Tires
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
VEHICLE LOST TRACTION IN REAR TIRE CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING AROUND A RIGHT CURVE IN THE ROAD WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE HITTING A MOUNTAIN. *YC
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1998 Nissan Sentra complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1998 record →
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
IDLE PULLEY FAILED. YH
Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Nov 9, 1998FL
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED.
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Sep 24, 1998NY
THE POWER DOOR LOCK SYSTEM IS SUPPOSE TO ALLOW YOU TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ALL DOORS SIMULTANEOUSLY USING THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR KEY, BUT IT DOES NOT WORK.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Sep 2, 1998VA
CONSUMER STATES A YEAR A GO FROM THIS DATE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES ONLY LASTING ONE YEAR. *AK
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Jul 20, 1998DC
VEHICLE LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. THINKS THERE IS A GENERAL PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL.
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed May 19, 1998SC
PROBLEM: VERY ACRID WINDSHILD WASHER VAPORS ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. RECOMMENDED SOLUTIOND MOVE THE NOZZELS TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS. THE EXISTING DESIGN PLACES THE NOZZELS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FRESH AIR INTAKE THUS DRAWING THE ATOMIZED WIPER SOLUTION INTO THE AIRCONDITIONING/DEFROST DUCT WORK WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THE FUMES ARE VERY STRONG AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE OLDER PEOPLE WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS TO HAVE A REACTION TO THESE FUMES WHILE DRIVING.
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 2, 1998FL
CONSUMER MADE A TURN WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE ENTERED THE SAME LANE AND HIT THE SENTRA ON PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT, CAUSING PASSENGER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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