What 638 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Nissan Sentra Turbo

MY CAR STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A SLOW DOWN OR STOP.IT START THE END OF 2016 BUT IT WAS ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN OXFORD MS IN 2017 AND HAD IT TESTED AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. IT IS MUCH WORSE NOW. IT USE TO BE A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH AT FIRST NOW IT HAPPENS ON AT LEAST HALF OF THE ACCELERATIONS FROM BEING STOPPED OR SLOWED ESPECIALLY IF YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY. I HAVE READ ABOUT OTHER CARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THE HAVE ISSUED A BULLETIN FOR IT TO BE TESTED AND REPAIRED AT MY COST. THIS SHOULD BE NISSAN'S EXPENSE PLUS ANY DAMAGE IT HAS COST WITH ME DRIVING IT THIS WAY FOR 50,00 MILES AFTER THEY SAID IT WAS ANYTHING TO BE FIXED. THIS IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. THIS STARTED AT 52,000 MILES NOW IT HAS 99,000 MILES IT WAS TESTED AT 56,000 MILES.

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BRAKES GO OUT EASY/BOTTOM OF CAR IS A TOTAL MESS AND NON STOP PROBLEMS.

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IM CURRENTLY THE SECOND OWNER ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD VEHICLE. I HAD NO CLUE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAD THE ISSUES I WAS HAVING. IT STARTED TWO WEEKS AFTER I HAD PUTCHASED MY VEHICLE. I WOULD ACCELERATE LIKE NORMAL AND TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL TO COAST TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT L, THE LIGHT CHANGES AND TURNED GREEN. I WOULD REAPPLY MY FOOT TO THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CVT WOULD THUD SO I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD "IT WAS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF A CVT" NOT KNOWING ANY BETTER AS IT WAS MY FIRST CVT TRANSMISSION I KEPT DRIVING. NOW IM TOLD MY A CVT SPECIALIST THAT THAT THUD I WAS FEELING IS THE BEGINING OF MY TRANSMISSION BRAKING AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I CANNOT SEE HOW NISSAN EXPECTS SOMEONE TO PAY FOR A PRODUCT THAT SO MANY OF ITS VEHICLES HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLANING OF THE SAME ISSUES. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

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WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE IT STARTS OVER REVVING WHEN CHANGING SPEEDS ON LOCAL ROADS. I ALSO HAD A FEW INSTANCES WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY NOT GO OVER 40 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY (POSSIBLY THE VEHICLE IS GOING INTO SOME KIND OF FAIL SAFE MODE) AND WOULD REV HEAVILY. I REACHED OUT TO NISSAN AND THEY ADVISED IT SOUNDS LIKE A CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, WHICH IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH A LOT OF THE NISSAN VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT CREATED A RECALL FOR THE 2013 NISSAN SENTRA AND ADVISED THEY DO NOT PLAN TO DO SO. *DT *JS*JB

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I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, WHEN I TURNED A CORNER THE SEAT BELT UNBOLTED FROM THE FLOOR. *DT*JB

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CVT TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON VEHICLE WHILE ON THE ROAD. I ONLY HAD 76,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME.

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WE BOUGHT OUR 2013 NISSAN SENTRA IN 2015 FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE PRICE TAG WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 20-22 GRAND. I WAS EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD BE KEEPING THIS CAR FOR 10+ YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, NISSAN FAILED TO TELL US ABOUT THE CARS FAILING TRANSMISSION WHEN THEY SOLD US THE CAR. WHILE DRIVING ON A DAILY BASIS, THE CAR WOULD ODDLY PULL. BUT WHEN TEST DRIVING THE CAR WE WERE ASSURED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL AND CAUSED BY THE CVT TRANSMISSION. 3 1/2 YEARS LATER WHILE I WAS RUNNING A NORMAL ERRAND IN TOWN, THE CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. I TRIED PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC ON A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROAD AND HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND IT WAS NOT ACCELERATING. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE AGAIN, BUT I SLOWLY DROVE ON BACKROADS TO GET THE CAR TO THE NISSAN IN OUR TOWN. ONCE THERE, THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG AND GUESS WHAT? THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. NOW TELL ME, WHY DOES A 5 1/2 YEAR OLD CAR ALREADY HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE?? WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 3 1/2 YEARS!! AND OUR WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 100,000 MILES. WE ARE AT 113,000. I BELIEVE THIS CAR HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE.I THINK THESE CARS ARE NOT RELIABLE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED! THIS CAR LOOKS PERFECT AND IS NOW WORTHLESS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE FILLED UP THE FUEL TANK, BUT IT BECAME LOW AGAIN HALFWAY INTO HER TRIP. THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE WENT DOWN TO EMPTY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ATTEMPTED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT FINISH CORRECTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

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IVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY 2013 SENTRA SR SPUTTERING RANDOMLY AND OUT OF NOWHERE SHAKES AND COMPLETLY SHUTS OFF NO MATTER THE SPEED IM DOING. WHICH HAS ME CONCERNED AS THIS IS BECOMING A BIG SAFETY ISSUE NOW THRU OUT THE YEARS ITS GOTTEN PROGGRESIVLY WORSE WITHOUT ANY DEALERSHIP BEING ABLE TO FIX THIS ISSUE CAUSE THE CAR SHOWS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I'M STOPPED AND MOVING HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND SOMETIMES THE CAR WONT ACCELERATE PAST 3 RPM'S.

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I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED 1 TIME ALREADY FOR IT CRACKING WITHOUT BEING IN AN ACCIDENT. IT WOULD ACCELERATE RANDOMLY AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS. I'M NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT ON AN EXPRESSWAY BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND WHEN I GOT OFF THE MAIN ROAD IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT ME EVEN TOUCHING THE GAS PEDDLE.

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STARTING AROUND 75,000 MILES, MY NISSAN SENTRA STARTED STUTTERING, STALLING, AND LOSING POWER BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION. MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA'S TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 4/11/2019 AT 83,975 MILES (1 YEAR AND 23K MILES OVER THE WARRANTY). OVER THE PAST YEAR, THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN A PUBLIC AND PERSONAL SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR, OR ON HIGHWAYS IN FEAR OF WHAT HAPPENED ON 4/11 WOULD HAPPEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THE FACT THAT SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT AND EXPENSIVE WOULD FAIL ON A CAR SO FAST PROVES THAT THIS PART OF THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND RECALLED.

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WHEN I PRESS THE PEDAL GAS THE CAR DOESNT WORK WELL .I CANT DRIVE HIGHER THAN 40 MILES BECAUSE THE TRANSMITION DOESNT RUNNING WELL AND SOMETIME I HAVE TO PULL OVER THE CAR CAUSE IT DOESNT EVEN RUN 20 MILE .EACHE STOPS SIGNAL I DO IS EVEN WORST.ALL THIS NOTES ARE IN THE CITY STREETS I CANT DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT DOESNT RUN OVER 40 MILES

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VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STOPS PULLING. I WAS ON A US STATE HIGHWAY WITH MANY VEHICLES BEHIND ME. WITHIN 18 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED OPERATING 3 TIMES RESULTING IN ME WORKING TO GET MY CAR OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER TRAFFIC. VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE.

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I ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR A YEAR NOW I HAVE 43 THOUSAND MILES AND MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE . I SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

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CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED AT 90K MILES. GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALS EXORBITANT NUMBER OF NISSANS WITH CVT TRANNYS HAVE FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES. NISSAN CONTINUES TO USE CVT'S. WHY???? CAR REVS HIGH WHEN STARTED - THE LENGTH OF TIME STEADILY INCREASES. RPM'S SHOW RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT FLUCTUATION. FEARFUL TO DRIVE IT MORE THAN THE FEW MILES IT MUST BE DRIVEN BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND TO RUN ERRANDS.

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AT 70,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING. MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND BECAME STUCK IN THE ROAD. CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDDLE HAD NO EFFECT. EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN COUNTLESS POSTS ONLINE. CVT TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT COST QUOTED AT 4000 DOLLARS. ALMOST THE VALUE OF THE CAR.

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'TAKATA RECALL' WHEN I RECENTLY GOT THIS CAR, AT FIRST I KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE LIKE A NORMAL CAR AND IT WOULDN'T GO PASS BY 30MPH ON THE FREEWAY. I LET A COUPLE OF DAYS PASSED BY UNTIL THE LAST DAY BEFORE I TOLD THE DEALER , I WAS AN ENTIRE DAY TURNING MY CAR ON AND OFF THINKING THAT IT WILL STOP GLITCHING BUT I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS CAUSING A LOT OF TRAFFIC DUE TO IT'S MALFUNCTION. AFTER THAT, THEY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION OR SYSTEM CALLED THE CVT TRANSMISSON, THEY ACTUALLY DID CHANGE THE TRANSMISSON AND AFTER THAT IT WAS WORKING WELL BUT WASN'T SATISFIED WITH IT, IT STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THERE'S TIMES WHEN IT DOESN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE AND I HAVE TO PUSH MY FOOT ALL THE WAY IN WHICH IS SCARY BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES WHERE IT JUST THROWS ME OFF SINCE I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT WANTS TO ACCELERATE LIKE A NORMAL CAR. OVERALL, THEY CHANGED THE CVT TRANSMISSON AND I FELT THAT IT GOT WORST AND NOW I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS CAR , I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH IT BUT THE SAD PART IS THAT I'M STILL PAYING FOR THE CAR.

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THE CAR BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE, WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR RPMS INCREASED THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. TRAFFIC RAPIDLY APPROACHING BEHIND ME.DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME OF TRANSMISSION ISSUE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO WARNING SIGN, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FORCED TO PULL OVER AT NIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

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THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE GRADUAL BREAKING LIGHT WAS ON. I NOTICED MY BACK PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT HAD MOISTER IN IT. SO I TOOK IT PO UR AND DUMPED ABOUT 5 OZ. OF WATER OUT OF IT. I BOUGHT A NEW TAILLIGHT. IT SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR. THE RPMS JUMP FROM 2000 TO 3000 AS IT SHIFTS AND STEADY OUT IT'S BEEN GETTING WORSE AS THE DAYS GO BY. I'M FINDING SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE BUT NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. IT HAS 83000 MILES ON IT. BECAUSE OF THE TAILLIGHT ISSUE AND IT NOT ACCELERATING I FEEL LIKE THERES SOME KIND OF WIRING ISSUE TO THE TRANSMISSION. IT'S NOT THROWING ANY CODES AND THE DEALER SAYS NOTHING'S WRONG WITH IT.

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THE CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT VARIOUS RPMS AND SPEEDS. TRAVELING DOWN A HILL IN THE CITY WITH A STEEP GRADE THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWN SHIFT AND THROW THE RPMS UP TO 5K WHERE YOU CAN BARELY STOP IT. IT SLIPS TO WHERE BASICALLY IT HAS NO POWER TO THE WHEELS WHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH AT 3K RPMS. IT IS LIKE YOU THREW IT INTO NEUTRAL. THERE IS NO POWER TO THE WHEELS BUT ENGINE SPEED SHOOTS TO 6K RPMS AND CAR SPEED DECREASES RAPIDLY. THIS HAPPENS DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND BEEN TOLD IT IS THE WAY THE CVT TRANSMISSION OPERATES. THAT IS A BUNCH OF MESS NO TRANSMISSION IS MEANT TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR. MY PERSONAL MECHANIC SAYS HE REPLACES 3-5 A WEEK OF THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS WITH AS LITTLE AS 40-50K MILES ON THEM. THESE THINGS ARE A DEATH TRAP. MY CAR HAS 107K ON IT AND I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE NISSAN DEALER SINCE 20K. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES FROM THE LOSS OF POWER OF SURGING. I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD AND THIS IS MY ONLY CAR TO GET TO WORK. DEALER WANTS 4.5K AND MECHANIC WANTS 3.8K. I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE THING FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BUSAM NISSAN (1501, 3907, E KEMPER RD, CINCINNATI, OH 45246) 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 THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) FAILED TO CHANGE GEARS. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY SLOW TO ACCELERATE. CREST NISSAN (6600 TX-121, FRISCO, TX 75034, 1-855-878-7690) DIAGNOSED THAT THE CVT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT, DUE TO THE TITLE BEING SALVAGED, THE CONTACT WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE PART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,200.

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CAR DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY, LOOSES SPEED ENGINE REVS HIGH.

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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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