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 2013 record →
VEHICLE IN NOTION ON CITY STREETS. VEHICLE LOOSES ACCELERATION (GAS PEDDLE PRESSED, NO RPMS, NO ENGINE REVVING) WOULD HAVE TO RELEASE GAS AND PRESS PEDDLE AGAIN A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE CAR WOULD JERK INTO ACCELERATION. ALSO, BREAK LIGHTS FLICKER WHEN CAR IS IN PARK (LIKE IF SOMEONE WAS TAPPING THE BREAKS, BUT NOBODY WAS IN THE CAR. CAR HAS ROUGHLY 66K MILES
CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAR WON'T SHIFT CORRECTLY WENT TO NISSAN WHO ADVISED ME THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION AND WOULD COST $4011.10 TO REPLACE ALSO WENT TO HOLMES MOTOR WHO IS LEASING ME THE VEHICLE FOR $17000 +$ 2000 BUY OUT OPTION AT THE END OF LEASE AND WAS TOLD 18000 MILE WARRANTY WOULD NOT APPLY BECAUSE I HAVE PUT 32000 MILES ON VEHICLE SINCE START OF LEASE..NISSAN ALSO STATED IT'S A 60000 MILE WARRANTY ON VEHICLE BUT MY VEHICLE HAS 77000 MILES WHICH I STARTED LEASING AT 44259 MILES. ALSO THIS SITUATION OCCURED WHILE I WAS DRIVING PAST THE 900 BLOCK OF DECATUR STREET MONTGOMERY ALABAMA 36104 WHEN I MADE IT TO RED LIGHT I REALEASED MY FOOT OFF GAS SLIGHTLY BECAUSE LIGHT CHANGED CAR JUMPED IN GEAR AND SLAMMED INTO BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO OTHER CAR BUT KNOCKED MY BUMPER LOOSE.
'TAMARA RECALL' I WAS DRIVING WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS RACING UP AND DOWN, I WENT TO PULL OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS NEARLY HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK BECAUSE THE CAR HAD LOST POWER AND WOULDN'T GO OVER 5 MPH. THE TRUCK HAD TO SWERVE TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME. THIS CAR HAS A FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE OFF THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS WITH NO WARNING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $5000 TO FIX THAT I DON'T HAVE. AND I STILL OWE $10,000 ON THE CAR.
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED & I HAD LIFETIME WARRANTY BUT NISSAN & THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO COVER THEIR ISSUES.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION RETURNED TO NORMAL, THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HANLEES DAVIS NISSAN (5009 CHILES RD, DAVIS, CA 95618, (530) 231-3000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT NEW CYLINDERS AND BRAKE BOOSTERS NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60,962 THE CAR STARTED STARTED SHAKING, JERKING AND LOOSING SPEED AND THEN IT CUTTING OFF AT THE STOP LIGHT. THE CAR CUT OFF ON ME GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY I WAS AT A LIGHT & THEN I WAS UNABLE TO PROCEED WITH TRAFFIC. I TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS & TURNED THE HEAT OFF WAITED FOR THE CAR TO MAYBE COOL OFF I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG & THEN I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR & DRIVE HOME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER SHIP TWICE & THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE AIRFLOW FILTER AFTER THEY CLAIMED IT WAS FIXED IT HAPPENED AGAIN I CONTACTED NISSAN AGAIN AND THEY FINALLY ADMITTED THAT THIS CAR HAS A BAD TRANSMISSION. THERE IS NO WAY A CAR UNDER 100K MILES SHOULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION I BOUGHT THIS CAR @ 26K IN 2016. NOW IS COSTING ME OVER 3,000.00 TO FIX MY CAR . NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE ON THESE CARS AND INSTEAD OF RECALLING THEM THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE CARS TO BE SOLD OVER & OVER AGAIN AGAIN. I WANT A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2013 NISSAN SENTRA'S. I HAVE LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS MAIN ROADS STOPPED AT LIGHTS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS I HAD THIS CAR TOWED IN TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS.
MY CAR WOULD START TO JERK AS I WAS DRIVING, I WENT AND GOT IT LOOKED AT AND THE AUTO ZONE GUY SAID IT WAS THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR IN THE ALTERNATOR SO I HAD THAT FIXED, THEN THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER ALLTHAT IT WAS STILL JERKING AND IT IS MY ALTERNATOR. I DROVE MY NISSAN OFF THE LOT WITH 298 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT BECAUSE IM AT 101K MILES EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE SECURITY +PLUS CONTRACT AND THERE IS A STIPULATION WITH KENTCUKY. THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AS TO WHY A 6 YEAR OLD CAR IS HAVING SO MANY ISSUES ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT LITERRALY STARTED A MONTH AGO AND IS DUE TO BE PAID OFF IN JULY. WHEN I PULL OFF FROM STATIONARY SITTING IT JERKS, ONCE I COAST TO A GOOD SPEED AROUND 50MPH AND UP THEN IT WONT JERK BUT HESITATES AND MY RPM GAUGE JUMPS UP AND DOWN.
THE CAR JERKS AND SHAKES WHEN DRIVING AND COMPLETELY STOPS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES, CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY, DOOR ON DRIVER SIDE ALSO DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN DEALER IN MONTCLAIR METRO NISSAN IN CALIFORNIA, THEY STATED ITS THE TRANSMISSION AND IS IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW. BIG SAFETY HAZARD.
CVT TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 64000 MI. ESTIMATE REPAIR 4400+TAX
ON JANUARY 17, 2019, OUR 2013 NISSAN SENTRA DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND PUT MY HUSBAND AT RISK FOR BEING HIT. MY HUSBAND WAS ON BASELINE ROAD IN PHOENIX, CLOSE TO I-10 FREEWAY. CAR DIED NEAR DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE BY RESTAURANT. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID IT'S CVT TRANSMISSION. SO DID OUR REPAIR PERSON, INTERSTATE AUTO. THE CODE AT NISSAN ALSO SAID IT'S A FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION, WHICH THEY KNOW ABOUT. THERE IS EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 120,000 FOR SOME VEHICLES, BUT THEY CONVENIENTLY SAID OUR VIN IS NOT COVERED. WE ARE AT 119,000, SO THAT'S CONVENIENT FOR NISSAN. WE THEN WERE REFERRED TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WE WERE THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE. WE BOUGHT IT FROM TEMPE AUTO NATION IN MAY OF 2014, BUT IT'S A 2013 PREOWNED CERTIFIED. THEY TOLD US THE WARRANTY WAS INCREASED TO 100,000 BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT THEY NEVER LET US KNOW. THEY ALSO SAID THERE IS A RECALL FROM 2016, BUT WE NEVER GOT ANYTHING. AGAIN, NISSAN SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WE WERE THE OWNERS UNTIL 1/21/19. THAT'S A LIE! WE'VE HAD THE CAR SERVICED. IT WAS BOUGHT FROM TEMPE AUTO NATION WITH 4400 MILES ON IT. THEY HAVE OUR INFO IN COMPUTER SYSTEM, BUT NOW CAN CLAIM THEY DID NOT KNOW. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT BROUGHT IT IN, NO ONE ELSE. SO NOW THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE BECAUSE OF FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION THAT PUT MY HUSBAND AND I AT SAFETY RISK EVERY TIME HE/WE DROVE IT. ESPECIALLY NOT NOTIFYING US ABOUT PASSENGER RECALL SINCE 2016. PLEASE LET ME
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GLENDALE NISSAN (LOCATED AT 484 E N AVE, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL 60139, (630) 469-6100) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR PRODUCE A FAULT CODE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. *TR *JS
THE RED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON DISPLAYING THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT ENGAGED TO DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG FUSE IS NOT WORN. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. ALL CONNECTIONS BELOW THE SEATS ARE CONNECTED. SENSORS HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVATED AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL EITHER BE ON AT THE CAR'S IGNITION, OR IT MAY TURN ON AFTER TWO OR MORE MILES WHILE DRIVING.
THIS 2013 NISSAN SENTRA AND ITS CVT HAVE BEEN GARBAGE FROM THE GET-GO. THE TRANSMISSION DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR. JUST DIED ON THE ROAD, WE ARE SO LUCKY THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE SENTRA TRANSMISSION DEFECT, AND THAT THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSIONS WOULD REQUIRE FREQUENT REPAIR. DESPITE THIS AWARENESS, NISSAN CONTINUED TO INSTALL THE ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE CVT. LOTS OF COMPLAINS WERE MADE ABOUT THIS ISSUES.
AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS LIT WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED ON. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH OCS SENSORS AND AIRBAG DIAGNOSTIC UNIT.
MY VEHICLE INTERIOR LATCH HANDLES ON EACH DOOR ARE DEFECTIVE AND HAS STOP WORKING. WE HAVE TO LET DOWN THE WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE TO GET OUT. THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 2017. FIRST IT. WAS THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR THAT BECAME INOPERABLE THEN THE THREE PASSENGER SIDE DOORS DID THE SAME. THEY ALL STOP WORKING.
I GOTTEN THIS VEHICLE FROM CARMAX AT 53000 MILES MAY OF 2018. I TOOK IT BACK 2 DAYS LATER WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING THEY TOLD ME OH ITS FINE. I EVEN HAD A RENTAL FOR A DAY. NOW ITS JANUARY 2019 AND AT 74000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND JOLTING SOMETIMES NOT GIVING POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY CAR COMES UP AS NOT A LEMON CAR BUT I WENT TO A MECHANIC NEAR ME HE TOLD ME HE USE TO WORK FOR NISSAN AND BY EVEN TESTING MY CAR MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND IT WILL START AGAIN IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS AFTER REPAIR. MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO BE DRIVING NOR WILL I PAY FOR A VEHICLE THAT WONT GET MY BILLS PAID.
CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING: MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA IS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH ITS CVT TRANSMISSION. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH MY CVT COULD HAVE HARMED ME AND THE OTHER PASSENGERS IN MY CAR. MY CAR REFUSED TO ACCELERATE WHILE MAKING A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION WHILE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS HEADING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. LUCKILY THE DRIVER NOTICED AND SLOWED DOWN PREVENTING A COLLISION. IT TOOK 30 SECONDS FOR MY VEHICLE TO PICK UP SPEED AFTERWARDS. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ONCE BEFORE WHILE PREPARING TO TURN AT A STOP SIGN AT ANOTHER INTERSECTION.
TRANSMISSION DIED AFTER 25K MILES, AND NOW THE "NEW" ONE DIED AT 75K. IT ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS: DELAYED ACCELERATION, GRINDING WHEN COASTING DOWNHILL, AND SLIPPING GEARS WHILE ACCELERATING. IT THEN STARTED STALLING OUT WHEN GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN FROM A FULL STOP, AND REALLY STARTED TO DIE ON CHRISTMAS WHEN WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY (IT BECAME UNSAFE SO WE HAD TO PULL OVER AND GO HOME ON BACK ROADS). THE DEALERSHIP NOW HAS IT AND CLAIMS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT ALTHOUGH IT CAN BARELY DRIVE. NISSAN CORPORATE WANTS US TO SPEND HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS ON A COMPLETE "TEARDOWN" DIAGNOSIS BEFORE THEY WILL CONSIDER IF THEY'LL COVER ANY OF IT. THE CAR IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD, IT NEEDS ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION, AND IT ISN'T EVEN WORTH THE AMOUNT IT WILL TAKE TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR.
VEHICLE HAS 68,000 MILES. RECENTLY NOTICED THE CAR SLIPPING AND TRYING TO GET IN 4TH GEAR. IT ALSO MAKES A WHINING NOISE WHEN IN DRIVE AND PARK.. WHEN IN NEUTRAL NOISE GOES AWAY. FROM WHAT I READ AND TALKED WITH TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. CVT TRANSMISSIONS ARE NOT MECHANICALLY SOUND AND FAIL PREMATURELY. EVEN WHEN YOU SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION AT 30K AND 65K WITH NEW CVT FLUID. PRESENTLY MY CAR IS BEING INSPECTED BY AAMCO. I DO NOT TRUST NISSAN DEALERSHIPS.
WE BOUGHT OUR DAUGHTER A NEW 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. IT WAS SERVICED REGULARLY AT OUR NISSAN DEALER. ON OCTOBER 18TH, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE ON LOCAL STREETS. SHE SMELLED FUEL, THE CONTROLS ON THE DASHBOARD WENT HAYWIRE AND ALL SYSTEMS ON THE CAR STARTED SHUTTING DOWN. SHE PULLED THE CAR OVER, PUT HER EMERGENCY BRAKES ON, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND GOT AWAY FROM THE CAR. SHE WATCHED AS HER CAR WENT ON FIRE. WE NOTIFIED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD US THAT BECAUSE THEY FOUND NO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS, THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO. HOW DOES A 5 YEAR, WELL MAINTAINED, 48,000 MILE CAR JUST SET FIRE WITH NO WARNING? HOW WAS THIS VEHICLE NOT PART OF THE MARCH 2013 RECALL? HOW CAN NISSAN NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS? MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW CAN THEY NOT GIVE US AN ANSWER TO WHY MY DAUGHTER'S CAR SET ON FIRE? IS THIS USUAL? IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A CAR ONLY 5 YEARS NOW? ARE THESE CAR MANUFACTURER'S NOT BEING HELD TO ANY STANDARDS? DO I HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH MY OTHER 2 CHILDREN'S NISSAN CARS? MY SON'S CAR IS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA BOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME WE BOUGHT THE 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. OUR OTHER CAR IS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA (ALSO MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME PLANT AS THE OTHER NISSAN SENTRA, A YEAR LATER). WE PURCHASED IT USED TWO MONTHS AGO FROM OUR LOCAL DEALER AND ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. HOW COME THESE MANUFACTURER'S ARE GETTING AWAY WITH PUTTING OUT FAULTY PRODUCTS AND NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR? BESIDES NOT
THE VEHICLE WILL BE STUCK IN PARK WHEN BEING PUT IN REVERSE. WHEN GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. IT WOULD GO FROM 70MPH TO 0 MPH ALL OF SUDDEN. ALMOST CAUSED AN 18 WHEELER TO REAR END THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE INSTANT DROP IN SPEED. THE RPM NEEDLE JUMPS UP AND DOWN. THE CAR BEGAN SLOWING DOWN IN SECOND GEAR AND THEN JUMP INTO GEAR AND TAKE OFF. IF YOU CAN GET THE CAR INTO FIFTH GEAR IT WILL SLOW DOWN AGAIN THEN JERK INTO GEAR AND TAKE OFF. ALMOST REAR ENDED 3 PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO GET HOME. THERE ARE RECALLS FOR CVT TRANSMISSIONS IN THAT YEAR MAKE AND MODEL BUT WHEN YOU TYPE IN THE VIN NUMBER IN THERE ARE NO RECALLS. DO NOT KNOW HOW DECIDING WHICH MODELS DESERVE A RECALL AND WHICH DON'T? I FEEL THAT ALMOST BE SMASHED IN THE REAR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR A RECALLL. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE BUYING A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. IT OCCURRED TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, DRIVE, ON THE HIGHWAY, IN CITY STREET AND PARKING LOTS TRYING TO PARK.
AIRBAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON WHETHER ITS IN PARK OR I'M DRIVING IT EVEN WHEN SEATBELT IS BEING USED.
WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION UNTIL VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND NISSAN DEALERSHIP BOTH DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS THE MAIN CYLINDER. MILEAGE ON CAR WAS 39,000. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY BRAKE ISSUES BEFORE MALFUNCTION (NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, NO NOISES FROM BRAKES, ETC.).
I'M A DEALER, I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT AN AUCTION. WHEN I TEST IT IT GOES INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE EASILY BUT WHEN I DRIVE IT, IT STICKS TO THE FIRST GEAR! BAD TRANSMISSION
STALLING WHEN I AM DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TO TAP THE GAS TWICE FOR IT TO START BACK.
EXPERIENCING SUDDEN RPM SPIKES DURING CVT SHIFTS, LACK OF POWER, JERKY SHIFTS AT HIGH REV. LEFT MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STRANDED IN RURAL AREA AFTER DARK. SHE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT TWO HOURS HOME AT POSTED SPEEDS. SUDDEN RPM SPIKE WITH NO ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO HER, SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART AND GOT IT MOVING. TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING", JERKING AND SHUDDERING. CONTACTED NISSAN USA AND DEALERSHIP, THEY WANT ME TO BRING IT IN TO CHECK.
THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING DRIVING ON I 75 AT 80 MPH IN 3RD LANE PASSING CARS MAJOR TRAFFIC BEHIND ME GOING WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC THE CAR HAD NO POWER FOOT TO THE FLOOR WITH THE GAS I'M STILL DECREASING SPEED CARS HONKING FINALLY ABLE TO GET OVER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 55000 AND NOW AT 106000 IT NEEDS REPLACED AGAIN PLEASE YOU KNOW NISSAN HAS A PROBLEM DO A RECALL. WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED NO WARNING LIGHTS NO CHECK ENGINE NOTHING IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FATALITY FOR U TO DO SOMETHING. IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR THE VIGILANCE OF THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND I HAD MY 5 YR OLD GRANDCHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME
THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM. THE CAR KEEPS SHAKING EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT, WHEN I START THE CAR THE CAR TURNS OFF IF NOT DRIVEN IN A COUPLE HOURS. WHEN I GO IN REVERSE THE CAR TURNS OFF ALSO. THE TRANMISSION WAS OVERHEATING. THE CVT HAS PROBLEMS.
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN TAKING OFF OR SHIFTING 85,000 MILES
TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, SLIPPING, GETTING STUCK IN LOW GEAR WITH OUT SHIFTING, ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DRIVING AS CAR WILL NOT KEEP UP SPEED, WILL NOT PULL OUT IN INTERSECTIONS ETC...
VIN:[XXX] PLEASE KNOW THIS VEHICLE WAS STOLEN ON 11/12/2018 IN RIO PIEDRAS, PR. IS A BLUE NISSAN SENTRA SR 2013 W/CHARCOAL BLACK INTERIOR. PLEASE CALL AUTHORITY 787-765-0841, R # [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
CAR IS NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS RIGHT RPM IS EVERYWHERE AN HITING SHIFTS REALLY HARD
BOUGHT 2013 NISSAN SENTRA USED AT 25,000 MILES. NO ISSUES OR PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION UNTIL AROUND 89,000 WHEN CAR BEGAN TO JERK WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS AND THEN PROGRESSED TO SHUDDERING, JERKING, ETC. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC, VERIFIED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE AND GOING OUT. WENT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. THEY ADVISED THAT WARRANTY WAS OUT AND THAT NISSAN WAS DOING NOTHING TO ASSIST WITH THIS. SAID THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOR $4,000. NISSAN NEEDS TO EXTEND THIS RECALL. THESE VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS AND NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS AND CHOOSES TO IGNORE THIS ISSUE.
TRANSMISSION IS ACTING LIKE IT WANTS TO NOT SHIFT ON TIME. IT HESITATED AND WILL EVEN REVUP WITHOUT ME ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY
AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP AND I HAD TO PRESS THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO ACTIVATE THE BREAKS. THIS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES ON MY WAY HOME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED THE CAR WITH A CRACKED MASTER CYLINDER. THE CAR IS ROUGHLY 5 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR PROBLEM THAT IT HAS HAD WITHIN THE MONTH - 1ST THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN 2ND THE BREAKS. THESE ARE 2 OF THE 3 MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. THE CAR IS UNDER 60K MILES. ACCORDING TO MOST SOURCES, THE MASTER CYLINDER IS SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR. NISSAN REPORTS THAT NO RECALL/CUSTOMER EDUCATION HAS BEEN DONE FOR EITHER OF THOSE THINGS FOR THAT MAKE/MODEL. IT SEEMS IRRESPONSIBLE OF THEM.
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 85,821 MILES. STRANDED AT MAJOR INTERSECTION. TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT A COST OF $4000. NISSAN SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THEIR CVT TRANSMISSIONS IN ALL VEHICLES.
I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WAITING AND SUDDENLY MY CAR TURNED OFF.. IT TURNED RIGHT ON. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS.
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 85,000. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS GAINING SPEED; THEN THE CAR WOULD START SHAKING, JERKING AND PAUSING. I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 152 ON MY WAY TO SAN JOSE, CA WHEN MY CAR STARTED LOSING SPEED AND SHAKING. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS TERRIFYING. I MADE IT TO WORK AND STARTED DOING RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT MY CAR WAS DOING AND FIND OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN TECH. TOLD ME TO CALL NISSAN USA, SO I DID. THEY GAVE A CASE NUMBER AND THEY COMMUNICATED WITH THE DEALER TO CONFIRM THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. NISSAN AGREED TO PAY PART OF THE COST TO REPAIR TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS TOO SOON FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. NISSAN IS CHARGING ME 2000 TO FIX IT. I HONESTLY THINK NISSAN SHOULD START REPAIRING ALL TRANSMISSIONS WITHOUT A COST FOR CUSTOMERS. THEY KNOW THEIR TRANSMISSIONS HAVE DEFECTS. I WILL TRY TO SELL MY CAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO GIVE ME ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
NISSAN 2013 SENTRA HAS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION. HAVE TO STICK SOMETHING INTO THE GEAR SHIFT IN ORDER TO DRIVE. CAR STUTTERS WHEN PRESSING THE GAS AS IF IT'S SWITCHIBG GEARS. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE MIDDLE SEATBELT I GOT FIXED. SEAT BELT WAS USED ONCE PROPERLY AND HAS BEEN LOCKED EVER SINCE. NISSAN WILL NOT FIX THESE MALFUNCTIONS UNLESS I HAVE A LETTER ABOUT THESE ISSUES. THESE ISSUES ARE KNOWN RECALLS FROM PREVIOUS NISSAN SENTRA OWNERS AS WELL.
BOUGHT CERTIFIED USED WITH CARFAX IN FEB. 2018. CAR SHUDDERING/JERKING/GRINDING WHEN ACCELERATING, STARTING AT AROUND 70,000 MILES. I ASKED NISSAN ABOUT THIS AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION - AT 79,000! HAPPY I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY, SO HOPEFULLY IT IS COVERED. SHOULD'VE BOUGHT ANOTHER HONDA OR TOYOTA.
I ALMOST DIED TODAY ON A BUSY FAST STREET MY CAR TURNED OFF WHILE IT WAS ON AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO PRESS THE BRAKES AND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED IF IT WASN'T FOR MY EMERGENCY BRAKE WORKING AND THEY'RE BEING A PART OF THE LANE THAT WAS VACANT AT THAT SECOND I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD THERE WERE CARS FLYING THROUGH THAT STREET. THIS IS A COMPLETE HAZARD TO MY LIFE AND TO MY FAMILY'S LIFE AND TO THE LIVES OF OTHER CIVILIANS DRIVING. NISSAN WILL HAVE A SERIOUS LAWSUIT ON YOUR HANDS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME AND MY FAMILY BECOMES AWARE THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRIC ISSUE. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP BUT IF THEY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT FIXABLE OR THEY MAKEUP SOME ISSUE WITH MY CAR THAT WAS TRULY ISN'T THE PROBLEM AND THEY'RE ONLY DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND THE ACTUAL PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THAT STALL IN THOSE MATTER OF SECONDS I WILL BE SEEKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NISSAN. I BABYSIT PEOPLE SO I AM PUTTING THOSE KIDS LIVES AT RISK DRIVING THIS VEHICLE THAT I SO DEEPLY DEPENDED ON FOR EVERY DAY METHOD OF TRAVEL. EITHER NISSAN IS GOING TO TO FIX THIS VEHICLE OR YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS CALL A LEMON AND DO A RECALL AND PROVIDE THE CUSTOMER WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS ACTUALLY SAFE AND NOT GOING TO POTENTIALLY KILL SOMEONE CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY
AS I WAS GOING 60MPH ON A HIGHWAY WITH HIGH TRAFFIC MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN NO MATTER HOW MUCH I STEPPED ON THE PEDDLE. I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE CAR GO BY SHIFTING THE GEARS. AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO MOVE. ANOTHER TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS CROSSING INTERSECTION SPEED LIMIT IS 35. IT STARTED TO LOOSE POWER AND I BARLEY MADE IT PAST THE INTERSECTION. MY NISSAN DEALER STATES IT ISN'T MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE READY MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE ABOUT NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSION. IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING A CAR LIKE THAT.
MY NAME IS [XXX] I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE [XXX] THE VEHICLE IS 73,000 MILES WITH FREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND CHECK UPS. THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON THIS VEHICLE AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. AFTER MY MECHANIC DID A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AND EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HE FOUND THAT THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED ME THAT NISSAN SAID THEY ARE AT FAULT AND WILL PAY FOR HALF THE PRICE OF A NEW TRANSMISSION. I AM A DISABLED, RETIRED VETERAN AND CANNOT AFFORD $3000 TO PUT IN A VEHICLE THAT NISSAN KNOWS THEY ARE AT FAULT FOR. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 73,000 MILES ON IT AND MY MECHANIC SAID THAT IT SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS . I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. ATTACH ARE ALL THE REPORTS FROM NISSAN, MY MECHANIC, ETC. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION REVS UP AND DOWN AND JERKS THE CAR FORWARD AND BACKWARD. THIS IS A NEWLY REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN APRIL 2018. THE LAST TRANSMISSION ALSO HAD AN ISSUE WHEN COMPLAINED THE AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER SAID THERE WAS NO ISSUE. AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED RIGHT AFTER IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NISSAN REFUSED TO REPLACE. I PAID $3700 FROM POCKET TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT IS FAILING AGAIN.
WHILE DRIVING, MY VEHICLE FREQUENTLY VIBRATES AND CATCHES WHENEVER I ACCELERATE. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THE TRANSMISSION OF MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THOUGH IT IS UNDER 100,000 MILES AND I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR 5 YEARS. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER SAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD.
CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SHUTTERING, DELAYS WHEN SHIFTING, RPM CONSTANTLY BOUNCING UP AND DOWN WHEN DRIVING, ENGINE REVVING SUDDENLY WITHOUT GAS BEING APPLIED. VEHICLE JUST GOT TO 71,000 MILES
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE REV UP HIGH. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED THE CAR AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BUT JUST REV UP HIGH WHILE IN DRIVE. I CUT THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO CUT THE CAR BACK ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP. IT JUST MADE A SPINNING SOUND BUT WOULD NOT START BACK UP.
TRANSMISSION BLEW AT 39,000 MILES. DEALER SAID WE NEEDED AN ABS SENSOR, COST TO US 600.00 SO THEY REPLACED. DEALER DROVE CAR AND CAR DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OUT OF THEIR LOT. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 5 YEAR 60,000 MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED MARCH 2018. NISSAN NOT WILLING TO EXTEND OR COVER REPAIR. COST TO REPAIR 5000.00 WE BOUGHT CAR 2 YEARS AGO ONLY HAD 25000 MILES.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY. I HAVE THAT ONLINE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN VEHICLES FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. THE ONLY WAY TO OVERRIDE THE ISSUE IS TO REMOVE THE BUTTON ON THE GEAR SHIFT AND INSERT A JEWELER'S SCREWDRIVER TO COMPRESS THE LOCK ALLOWING THE VEHICLE THEN TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THIS HAPPEN TO ME SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I LEARNED ABOUT THE USE OF THE SCREWDRIVER, WHEN IT FIRST STARTED THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD OCCASIONALLY FREEZE UP. I WOULD WAIT A FEW SECONDS RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD RELEASE. THE COAST TO REPAIR THIS KNOWN MANUFACTURE PROBLEM RANGES FROM $600 TO $900 WHEN YOU CALL THE DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT SCAM THAT NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO RESOLVE AS THEY MAKE MONEY FIXING THEIR OWN DESIGN FLAW. THIS ISSUE OCCURS ANY TIME YOUR VEHICLE IS IN THE PARKED POSITION ON THE GEAR SHIFT. IT OCCURS WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE, IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAR IS PUT IN TO PARK SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE BREAK. I HAVE NOT PICTURE TO UPLOAD. I AM PROVIDING THE YOUTUBE VIDEO BY NISSAN THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM EXISTS. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=B7ERIQY9E8A *TR
CAR'S TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS. CAR WOULD SLOW AND NOT ACCELERATE WHEN NEEDED. CAR NEEDED TRANSMISSION REPLACED.
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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