TRANSMISSION...I PAID BACK IN 5/24/19 FOR THE TRANMISSION RECONTROID...THE GUARANTE I GOT IT WAS ONLY 90 DAYS AFTER 5/24/19...& THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAILED ON 1/4/20...I DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY TO WORK & THE TRANSMISSION GAVE UP ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY
2014 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 2014 record →
CVT TRANSMISSION DETECTIVE
TWO AIR BAG LIGHTS ON 1 AT CENTER INTERIOR ABOVE RADIO 2 IN DRIVER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. LIGHT DOES NOT GO OUT EVEN WHEN 200 LBS PERSON IS SETTING IN PASSENGER SEAT. LIGHTS NEVER GO OUT EXCEPT WHEN KEY IS IN OFF POSITION.
THE CAR FIRST STARTED SKIPPING. THEN THE TACHOMETER RACED AND THERE WAS NO GAS PEDAL. THEN IT STARTED BUCKING AND THE TACHOMETER RACED. THEN THERE WAS NOTHING AGAIN. NO POWER. WE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND IT WOULDN'T GO FORWARD JUST SAT WITH THE TACHOMETER RACING. WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. WE WERE JUST OUTSIDE OF NASHVILLE TN WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WE HAD TO BE TOWED 921 MILES HOME. COST WAS EXPENSIVE. IS AT A SERVICE STATION NOW BEING LOOKED AT.
I TURNED ON MY CAR IN A PARKING STRUCTURE AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF DRIVING MY CAR BEGIN JERKING AND SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. WITH A SCAN TOOL, I SAW THE I GOT CODES FOR MAF. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT OTHER CARS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I CONTINUE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR. FIRST I HAD THE TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY GO OUT AND NOW I HAVE A CAR THAT TURNS OFF WHEN DRIVING.
WHEN I START TO DRIVE IT'S LIKE MY CAR WINDS UP TO 3-4RPMS AND I MOST OF THE TIME HAVE TO LET OFF THE GAS FOR IT TO SWITCH. IT EVEN GOT UP TO 5RPMS AND I EVEN LET MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND HAD TO TURN INTO SOMEONE DRIVEWAY.
ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING DECEMBER 2019 MY CAR GOING AT AROUND 50 MPH STOP RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL AND I HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER IN A STRIP MALL SO I WOULD NOT BE HIT OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN TO GET GOING, AFTER THAT I SLOWLY WENT TO WORK. THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME ON A FEW OCCASIONS ALREADY. WHEN I RESEARCHED IT I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS YEAR VEHICLE. THIS IS DANGEROUS.
AIRBAG SIGN IS DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD 6 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE. CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY DENIED THE REQUEST TO FIX THE RECALL FOR THIS AIRBAG ISSUE. AIRBAGS MAY NOT BE DEPLOYED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE.
AFTER ABOUT 80, 000 MILES I COULD HEAR MY CAR HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME PROGRESSING IN SPEED ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERSTATE A RATES OF 60 MILE PER HOUR. CURRENTLY MY CAR IS AT 100,747 MILES AND I HAVE TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED BECAUSE TODAY THE TRANSMISSION BEGIN TO SLIP AND MY CAR WAS JERKING. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, SO I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND DROVE ON THE STREET HOME, AND THE JERKING MOTION CONTINUED.
TRANSMISSION ACTS ERRATICALLY, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SLIPPAGE, VIBRATIONS, LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ALMOST LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL). WE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR THESE PROBLEMS AT 50,788 MILES (12/29/2017), THE DEALER DID A REPROGRAM AT THIS TIME, AND 54,904 MILES (03/09/2018)WITH THE NISSAN DEALER SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. NOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THESE PROBLEMS, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 84,000 MILES, OUR VEHICLE HAS 85,750 MILES SO IT IS NOT COVERED. THE DATE AND INCIDENT INFORMATION BELOW REPRESENTS THE DATE OF THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE.
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING. WHEN I TURNED THE WHEEL WHILE ACCELERATING IT GOT LOUDER AND STRUGGLED TO MOVE IVE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR THREE YEARS. I HAD CALLED THE DEALER TO ASK ABOUT MY WARRENTY. THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT I WAS OVER MY MILAGE. SO THEN I TOOK IT TO AMCO TO GET IT SERVICED AND I FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION HAD ISSUES SPENT 2800. ONE YEAR LATER I'M HAVING OTHER ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I'M NOT THE ONLY COMPLAINTING ABOUT THIS THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES HAVING CVT ISSUES. I CANT AFFORD TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE. ALMOST DONE PAYING IT OFF BUT HAVING ANOTHER ISSUE I JUST WANT TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP!!!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN, SHE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER SWERVED AND CRASHED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE INTO A POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CHEST PAINS, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *DT*JB
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD, THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON THESE CARS ARE EXTREMELY HORRIBLE AND POTENTIALLY VERY UNSAFE. THE RPM'S WILL START TO DECREASE AND INCREASE WITH NO WARNING, EVENTUALLY LEAVING THE CAR TO A SLOW CRAWL. VERY UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A YOUNG DRIVER ON A BUSY FREEWAY ON HIS WAY BACK TO COLLEGE. THERE IS CURRENTLY A 'PENDING" RECALL AND LAWSUIT ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND IS LONG OVERDUE. IT'S NO WONDER, CAR MANUFACTURERS LIKE HONDA AND TOYOTA COME HIGHER RATED, THESE CARS ARE NOT JUST UNRELIABLE, BUT VERY UNSAFE BASED ON THEM HAVING PAST KNOWN MALFUNCTIONS WHICH SEEM TO KEEP RECURRING EVERY YEAR. FILING A COMPLAINT ISN'T GOING TO FIX ANYTHING EITHER, HOPEFULLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WILL FORCE NISSAN'S HAND TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEY ARE AND HAVE BEEN AWARE OF FOR YEARS.
MY 2014 NISSAN SENTRA ENGINE CUTS OFF WHILE IN DRIVING GEAR FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE CAR TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RIVERSIDE NISSAN (8330 INDIANA AVE B, RIVERSIDE, CA 92504, (951) 509-6500) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY COULD ONLY ASSIST WITH 60% OF THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,822. THE VIN WAS INVALID.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.
DRIVING ON CITY STREET CAR STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES AN STARTED SLOWING DOWN. THANKFULLY I WAS ALMOST NEAR A FRIENDS HOME AN PULLED INTO THEIR YARD. HAD TO B TOWED TO PARENTS HOME. TRANSMISSION WAS THE ISSUE . I WAS FORTUNATE TO KNOW SOMEONE NEAR THE INCIDENT OTHERWISE IT COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY SERIOUS ON THE HIGHWAYCOST 5000.00 I'M STILL PAYING ON CAR OWE 2500.00, A STUDENT, WRK FULL TIME NO $ TO FIX, ONLY 101 THOUSAND MILES BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX???!! I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH SAID ISSUE WITH A NISSAN AND RESPECTFULLY NEED THE CAR MADE CORRECTLY.
I CRUNK CAR UP AFTER BEING PARKED FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. THE CAR CRUNK WITH A LOAD WHINING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT DROVE FOR ABOUT 5 FEET AND SUDDENLY WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CAR WAS POWERED ON BUT IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD "WENT OUT" AT 68,970. PER MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ID # 11030604, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON 10/13/17 AT 39,851 MILES. AFTER RECEIVING SERVICE RECORDS, I CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 14,826 MILES (DATE OF REPLACEMENT UNAVAILABLE). THE 2014 NISSAN SENTRA'S CVT TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED NON DRIVER INITIATED HESITATION, ACCELERATION, SLOWING DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP, AND STOPPING WHILE DRIVING. MY PARTICULAIR VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES AT 68,970 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS SAME ISSUE (INCLUDING ONE TIME AT 39,824 WHEN THE CVT CONTROL VALVE ASSEMPLY WAS REPLACED).
CAR'S TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN MARCH OF 2018. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS REPLACED, THE FIRST TIME, IS NO LONGER COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT NO VEHICLE WHICH IS SERVICED REGULARLY SHOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN A YEAR AND A HALF.
WHEN I TURN AIR CONDITIONER ON, CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE, SLOW DOWN AND MAKES STRAINING NOISES. IT RESUMES SPEED AND QUIETENS WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED OFF.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE AND BATTERY INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL, AND SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION WHERE THE VEHICLE ULTIMATELY CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE CAUSED THE BLAZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A RECALL; HOWEVER, NO RECALL COULD BE DISCOVERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT AN INVESTIGATION WOULD BE CONDUCTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 37271771. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *LN CONSUMER STATED DEALER DID NOT SEND HER ANY NOTIFICAITON CONCERNING RECALL.*JB *JS
TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNS ON AND MY CAR SLOWS DOWN
I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT, WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED THE GAS PETAL TO DRIVE AND MY CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN AND IT JUST CUT OFF AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR TO MAKE IT HOME. ALSO WHILE DRIVING I COULD FEEL THE CAR SHAKING OR VIBRATING, EVEN WHEN I SLOWED DOWN OR CAME TO A STOP AT A LIGHT IT WAS SHAKING/VIBRATING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. I DID HAVE MY CAR SERVICED LAST MONTH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND WASN'T SURE WHY THE LIGHT WAS ON. IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND MY ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WORRY WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF MY CAR IS GOING TO CUT OFF AGAIN WHILE I'M DRIVING AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, I ALSO WORRY EVERY TIME I FEEL IT SHAKE/VIBRATE THINKING ITS GOING TO CUT OFF. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND WORRISOME. I HOPE THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED- NOT A HAPPY NISSAN OWNER RIGHT NOW.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART POWER TRAIN THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE RPM'S WENT DOWN. THE VEHILCE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THE DETERMINED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.
I PURCHASED A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA AND WITHIN 6 MONTHS THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT OUT. IT STARTED ACTING FUNNY ON MY WAY OUT OF TOWN TO AN APPT. AND WITHIN 2 HOURS EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OFF THE RAMP DUE TO TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED NO RAVING OR RPM MOVEMENT NOTHING. FINALLY I SHUT HER OFF FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES RESTARTED PUT HER IN DRIVE AND SHE JERKED AND LUNGED ACROSS INTERSECTION. SHE THEN THREW THE ENGINE LIGHT ON FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. PRIOR TO STOPPING AND LUNGING NOT SO MUCH AS A LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT HAD GOTTEN BAD GAS A TIME OR TWO BUT OTHERWISE NO WARNING OR ANYTHING PRIOR.
DRIVING CAR WHEN STOPPED I HEARD SOME NOISE. AFTER CONTINUING THE CAR BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND DID NOT WANT TO TAKE OFF ON STREET IN FRONT OF CARS. THE CAR RAN VERY SO IDLING UP AND DOWN DOT TO A AUTOMOTIVE SHOP AND WORKER TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION.I WAS DRIVING ON A LONG RURAL ROUTE ROAD. BUT NOTICE WEEKS BEFORE WHEN I TURNING IT WAS LOOSING POWER BUT WOULD PICK UP SPEED AS IT SHOULD.
TRANSMISSION HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO GEARS AND SHAKES AND SPUTTERS REALLY BAD IN LOW GEARS. IT IS NOW COSTING ME 3500 TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITH ONLY 109000 MILES ON VEHICLE.
MY CAR STARTED WITH A LOT OF HESITATION THEN IT STARTED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO PULL FROM A RED LIGHT IT TOOK TIME EXHILARATING TO WHERE I WOULD ONLY MOVE A LITTLE BIT AND AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO MOVE MUCH AT ALL WITHOUT STARTING THE CAR BACK UP AND GETTING JUST ENOUGH PUSH TO DRIVE FOR 5 SECONDS I START OUT DRIVING ON A HIGH WAY WHEN IT HAPPENED AND MADE IT TO MY SISTER HOUSE AS I NOTICED IT BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN AND IT BECAME WORST AS I DROVE IT TO HER HOUSE.
CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING IN THE STREET OR FREEWAY TAKES A LONG TIME TO REACH 20 MPH AND DOESN'T GO PAST THAT TRANSMISSION MAKES A RATTLING NOISE ON 09/01/2019 MY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT AND NEEDED TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED HOME
LOSING POWER/ACCELERATION, SEVERE JERKING, SOMETIMES CUTS OFF AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. UNABLE TO GO ANY FURTHER WITHOUT TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF / ON AND THEN ONLY WORKS FOR A FEW FEET TO A MILE THEN IT LOSES POWER AND DECELERATES.
I HAVE A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA SV. LAST WEEK AT JUST OVER 100K MILES MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY CAR. I HAVE THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND MY CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. NISSAN CLAIMS THE TRANSMISSION IAN OUT OF WARRANTY. WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT I WAS GOING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED. THERE IS SO MUCH JERKING AND TUGGING. IT IS A SAFETY RISK AND NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT ON THE CVT IN THESE CARS. THEY NOW WANT ALMOST $4000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION TO BE PUT IN WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY STILL BE DEFECTIVE.
CVT TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. CAR JUTTERS ,SPEED FAILURE, CANT CHANGE GEARS ,SUDDEN STOP DURING OPERATION. BURNED TRANSMISSION UNIT.
PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT DOESN'T TURN OFF WHEN SOMEONE SITS DOWN IN THAT SIDE.
MY CAR JERKS, SLOW ACCELERATION, FAST ACCELERATION, GRINDING, SLIPPING OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION.
I PURCHASED A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA BRAND NEW. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 74K MILES.
TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION. AT 55,000 MILES.
TRANSMISSION MAKES LOUD NOISE
THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOP SHIFTING GEARS
TAKATA RECALL
TAKATA RECALL. CVT TRANSMISSION JERK SHRUDDERING CVT CODE... WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. OTHER TRANSMISSION WHISTLES SND STARTING TO JERK AGAIN
MY BRAKE SYSTEM HAS UNKNOWN PROBLEM . I HAD A MECHANIC REPLACE ALL BRAKE COMPONETS INCLUDING PAD ROTORS SHOES DRUMS ECT. AND I STILL PEDAL FADE AND UNRELIABLE BRAKING WHEN APPLING BRAKES . THIS HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND CONDITIONS
AS I WAS DRIVING OR TURNING, CAR WOULD HESITATE, SPEED WOULD DROP EVEN THOUGH FOOT STILL ON ACCELERATOR. TURNS OUT HAD MOISTURE IN DRIVER'S BRAKE LIGHT WHICH CAUSED CAR SWITCH TO BRAKE THEREBY CAUSING JERKING HESITATION. DANGEROUS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH CAR SLOWED DOWN, BRAKE LIGHTS NOT LIT, DANGEROUS TO DRIVERS BEHIND ME. LIGHT REPLACED DUE TO SEAL ALLOWING MOISTURE IN.
CVT TRANSMISSION MY CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND HAD LESS THEN 75000 MILE AND MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE READ MANY MANY COMPLAINTS AGAIN NISSAN AND DUE TO THE CVT TRANSMISSION I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN MORE ACTION IN DOING A RECALL AND PAYING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. MY RPM ON THE CAR FLAIRS AT 40 MILE AND JERSEY I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCE
I AM TERRIFIED. GOING UP A HILL MY CAR LOSES POWER AND I START COASTING AROUND 40MPH AND STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC THE HIGHEST I CAN GO IS 60MPH. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT AND OFTEN HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO SQUEEZES MYSELF INTO THE HE TRUCK LANE ALTHOUGH THEY STILL ARE ABLE TO OVER TAKE ME. MY CAR HAS 50,000 MILES AND IS WELL KEPT BUT IT STRUGGLES SO MUCH GOING UPHILL I CAN FEEL THE WHIRRING AND IT'S LIKE MY TRANSMISSION IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WHILE EVERYONE PASSES ME AND TRIES TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH ME AS A RESULT OF MY SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESS THE GAS NOTHING HAPPENS AND I FEEL UNSAFE AND FEEL I AM A DANGER TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I HEARD THEY ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE ISSUE BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAT CAN BE DONE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. YOU CAN EVEN BORROW MY CAR IF YOU'D LIKE TO TEST THIS OUT. I ALSO FEEL IT MAY CAUSE EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING.
2014 NISSAN SENTRA BROKE DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. (PARKING IT IN A SPOT IN A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING LOT. ) WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS, TO REVERSE AND STRAIGHTEN OUT, IT SIMPLY TURNED OFF. I RESTARTED AND IT RAN NORMALLY IN "PARK" AND "NEUTRAL," BUT STALLED EVERY TIME I PUT IT INTO ANY GEAR. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP WHERE I WAS INFORMED IT WOULD NEED A NEW CVT, AND THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER. I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH LUCK THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE ROAD AT SPEED. SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH ONLINE INDICTS THESE ISSUE ARE COMMON TO THE SENTRA AND OTHER MODELS FROM THE SAME COMPANY, THAT IT HAS TSB'S AND ALSO MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE. THE CAR HAS ALSO BEEN TO THE DEALER RECENTLY, WHO REPLACED THE VALVE BODY AND THE CVT FLUID, BUT THE CVT FAILED AGAIN WITHIN 90 DAYS. NOW, THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING AND IT'S BEING DONE SO, IN MY OPINION' WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE BY NISSAN THAT IT IS LIKELY TO FAIL AGAIN. THE CAR ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH THE O/D OFF LIGHT ENGAGING WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT MY KNOWINGLY TOUCHING THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT COLUMN. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO DRIVE A CAR WITH A TRANSMISSION THAT SHUTS DOWN A CAR WHILE IT IS BEING DRIVEN, OR THAT SHIFTS OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WITHOUT THE DRIVER MAKING A CONCIOUS CHOICE TO DO SO.
I NOTICED A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THERE WAS A DELAY WHILE PULLING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. WE WERE ON THE HWY AND THE RPMS STARTED FLUCTUATING AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING STRONG . WE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED ON THE HWY AS I WAS PULLING OVER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
CAR JERKING SPUTTERING AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING,FOUND IT HARD TO MAINTAIN SPEED. RPM CONTROL ERRATIC. NO RECALL , THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHILE IN MOTION MY VEHICLE WILL START TO ACCELERATE AND THEN SLOW DOWN EVERY SO OFTEN. I COULD GO TO 20 MPH AND THEN MY CAR WILL START TO SLOW BACK DOWN AND I HAVE TO PRESS THE GAS A COUPLE OF TIMES TO INCREASE THE ACCELERATION BACK UP. THIS HAPPENS ANYWHERE ON STREETS, HIGHWAYS, TURNING AND IN MOTION.
BREAKS PEDAL TRAVELING TO FLOOR AND CAR IS NOT STOPPING. HAVE REPLACED BREAK PADS, CALIPERS, ROTORS AND STILL PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VALDOSTA NISSAN CADILLAC (3685 INNER PERIMETER RD, VALDOSTA, GA 31602, (229) 242-7325) WHO QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF OVER $700. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
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