Nissan Sentra Complaints (2013)

638 consumer complaints on file.

#11267369October 9, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA HAD NO KNOWN PROBLEMS, AND I HAD NO ICONS ON MY DASHBOARD THAT SOMETHING NEEDED ATTENTION... NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT..NONE. AND WHEN I HAD TAKEN MY CAR TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, MY CAR HAD NO SERIOUS ISSUES. AND JUST RECENTLY AS I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BREAK BECAUSE I WAS PARKING MY CAR'S ENGINE TURNED OFF,, BUT THE RADIO WAS STILL ON. I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO TURN ON UNTIL IT DID, BUT AS SOON AS I SHIFTED TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE ENGINE WOULD JUST TURN OFF. AND NOW MY CAR TURNS ON BUT MAKES A WEIRD NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS DRAGGING, BUT ENGINE REMAINS ON, AND EVERY TIME I SHIFT TO DRIVE OR REVERSE MY CAR TURNS OFF. IV'E PURCHASED MY CAR NEW BACK IN 2013, AND IT ONLY HAS 73,000 MILES. I DON'T DRIVE LONG DISTANCES TOO OFTEN OR GET ON THE HIGHWAY TOO MUCH. I WORK ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM WORK WITH TRAFFIC. I HAVE DONE MY OIL CHANGE AT MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND NOTHING EVER CAME UP ON THEIR MULTI INSPECTION. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11267072October 8, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 67341 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11265570October 2, 2019
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION CUT OUT, RPMS REV'D UP AND SPEED DROPPED EVEN WITH FULL GAS PEDAL PRESSURE. PULLED OVER SAFELY, PLACED CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED DRIVING. MINUTES LATER THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED. SUDDEN DROP OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY IS NOT SAFE AND NISSAN SHOULD STEP UP AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE 2013 CVT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T STEP UP TO OFFER EXTENDED WARRANTEE OFFERS LIKE IN THE EARLIER YEARS. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S CAR AND SHE WILL NOT BE DRIVING THIS WHILE THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. SUCH A SHAME AS SHE SAVED HER MONEY TO BUY THIS PRE-OWNED VEHICLE AND THE THOUGHT OF REPLACING THE TRANNY THIS SOON IS VERY UPSETTING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11265715October 2, 2019
POWER TRAIN
RPM SHIFTS UP AND DOWN AS SPEED GOES UP. ALREDY HAD ISSUE WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 65000 AND HAD TO FIX THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE CAR WON'T SPEED UP OVER 10 MILE. NOW THE MILEAGE IS AT 120K AND ITS STARTING AGAIN. CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11265240September 30, 2019
POWER TRAIN
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, THE TRANSMISSION NOISY, SLIPPING ON HARD ACCELERATION NOT UP SHIFTING WHEN GOING ON THE HIGHWAY VERY DANGEROUS, ENGINE REVS UP BUT CAR IS AT SAME SPEED, HAVE TO PULL OF THE ROAD AND START UP AGAIN SLOWLY. THIS STARTED AT 75000 MILES AND I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER IN ELGIN IL, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT COULD CAST ME UP TO 4500 DOLLARS, IT PASSED THE WARRANTY 5YEARS OR 60000 MILES, NOW I GOT 101000 MILES ON IT DRIVING IT TO WORK AND BACK, WHAT CAN I DO, IS THERE ANY RECALL YET, PLEASE HELP US
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11258739September 28, 2019
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA FE + S ON HWY AND EVEN INNER CITY STREETS IT SEEMS TO STALL AND LOSES POWER I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IF THERE IS A WAY TO TAKE IT BACK TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257640September 24, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION HIGH REV BEFORE SHIFT, ABOUT TO GO OUT, DOSNT ACCELERATE, JERKS HARD MAKES LOUD NOISE WHEN IT JERKS WHILE MOVING, TURNING, DOSNT ACCELERATE WHILE TURNING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257090September 21, 2019
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT IS NOT OPERATING. OCS SENSOR IS NOT OPERATING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257152September 21, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR SLIPS, JERKS, HIGH RMPS WITH OUT SHIFTING. THE ECO AND SPORT NO LONGER DO ANYTHING WHEN YOU TRY TO SWITCH IT. IT IS A REAL HAZZARD WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY OR IN LEFT HAND TURNS, I LITERALLY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THERE IS NO TRAFFIC. HIGHLY UPSET THERE IS ONLY 82,000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255691September 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT A STOP LIGHT, OR WHEN I AM TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, IT WILL NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE, EVEN IF I HOLD DOWN THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THEN IT WILL JERK AND ACCELERATE AGAIN. ON HIGHWAY, IT WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=GXR7E0QWOKA THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO MY VEHICLE, IF I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY, IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND INSTEAD ONLY GOES UP A BIT OF RPM AND DOESN'T GO UP ALL THE WAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254000September 8, 2019
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING HOME THE OTHER NIGHT AND WHEN I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. FIRST IT STARTED REVVING REALLY HIGH AND NOT SHIFTING, THEN IT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE GAS IT WOULD NOT GO. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A CAR THE WOULD NOT GO. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO CRAWL TO AN OFFRAMP AND ONTO A SIDE STREET. I HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. AFTER EXAMINING IT, THEY SAID IT WAS MAKING A WINING SOUND AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252701September 1, 2019
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT SMOOTHLY. JERKS AT HIGH OR LOW SPEEDS. RPMS REV UP PAST 5 WHICH REQUIRES ME TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR FOR VEHICLE TO SHIFT. AS OF JAN 3 2019. AIR BAGS WERE FIXED DURING RECALL. IN 2016. HOWEVER LIGHTS CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AND NEVER WENT OFF. DEALER CONTINUES TO WANT ME TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252242August 29, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION - ACCELERATION WILL SUDDENLY CEASE / RPM'S WILL BE STUCK AT 2500 BUT CAR IS ONLY GOING 30 MPH. VERY UNSAFE WHEN I TRIED TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR CANNOT GET UP TO SPEED NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PUSH ACCELERATOR. VERY CONCERNED NISSAN IS NOT ADDRESSING THIS PREVALENT ISSUE WITH 2013 SENTRA'S. MY KIDS DRIVE THIS CAR!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245260August 20, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS FAILING .IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER WHEN CHANGING GEARS. THE RPMS WILL RISE AND FALL BY ITSELF OFTEN. VERY SLOW ACCELERATION DUE TO THE SLIPPAGE OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION. DANGEROUS TO TRY AND MERGE WITH OR PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244599August 17, 2019
SUSPENSION
I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND HEARD A POP, I WAS CONCERNED SO I PULLED FORWARD TO SEE IF I HEARD ANYTHING ELSE. MY CAR MOVED FORWARD ABOUT A FOOD AND CAME TO A GRINDING HALT. MY CONTROL ARM DISCONNECTED FROM THE WHEEL CAUSING MY WHEEL TO SLIDE INTO MY WHEEL WELL AND PULL THE AXLE OUT OF PLACE. HAD I BEEN DRIVING AT SPEED LIKE SOME OTHER FOLKS I HAVE HEARD OF, I WOULD BE DEAD OR INJURED SERIOUSLY. WHEN I CONFRONTED NISSAN THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AND WE'RE ABSOLUTELY RUDE IN THE SERVICE CENTER. I HAVE GOTTEN IT FIXED BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE BECAUSE WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS ON ANOTHER WHEEL??
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243437August 13, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I TOOK MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA IN TO MY AUTO MECHANIC (WHO HAS BEEN MY MECHANIC FOR 25 YEARS) BECAUSE IT WAS SHIFTING ROUGHLY AND SLIPPING. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AND RECOMMENDED I TAKE IT TO THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY, NISSAN WOULD EITHER COVER THE COST OR COVER PART OF IT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO PINNACLE NISSAN, WHO HAS SERVICED KIT IN THE PAST. THEY UPDATED SOME CODES BUT SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS STILL SLIPPING (THIS WAS ON A FRIDAY). THEY SAID THEY WOULD DRIVE IT AND SEE IF THEY COULD DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. I GOT ANOTHER CALL MONDAY MORNING, SAYING EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I COULD NOT GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER AS TO WHY IT WAS SLIPPING FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT "FINE" MONDAY MORNING. I TRIED CALLING NISSAN CORPORATE FOR SOME HELP WITH THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY PROBLEM. SO, THE CAR WAS STILL DRIVING EXACTLY THE SAME AND, AT ONE POINT, WOULD NOT SHIFT! I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AND, FORTUNATELY, HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE TO MY AUTO MECHANIC. THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY "CAUGHT" AND SHIFTED SO I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO MY MECHANIC'S. HE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BUT IT COST ME $4200!!! THANKS, NISSAN, FOR THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND FOR LYING TO ME AND FOR NOT HELPING ME AT ALL! SO, AFTER PAYING $4200 TO REPLACE MY FAULTY TRANSMISSION, I ASKED MY MECHANIC TO ALSO LOOK AT MY AC, WHICH WAS NOT WORKING WELL. I LIVE IN PHOENIX, WHERE IT IS 115 IN THE SUMMER, SO THE AC IS PRETTY CRUCIAL. I WAS HOPING I JUST NEEDED A LITTLE FREON. NOPE. YET ANOTHER DESIGN FLAW FROM NISSAN, I HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR, THE CONDENSER, AND SWITCH. SO, I HAVE POURED $5300 INTO A CAR THAT'S WORTH ABOUT $5700! I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN GOOD FAITH, BELIEVING THAT NISSAN IS AN EXCELLENT, RELIABLE BRAND. I AM SO DISGUSTED I CAN'T STAND IT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243376August 12, 2019
AIR BAGS
DRIVER AIRBAG LIGHTS KEEP TURNING ON AND OFF ON THE DASHBOARD. IT TURNS ON WHEN I START MY CAR OR WHILE I'M DRIVING, AND STAYS ON. THERE ARE SOME DAYS WHERE IT DOES NOT COME ON IN THE MORNING, AND THEN IT WILL COME ON IN THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 2 DAYS IN A ROW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11240898July 31, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I EXPERIENCED RPM INCREASING AND DECREASING WHILE DRIVING. WHILE THIS OCCURRED I ALSO EXPERIENCED THE CAR JERKING AS IF IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. EVENTUALLY IT STALLED AND STARTED GOING IN REVERSE ONLY. WHEN I TURNED IT OFF I GOT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. I DIDNT WANT TO RISK FURTHER DAMAGE SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC. HE DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE QUOTED ME $3500 TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION DIRECTLY FROM NISSAN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11234948July 25, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FAULTY TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11232596July 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MY TRANSMISSION WILL NO LONGER OPERATE SAFELY. IT JERKS, MAKES NOISE, AND IT STILL HAS GENERALLY LOW MILEAGE. THE CAR DEVELOPED THE SOUND FIRST, SO I TOOK IT INTO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SERVICED. THEY INFORMED ME AT THAT TIME THAT THE NOISE WAS IN FACT THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WAS GOING BAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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