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:
26,882 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.
Vehicle struggles to go over 40 mph on hills, with ac on, or for extended drives. I've liked this up on the internet multiple times and other owners of this same year, make, and model have experienced the same things. I've had Nissan look at it multiple times as well and they tell me nothing is wrong.
"takata recall" this issue has nothing to do with current recall. My issue is regarding the transmission. Initial issue happened prior to 50K miles, original transmission failed. Replaced by Nissan, 2nd transmission failed at 96K miles, Nissan wanted to replace again. Requested they take vehicle back. Saw lemon law info showing issues from 2012 - 2018. Fyi vehicle stopped 1st time on freeway. 2nd time in middle of busy intersection both times had to be towed.
While driving stopped at a red light. When it changed to green stepped on accelerator pedal with no response. Brake, oil and battery lights illuminated. Was able to shift into nutral and push vehicle to a safe location. Turns vehicle off, attempted to restart. Vehicle turns over but will not start.
No power, no shifting gears, pulsating, hot smell, RPM goes down when vehicle is accelerated, loss of speed while in motion on the highway and roadways.
When the car is in motion and at any speed, when pressing the gas pedal the car will randomly and without warning lose acceleration for an unknown amount of time even though the gas pedal is all the way to the floor. This happens on the highway and on any roads.
The car wouldn't accelerate immediately after coming off a complete stop. Once I turn the car off and when to turn it back on and put it in gear, it wouldn't shift gears. It starts but wouldn't move.
My cvt transmission went out at 81,361. I took it to 4 different repair shops, one of them being the Nissan dealer I got the car from. All agreed it was a faulty transmission. I was told by the Nissan service department that Nissan would not cover any replacement or repairs, but could repair and replace the transmission for $4800. I went to a different auto repair shop in town and they could do the repair for $2800. I chose to go with the less expensive amount due to the fact that I was told by the Nissan service center I would not get any reimbursement form Nissan for the repair. Now that I have paid $3000 at the other place and opened a case with Nissan's complaint department I was told by Nissan's complaint dept. If I had chose to get it fixed at a Nissan service center they would have covered it. As I stated to the last Nissan rep. If I had been told they would cover it I would have used Nissan's service and not another place. The place I chose is ase certified and Nissan certified to repair my vehicle. They did put in a transmission and within two weeks the replacement transmission was faulty, so now I have had 2 replacement transmissions put in my car. I see many complaints on Nissan's web site regarding the cvt transmissions in 2015 Sentra. How can a recall be issued for what is apparently a mass problem that Nissan will not admit they have? thank you.
I was in motion when all of a sudden my car started to hesitate and not speed up.I can't remember exactly when it happened but it was a few months ago. I have tried to take care of this matter with Nissan corporation but they were not helpful and not being cooperative. I also took my car to a transmission specialist near where I live and they stated it is the transmission that went very bad. I no longer have the vehicle in my possession because I refuse to pay an arm and a leg for a faulty transmission that was beyond my control to get it repaired and I was sold a lemon vehicle.
My transmission seems to slide when driving. The vehicle is a 2015 and was purchased brand new in the spring of 2016. I've contacted the dealership and was informed I am out of warranty and spoke with my mechanic who confirms the transmission is slipping. The listed vehicle is no longer being driven for the safety of my children and I but payments are still being made on the listed note. The last time the vehicle was driven the car hesitated to make a turn which left me in the middle of the road waiting for the vehicle to accelerate. Luckily, it was early in the morning and barely anyone on the road. This occurred getting off a highway.
There is a technicians bulletin for my car and is a known issue but Nissan wants to charge to fix the issue. The issue is the piece is malfunctioning and has to be reprogrammed. When you are trying this problem makes the car stall a bit and could be dangerous if pulling out and the car is not able to obtain a higher speed.
The drivers side window motor bolt ripped out of the door frame and now no longer works and the window can't be set in place to stay up. I'm without a window on the drivers side now. I don't know how the bolt ripped through the frame. Even the wire got ruined.
Car has been making tapping/knocking/squealing noise since about 20,000 miles. Dealership was notified, as well as Nissan Consumer Affairs. (audio was taken of noise). Car was taken to shop. Mechanics could not "replicate sound" that my car was making, even though I had shown mechanics proof, and they heard car making noise at idle and when car was revved up. Mechanic was instructed to take car home for a period of 7 days. He could not "replicate sound" that my car was making. My car had been in and out of the shop (for the same issue) at least 6 times between 2016-2017. And the issue still remained. Now (40,000+ miles since noise first started), I have noticed a significant reduction in horsepower, coupled with the squealing/tapping/knocking noise, that is progressively getting louder. I once again have contacted Nissan Consumer Affairs, who instructed me to take it to a different Nissan repair facility and front the $99 diagnostic fee to have my vehicle diagnosed. I am now without a vehicle, and I still am in the dark as to what is going on with my car. The sound that my car makes occurs when my car is moving, idling, in gear, or in park. I have notified the dealership and Consumer Affairs of this ongoing issue, and feel that they just do not want to look into this, even though there is an issue with my car.
This happened a few months back 1 single time. I put car in reverse to back out of a space. Car reversed fine. Then I tried to put it into drive but it would not go into drive, only up to neutral. I tried turning it off and the waiting a min or 2 and turned it back on to see if it would go to drive. It would not. It would only move in reverse. I kept trying until on one of those tries it finally went into drive and I was able to get going again. Then recently, I think, 8/2/17, wed, I was at bank parked. I put car on reverse to leave bec I had a few more errands to do, car went back fine. Then I tried to put into drive; it would not go to drive. Same thing happened. It would not go into drive. It stopped in neutral and there were many cars trying to get past me, as I was blocking those coming South and those going North of me. I didn't know what to do! so I put it back into reverse and went back as much as I safely could in order to clear a wider space to see if cars could squeeze past me. The waiting cars squeezed through very unsafely for them and for me. Then I just kept trying by turning the car off and on a few mins later. I kept trying to put into drive. It would go to neutral but not into drive. Until one time, when it did and I was able to go to my next stop which was walgreens.exact thing reoccurred; I repeated tries; finally went into drive. I proceeded to go to publix. Same senario happened. It took many tries.finally went into drive and I was able to get home. I got home. Happened again when I reversed from being parked at my bldg blocking everyone. A ups truck driver also blocked. I asked for his help.he made attempts to put into dr. Finally got it. Moved my car out of harm's way. Nissan paper work is dated 8/4/17. It may repeat in a dangerous place. Was city in motion from parked. Maybe gear box is faulty, engine/transmission problem or electrical.
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