What 638 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Nissan Sentra Turbo

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON DUE TO THE SAME AIR FLOW PROBLEM. EVERY TIME CAR IS SCANNED THE CODE COMES UP AS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR, I HAVE REPLACED THIS SENSOR TWICE. I REPLACED THE SENSOR ON 7/8/19 APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND THEN AGAIN ON 10/10/18. BEFORE REPLACING THE PART ON OCT. 10, I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. MY CAR ALSO IDLES, JERKS WHEN PLACED IN PARK & HAS DECREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY.

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CAR STARTING JERKING AND CAME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP OUT THE BLUE AT 136,000-138,000 SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN DON'T EXACTLY REMEMBER. THE FIRST SIGH SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH CAR WAS THE RPM WOULD JUST GO UP HIGH OUT OF BLUE WHILE ACCELERATING WHICH WAS DANGEROUS AD JUST COMMING TO A STOP OUT OF NOWHERE. WE CALLED AROUND TRYING TO GET ISSUE FIXED BUT NOONE COULD HELP CAUSE THERE WAS NO LIGHT ON IN CAR TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT JUST CAME ON AS OF TODAY 10/11/2019 FOR FIRST TIME EVER AT 141,000 AND CAR STOPS DOESNT PULL. DOES ON HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE AND WHILE TURNING.

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IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN AT A STOP AND STARTING TO TAKE OFF IT STALLS THEN JUMPS INTO GEAR AND IT TREMBLES AT TAKE OFF.

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CAR WOULDNT START BUT PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON. JUMPED STARTED CAR AND IT WORKED FINE FOR A WHILE THEN SAME ISSUE DAYS LATER, NISSAN REPLACED THE BATTERY AND WORKED FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS THEN SAME ISSUE BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY AND NEXT TIME CAR WOULDNT START IT MADE THE CLICK SOUND LIKE THE ALTERNATOR WAS BAD BUT ITS TESTED FINE.IM TIRED OF HAVING TO CHARGE THE BATTERY JUST SO I WONT GET STRANDED. NISSAN DEALER CLAIMS CAR HAS TO BE DRIVEN AT LEAST 20 MILES PER DAY TO KEEP BATTERY CHARGED. NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE WITH MY 1989 SENTRA BUT IT HAD OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES

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EVERY TIME YOU START TO OFF IT JERKS AND THEN TREMBLES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE YOU GET HESITANT JERKING AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S SLIPPING

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MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA HAD NO KNOWN PROBLEMS, AND I HAD NO ICONS ON MY DASHBOARD THAT SOMETHING NEEDED ATTENTION... NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT..NONE. AND WHEN I HAD TAKEN MY CAR TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, MY CAR HAD NO SERIOUS ISSUES. AND JUST RECENTLY AS I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BREAK BECAUSE I WAS PARKING MY CAR'S ENGINE TURNED OFF,, BUT THE RADIO WAS STILL ON. I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO TURN ON UNTIL IT DID, BUT AS SOON AS I SHIFTED TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE ENGINE WOULD JUST TURN OFF. AND NOW MY CAR TURNS ON BUT MAKES A WEIRD NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS DRAGGING, BUT ENGINE REMAINS ON, AND EVERY TIME I SHIFT TO DRIVE OR REVERSE MY CAR TURNS OFF. IV'E PURCHASED MY CAR NEW BACK IN 2013, AND IT ONLY HAS 73,000 MILES. I DON'T DRIVE LONG DISTANCES TOO OFTEN OR GET ON THE HIGHWAY TOO MUCH. I WORK ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM WORK WITH TRAFFIC. I HAVE DONE MY OIL CHANGE AT MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND NOTHING EVER CAME UP ON THEIR MULTI INSPECTION. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR.

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TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 67341 MILES

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DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION CUT OUT, RPMS REV'D UP AND SPEED DROPPED EVEN WITH FULL GAS PEDAL PRESSURE. PULLED OVER SAFELY, PLACED CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED DRIVING. MINUTES LATER THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED. SUDDEN DROP OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY IS NOT SAFE AND NISSAN SHOULD STEP UP AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE 2013 CVT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T STEP UP TO OFFER EXTENDED WARRANTEE OFFERS LIKE IN THE EARLIER YEARS. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S CAR AND SHE WILL NOT BE DRIVING THIS WHILE THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. SUCH A SHAME AS SHE SAVED HER MONEY TO BUY THIS PRE-OWNED VEHICLE AND THE THOUGHT OF REPLACING THE TRANNY THIS SOON IS VERY UPSETTING.

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RPM SHIFTS UP AND DOWN AS SPEED GOES UP. ALREDY HAD ISSUE WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 65000 AND HAD TO FIX THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE CAR WON'T SPEED UP OVER 10 MILE. NOW THE MILEAGE IS AT 120K AND ITS STARTING AGAIN. CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR!

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DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, THE TRANSMISSION NOISY, SLIPPING ON HARD ACCELERATION NOT UP SHIFTING WHEN GOING ON THE HIGHWAY VERY DANGEROUS, ENGINE REVS UP BUT CAR IS AT SAME SPEED, HAVE TO PULL OF THE ROAD AND START UP AGAIN SLOWLY. THIS STARTED AT 75000 MILES AND I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER IN ELGIN IL, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT COULD CAST ME UP TO 4500 DOLLARS, IT PASSED THE WARRANTY 5YEARS OR 60000 MILES, NOW I GOT 101000 MILES ON IT DRIVING IT TO WORK AND BACK, WHAT CAN I DO, IS THERE ANY RECALL YET, PLEASE HELP US

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WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA FE + S ON HWY AND EVEN INNER CITY STREETS IT SEEMS TO STALL AND LOSES POWER I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IF THERE IS A WAY TO TAKE IT BACK TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED

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TRANSMISSION HIGH REV BEFORE SHIFT, ABOUT TO GO OUT, DOSNT ACCELERATE, JERKS HARD MAKES LOUD NOISE WHEN IT JERKS WHILE MOVING, TURNING, DOSNT ACCELERATE WHILE TURNING

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AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT IS NOT OPERATING. OCS SENSOR IS NOT OPERATING

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THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR SLIPS, JERKS, HIGH RMPS WITH OUT SHIFTING. THE ECO AND SPORT NO LONGER DO ANYTHING WHEN YOU TRY TO SWITCH IT. IT IS A REAL HAZZARD WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY OR IN LEFT HAND TURNS, I LITERALLY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THERE IS NO TRAFFIC. HIGHLY UPSET THERE IS ONLY 82,000 MILES ON IT.

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THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT A STOP LIGHT, OR WHEN I AM TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, IT WILL NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE, EVEN IF I HOLD DOWN THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THEN IT WILL JERK AND ACCELERATE AGAIN. ON HIGHWAY, IT WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=GXR7E0QWOKA THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO MY VEHICLE, IF I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY, IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND INSTEAD ONLY GOES UP A BIT OF RPM AND DOESN'T GO UP ALL THE WAY.

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DRIVING HOME THE OTHER NIGHT AND WHEN I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. FIRST IT STARTED REVVING REALLY HIGH AND NOT SHIFTING, THEN IT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE GAS IT WOULD NOT GO. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A CAR THE WOULD NOT GO. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO CRAWL TO AN OFFRAMP AND ONTO A SIDE STREET. I HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. AFTER EXAMINING IT, THEY SAID IT WAS MAKING A WINING SOUND AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

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TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT SMOOTHLY. JERKS AT HIGH OR LOW SPEEDS. RPMS REV UP PAST 5 WHICH REQUIRES ME TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR FOR VEHICLE TO SHIFT. AS OF JAN 3 2019. AIR BAGS WERE FIXED DURING RECALL. IN 2016. HOWEVER LIGHTS CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AND NEVER WENT OFF. DEALER CONTINUES TO WANT ME TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.

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TRANSMISSION - ACCELERATION WILL SUDDENLY CEASE / RPM'S WILL BE STUCK AT 2500 BUT CAR IS ONLY GOING 30 MPH. VERY UNSAFE WHEN I TRIED TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR CANNOT GET UP TO SPEED NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PUSH ACCELERATOR. VERY CONCERNED NISSAN IS NOT ADDRESSING THIS PREVALENT ISSUE WITH 2013 SENTRA'S. MY KIDS DRIVE THIS CAR!

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THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS FAILING .IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER WHEN CHANGING GEARS. THE RPMS WILL RISE AND FALL BY ITSELF OFTEN. VERY SLOW ACCELERATION DUE TO THE SLIPPAGE OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION. DANGEROUS TO TRY AND MERGE WITH OR PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC.

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I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND HEARD A POP, I WAS CONCERNED SO I PULLED FORWARD TO SEE IF I HEARD ANYTHING ELSE. MY CAR MOVED FORWARD ABOUT A FOOD AND CAME TO A GRINDING HALT. MY CONTROL ARM DISCONNECTED FROM THE WHEEL CAUSING MY WHEEL TO SLIDE INTO MY WHEEL WELL AND PULL THE AXLE OUT OF PLACE. HAD I BEEN DRIVING AT SPEED LIKE SOME OTHER FOLKS I HAVE HEARD OF, I WOULD BE DEAD OR INJURED SERIOUSLY. WHEN I CONFRONTED NISSAN THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AND WE'RE ABSOLUTELY RUDE IN THE SERVICE CENTER. I HAVE GOTTEN IT FIXED BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE BECAUSE WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS ON ANOTHER WHEEL??

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I TOOK MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA IN TO MY AUTO MECHANIC (WHO HAS BEEN MY MECHANIC FOR 25 YEARS) BECAUSE IT WAS SHIFTING ROUGHLY AND SLIPPING. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AND RECOMMENDED I TAKE IT TO THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY, NISSAN WOULD EITHER COVER THE COST OR COVER PART OF IT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO PINNACLE NISSAN, WHO HAS SERVICED KIT IN THE PAST. THEY UPDATED SOME CODES BUT SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS STILL SLIPPING (THIS WAS ON A FRIDAY). THEY SAID THEY WOULD DRIVE IT AND SEE IF THEY COULD DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. I GOT ANOTHER CALL MONDAY MORNING, SAYING EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I COULD NOT GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER AS TO WHY IT WAS SLIPPING FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT "FINE" MONDAY MORNING. I TRIED CALLING NISSAN CORPORATE FOR SOME HELP WITH THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY PROBLEM. SO, THE CAR WAS STILL DRIVING EXACTLY THE SAME AND, AT ONE POINT, WOULD NOT SHIFT! I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AND, FORTUNATELY, HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE TO MY AUTO MECHANIC. THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY "CAUGHT" AND SHIFTED SO I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO MY MECHANIC'S. HE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BUT IT COST ME $4200!!! THANKS, NISSAN, FOR THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND FOR LYING TO ME AND FOR NOT HELPING ME AT ALL! SO, AFTER PAYING $4200 TO REPLACE MY FAULTY TRANSMISSION, I ASKED MY MECHANIC TO ALSO LOOK AT MY AC, WHICH WAS NOT WORKING WELL. I LIVE IN PHOENIX, WHERE IT IS 115 IN THE SUMMER, SO THE AC IS PRETTY CRUCIAL. I WAS HOPING I JUST NEEDED A LITTLE FREON. NOPE. YET ANOTHER DESIGN FLAW FROM NISSAN, I HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR, THE CONDENSER, AND SWITCH. SO, I HAVE POURED $5300 INTO A CAR THAT'S WORTH ABOUT $5700! I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN GOOD FAITH, BELIEVING THAT NISSAN IS AN EXCELLENT, RELIABLE BRAND. I AM SO DISGUSTED I CAN'T STAND IT!

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DRIVER AIRBAG LIGHTS KEEP TURNING ON AND OFF ON THE DASHBOARD. IT TURNS ON WHEN I START MY CAR OR WHILE I'M DRIVING, AND STAYS ON. THERE ARE SOME DAYS WHERE IT DOES NOT COME ON IN THE MORNING, AND THEN IT WILL COME ON IN THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 2 DAYS IN A ROW.

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I EXPERIENCED RPM INCREASING AND DECREASING WHILE DRIVING. WHILE THIS OCCURRED I ALSO EXPERIENCED THE CAR JERKING AS IF IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. EVENTUALLY IT STALLED AND STARTED GOING IN REVERSE ONLY. WHEN I TURNED IT OFF I GOT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. I DIDNT WANT TO RISK FURTHER DAMAGE SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC. HE DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE QUOTED ME $3500 TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION DIRECTLY FROM NISSAN

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FAULTY TRANSMISSION

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MY TRANSMISSION WILL NO LONGER OPERATE SAFELY. IT JERKS, MAKES NOISE, AND IT STILL HAS GENERALLY LOW MILEAGE. THE CAR DEVELOPED THE SOUND FIRST, SO I TOOK IT INTO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SERVICED. THEY INFORMED ME AT THAT TIME THAT THE NOISE WAS IN FACT THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WAS GOING BAD.

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