACTIVE ON THE DASH. ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS MANUAL THE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS LOCKED OUT AND HAD TO BE RESET BY THE DEALER. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIRING DEALER. DEALER SAID KEY AND INTERNAL CHIP WERE BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. TOOK TECH 30 MINUTES JUST TO GET STEERING UNLOCKED. NEW KEYS WERE MADE AND CAR STILL DID NOT START. DEALER SAID BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) HAD TO BE REPLACED AS IT WAS BLOWN, EVEN THOUGH OTHER SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY BCM WERE OPERATIONAL. REPAIR WAS 1,200. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND THEIR CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS NOT A COMMON PART THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513234May 23, 2013
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER COMPLETING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STRUTS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512121May 15, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511603May 13, 2013
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CHECKED OUT. AFTER THEY HAD THE VEHICLE ALL DAY, AND AFTER SEVERAL CALLS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT STATUS, THEY FINALLY TOLD ME THE AIR BAG DEFLATED. THAT WAS THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND WAS TOLD BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T WORK, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS WOULD WORK. SAID THAT WAS NORMAL. SOMETIMES THEY JUST DO THAT. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW AIR BAGS DEFLATE FROM NO ACCIDENT AFTER 5 YEARS. TRIED TO RESOLVE WITH NISSAN, WAS TOLD NOTHING THEY COULD DO. OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511468May 11, 2013
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER STARTING CAR AFTER OIL CHANGE AT LOCAL SHOP. MECHANIC CHECKED CODE, PROBLEM WITH CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. PART REPLACED. PROBLEM SOLVED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAY OFF. AFTER 1 WEEK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AGAIN, CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDS REPLACED. CAR TIMING CLEARLY OFF - WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE CAR JOLTS AND SHUDDERS HARD ENOUGH TO SLAM DRIVER INTO SEATBELT. WHEN VEHICLE WARMED ALL THE WAY UP PROBLEM NONEXISTENT. CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CHANGED AGAIN, PROBLEM REOOCURS WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO. DURING FALL/WINTER WHEN COLD WEATHER OCCURS ENGINE MUST BE COMPLETELY WARM TO AVOID BEING SHAKEN AND JOLTED AROUND WHILE ACCELERATING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. DEALER STATES "TIMING CHAIN IS OUT OF TIME" AND MUST BE REPLACED. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA STATES CAR NOT ON RECALL LIST, ALTHOUGH RECALLS LISTED HERE SEEM TO APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511339May 9, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
THE FRONT AND DRIVERS SIDE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN MY 2009 NISSAN SENTRA AFTER BEING HIT BY A FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THIS ACCIDENT. THERE WERE INJURIES FROM THE DRIVER OF THE CAR AND THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. THE GLASS IN THE CAR SHATTERED AND DOOR WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED. THE TYROD IN THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO DAMAGED AS WELL AS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FRAME UNDER THE DOOR AND BACK DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY AFTER IMPACT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10511196May 8, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SEVERAL LIGHTS IN THE CAR CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE ROAD AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR A FEW DAYS LATER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CAM AND CRANK SHAFT SENSOR FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD ECM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510956May 7, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED. IN ADDITION, THE HORN ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG TERMINAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,050. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510315May 1, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
MY CAR TRANSMISSION IS UNDER WARRANTY BUT DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT FIX IT, THEY SAY PURPLE FLUID IS NOT NISSAN CERTIFIED BUT I HAVE PROOF THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS NEVER CHANGED, IT SEEMS COOLANT HAS CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511120April 30, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE ON 4/6 HEADED TO SC AT 5 AM WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE BY ITSELF. WITH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR THE CAR WOULD NOT GO PAST 45. THEN SUDDENLY IT WILL TAKE OFF. THE CAR DOES THIS AT RANDOM AND IT CANNOT BE DETECTED ON THE COMPUTER ACCORDING TO NISSAN. FRIDAY NIGHT THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. THIS TIME WAS WORST AND I WAS IN TRAFFIC WITH PEOPLE BEHIND ME. AS I STARTED TO PULL OFF FROM THE LIGHT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO PAST 25. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE FLASHERS ON PRAYED THAT I DID NOT GET HIT FROM BEHIND. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AND I AM CURRENTLY PAYING FOR A RENTAL BECAUSE NISSAN LITHIA SPRINGS REFUSED TO GIVE ME A RENTAL OR LOANER. I AM VERY DISTRESSED ABOUT THIS CAR. NISSAN LITHIA SPRINGS SAID THEY WOULD TRADE ME OUT THE CAR BUT WANTED TO TREAT IT AS A TRADE. WHY WOULD I PAY FOR TWO CARS WHEN MY SENTRA IS OBVIOUSLY A LEMON. I AM OTALLY FRUSTRATED I HAVE A BRAND NEW CAR THAT I CANNOT DRIVE AND KNOW ONE SEEMS TO CARE. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 3/18. WENT TO SERVICE 4/8 PICKED UP 4/9 THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A IDLE PROGRAM. RETURNED TO SERVICE 4/11 AND WAS PICKED UP 4/24. I TOOK THE CAR BACK ON 4/26 AND IT IS STILL THERE. I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY DON'T RETURN PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509846April 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
EXTREMELY LOUD INCREASING GRINDING REAR DRUMS BRAKES NOISE, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE LOCAL SALE DISTRIBUTOR DEALER REPRESENTATIVE TELL ME THAT THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR THAT YET. THERE MAY BE A DEATH RISK CONCERN BECAUSE ARE THE BRAKES OF THE CAR ........... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509560April 25, 2013
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WITH NEAREST VEHICLE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AWAY WHEN THE SUNROOF GLASS APPEARED TO HAVE "EXPLODED". THERE WAS A VERY LOAD NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF SMALL PIECES OF GLASS SLIDING ACROSS THE HOOD AND TRUNK. DID NOT SEE ANY PROJECTILE (I.E. STONE) THAT MIGHT HAVE HIT THE SUNROOF. THE GLASS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT AS OPPOSED TO AN IMPLOSION DUE TO BEING HIT BY A PROJECTILE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509472April 24, 2013
ENGINE
MY SON WAS DRIVING MY CAR NISSAN SENTRA 2011 ON 405 FREEWAY IN THE CARPOOL LANE AT ABOUT 65MPH. THE ENGINE CUT OFF. HE TOLD ME THAT HE TRIED TO GET OVER WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL COASTING BUT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED IN ONE OF THE LANES. HE PUT ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND CALLED HOME. HE TOLD US THAT THE CAR HAD CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START BACK UP. HE SAID THAT OTHER CARS WERE JUST FLYING BY AT FAST SPEED. WE TOLD HIM AND HIS FRIENDS TO STAY IN THE CAR WHERE WE FELT IT TO BE SAFER AT THE TIME. THEN HE SAID I AM ABOUT TO GET HIT. FOR MINUTES WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE DRIVER THAT HIT THE REAR OF THE CAR LET MY SON AND 2 OTHER PEOPLE GET IN HIS CAR AND HE DROVE THEM OFF OF THE FREEWAY. MY SON CALLED THE HIGHWAY PATROL AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CHP WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION WHERE MY SON,HIS FRIENDS AND THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT HIT HIM WERE WAITING, WE NOTICE A POLICE CAR. THE POLICEMAN SAID HE JUST SAW THEM THERE AND CAME OVER. WHEN CHP FINALLY CAME OVER TO WHERE WE WERE WAITING, THE CHP OFFICERS EXPLAINED TO US THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HIT A SECOND TIME AND THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE CARRIED IN AN AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT ON A TOW TRUCK AND BROUGHT OVER TO WHERE WE WERE ALL WAITING. THE REAR OF THE CAR WAS TOTALLY SMASHED. THERE WAS NO LONGER A BACK SEAT OR TRUNK. WHEN MY SON SAW THE CAR HE WAS GLAD THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SMASHED UP IF THEY HAD STAYED IN THE CAR. BY THE WAY, THE CAR WAS NOT OUT OF GAS BECAUSE I FILLED THE TANK UP WITH GAS MYSELF THE PREVIOUS DAY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10509012April 21, 2013
AIR BAGS
AIR BAGS ON PASSENGER SIDE DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME IF SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AN ADULT IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508495April 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY
THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE AND IT ONLY HAS 56,354 MILES ON IT. IT'S NOT BEING ABUSED IN ANY WAY, I ONLY GOT THIS VEHICLES BECAUSE IT'S ECONOMIC ON GAS AND I ONLY DRIVE IT ABOUT 5-15 MILES A DAY DURING THE WEEK. MY FEAR IS THAT, MY LUCK, THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT AGAIN WHEN I'M OUTSIDE THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY PERIOD AND I'M SCREWED. NOW I'M DEBATING WHETHER I TAKE A LOSS AND SELL IT WAY BELOW WHAT I PAID FOR AND GET ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT'S NOT A NISSAN. I HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TIRE SENSOR, WHICH I KEEP HEARING IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY, THEY WANT $200 TO FIX IT. I HAVE ALSO HAD A WEIRD VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH I'M TOLD IS CAUSE BY A "HOOD LATCH" AND THEY KEEP ADJUSTING IT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS INSTEAD OF FIXING IT PERMANENTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508568April 17, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I ONLY GET 22 MILES PER GALLON, CAR WAS ESTIMATED AT 27, CITY MPG AND 34 HIGHWAY, I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIM THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR , THE 22 MPG ARE COMBINE CITY AND HIGHWAY. WHERE COULD I GET HELP ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508583April 17, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS AS THE FOLLOWING: DATE COMPLAINT FILED: 09/05/2012 COMPONENT(S): POWER TRAIN , STRUCTURE DATE OF INCIDENT: 08/09/2012 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10473871 DATE COMPLAINT FILED: 01/18/2012 COMPONENT(S): POWER TRAIN , SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC , SUSPENSION DATE OF INCIDENT: 01/12/2012 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10444380. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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