Nissan Sentra Complaints (1992)

62 consumer complaints on file.

#703544February 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING IN 5TH GEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH,TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED. HIGH PITCHED WHINING OCCURRED. TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING FLUID. SEAL IS BROKEN. UNSURE IF TRANS HAS OTHER PROBLEMS. ONLY 53000 MILES ON CAR! ANY HELP?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703546February 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
BRAKES WHINE EVERY TIME PEDAL IS PRESSED. INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON IN AUTOMATIC MODE DUE TO DOOR BEING AJAR, LIGHT NOT TURNING OFF. SEAT BELTS IN BOTH FRONT SEATS AND ONE BACK SEATS DUE NOT STAY HOOKED. THEY COME UNDONE WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT ALWAYS LOCK. IT SLIDES WHEN SOMEONE SITS THERE AFTER THE SEAT HAS BEEN LOWERED TO ALLOW ACCESS TO BACK SEAT. SEAT BELT LIGHT DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN OFF, SOMETIMES TAKES A FEW MINUTES, SOMETIMES NEVER. ALSO, TRANS AXLE NOT IN ALL THE WAY, AND POWER STEERING RETURN LEAKS . MUFFLER BRACKETS STRETCHED,AND NOT SECURELY HOLDING MUFFLER (MUFFLER BROKE INTO TWO PIECES). CAR ONLY HAS APPX 54000 MILES ON IT, AND EVERYTHING SEEMS LIKE IT STARTING TO FALL APART. ANY HELP OR INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703554February 21, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER FOUND IN TRUNK. NO LEAKS ARE APPARENT. THERE ARE OPENINGS THAT THE REAR SEATBELTS GO THROUGH. THROUGH THESE OPENINGS A TRAIL OF WATER/DIRT ARE APPARENT. IT SEEMS THAT THE WATER IS GETTING IN THROUGH THIS AREA. WHETHER IT IS COMING DOWN THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW SEAL OR UP FROM BELOW IS INDETERMINABLE BY ME. THE PLUGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUNK TO RELEASE THE WATER, BUT THIS IS NOT A CORRECTION OF THE PROBLEM ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835049February 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE LOST POWER. WHEN USING THE CLUTCH AND TRYING TO GO INTO ANOTHER GEAR, THE VEHICLE WON'T PICK UP SPEED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703211February 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ON NOVEMBER 11, 1998 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 57 BY ASKUM, IL. GOING 65 MPH. SHE CLAIMS THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND SHE HAD TO NAVIAGE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT RESTART. SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. SHE WAS CRYING AND CUT HERSELF LIFTING UP THE HOOD. SHE SAW LOTS OF GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND PHONED ME ON A CELLULAR. I TOLD HER TO CALL 911 AND I ALSO CALLED THEM. THE ILLINIOS STATE POLICE ARRIVED QUICKLY AND ORDERED A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR NEVER STARTED AGAIN. IT IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND OUR MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS MODEL HAS NO INDICATOR LIGHT TO SIGNAL THAT IT IS OVERHEATING .THIS CAUSES IT TO OVERHEAT ON THE HIGHWAY SINCE MOST PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE ROAD AND NOT THE HOT/COLD GAUGE. I FEEL THIS MAJOR FLAW CAUSED MY DAUGHTER TO BE IN GRAVE DANGER AND THAT IT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAR BEING EFFECTIVELY WORTHLESS AT THIS POINT. I ALSO NOTED IN THE "OWNER'S MANUAL ON PAGE 5-8 THAT THE MANUFACTURER ADDRESSES OPTIONS " IF YOU FEEL A LACK OF ENGINE POWER "OR YOUR CAR OVERHEATS. THIS WOULD INDICATE TO ME THAT THIS MODEL HAS A HISTORY OF LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND OVERHEATING. DESPITE THE CAR'S HISTORY THE MANUFACTURER NEVER PUT AN INDICATOR LIGHT TO DESIGNATE THAT THE CAR IS OVERHEATING PUTTING DRIVERS ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN GRAVE DANGER OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#833889January 21, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
SHOULDER SEAT BELT IS WORKING BUT WON'T LOCK, CAUSING THE CONSUMER'S BODY TO ROCK TOWARD THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702061January 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON MY NISSAN SENTRA NX 1600 COUPE HAS PROBLEMS AND DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY AND SAFELY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER FOR VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF TIME, EVEN WHILE DRIVING, AND ON A FEW OCCASSIONS IT HAS STOPPED OPERATING WHILE DRIVING. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN COLD WEATHER: FIVE (5) TIMES THE CAR HAS JUST STOPPED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT BE STARTED BY SHUTTING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING: VARIOUS TIMES THE CAR DIED WHILE AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND CONTINUE DRIVING; FIVE (5) TIMES I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO START THE CAR, (JUMPING THE BATTERY USED TO START THE CAR), AND VARIOUS TIMES THE CAR TAKES MULTIPLE TRYS BEFORE THE ENGINE TURNS OVER AND STARTS. I REPLACED THE BATTERY ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A MECHANIC AND UNTIL LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THAT SERIOUS AND SOMEWHAT RESOLVED. INTERMITTENLY THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER COME BACK BUT AFTER LAST NIGHT I REALIZE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE CAR JUST STOPING IN TRAFFIC WERE VERY SERIOUS. MY CAR WAS RUNNING AND I WAS DRIVING AND THREE TIMES IT JUST STOPPED. MY LIGHTS WERE STILL ON AND AFTER JUMPING THE BATTERY THE CAR STARTED BUT WHILE DRIVING HOME, IT APPEARED THAT AS I SLOWED OR HIT THE BRAKES, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND UPON ACCELERATION, THE DASH WOULD RELIGHT BUT THEN THE CAR JUST STOPPED UPON BRAKING AT A LIGHT AND COULD NOT BE STARTED. IT IS NOW NOT STARTING AT ALL AND I'M WORRIED THAT THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST NISSAN SENTRA THAT I HAVE HAD THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH, A 1982 NISSAN SENTRA THAT I HAD, PLAGUED ME WITH THIS SORT OF STARTING PROBLEMS AND AFTER REPLACING BATTERIES/ALTERNATORS/STARTERS AND A HOST OF OTHER COMPONENETS, AFTER BEING TOWED MULTIPLE TIMES TO BAY ROYAL NISSAN I PURCHASED THE 1992 SENTRA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702030January 8, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CHRONIC, REPEATED LEAKAGE AND/OR CONDENSATION IN BOTH HEADLIGHTS, OCCURRING UNDER ORDINARY WET CONDITIONS. TAKES A LONG TIME (DAYS/WEEKS) TO CLEAR UP, EVEN IN DRY CONDITIONS. POOR LIGHT OUTPUT AND FOCUS. POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO REFLECTOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542845December 3, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED RESULTING IN STICKING IN THIRD GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829933November 2, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE DRIVING A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE DEER. SEAT BELT DID LOCK NOR RETRACT. ALSO FRONT DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER. WERE NOT NOTIFIED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542277October 27, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE ENGINE FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540851September 13, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WINDOWS ROLL UP WITH EXTREME DIFFICULTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540971August 6, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LURCHES FORWARD WHEN SHIFTERD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. (QCAW)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825541August 4, 1998
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSIOM POPS OUT OF FIFTH GEAR WHILE APPLYING GAS. THIS IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#538515July 29, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLAMP ENCLOSURES ACCUMULATE CONDENSATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536979June 22, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#530458February 9, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITHOUT WARNING. OWNER BELIEVES THE CAUSE IS CALIFORNIA'S NEW REFORMULATED GAS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#605734January 27, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
STARTER FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813899July 8, 1997
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON CRUISE CONTROL OR 5TH GEAR, THE GEAR WILL POP OUT, WHEN THE GEAR POPS OUT THE ENGINE WILL ROAR UP MAKING A NOISE, CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE OVERHAULED, DEALER ALSO TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY CAN NOT ADJUST THE LINKAGE ON NISSANS. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE STANDARD 5 SPEED ON VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR IF THE TRANSMISSION IS CONSTRUCTED CORRECTLY.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808823February 12, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE NOT OPERATING LIKE THEY SHOULD. WHEN THE BELT RETRACTS IT TIGHTENS UP AROUND BOTH FRONT PASSENGERS AND THEY WILL NOT RETRACT BACK IN PLACE TO LOOSEN UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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