What 638 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Nissan Sentra Turbo

THESE ARE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS I'M EXPERIENCING; LOSS OF POWER, TRANSMISSION JERKING, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, CVT COOLANT HOSE LEAKS AND FAILURES. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN MOTION ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND MY CAR COULDN'T GO OVER 35MPH. NOT ONLY WAS I ENDANGER MY CHILD WAS ALSO IN THE BACK SEAT TO DO THE FACT MY CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL!! I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME NOW BUT THE LOSS OF POWER WAS THE LAST STRAW. AND THEN I START DOING RESEARCH ON MY CAR AND FIND OUT NISSAN HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEIR ISN'T SOME TYPE OF RECALL ON THESE UNSAFE VEHICLES. ITS A DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

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MY DAUGHTER OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA CTV. HER VEHICLE STARTED DRIVING SLOW, JERKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE ALL DRIVING. IT WOULD ACCELERATES BUT MOVE VERY SLOW. THE MPR WOULD REV UP BUT OBO WOULDNT MOVE. NISSAN DEALERSHIPS INSPECTED IT AND STATED IT WOULD BE 4500 TO FIX. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD IT FIX. HER CAR ONLY HAD 69000 MILES AT THE TIME WE HAD OT FIX. THIS WAS A GREAT DEAL OF A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE, THE RPMS INCREASED, AND THE VEHICLE JERKED AND DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED IPAC NISSAN AT 210-681-6300 (LOCATED AT 6990 NW LOOP 410, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78238) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.

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ON 07/09/2019, WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60 MPH - 65 MPH, TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT OVERPASS, THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA SL SHIFTED, TO WHAT SEEMS TO ME, TO BE, THE 1ST GEAR. THE RPM IMMEDIATELY SHOT UP TO 7,000 RPM. I IMMEDIATELY RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT IT CONTINUED TO REV AROUND 5,000-7,000 RPM. I WAS LUCKY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING ME. THE TORQUE ALONE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO 40MPH, I CAME TO A STOP, PLACED IT IN PARK, AND TURNED OF MY VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THIS OCCURRED AT THE JUNCTION ON INTERSTATE - 45 SOUTH, ON 2ND RIGHT LANE FOR EXITS TO 610 - EAST AND WEST. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHIN .5 - 1 MILES OF THESE COORDINATES ON I-45 SOUTH: 29.820626, -95.378574. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN ON THE SAME DAY TRAVELING NORTH ON THE AIRLINE HOV LANE. I'VE ATTACHED A SCREEN SHOT OF A VIDEO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE DURING THE SECOND INCIDENT OF THE THAT DAY. VEHICLE IN MOTION AT HIGH SPEEDS 60-65 MPH IN HOUSTON TX ON INTERSTATE-45 SOUTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT OVER PASS. HOWEVER, THIS SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON A FLAT ROAD TRAVELING AT LOWER SPEEDS IN SITUATIONS OF STOPPING THEN ACCELERATING TO HIGHER SPEEDS (35 MPH OR 45 MPH). IT'S SLUGGISH TO SHIFT GEARS WITH A JERK MOTION WHEN IT FINALLY DOES SHIFT. THE UNSAFE CONDITION WAS INTRODUCED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED MY CAR NOT TO ACCELERATE ON THE HOUSTON HIGH, IN A SITUATION WHERE CARS ARE MERGING OR SWITCHING LANES TO TAKE EXITS. I SPOKE TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, AND THEY INVOICED ME AT $4,000-$5,000 DOLLARS. I INQUIRED A BIT MORE, AND THEY LET ME KNOW THAT I'M "LUCKY," AS THEY HAVE HAD SENTRA'S COME IN WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES. I ALSO SPOKE WITH NISSAN CUSTOMER AFFAIRS, EXPLAINED THE ISSUES TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WARRANTY I WAS UNAWARE OF, BUT NONE. SENTRA SL, 91,480 MILES. (ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION OCCURRED EVEN AT 39K)

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TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ON ITS OWN. ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. GEAR NOT FULLY GRABBING.

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THE TRANSMISSION HAS APPROXIMATELY 88K MILES AND IN THE LAST 10K THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SKIPPING GEARS, HAVING PROGRESSIVE DIFFICULTY SHIFTING UP AND DOWNHILL; THERE'S JARRING AND JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING AND DE-ACCELERATING. IT MOST OFTEN HAPPENS ON DECLINES INCLINES STOPS DURING DRIVING, AND TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I'VE SEEN THAT MANY 2013 NISSAN OWNERS EXPERIENCE SIMILAR ISSUES

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SUPPLEMENTAL AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WONT GO OFF. WAS IN MOTION ON I 95

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TOTAL TRANS MISSION FAILURE 2 TIMES. ONCE AT 60K MILES, COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WENT IN BEFORE WARRANTY WAS OVER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT MY TRANSMISSION. THEY RAN A TEST AND SAID IT WAS FINE AND SENT ME HOME. TOLD ME THAT WAS THE WAY IT DRIVES AND IT'S FINE. I DONT EVEN THINK THEY DROVE IT OR THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

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WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE MAJOR HIGHWAY ROAD RPM WILL GO ALL WAY TO 6 THEN BACK DOWN TO 2 BACK AND FORTH AND THE CAR WILL JERK WITHOUT ME PUSHING THE GAS AND USUALLY GOING AT NORMAL RATE OF SPEED , TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND A JERKING , SOMETIMES WHEN COMING TO AN INTERSECTION THE RPM HAND WOULD GO UP TO 6 WITHOUT WARNING , ALMOST PROPELLING ME ON THRU THE INTERSECTION VERY DANGEROUS , I AM AFRAID FOR MY LIFE WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS PROBLEM

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I WAS DRIVING FOR 2 HOURS STRAIGHT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN SO I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF WAITED FOR LIKE A MINUTE AND THE CAR STARTED TO PICK UP SPEED WITH JERKING THEN I CONTINUE FOR A WHILE WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND TRIED TO PROCEED IT WOULDN'T GO SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF AGAIN WAITED AND IT SLOWLY PICKED UP SPEED AFTER ME FLOORING THE PEDAL THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BUT I DID GET A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL AWHILE BACK BUT IT STATED IF THE CAR IS AT 150,000 MILES THEN SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WOULD MALFUNCTION MY VEHICLE IS AT 98,000 I WAS TRAVELING ON THE ROAD IN MOTION WHILE ALL THIS OCCURRED I EVENTUALLY HAD TO GET A TOW HOME

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DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS JERKING WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO A DEALERSHIP, AND WE WERE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. THE LABOR AND PART COST US $3,800. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THESE TRANSMISSIONS.

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THE CAR SHOWED P2859 WHICH INVOLVED CVT TRANSMISSION CODE. I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUES ABOUT THE CVT WHICH UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING THRU THE HIGHWAY..

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THE RPM IN MY NISSAN SENTRA 2013 STARTED TO FLUCTUATE WHILE DRIVING IT WASN'T DOING IT TOO MUCH AT FIRST BUT NOW IT DOES IT CONTINUOUSLY AND IT'S SO ANNOYING WHEN I'M DRIVING I TOOK IT TO MY NEAREST NISSAN LOCATION AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT I HAVE TO GET IT REPLACED WHICH SUCKS BECAUSE IT' JUST REACHED 100K MILES I HAVE ALWAYS HAD GREAT MAINTENANCE WITH IT I DON'T WANT TO PAY ALMOST 5K FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WHEN THE MILEAGE ISN'T EVEN SUPER HIGH, I DID MY RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE EXACT MODEL AND MAKE AND WITH NEWER NISSANS TOO WITH LOWER MILEAGE SO IT'S JUST NOT FAIR I LOVE MY NISSAN SENTRA BUT THIS IS JUST NOT FAIR I REALLY BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THESE CARS WITH HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION DEFECTS. PLEASE PLEASE NISSAN LOOK INTO THIS

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CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 50MPH WITH FOOT ALL THE WAY DOWN. RPM WAS BOUNCING AL OVER THE PLACE AND CAR WAS BEING VERY JERKY AT LOWER SPEEDS ON FREEWAY. AS SOON AS I REACHED ABOUT 40MPH THE RPM NEEDLE DID NOT MOVE AT ALL WHILE GETTING TO 50MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN A YEAR THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAS HAD ISSUES.

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I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR LAST YEAR THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE OF GOOD GAS MILAGE AND TRANSMISSION . I HAVE BUYING NISSAN SINCE 1993 AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE 2 ALTIMAS 1 SENTRA 1 QUEST EVERY OTHER CAR IS DOING GOOD EXCEPT SENTRA I HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ITS NOT CHANGING THE GEARS AND AC IS NOT BLOWING COLD AIR. PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THESE ISSUES BECAUSE I STILL HAVE 4 MORE YEARS OF PAYMENTS AND KNOWING NISSAN CARS THEY USUALLY GO TO 200K WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V242000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ACME NISSAN (2050 US-130, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ, (732) 821-9300) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE THE RECALL REPAIR COULD BE COMPLETED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

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VEHICLE STUTTERS AND JOLTS WHEN NEEDING TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY. RPMS SHOOT UP TO 7-8 ON INCLINES AT 60-70MPH WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED. VEHICLE STUTTERS AT SLOW ACCELERATIONS AFTER STOP SIGNS AND RED LIGHTS. ON 2 SEPARATE INSTANCES, WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE REVS TO 4+ RPMS BUT IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST 40MPH. VEHICLE HAS 77K MILES AND IS CURRENT ON ALL SERVICES. TOOK TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED A FAILED TRANSMISSION WITH REPAIR OF $4800.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TOWN CENTER NISSAN (2310 BARRETT LAKES BLVD, KENNESAW, GA 30144, (770) 423-9691) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND GEAR SHIFT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH, THE ODOMETER DISPLAYED INCORRECT READINGS AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED THEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT GO INTO THE PROPER GEARS. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A TRANSMISSION RANGE PERFORMANCE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWO MONTHS LATER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,411.

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ONE DAY I GOT IN MY CAR WITH MY MOTHER AND IT TOLD ME THAT THE PASSAGER AIR BAG WAS OFF BUT SHE WAS SITTING IN IT. I HAD JUST TURNED IT ON AND THE DAY BEFORE THAT IT WAS FINE. ALSO THE ONE ON MY DASH SAID THAT THERE WAS A AIR BAG PROBLEM. IT WASN'T HIT OR TOUCHED IT WAS TRULY OVER NIGHT INFRONT OF MY HOUSE THEN THE LIGHTS FOR THE AIR BAG WERE ON WHEN I STARTED MY CAR.

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"MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR RECALL" AND COMPONENTS THERE OF OR INTAKE FUEL/PERFORMANCE REDUCTORS...CHECK ENGINE CODE P0101. WHILE RUNNING THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER AND STRUGGLES TO GO FASTER ENTERING FREEWAYS OR UP HILLS ALSO HAVE TO USE MORE GAS LATELY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP...REPLACED THE PART TO NO AVAIL...LIGHT IS OFF A DAY OR TWO THEN RETURNS... WHICH MEANS ISSUE IS NOT FIXED.

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TAKATA RECALL WHEN I FIRST STEP IN THE CAR TO TAKE A TEST DROVE, IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS OK . IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM BUT WHEN I DROVE IT HOME , ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND IT TOOK ABOUT 60 SECOND FOR THE GEAR TO SWITCH. THE CAR SEEN AS THOUGHT IT WAS OVERHEATING WHEN I HAVEN'T EVEN DROVE IT LONG . I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND HE SAID “ I WAS COVERED WITH WARRANTY “ AND THAT “I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING ANYTHING.” HE GAVE ME A LOAN CAR AND HAVE BEEN EXTENDED IT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE MY CAR STILL HAVEN'T BEEN FIX YET . I ALSO FOUND THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BY THE WARRANT BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY SAID THE CAR WASN'T IN GOOD CONDITION WHEN I BROUGHT IT. THEY DENIED THE REQUEST OF FIXING THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER REFUSES TO GIVE ME ANOTHER TEMP TAG AND TOLD ME TO LEAVE HIM PREMISES. I HAVE BEEN PAYING ON A CAR THAT I HAVE NOT HAD FOR TWO MONTHS AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN UNJUST SITUATION. I HOPE THAT THE OTHER CUSTOMERS AREN’T GETTING TREATED LIKE MYSELF .

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VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE ON DASHBOARD STARTED TO ACTING OUT; I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS LEAKING GAS, BUT I COULD NOT SMELL IT. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRIC. I CALLED NISSAN OF HUNTINGTON TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND MAKING AN APPOINTMENT, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE (3:45PM), SO I HAD TO BRING MY CAR TO CENTERPORT AUTOMOTIVE. THEY SCANNED MY CAR'S COMPUTER SYSTEM AND: "CODE PO 463 FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTION CODE". AS A RESULT, THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT ASSEMBLY IN FUEL TANK. MY CAR WAS 35472 MILES AT THE TIME THIS WORK WAS DONE. HAD TO PAY 681.37 DOLLARS + NYS SALE TAXES. I WOULD LOVE TO BE REIMBURSED SINCE A FUEL PUMP LASTS MORE THAN 125,000 MILES. THOUSANDS OF 2013 NISSAN SENTRA CARS HAVE A FUEL SYSTEM RECALL, BUT NOT THIS PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER.

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THE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON IN THE DASH BOARD AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON EVEN A PASSENGER IS SEATED IN THE CAR.

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SHIFTING FREQUENTLY LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DISTRACTION AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR IN THREATENING SITUATIONS. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS UNABLE TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE TO PASS A SEMI-TRUCK WHILE FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC CAUSING ME TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION DANGEROUSLY AVERTS MY ATTENTION FROM SAFE DRIVING.

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