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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 · Speed control · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Jun 29, 2013Speed controlBrakesEngineCrash

AT ABOUT 1130 PM ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, APPROACHING A INTERSECTION, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CAR SEEMED TO INCREASE SPEED AND WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION THROUGH LAWN AND STRIKING ANOTHER CAR, TOTAL LOSE OF CONTROL, NO BRAKES, A REAL SCARY FEELING. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10522401

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 →