Nissan Sentra Complaints

5,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10099535November 8, 2004
PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHEN BRAKING BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE BRAKE LINE, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079395November 3, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND HAD THE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE CHECKED. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE ECU (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) FAILED. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099085November 1, 2004
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, AIR BAGS
20 FEET AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING, THE BRAKES FAILED TO FUNCTION, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND WENT INTO A DITCH AND IMPACTED A SEWER DRAIN. THE DRIVER WAS SEVERELY BURNED BY THE AIRBAGS WHEN THEY DEPLOYED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE ABOVE FAILURES IS UNDETERMINED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10096385October 25, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO ENGAGE. HUSBAND DIAGNOSED WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM, POWER TO WIPER MOTOR WAS OKAY, CONTINUED TO TROUBLESHOOT, FOUND WIPER ARM CONTROL SEPERATED FROM WIPER MOTOR. SEEMS LIKE THE SAME ISSUE THE RECALL 98V093000 PERTAINED TO. HUSBAND LUBRICATED BALL JOINT, AND SQUEEZED SOCKET TO BALL BACK TOGETHER. NO PROBLEMS SINCE REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096284October 23, 2004
TIRES
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT THE SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY 94 IN SAN DIEGO, WHEN THE REAR RIGHT TIRE EXPLODED AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 P.M. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR, REAR RIGHT PANEL AND REAR BUMPER. THE CAR WENT INTO A 360 SPIN IN THE FAST LANE AND MEDIAN OF THE FREEWAY. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A&C PAINT AND BODY AT 7083 BROADWAY, LEMON GROVE, CA AT THE REQUEST OF MY DAUGHTER'S INSURANCE AGENCY - TOPA INSURANCE. THE OBVIOUS DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP, MY DAUGHTER NOTICED A SHIMY IN THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. THERE IS SOME SORT OF APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END THAT WAS NOT DETECTED BY THE BODY SHOP. ADDITIONALLY, THE DAY AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR LEFT TIRE IS ALSO BADLY DAMAGED, PROBABLY FROM THE CAR SPINNING DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE OLD TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SHREADED, SO THERE IS NO OLD PART AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. I HAD HER PARK THE CAR UNTIL WE CAN CONTACT HER INSURANCE COMPANY TO REPORT THE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED DAMAGES. MY DAUGHTER WAS HELPED BY A SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF, BUT HE DID NOT WRITE ANY TYPE OF INCIDENT REPORT. HE ONLY ASKED IF ANYONE WAS INJURED AND IF THERE WAS ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE. SINCE NEITHER HAPPENED, HE DID NOT MAKE A REPORT. MY DAUGHTER CONTACTED HER INSURANCE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY. A&C PAINT AND BODY SENT A TOW TRUCK TO HER APARTMENT THREE DAYS LATER AND TOWED IT TO THEIR FACILITY, WHERE THEY DID THE REPAIRS I HAVE ALREADY DESCRIBED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097538October 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR WHILE DRIVING IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT HARD AND ROUGH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097725October 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEAR ON DASHBOARD AND REMAIN ON. *BF THREE REPAIRS WERE DONE ON VEHICLE BEFORE THE RECALL NOTICE CAME OUT THEREFORE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REFUNDED. CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 03V511000 *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097213October 20, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT OTHER MOTORIST EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS. THEY WERE BLINDING WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095632October 12, 2004
AIR BAGS
MY SISTER'S CAR IS A 2000 NISSAN SENTRA GXE. THE AIR BAG OF THIS CAR IS NOT INFLATE WHEN HER CAR INVOLVED IN THE FRONT END CRASH WHEN SHE TRAVEL AT 40 MPH. I HAVE SOME PICTURES SHOWING HER CAR AFTER ACCIDENT THAT AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED TO LOOK AT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM OR NOT. THANKS, THENHAN. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10095515October 8, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER FILING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH NISSAN AND NHTSA, ABOUT THE VEHICLE SURGING. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, WHEREBY HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095203October 6, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED LOWER BACK INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10093450October 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
OIL DIPSTICK BROKE BETWEEN PLASTIC AND METAL. DIPSTICK WAS JAMMED INSIDE OF DIPSTICK TUBE. ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT THE DIPSTICK LEADS TO PUSHING IT FURTHER, LEADING TO COLLISION WITH CRANKSHAFT. COULD BE A SERIOUS ISSUE IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE MOVING AND IT GETS ENTANGLED INSIDE THE ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093328September 29, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
INTERIOR POWER LOCK ROCKER SWITCH FAILS TO ENGAGE DOOR LOCKS ON ALL FOUR DOORS, AND ACTUALLY OPENS THE DOOR LOCKS INSTEAD OF CLOSING THEM. AS I HAVE SAID ON MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT, IF YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE, STAY AWAY FROM NISSAN CARS AND TRUCKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095483September 28, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
WHILE DRIVING OR AT IDLE THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. *NM RECALL NUMBER 03V455000 . ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CONSISTING IN ENGINE STALLING WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AT LOW RATES OF SPEED. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094400September 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, FOLLOWED BY ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS. SOME COMPONENTS WERE DIGITAL ILLUMINATING LIKE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093982September 21, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 03V455000. HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091286September 19, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING ON THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AT ABOUT 65 MPH IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. I SMELLED A BURNING SMELL, BUT ATTRIBUTED IT TO A FACTORY I DROVE BY. MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND ALL AT ONCE MY CAR WAS POWERING DOWN, AND THE SPEDOMETER WAS DROPPING AT A RAPID SPEED, DESPITE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. THEN, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE LIGHT, AND I CRUISED MY CAR OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. THANKFULLY, NO CARS WERE BEHIND ME TO REAR-END MY VEHICLE. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON, BUT EVERYTHING POWERED OFF. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND RAN FAR AWAY FROM THE CAR, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WOULD DO. I CALLED 911, AND PATRONS STOPPED TO ASSIST ME BEFORE THE POLICE AND FIREMEN ARRIVED. BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, THERE WERE FLAMES BOTH UNDER THE HOOD AND UNDER THE CAR, AND LOTS OF BLACK SMOKE, WHICH WAS MAKING ITS WAY OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, HARBORING OTHER DRIVERS' VIEWS. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AFTER MUCH FORCE, AND I WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE ITEMS OUT OF THE TRUNK AND BACK SEAT ONCE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. MY CAR WAS TOWED AWAY TO AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087709September 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND SHIFTING ANY GEAR THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE 10 TIMES ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLES WITH ENGINE STALLING, THE MAF HAD TO BE REPLACE NUMEROUS TIMES, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE REVERSE LIGHT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. (THE WIRING HARNESS ALSO REPEATED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS) THE ENGINE WOULD STALL WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS DEPRESSED AND WHEN IN NEUTRAL IDLING AND WHEN SHIFTING THE GEARS. THE FRONT SPEAKER/TWEETERS MADE CRACKING NOISES. THE COOLING FAN WOULD COME ON WHEN NOT ACTIVATED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090898September 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
MY FRONT RIGHT STRUT FAILED FOR NO APPARENT REASON AFTER ONLY 5 MONTHS AND 11,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE FAILURE AND THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL HIGHWAY MILES. THIS FAILURE LEFT THE CAR VERY UNSTABLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO MANUVERE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. NO CRASH OCCURED BECAUSE I STARTED DRIVING A RENTAL CAR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER KEPT THE OLD STRUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090637September 8, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
I HAVE HAD MY 2001 NISSAN SENTRA A LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS AND WE HAVE HAD MANY RECALLS AND THE LAST ONE ON APRIL 13, 2004 THE DEALER LEFT A PIECE OF FOAM INSULATION AND MY AIR CONDITIONER ( DOES NOT WORK) AND HEATER WORKS NOW SINCE REMOVED THE INSULATION AWAY FROM THE BLOWER MOTOR. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WERE NASTY WITH ME WHEN I BROUGHT UP THAT THIS SHOULD OF BEEN COVERED UNDER BULLETIN # NTB00091 AND NTB00091B. IF THERE WAS A FAULTY AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM WHEN THE CAR FIRST CAME OUT THEN SOMEONE SHOULD OF BEEN TOLD. I AM VERY UPSET THAT THIS WAS NOT TOLD TO ME WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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