Nissan Sentra Complaints

5,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10425457September 14, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS DUST AND OIL SEEPAGE ON THE CYLINDER HEAD THAT WAS NEVER PRESENT BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, BUT REQUESTED THAT THE CONTACT AUTHORIZE REMOVAL OF THE CYLINDER HEAD FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR UNLESS THE CONTACT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,542. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425057September 12, 2011
POWER TRAIN
THE NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED VOLUNTARILY DUE TO A MAJOR DEFECT THAT SEEMS TO BE CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT AND FAIL. FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS, MY CAR HAS BEEN HESITATING FROM A DEAD STOP, WHICH I CHALKED UP TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND A/C USAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR WAS WHINY WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY GAVE OUT, THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, THEN THE RPM'S WERE TERRIBLY ERRATIC AND THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING ALL TOGETHER. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM IT. AFTER ALLOWING THE CAR TO SIT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, WE PROCEEDED ON TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TRANSMISSION. THIS LEFT US STRANDED WITH NO CAR IN ANOTHER STATE SO WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO MAKE IT HOME, AND WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE TO RETRIEVE THE CAR WHEN IT IS FIXED, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS BECAUSE THAT IS HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PART IN STOCK. WHEN I CONTACTED NISSAN, I WAS OFFERED NO HELP... THANK GOODNESS THE TRANSMISSION IS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THEY MADE NO OFFER TO HELP US GET THE CAR TO OUR HOME STATE - BASICALLY IT WAS OUR TOUGH LUCK. IF THEY WOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT, THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. I AM POSTING MY EXPERIENCE, ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER SENTRA OWNERS ONLINE IN AS MANY FORUMS AS POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN PREPARE FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THEIR CARS. WE WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424625September 11, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE FAILED THE MIL/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DUE TO OBD COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE. NISSAN DEALERSHIP CODE READER ALSO UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ECM. POSSIBLE FAULTY ECM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424392September 8, 2011
STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE WILL STOP RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING OR MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND MY CAR WILL NOT START. THIS STARTED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424208September 8, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A TICKING NOISE FROM FRONT PASSENGER ENGINE AREA AT A STOP LIGHT, AS I BEGAN THROUGH INTERSECTION ONCE IT TURNED GREEN THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME AS TRAFFIC BEGAN MOVING AGAIN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THERE WERE NO PRE WARNINGS, DASH WARNING LIGHTS THAT CAME ON PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALER THE NEXT DAY (4 YEAR OLD CAR W/ 75K MILES) AND WAS TOLD THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE I NEED A NEW MOTOR BUT WOULD NOT ELABORATE AS TO WHAT EXACTLY IT WAS BUT ADVISED ME I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I COULD BUY A NEW MOTOR FROM THEM FOR 6500$. BEING COMPLETELY STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION HAS SCARED ME ENOUGH NOT TO EVEN WANT TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE SO AS OF RIGHT NOW IT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY A 4 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 75K MILES ON IT THAT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE TBONED IN AN INTERSECTION AND NO ONE HAS ANY ANSWERS FOR ME, ONLY WANT MONEY TO GIVE A NEW MOTOR. NISSAN CORP HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITH OUT ANY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR, WHICH I OBVIOUSLY WONT, I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE FOR THE SAME EXACT "UNKNOWN" PROBLEM THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423996September 6, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND ON AND THE STEERING THEN RESET. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,595.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422782August 31, 2011
VISIBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN ORDER TO USE THE SUN VISOR, SHE WOULD HAVE TO READJUST THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. BY READJUSTING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR SHE COULD NO LONGER SEE OUT OF IT PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,656.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424799August 31, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE CAR WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A SOFT STOP SUDDENLY COMES TO AN ABRUPT STOP. WHILE RELEASING THE BRAKE THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPS HARD AND CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCHES FORWARD. THE SYSTEM OF THE CAR SEEMS TO WANT TO STOP THE CAR HARD ON SYSTEMS OWN DECISION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421318August 24, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS CONSUMED WITH OIL AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,875.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419975August 18, 2011
VISIBILITY, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
I HAVE A 1997 NISSAN SENTRA AND ON A RAINY DAY MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE WIPER TRANSMISSION MOTOR SOUNDS LIKE ITS WORKING BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IT IS A FAULTY WIPER ARM. I FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL 98V093000 AND CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. THEY INFORMED ME THERE IS NO OPEN RECALL ON THE ISSUE AND THAT MY VIN NUMBER DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419766August 17, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN TURNING RIGHT I WOULD NOTICE THAT MY ENGINE TEMP WOULD GO UP. THE MECHANICS FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS A BROKEN HEAD GASKET WHICH COST ME $1000.00. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND I HAVE PROBLEMS STARTING IT. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419715August 16, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD BEGIN TO LOSE POWER AND NEARLY STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V52700 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10418535August 11, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EQUIPMENT
I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN SENTRA SER. FROM DAY 1, I HAVE HAD ISSUE AFTER ISSUE..I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. UPON MANY REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY, ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THE ECM, YEARS LATER THE SAME ISSUE HAS COME BACK. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THE DEALER ABOUT THIS AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME BECAUSE THEY STATE THAT THEY ALREADY FIXED IT WITH THE RECALL. BUT THEY DID NOT. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. IT IS NOT EVEN SAFE AT THIS POINT TO DRIVE. THE DEALER WILL NOT ASSIST ME AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. IT WAS A RECALL THAT IS STILL AN ISSUE.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10418035August 8, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE, BUT REPLACED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY. APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD GASKET AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417900August 8, 2011
VISIBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN SENTRA SR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR WOULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND OBSTRUCT THE DRIVERS FIELD OF VISION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE MIRROR HAD TO BE REPOSITIONED WHENEVER THE VISOR WAS PLACED IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO CORRECT THE FAILURE ON THE SR TRIM OF THIS MODEL YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER TRIMS DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,000. UPDATED 9/19/11 *CN UPDATED 2/22/12 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417690August 5, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS OUT OF PLACE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 TO 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AXLE WAS BENT AND THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417732August 5, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FAULTY FUEL PUMP ON 2004 NISSAN SENTRA , NOTED BY NISSAN SINCE THEY ISSUED A TECNICHAL SERVICE BULLITIN AND A REPAIR KIT FOR THE PUMP FOR SALE FOR WELL OVER $200 U.S. BUT FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WHICH LEADS TO POOR FUEL PRESSURE AND HARD TO START CONDITIONS. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10416945August 3, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE GEAR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING A RECALL AND STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 08/24/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS BEEN EXPERIECING FIRST GEAR ISSUES FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, UNTIL THE REVERSE GEAR FINALLY WENT OUT. UPDATED 06/13/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10416723August 2, 2011
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, BENDING MY ENTIRE FRONT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *KB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417220July 29, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THE CAR MARCH 14, 2011 AND THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ISSUES WITH MAKING NOISES AND VIBRATING. I RETURN THE VEHICLE THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND DEALERSHIP COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS, BUT REFERRED TO NISSAN SERVICE. ON JULY 29, 2011, MY MOTHER MOVED MY CAR OUT OF A FIRE LINE AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. THE GAS PEDAL WENT WAY TO THE FLOOR AND SHE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES. AT THAT TIME THE PEDAL TRAVELED MORE THAN 3/4 TO THE FLOOR ALMOST INSTANTLY. SHE DID LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRUSHED INTO A TREE TO STOP THE CAR. SHE NEVER REGAINED THE USE OF THE BRAKES. I DID GO TO THE TOWNG COMPANY AND TOOK PICTURE WHERE THE GAS PEDAL IS STILL IN 3/4 INCH FROM THE FLOOR. DJ
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0

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