Apr 11, 2019Electrical systemEngineFire
I WAS DRIVING WHEN MY CAR WHICH IS A PUSH TO START COMPLETELY STOPPED. I TRY TO RESTART IT BUT COULDN'T. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND THE BATTERY WAS ON FIRE.
NHTSA ODI 11195711
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What 266 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Nissan Sentra Sr Turbo
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (266)Crash / fire / injury (21)Transmission & drivetrain (125)Engine (47)Electrical system (44)Speed control (27)Airbags (24)Brakes (21)Fuel system (18)Body & structure (10)Electronic Stability Control (esc) (10)Lights (7)
1 of 266 complaints match · Electrical system · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters
Working with the data? Download all 266 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 22, 2026
How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2016 Nissan Sentra Sr Turbo verdict →