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.

In late 2019, the CVT defect was subject to a class action settlement. However the settlement only covers transmission repairs up to 7 years after purchase or 84,000 miles (whichever occurs first).

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.

9.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$2,100
Average Mileage:
66,000 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
  2. re-build transmission (1 reports)
2016 Nissan Sentra transmission problems

transmission problem

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2016 Nissan Sentra Owner Comments

problem #2

Oct 012023

Sentra

  • CVT transmission
  • 80,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Transmission issues and losing speed on highways multiple times. Even though I was still on the gas, my speed would drop rapidly on the freeway before eventually abruptly jerking forward after several minutes.

- Faith J., Tempe, AZ, US

problem #1

Aug 232019

Sentra SV 1.8L

  • CVT transmission
  • 52,000 miles

It's just bad manufacturing assembly, when we had open and we found in the transmission missing a magnet collector on the bottom plate. We started checking all items piece by piece, we found the piston in the body valve is made from light material and it was damaged too from a metal chip. I thinking this is probably big cause for early damaging the transmission.

- Ramiz T., Houston, US

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