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What 180 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Nissan Sentra

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (180)Crash / fire / injury (15)Transmission & drivetrain (68)Engine (39)Speed control (22)Airbags (20)Body & structure (17)Electrical system (13)Visibility & wipers (11)Fuel system (10)Steering (9)Brakes (7)

1 of 180 complaints match · Fuel system · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Apr 9, 2019AirbagsEngineFuel systemCrash

I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT APPEARS THAT THE ENGINE IS NOT CHANGING GEARS AUTOMATICALLY. OR IT COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INJECTION OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM.

NHTSA ODI 11194990

Working with the data? Download all 180 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2012 Nissan Sentra verdict →