What 638 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Nissan Sentra Nismo

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING I GOT REALLY SCARED BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON I HAD MY SMALLER SIBLINGS WITH ME THAT DAY AND THOUGHT THE WORST WHEN THE TOWING TRUCK PICKED MY CAR UP AND I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THESE NISSAN 2013 SENTRAS WERE KNOWN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEMS AND THAT I WAS NOT THE FIRST IN THIS PAST MONTHS. *TR

NHTSA ODI 11327382

SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW FROM MIDWAY NISSAN, 11/2013, THEN 07/2014, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT COMPLETELY STOPPED ON US. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT FAULKNER NISSAN IN PA. ONCE AGAIN DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN MD, WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION GIVES OUT, THESE RESULTS WERE SLIGHTLY MORE HECTIC. MY WIFE HAS EPILEPSY AND WENT INTO A SEIZURE BECAUSE WE WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SIZE OF THE ROAD. HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR IN MD, GET A RENTAL CAR FROM BWI AIRPORT, DRIVE BACK HOME TO PA, MY MOTHER AND HER FRIEND, WHO WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER A STROKE HAD TO DRIVE TO MD, IN ORDER FOR ME TO USE HIS TRIPLE A CAR TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FROM BWI BACK TO HARRISBURG, PA. MY WIFE DROVE BACK WITH US TO MD BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE MY MOTHER ALMOST AGE 70 AND HER FRIEND IN HIS 80 WAS OK. THIS WAS A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE MR SCHULL, THE TRIPLE A MEMBER NEEDED TO EAT AND WITH ALL THIS COMMOTION NEAR CHOKED WHILE EATING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INTOLERABLE. NISSAN IS PUTTING FAULTY TRANSMISSION INTO VEHICLES. THIS IS SERIOUS, WORK IS BEING MISSED AND A SECOND TRANSMISSION. NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR THIS. I AM REPORTING THIS AND WILL ALSO CALL AND FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NISSN TODAY.

NHTSA ODI 11289233

BOUGHT THIS CAR, MY FIRST CAR ON 04/20/2018. I HAVE A SHORT COMMUTE TO WORK AND THE CAR SEEMED TO FIT MY PRICE RANGE AND DIDN'T SEE MANY DIRE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SPECIFIC MODEL OF CAR WHILE RESEARCHING BEFORE PURCHASING. UNTIL I SEARCHED RPM SPIKES AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON GOOGLE AFTER MY 60 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY RAN OUT. HAVEN'T EVEN DRIVEN THIS CAR 800 MILES AND THE CAR JERKS VIOLENTLY ON THE ROADS, AND AT ONLY 55,000 MILES. IT JERKED FROM DAY ONE, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL UNTIL IT GOT WORSE. I'M JUST NOW REGRETTING BUYING THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO I WAS IN A PINCH FOR A CAR I GOT BILLS TO PAY AND A JOB I HAVE TO MAKE IT TO. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE AND ALL AGREE THE CVT SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAVE TO BE HONEST I AGREE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD SELL SOMEONE THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT LETTING THEM KNOW THE REPUTATION THIS CAR HAS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SELL SOMEONE A USED CAR TO SOMEONE AND KNOW THAT PERSONS CAR MAY STALL, OR JERK AND CAUSE A LIFE THREATENING CAR CRASH. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, ITS NOT THE MONEY ITS THE SAFETY, THE VEHICLE DOESN'T OPERATE IN A SAFE MANNER, IT JERKS, STALLS, SHAKES WHEN BREAKING ALL WHILE NOT FLASHING ANY INDICATOR LIGHTS SAYING THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WHEN THERE CLEARLY IS SOMETHING WRONG.

NHTSA ODI 11119021