10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$1,480
Average Mileage:
38,250 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
  2. recall for certain manufacture dates... but not mine (1 reports)
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problem #2

Dec 272010

Sentra 2.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 43,000 miles

My 2010 sentra has a starting problem when the temperature is below freezing. this problem started 4 months after I purchased it as a new car. I bought this car August 2010 and by December 27, 2010 my car started experiencing starting problems. They said there was a recall for the changing of battery terminals. this did not solve the problems. Each time it has the starting problems I would take it the local nissan dealership and this continued through January of 2011 until the temperature rise. This next year it had the same problems up to now and by now this is happening for 4 years and all my servicing for this car is done by nissan dealership. At present it is in a nissan dealership since January 9, 2015 who is still trying to solve problem. For this winter season of 2015 my car has not started 5 times, 3 times I had to get a jump start. there was this day I went to the mall, spent 15 minutes, and when I started the car it refused to start and it did not even start when I tried a jump start. The car had to be towed. Each year I would be advised to winterize the car and the problem will go away and each year I pay for my car to winterize and the problem repeats itself.

- Genevieve G., Bronx, NY, US

problem #1

Jun 082011

Sentra SE R Spec V 2.5L L4

  • Manual transmission
  • 33,482 miles

Several times since I bought the car new, it would be difficult to start up. One day a few months ago it just cut off while I was driving and wouldn't start back up. I figured it was the battery so I went and replaced it on my own. I noticed inside the positive terminal cap there was a lot of corrosion. There was no reason for this other that a defective Nissan battery or cable. I took my car in to get checked out by the dealership in Columbia, South Carolina where I was at the time. I told them about how the battery or cable was causing corrosion. They said that the electrical and charging systems were good. I checked it after there inspection, where they left the aftermarket battery in the car and noticed they didn't replace the battery terminal like I thought they would do. I thought that it was okay. It wasn't until a few months later that it caused the "fusible link to burn out" and be bypassed and burn out the ECM. With everything that happened before they said that none of it was covered by the extended warranty that I purchased to the tune of 1471.76. They tell me they'll call me back but never do when I try to talk to a supervisor to see if at least some of this will or can be included in the warranty.

- primo1guy, Lombard, IL, US