10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
60,454 miles

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problem #2

Oct 202006

Sentra 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 120,907 miles
Was driving home from work on the freeway doing about 70 mph when there was a wreck on the hwy, to avoid further collisions up to 5 cars in front of me locked up their brakes, the truck in front of me locked up his brakes, & I locked up my brakes, & my front end went down, my brakes locked up, my car slid under the truck in front of me, & neither air-bag deployed! my front end buckled up I count 3 failures, the brakes being 1st, 2nd, & 3rd being air bags. (drivers, & passenger. There has not yet been any action to correct the failure, this is the first thing my wife has done. I did have a passenger in my car, & being as I rear-ended the truck in front of me I am having to pay for damages. Minor compared to the damage to my car. No deaths but both were pretty banged up!

- Auburn, CA, USA

problem #1

Jan 092003

Sentra 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Continual brake failure, door lock malfunction, defogger, visibility windshield wipers, engine related issues, tires, gas tank.

- Marietta, GA, USA