Nissan Sentra Complaints (2002)

318 consumer complaints on file.

#10045213October 31, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IMPACT AT 45 MPH FULL FRONTAL IMPACT CAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM (COMPUTER) REGISTERED THAT THE BAGS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. NO ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC CONNECTION REGISTERS ON THE DASH BOARD INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS OPERATIONAL. NOR DRIVER OR PASSENGER BAGS WERE ACTIVATED. *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10043446October 23, 2003
TIRES
POOR PAINT QUALITY....HOW CAN AN AUTO MAKER BE ALLOWED TO PUT SUMMER LOW PROFILE TIRES ON A CAR THAT IS SOLD IN NEW ENGLAND?? *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043250October 20, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR STARTED STALLING AT NIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY NEWBORN CHILD AND IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE IF THE WAY. THE CAR HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR 3 DIFFERENT ISSUES + THEY FOUND OUT THE MAIN COMPUTER HAD A PROBLEM. IT IS ALMOST A MONTH AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL BE FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS ACCORDING TO THE NISSAN PARTS REPRESENTATIVE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041815October 14, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DRIVING AT 75 MPH, CAR VERY SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 45 MPH. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS, CAR OPERATED SPORADICALLY UNTIL GOING PAST 15 MPH WAS IMPOSSIBLE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE IT HAS REMAINED FOR A MONTH AWAITING A DEFECTIVE ECU REPLACEMENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER LATER INFORMED THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD OCCURRENCE, AND THAT NISSAN CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF THIS PARTICULAR PART(THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER). AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PULLED TO THE SHOULDER FROM THE FAST LANE. MY VEHICLE HAS 20,000 MILES. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041637October 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2002 NISSAN SENTRA GXE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AFTER BRAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS EXITING OFF HIGHWAY (60-70 MPH). THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT WOULD DISPLAY ON THE DASHBOARD. THE FIRST TIME OCCURRED AT 2 WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW WITH ONLY 600 MILES ON IT! THIS HAS OCCURRED OVER 3 TIMES. THE 3RD TIME RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT "DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM. THE NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND NISSAN ARBITRATION HAS TESTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS IN 2000 AND 2001. IS IT NOT OBVIOUS THAT NISSAN HAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041315October 6, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I LEASED A SENTRA SE-R IN NOV 2002. SINCE GETTING THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE CAR RANDOMLY DOES NOT START. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR WANTS TO TURN OVER, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO IT. THE CAR STARTS FINE SOME DAYS, AND THEN SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T WANT TO START. I'VE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AT LEAST TWICE - THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IN JUNE, WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THE DEALER HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME THAT THE CAR WOULD HAVE TROUBLE STARTING WHEN IT RAINS OUT - AND THAT MUST BE THE PROBLEM. (ARE THEY INSANE - I ASKED MYSELF - THE CAR WON'T START WHEN IT RAINS? THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO PUMP THE GAS PEDAL EVERY TIME I START THE CAR - A FUEL INJECTED CAR?) SO, THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. BUT TWICE SINCE THE CAR HAS NOT WANTED TO START. THE CAR HAS, SINCE THE DAY I LEASED IT, RANDOMLY STALLED RIGHT AFTER STARTING. WHY? NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW. THEN, THIS WEEKEND WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY, AT ABOUT 70 MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED OR ACCELERATE. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, AND BY THAT POINT THE ENGINE DIED. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS OVER 20 MINUTES, THE CAR STARTED BUT THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT REMAINED ON. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY TO TRAVEL HOME FROM WHERE I WAS, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, STARTING MAKING HORRIBLE BANGING NOISES AND IT SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND HAD NO POWER. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT BEFORE HAVING TO CALL FOR A TOW. THERE WAS A RECALL RECENTLY ON THE SENTRA - RELATING TO THE ENGINE AND POSSIBLE FIRES - AND THE PARTS REPLACEMENT WAS PERFORMED - SO I AM LEFT WONDERING WHAT KIND OF JUNK I HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH... IT SEEMS THAT IT IS ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER WITH THIS CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041042October 1, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ECU FAILURE CAUSED FUEL PUMP RELAY TO CYCLE ERRRATICALLY WITH ACCOMPANYING ENGINE HESITATION. NISSAN COSIDERED THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND REQUESTED THAT I DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. MANY ECU FAILURES SEEM TO BE OCCURING SINCE NISSAN TOLD THE DEALER THAT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH THE UNIT AND THAT THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034208October 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED A SPEED OF 60 MPH A WHISTLING NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS AT LEAST TEN DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEY ALL TOLD HIM THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL WITH THIS VEHICLE TYPE . THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER A FEW TIMES BUT CURRENTLY THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND THE DEALER REPLACED ALL THE ELECTRIC CABLES. THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 10000 MILES AND AT 20000 MILES THE ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACED. *AK *NLM *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032067September 2, 2003
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE DRIVER SWERVED INTO ANOTHER LANE TO AVOID A TABLE TOP WHICH WAS DROPPED BY AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND AND BECOME WEDGED BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND A GUARDRAIL. NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10033487August 25, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY CAR HAS HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON 5 TIMES SINCE APRIL 2003, EVERYTIME IT HAS BEEN THE SAME PROBLEM, IT STARTS IDLEING AT A VERY SPARATIC PACE, ALSO I LOSE THE THROTTLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN "RESET AND RECALIBRATED" 4 TIMES AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR THEN RUNS FINE FOR ABOUT 300 MILES AND WE GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. IT HAS NOW TURN INTO A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I WILL LOSE THE THROTTLE AS I AM DRIVING. -KH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033589August 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN PASSING A SEMI TRUCK ON A CURVE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ENGINE DIED AND THE STEERING HAD BECOME HARD TO TURN. THE CONSUMER WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK. *PH THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE ENGINE POSITION SENSOR. ALL 2000 AND 2001 SENTRA'S HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR REPLACEMENT. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027233August 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK THE ENGINE LIGHT SOMETIMES ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS BROKE. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030303July 28, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS; NONE MENTIONE DIN SUMMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022424July 24, 2003
POWER TRAIN
WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SIX OCCASIONS. *JB *CB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028750July 21, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
1. INTERMITTENT MANUAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE CAR PURCHASED NEW. GEARS GRIND, REFUSE TO GO INTO PROPER GEAR, POP OUT OF GEAR (WHEN DRIVING!) PROBLEMS ARE NOT CONTINUAL, BUT DO SEEM TO BE INCREASING. DEALER TELLS US THERE IS NO PROBLEM, AS IT CANNOT BE REPLICATED.. CAR REFUSED TO START ON ONE OCCASION, TOWED TO DEALER, WHERE IT "STARTED UP RIGHT AWAY." PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED SINCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026665July 7, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN DUE TO ECU GOING OUT, THERE WAS NO FUNCTION. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025277July 2, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A 2002 NISSAN SENTRA. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MPH ON A HWY. RAMP,IT WAS WET OUT, AND THE RAMP CURVED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THEY SEEMED TO LOCK. I HAD NO STEERING AND THEY WOULD NOT STOP BRAKING.I CRASHED HARD INTO THE CURB. I WATCHED OTHER CARS GO BY AND THEY WERE FINE. THEN ANOTHER NISSAN SENTRA CAME AND THE SAME THING. HE ALSO CRASHED INTO THE CURB . MY DAMAGE IS ABOUT $650. AND THIS MAN'S IS OVER $2000. I HAD MY TIRE ARM REPLACED AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE. WE SWAPPED NUMBERS AS I WITNESSED HIS ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD MY LOCAL DEALER HERE IN WI. INSPECT MY BRAKE SYSTEM AND THEY SAY THEY ARE FINE. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. MY CONCERN IS SAFETY HERE AS THIS WAS VERY SCAREY AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT VERY BAD OR WORSE. PLEASE ADVISE ME AS TO MY NEXT STEP AS I GOT NO HELP FROM MY DEALER OR NISSAN. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023655June 24, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THROTTLE PEDAL STICKS. WHEN GOING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION EXCESSIVE FORCE NEEDS TO BE USED. WAS TOLD TO CLEAN THROTTLE BODY AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023510June 21, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FACTORY TIRE ON NISSAN SENTRA (DUNLOP) HAD MULTIPLE TREAD TEARS AND APPEARED TO BE COMING OFF TIRE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023472June 20, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I WAS RIDING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN MY TREAD SEPARATED FROM MY TIRE. I HAD MY 2 YR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. I CRASHED AND MY CAR WAS TOTALED. MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BUT WE ARE HURT. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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