What 638 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Nissan Sentra Sr Turbo

2013 NISSAN SENTRA WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE, AND OUT OF THE BLUE, MY ENGINE BASICALLY FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, COMPLETELY. THANKFULLY, NO CARS WERE NEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE. THANKFULLY IT WASN'T ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHERE A MAJOR ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TESTED IT AND IT IS INDEED A CVT FAILURE. IT NEEDS A BRAND NEW CVT TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT, AND IS JUST OVER 5 YEARS OLD. IT IS DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND OTHERS TO HAVE THIS CAR ON THE ROAD WITH THESE ENGINES. THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF 2013 CVT FAILING, BUT YET NO RECALL. NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP THEIR GAME UP LIKE THEY HAVE ON PREVIOUS YEARS THAT INCLUDED CVT AND EXTEND THEIR WARRANTY. THERE IS NO REASON A PERFECT GOOD CAR SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM ALREADY. THIS CAR GOES FROM POINT A TO POINT B, AS IT IS BASICALLY A WORK CAR. PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHERS. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND UNREALISTIC, AND NISSAN IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.

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WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 IN MIAMI AT 55 MPH, MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WOULDN'T PASS 20 MPH. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS PEDDLE AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE ON THE MIDDLE LANE AND QUICKLY SHIFTED OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT ON THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. I TURNED IT BACK IN AND IT WORKED FINE. I DIDN'T USE THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS, AND THEN WHEN I TRIED AGAIN, IT WAS GIVING THE SAME ISSUE WHERE THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND WAS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE WHICH I NEVER EXPIERNED BEFORE. I TOOK TO MY TRUSTED MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED IT WAS A CVT ISSUE. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED TO A CERTIFIED NISSAN DEALERSHIP AS NISSAN AGREED TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UPON COMPLETION IT WAS CONFIRMED IT WAS A CVT TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $5,000 TO REPAIR WITH LABOR COSTS. NISSAN HAS TO GIVEN ME BACK MY CAR AND IT'S NOW THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY. MY CAR HAS 99,450 MILES, AND HAS BEEN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH MY MAINTENANCE. IT'S SCARY AND UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN SOLD A DEFECTIVE CAR AND NISSAN WON'T ADMIT TO IT. THERE'S A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OPEN AND STILL IN COURT. I GOT AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED WHO HAS TAKEN UP MY CASE FOR FURTHER ACTION AGAINST NISSAN. CONSUMER SHOULD BE ADVISED TO STOP DRIVING THIS CAR ASAP! I AM NOW LOOKING TO GET A NEW CAR AS I DON'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE DRIVING THIS AND I NEED A RELIABLE AND SAFE VEHICLE FOR WORK.

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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.

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THE TRANSMISSION FAILED & I HAD LIFETIME WARRANTY BUT NISSAN & THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO COVER THEIR ISSUES.

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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.

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CVT TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 64000 MI. ESTIMATE REPAIR 4400+TAX

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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 KNOW WHO WE NEED TO TALK TO NEXT. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! CAUGHT IN SEVERAL LIES! I'M ATTACHING DOCUMENT THAT THEY CLAIM THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN BEFORE - CLAIM THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSIONS. ASKED WHERE I GOT MY INFO & I SHOWED THEM. ALSO, YOU MAY GOOGLE IT - ALL OVER THE PLACE.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN TAKING OFF OR SHIFTING 85,000 MILES

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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