CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2013-2017 Nissan Sentra has an expensive CVT transmission failure defect that shows up plainly in our complaint data from the earlier model years in this same 7th generation Sentra.
Because many owners commonly drive 20,000 miles/year or more, Sentra owners experiencing CVT transmission problems may find they are not covered by this settlement due to the mileage limitation.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
48,247 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Cvt transmission problems. Vehicle was jerking, would change shifts, didn't want to go over 20 and then couldn't get it to run. Car turned off on its own at a light. This happened on the freeway putting in danger since dropped speed and had hard time going up bridges. Then it did it in city limits. Stop signs and at lights.
At 80,000 mile mark car would sputter on highway when accelerating, RPM flaring, engine would rev up on highway when accelerating. Car would also judder. Seems clearly a cvt issue.
The car had been running ok but then out of nowhere the car just stopped and the engine light came on. It could not be driven due to the cvt transmission failing. Had to pay $225 to get it towed to my house at 1:00 am then another $150 to get it towed to the dealer to get a diagnosis for Nissan. They told me that the vehicle was given an extended warranty for 7 years/ 84,000 miles. I am still within the 7 year timeframe but I have 86,439 miles on my car. One original owner before me. Clean car fax report and the car was driven mostly highway miles. I have had it a little over a year and a half and barely put 10,000 miles on it. This car stopped while my 17 year old daughter was driving on a busy highway. She is very lucky that nothing bad happened to her. I have done research and Nissan has nothing but problems with these cvt transmissions and eventually something bad is going to happen to someone because of this. I feel that they are responsible for the cost of this repair as they knowingly are selling these vehicles with transmissions and they have caused more problems for more people. I have an open case with Nissan but I don't know if they will take responsibility for this or not.
Vehicle in motion on highway about 65-70 mph RPM starts going up and down speed starts to decrease as I press to accelerate vehicle starts decreasing speed not wanting to go over 65 mph and RPM continues to fluctuate back and forth from 3rpm to 2 RPM like it wants to go faster but can't. this has been going on for a week. This morning 2/18/21 stationed waiting on light to change when I pull off the vehicle jerks when proceeding to pull of from stationed position. This happens even in the cruise position.
The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Sentra. The contact's mother was driving 70 mph, when the transmission failed and the vehicle stalled. The contact's mother was able to move the vehicle to side of the roadway and restart the vehicle. The vehicle was driven to the residence in low gear. The vehicle was taken to grossman Nissan service and parts department (295 middlesex ave, old saybrook, ct 06475) to be repaired however, the failure persisted. The contact then took the vehicle to an unknown dealer who diagnosed the failure as a faulty transmission. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 40,000.
This is ourt second Nissan Sentra our first one had the transmission replaced a little over 80,000 miles and now this one does the same thing it has a whine to it that is progressively getting louder and the transmission sometimes feels like it slips all of this happens on any street road speed
The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, a grinding sound was coming from the transmission. The vehicle failed accelerate as designed. The vehicle was examined by an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. An unknown dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.
While driving70 mph the vehicle stalled without warning I pulled over to the side. Wait for couple minutes and step on the gas vehicle failed to accelerate. Turned the engine off wait for 10 min turned the engine on and vehicle respond. This is happening since vehicle was 7 months old. Took it to the dealer they said everithig is fine. Im still having the same problem even worse
Car does not accelerate and drags/sputters RPM goes to 4 or 5 when trying to increase speed to 40 or 50 mph. Car should not have these issues when it has had scheduled maintenance.
Check engine light keeps coming on for a airflow issue. While driving the acceleration feels completely off as if it slows down or drags in one gear and has hard time switching. I am not to sure what is going on but I am now afraid to Transport or drive my personal vehicle on an upcoming 4 hour trip.I drive mostly local roads minimal highway. I am a very busy person and need guidance on how I should move forward please.
Car engine is not accelerating and transmission seems to be stuck in a certain gear. Took it into Nissan last year and they replaced the valve body in the transmission. Now it appears it's having the same exact problem again. Very scary as I almost got into a few accidents. Also the engine is having the same low idle issues but nothing is as bad as the transmission issues. Very very very scary
The cvt transmission on my 2015 Nissan Sentra completely failed. Prior to the complete failure, it has switched gears on it's own when I was driving on a crowded highway, almost causing the semi behind me to hit me and almost causing a multi-car pileup due to the amount of traffic traveling at that time.. during the same trip, it lost power on the highway. It has lost power driving through my city streets, almost causing other cars to hit me- and it stalled when I was in heavy traffic- forcing other cars to go into the other lane of traffic to get around me because the car had to be pushed into a nearby parking lot. A federal judge has found the cvt transmission to be faulty. Why has Nissan not had to recall this transmission and why do they not have to pay for repairs when their transmission is at fault.
2015 Nissan Sentra S at 65,000 miles on four random occassions within the past six months I have experienced these two issues while driving the highway at 70 mph, loss of power and hwy stalling. This vehicle's transmission should not be creating this. I have had to stop driving on the highway due to this. Transmission/hwy loss of power while accelerating
Randomly the car will rev, but not speed up. This usually happens going up hills, resulting in the car not being able to move, creating a very dangerous situation, especially if merging onto a highway. This has happened a few times now, and we've garaged the car, waiting to replace the transmission.
Transmission was replaced by previous owner, 89,000miles. Vehicle has 114,000mi now, 25,000mi approx on current transmission. When starting to accelerate, it will take 1-2 seconds (often) for the car to begin moving. This seems to occur at random, unrelated to outside temperature, or engine temperature. While braking, engine might "kick up" to higher rpms at random as well. Cvt transmission is very defective and needs to be investigated asap. I have no documents to provide at this time as it will cost several hundred dollars to get an assessment of the transmission, let alone a replacement. Issues have been present beginning at the time of my ownership, Oct 2019 - present.
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- Rosenberg, TX, USA