Nissan Sentra Complaints

5,975 consumer complaints on file.

#11030604September 30, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING IN EVENING INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STARTED REVVING UP. RPM INDICATOR WOULD SURGE TO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AND VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN BY BRAKING, CAR HESITATED AND HAD VERY LOW POWER. IT FELT AS IF IT WOULD CUT OFF. IT DID NOT CUT OFF. CAR WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT AND THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE CVT VALVE NEEDED REPLACING. WHEN PRESSED, STATED REASONS FOR THIS COMPONENT GOING OUT WAS UNKNOWN AND THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. FAILURE MILEAGE 39724. AFTER PART REPLACEMENT (UNDER POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY) CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR ON CITY ROADS BEFORE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS AGAIN. PROBLEMS, WHILE DRIVING, INCLUDED RPM SURGING TO 6, WITH RAPID ACCELERATION AND THEN MAJOR DECREASE IN POWER. AT STOPLIGHT, CAR FELT AS IF IT HAD CUT OFF. GAS PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED FULLY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO MOVE FROM STOPPED POSITION (AT STOPLIGHT). VEHICLE'S SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND DECREASE IN POWER IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE BOTH INTERSTATE AND CITY DRIVING. RAPID ACCELERATION AND LOOSE OF POWER COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING AND A SECOND COMPLAINT WILL BE FILED ONCE THEY HAVE GOTTEN BACK TO ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11030240September 27, 2017
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER STARTING MY ENGINE, SHIFTING MY CAR IN DRIVE AND MOVING FORWARD, I HEAR A WEIRD NOISE AND MY CAR KICKS BACK A LITTLE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. PLEASE HELP?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11029908September 26, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CAR HAS ONLY 13,987 ORIGINAL MILES. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, ACCELERATING FROM ANY SPEED, VEHICLE LOSES ALL THROTTLE CONTROL / RESPONSE, IDLE MAY HANG AT 3200 SUDDENLY DURING ACCELERATION THEN TAKE 30-40 SECONDS TO DROP BACK TO NORMAL. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE WARNING LIGHTS AND/OR FAULT CODES SET. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING IS ERRATIC OR NONE AT ALL (STAYS IN HIGH GEAR). FAULT CODES IF ANY ARE MOST LIKELY ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, LOW VOLTAGE TYPE CODES. WARNING LIGHTS MAY BE TRACTION / STABILITY CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, ABS IN ANY COMBINATION. THE FAULT IS MOISTURE (WATER / CONDENSATION) COLLECTING IN A TAIL LIGHT AND SHORTING THE CIRCUIT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE / TRANSMISSION ELECTRONICS. THE TAIL LIGHT MAY NOT HAVE ANY SIGN OF DAMAGE / CRACKS / HOLES BUT THE WATER PRESENCE CAUSING THE SHORT CAN DAMAGE OR DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION IF NOT CORRECTED NOT TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A STUCK THROTTLE AT 3200 RPM IN TRAFFIC. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT HAS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME (WAITING FOR THE ACCIDENTS I GUESS)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11029926September 26, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024635September 20, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, ALL THE SUDDEN I LOST COMPLETE MOMENTUM AS I WAS TURNING INTO ANOTHER LANE AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE. MY ENGINE/ BRAKES/ WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. GOT IT TOWED, THE SHOP MENTIONED THAT MY GAS PUMP BLEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024658September 20, 2017
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROWN NISSAN (3900 W WENDOVER AVE, GREENSBORO, NC), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,023. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024672September 20, 2017
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED 2012 VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP IN JAN 2014 AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE IS HAVING A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL. VEHICLE IS DECELERATING WHILE IN MOTION. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON SO WE TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHO SAID WE NEEDED TO REPAIR BRAKES, SO WE FIXED THE BRAKES AS NEEDED. LIGHTS DID NOT GO OFF SO WE RETURNED IT TO DEALER WHO THEN INFORMED ME THAT WHEN HOOKED UP FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, A CODE RETURNED SAYING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I DESCRIBED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW ON TAKEOFF. TRAVELS ABOUT 3-4 MPH DURING TAKEOFF, CAUSING BACKUP IN TRAFFIC, AND POTENTIAL SERIOUS REAR END ACCIDENT. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND HAD EXTENDED THE VEHICLE WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE HAS 50,000 MILES SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR, SO I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. I WAS INFORMED THAT I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE WARRANTY BEGINS ON DATE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, IN THIS CASE JAN 2012, SO OUT OF WARRANTY BY 9 MONTHS. I ARGUED THAT I HAD NOT OWNED IT FROM THE DATE IT WAS MANUFACTURED, AND HOW MUCH WAS THE REPAIR. COST IS $4500.00 I DO NOT FEEL THAT AS A CONSUMER WE SHOULD INCUR THIS COSTLY REPAIR IF NISSAN HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE ON THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THEY SHOULD HONOR THE DEFECT DETECTED AND REPAIR VEHICLE BEFORE THERE IS A INJURY TO PERSONS BECAUSE VEHICLE DECELERATES UNKNOWINGLY AT ANY GIVEN TIME, MAKING THE DRIVER A SITTING DUCK AT INTERSECTIONS AND TAKEOFFS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024522September 19, 2017
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
GAS PEDAL STICKS AT IDLE THAT HAVE TO PRESS HARD TO GET MOVING G AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD ONCE THE PEDAL IS UNSTUCK. HAPPENS WHEN STOPPED AT STOP LIGHTS WAITING FOR GREEN SIGNAL OR STOP SIGNS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024075September 18, 2017
SUSPENSION
WHEN IN MOTION, STRONG CRASH NOISE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE SHOCK ABSORBER AT THE DEALER. IT IS HAPPENING SINCE IVE COMMUNICATED AT 8000 MILES SERVICES. I AM AFFRAID THAT MY FAMILY IS NOT SAFE IN THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023481September 14, 2017
POWER TRAIN, Other/Unknown
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN SENTRA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HANLESS HILLTOP NISSAN (3277 AUTO PLAZA, RICHMOND, CA 94806, 510-222-4900) WHERE NO DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND AND THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023008September 13, 2017
POWER TRAIN
MY CAR WAS JERKING WHEN I WAS GOING IN REVERSE AT FIRST. NOW AS I AM GOING FORWARD IT STARTED JERKING. BROUGHT MY CAR IN AND WAS TOLD IT IS MY TRANSMISSION. MY CAR IS A NISSAN SENTRA 2013 WITH 70,800 MILES CURRENTLY ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022104September 7, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN SENTRA. WHEN THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WAS OFF. THE NEXT MORNING, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON. THE LOCAL DEALER (TEDDY NISSAN, 3660 BOSTON ROAD, BRONX, NY 10469) WAS CONTACTED, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022231September 7, 2017
AIR BAGS
HAVING ISSUES WITH MY PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR. THE ONLY CORRECTION THE DEALER ISSUED WAS TO REPLACE THE SEAT WITH A NEW OR USED SEAT. A NEW SEAT WOULD BE OVER $3,000 AND A USED ONE WELL OVER $700 PLUS LABOR TO CHANGE SEAT COVERS. ERROR CODE B1018. THE VEHICLE IS BEYOND WARRANTY HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE REGARDING FAULTY HARDWARE, I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD GRACIOUSLY ADDRESS THIS WITHOUT CHARGE. THERE ARE AIRBAG RECALL CAMPAIGNS OPEN FOR OTHER NISSAN MODELS REGARDING THIS VERY ISSUE BUT IT UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT INCLUDE MY 2008 NISSAN SENTRA. THE RECALL OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED! AT THIS POINT I MAY BE FORCED TO ACQUIRE A USED SEAT AT A LOCAL JUNK YARD, BUT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO VERIFY THE SENSOR IS WORKING IN THE USED SEAT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. AGAIN, THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED PROMPTLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020019August 28, 2017
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, SEAT BELTS
WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED THE SEAT BELT DIDN'T SUPPORT THE UPPER PART OF MY BODY CHEST HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND SEAT BELTS NEVER LOCKED IN PLACE AND NOW SEATBELT LIGHT ON DASH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11019970August 27, 2017
POWER TRAIN
LAST FRIDAY THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA STOPPED WORKING WITH 30,024 MILES ON THE CAR. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT WHEN IT STARTED MAKING A NOISE, SO SHE PULLED OVER. SHE SAID IT WOULD NOT MOVE FWD OR REV AFTER THAT. WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND ALWAYS TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR ALL SERVICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019282August 24, 2017
AIR BAGS, STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
BOMBILLA QUE INDICA BOLSAS DE AIRE PARPADEA EN EL PANEL DE CONTROL Y DICE AIR BAG OFF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019322August 24, 2017
ENGINE
MY CAR HAS AROUND 78000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DIED AND I NEED A NEW ONE. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH NISSAN AND NORMALLY TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 10 YEARS. IT HAS BEEN 4... I AM EXTREMELY UPSET SINCE I OWE 10,000 ON THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019205August 23, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,740.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015667August 16, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
CONDENSATION INSIDE DRIVERS SIDE TAILLIGHT. THIS CAUSED BRAKE LIGHTS TO BE ON CONTINUOUSLY WHEN HEADLIGHTS WERE ON. IT ALSO GREATLY REDUCED THROTTLE RESPONSE. VEHICLE NEVER HAD ANY INCIDENT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED CONDENSATION, NO VISIBLE CRACK. DEALER REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND SAID THEY HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THESE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015607August 15, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE STREET AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NISSAN KNEW THEY SOLD ME A CAR WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND NOW THEY WILL NOT FIX IT DUE TO SAYING IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE AND NEED TO COME UP WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET THE CAR REPAIRED. 2013 NISSAN SENTRA TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND PAID FOR BY NISSAN DUE TO SELLING CARS THAT THEY KNOW ARE NO GOOD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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