10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
28,480 miles

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problem #33

Aug 142023

Sentra

  • miles
Transmission. Up and down idling when accelerating, high RPM but not accelerating in speed, jerking, whining sounds while driving, thumping into gears, bad burning smell, no type of warning lights

- Newark, DE, USA

problem #32

Dec 172021

Sentra

  • miles
For a while now it jerks or pulls, and it only goes up to 1-2 gears like it doesn't want to accelerate. It doesn't shift gear properly more like transmission issues. There is no power.

- Horizon City, TX, USA

problem #31

Jan 012019

Sentra

  • miles
The CVT in this car is faulty. The transmission has been rebuilt but it still has the same issue. The transmission doesn-€™t di room properly and although the rpm-€™s increase the car will not accelerate. I-€™ve taken the car to Nisan dealerships. They now deny that this issue exists and will not offer a fix. The car is a safety hazard. It loses the ability to accelerate at low and high speeds. While on the highway or in the city the car loses the ability to maintain or increase speed. There is also a known issue with this car related to the brake switch and moisture in the tail light. The dealership knows by way of Nissan corporation sharing an article with them about this issue in other cars and knows that the brake switch is faulty and that the car can brake and accelerate at the same time but no recall has been issued. These issues are ongoing, have been happening since the car was about 3 years old and happen regularly.

- Niles, OH, USA

problem #30

Oct 072021

Sentra

  • miles
Transmission malfunction. The car will reduced speed putting me on risk of getting hit in the back and someone colliding with me due the reduction of speed and the slowness of the car to start to gain speed. There was some jerking as gas pedal was pressed down and will slow down and then gain speed before it completely slow down to the point it will not go beyond 40 miles per hour. The car was inspected by the Nissan dealership where the car was bought and transmission is failing internally according to their findings. The vehicle has only been inspected by the dealership. There were no warning/message prior to this problem.

- Park City, UT, USA

problem #29

Sep 252021

Sentra

  • miles
On Saturday, 25 SEP 2021, my wife and I departed San Clemente, CA, at 3:30 AM enroute to Idaho Falls, ID. We were driving my son and daughter-in-law-€™s 2015 Nissan Sentra with approximately 62,000 miles on the odometer. The car contained my wife and me along with 2 suitcases. At approximately 5:00 AM we approached the Cajun Pass, heading north on I15 North, going 70mph with the cruise control engaged. The crest of Cajun pass is approximately 3800 ft and the base of the pass is approximately 1100 ft, thus a rise of 2700 feet in a relatively short distance. As the 2015 Nissan Sentra began to ascend the Cajun Pass, the engine RPMs raised to 3700 RPM, but then the cruise control disengaged and the car lost power. I merged to the right into the Truck Lane and could only go 30-35 mph. Additionally, the engine RPMs would oscillate between 3700-3900, even though my foot maintained a steady pressure on the gas pedal. After we reached the top of Cajun Pass, I15 North actually descends and the2015 Nissan Sentra could then again be driven at 70-75 mph. For the remainder of trip on I15 North from Cajun Pass to Idaho Falls, there are approximately 10 steep grades where Trucking Lanes are provided. In each and every of those cases, the 2015 Nissan Sentra exhibited the exact symptoms it exhibited on Cajun Pass -€" the car lost power, could only be driven at 30-35 mph, and the engine RPMs oscillated between 3700-3900 RPM, even though the speed was constant and the gas pedal was depressed with the same pressure. There are literally dozens of additional hills between Cajun Pass and Idaho Falls on I15 North where the grade was not steep enough to warrant a Truck Lane, but there is still a considerable hill. In each and every one of those hills, the 2015 Nissan Sentra was only able to achieve a speed of 50-55 mph, even though the posted speed limit is generally 75 or 80mph. The car was unsafe to drive because most cars on I15 North are going 80-85 mph, which is 30-35 mph faster

- San Clemente, CA, USA

problem #28

May 212021

Sentra

  • miles
When I am pulling out into traffic or any stop and go, I press the gas pedal and sporadically there is a hesitation with the car acceleration. At times I am crossing a lane and traffic is coming and my car hesitated. Very scary thinking I may get t boned.

- Saint Clair, MO, USA

problem #27

Jan 222021

Sentra

  • 90,000 miles
While I was driving on the highway my car started slowing and then all of a sudden not being able to accelerate. Then on the road, it would tremble and stutter. Not safe at all I could've been hit

- Fresno, CA, USA

problem #26

Jul 102016

Sentra

  • 28,000 miles
While driving70 mph the vehicle stalled without warning I pulled over to the side. Wait for couple minutes and step on the gas vehicle failed to accelerate. Turned the engine off wait for 10 min turned the engine on and vehicle respond. This is happening since vehicle was 7 months old. Took it to the dealer they said everithig is fine. Im still having the same problem even worse

- Simi Valley, CA, USA

problem #25

Sep 182020

Sentra

  • 73,000 miles
Car engine is not accelerating and transmission seems to be stuck in a certain gear. Took it into Nissan last year and they replaced the valve body in the transmission. Now it appears it's having the same exact problem again. Very scary as I almost got into a few accidents. Also the engine is having the same low idle issues but nothing is as bad as the transmission issues. Very very very scary

- Redlands, CA, USA

problem #24

Jul 312020

Sentra

  • 64,250 miles
2015 Nissan Sentra S at 65,000 miles on four random occassions within the past six months I have experienced these two issues while driving the highway at 70 mph, loss of power and hwy stalling. This vehicle's transmission should not be creating this. I have had to stop driving on the highway due to this. Transmission/hwy loss of power while accelerating

- Tucker, GA, USA

problem #23

Sep 012017

Sentra

  • 20,000 miles
Vehicle struggles to go over 40 mph on hills, with ac on, or for extended drives. I've liked this up on the internet multiple times and other owners of this same year, make, and model have experienced the same things. I've had Nissan look at it multiple times as well and they tell me nothing is wrong.

- Draper, UT, USA

problem #22

Sep 212019

Sentra

  • miles
My mass air flow sensor came on got that fix now it's alot codes comn up transmission fluid sensor P0846-P0965-P0846-P0965-P0846-P0965-P0101-P0747

- Charlotte, NC, USA

problem #21

May 102019

Sentra

  • 77,500 miles
The vehicle has so many defects!! that I don't know where to begin"!?; but firstly I want my money back for the exorbitant expensive interest rate they charged me...!!! then they added my deposit into the total cost instead it subtracting it from my total!!!?" the upholstery inside us coming up from the floor almost months into the purchase. The defrost doesn't work..the electronic part that affects the automatic door on the driver's side; the door wont open from the inside passenger! the pedal area where the carpet is coming up..is exposing the underneath of car same with other areas but flooring carpet is extremely loose, and exposing wires. The driving electronic feature for winding roads it keeps coming on and won't shut off; I could have been killed!!!! it turned on multiple times on freeway slowing me down & I turned the button.on the feature...it still wouldn't turn.off...!!!, the wipers are not working well at all and haven't since I first bought the car. The driver's side panel that has control of windows and unlock..it is coming off already!!! I don't have anyone in the car but me so it's definitely not me!

- San Francisco, CA, USA

problem #20

Jun 282019

Sentra

  • 44,000 miles
I was driving on the highway and the car would not accelerate past 60mph, once I got off the highway the car wouldnt accelerate past 20mph and the RPM would shoot to 4,000!!! I almost got hit making a turn because the car would not accelerate. The car only has 44,000 miles on it with no previous mechanical issues.

- 78247, TX, USA

problem #19

Apr 252019

Sentra

  • 78,500 miles
Took my car in for a whining sound. Was told at Nissan hwy 96 in warner robins that I needed a transmission and that my warranty expired at 60000 miles. My car loose power on incline and is making a whining sound. Sluggish in changing gears and just seems to slow down even when I am pushing the gas.

- Reynolds, GA, USA

problem #18

Jul 012018

Sentra

  • 71,523 miles
I have been to the Nissan dealership multiple times trying to figure out why my vehicle loses power randomly and why the car randomly shifts gears and reduces speed even with my foot on the gas. Yet while it does this the RPM needle surges between 3000 to 4500. Vehicle has no codes and dealership claims they can't reproduce the problem. My car has lost power on a major highway and yet im just suppose to believe the car is safe.I even put in a complaint with Nissan corporate and they told me there was nothing they could do because the vehicle does not have any codes.

- Lakeland, FL, USA

problem #17

Jan 312019

Sentra

  • 65,000 miles
I was in motion when all of a sudden my car started to hesitate and not speed up.I can't remember exactly when it happened but it was a few months ago. I have tried to take care of this matter with Nissan corporation but they were not helpful and not being cooperative. I also took my car to a transmission specialist near where I live and they stated it is the transmission that went very bad. I no longer have the vehicle in my possession because I refuse to pay an arm and a leg for a faulty transmission that was beyond my control to get it repaired and I was sold a lemon vehicle.

- Mesa, AZ, USA

problem #16

Apr 032018

Sentra

  • 55,000 miles
After about just a few weeks of purchasing the car, it started shifting harder than it should on occasion, other times it would be fine. Then on way home from work on the hwy it stops accelerating so I floor it just to get any speed, then it would accelerate again somewhat normally. Did this for about 1 week before I could take to Nissan dealership for inspection. They do not find anything wrong with it which was not the case and I knew better B/C while they were checking the car out, they loaned me a car to get back and forth to work and it was essentially the same car, may of been a year newer or older but it was a Sentra. This Sentra drove so much smoother and I knew mine had an issue then. But they insisted no problem. I had the car back 1 day from them and it starts acting up the same way but worse till it would not accelerate for me at all. Like it was dying on me which it did so I had to have it towed back to the same Nissan dealership only to have to have a new transmission put in. Car had just under 60,000 miles on it and my warranty was fixing to end however it is starting to worry me a little B/C it is acting up again slightly. I fear its the same issue cvt transmission and my warranty is expires. I am very upset B/C I feel like the car is a lemon and I may be stuck with the piece of junk and upside down and too broke to get another car. Not fair

- Cedartown, GA, USA

problem #15

Mar 102019

Sentra

  • 71,000 miles
When driving my vehicle on the interstate and keeping a steady 65-70 mph it will all the sudden stop accelerating and mpg's decline. I was in the fast lane and was almost rear ended. I had to pull the car over. It did restart and I continued to drive. This has occurred now four times. I have called the dealership and requested an appointment. I informed them what was happening and asked if they have heard of this issue. The man I spoke to stated he had never heard about it before. I found some information online and know this is affecting a ton of people. I bought this vehicle brand new from a Nissan dealership and they service it for everything. I am hoping I do not end up having to replace the transmission like so many others on my dime when this is a known issue.

- Mechanicsville, VA, USA

problem #14

Jan 012017

Sentra

  • 52,000 miles
While in motion, vehicle fails to continue accelerating. It is very dangerous on the highway when the vehicle stalls.

- Bloomfield, CT, USA

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