2013 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY STOPPING THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RAIRDON'S NISSAN OF AUBURN LOCATED AT 713 35TH ST NE, AUBURN, WA 98002, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I AM HAVING IGNITION PROBLEMS. SOME TIMES THE CAR CRANK, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.

MY TRANSMISSION HAS JUST STOPPED WORKING I LOST POWER AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE AND I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED MY CAR AND DROVE HOME. I BROUGHT IT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD MY CVT HAS TO BE REPLACED AT $4,700 AND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT COVERS TO 84,000 MILES BUT MY CAR IS NOW AT 94,000 BUT I THINK MY TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE FIXED FOR FREE

PURCHASED OUR 2013 NISSAN SENTRA SV IN MAY, 2016. IT CAME WITH A 7 YEAR CPO, EXPIRATION MAY 30, 2020. WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF PURCHASE I HAD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SHIFTING/TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUE. WHEN GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE CAR TACHOMETER WOULD REV TO 4500 RPM BUT NUT GO ANY FASTER, THEN SHAKE/THUNK, AND GO INTO 2ND GEAR. FROM THAT TIME UNTIL APRIL, 2020, I WENT IN TO 4 SEPARATE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS IN 2 STATES WITH THIS PROBLEM. EACH ONE SAID THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE NISSAN SAID THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION STOPS WORKING. IN APRIL, 2020, MY LAST VISIT, I EXPLAINED A NEW PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE CAR COULD NOT MAINTAIN 65 MILES PER HOUR WITHOUT GOING INTO OVERDRIVE OR A HIGHER GEAR, AND WAS SHIFTING MULTIPLE TIMES INTO MULTIPLE GEARS. BUT STILL NOTHING WOULD BE DONE BY NISSAN AS THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT FAIL. THEN, ON JULY 22, 2020, THE TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 2ND TWICE. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND EXPLAINED MY SITUATION. A CASE SHEET WAS DEVELOPED AND I SENT IN INFORMATION TO THEM. 8 DAYS LATER THEY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID MY CPO WARRANTY ENDED END OF MAY, 2020, SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. BY THE WAY, MY CASE SHEET NUMBER WAS 40830236. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THIS WEEK COSTING US OVER $4000. VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED. I KNOW OUR CPO ENDED END OF MAY, 2020. BUT NISSAN REFUSED TO LOOK AT TRANSMISSION UNTIL TOTAL FAILURE. I AM SENDING YOU COPIES OF OUR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT BILL, A COPY FROM NISSAN NOTING TRANSMISSION NEEDING REPLACEMENT, AND OUR CPO WARRANTY. THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE US.

SOMETIMES THE SHIFT KNOB WILL LOCK AND WILL NOT MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION. I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE SHIFT WAS STUCK FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE COULD PUT IT INTO 'DRIVE'.

VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUST DIED AS WIFE WAS MAKING A LEFT ON TO BUSY HIGHWAY FOUND OUT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT JUST EXPIRED IN APRIL THIS THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER !! DEALERSHIP STILL ALLOWED TO SELL EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL NOT FIX ISSUE SINCE CALL ACTION LAW SUIT EXPIRED DO NOT BUY !!!

FIRST TIME WAS IN SAN MARCOS ON I-10 FREEWAY WHILE ON THE WAY TO WORK WHILE IN THE MIDDLE LANE THE RPM SHOT UP THEN BACK DOWN AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN REAL FAST TO ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WITH NO BREAK LIGHTS SHOWING ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED, LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF WITH OUT AN ACCIDENT, AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES STARTED AND DROVE NORMAL. AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEK COMING HOME DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TOWED IT TO GUNN NISSAN IN SAN ANTONIO TX AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY DID NOTHING, SO THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $1100 TO FIX IT, SO I PAYED EVEN THO NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. 6 DAYS AFTER IT WAS SO CALLED FIXED AND AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY RPM SHOT UP THE CAR SLOWED TO 20 TO 25 PMH AND ALMOST REAR END BECAUSE NO BREAK LIGHTS CAME ON. RETURNED IT TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND NOW THEY SAY IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION $4000. MILEAGE THE FIRST ABOUT 82,000, AND THE LAST TIME 85,500 NISSAN NEW EXTENDED WARRANTY 7 YEARS OR 84,000 MILES AND IN CALIFORNIA 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES WHY ONLY CALIFORNIA. THE ISSUE WITH NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSIONS ARE VERY SERIOUS AND COULD HAVE COSTED MY STEPDAUGHTER HER LIVE. I PAYED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND 6 DAYS LATER THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION.

THE CAR ACCELERATES SLOWER. ON ECO MODE, THE CAR GETS STUCK ON A GEAR; SOMETIMES IT WILL GET STUCK ON THE SECOND OR THIRD GEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY IT REVVED UP TO 5000 RPM AS I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY AND I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK ON GEAR 3.

WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, I PUSHED MY BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW FOR MY NEXT TURN. THE PEDAL WAS SLIGHTLY INEFFECTIVE, MEANING THE PRESSURE IN THE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND THE BRAKE DID NOT HALT MY CAR IN A SAFE TIMEFRAME. I HAD TO RELEASE AND PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN TO FEEL PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM, AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW JUST IN TIME TO MAKE MY NEXT TURN. THIS WAS DEFINITELY SCARY AS I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE BEFORE.

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TWICE BEFORE. THE FIRST TIME THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO KEEP DRIVING IT UNTIL IT GOT WORSE. THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. I BROUGHT IT TO A TRANSMISSION EXPERT 5 DAYS LATER WHO TOOK PICTURES AS PROOF THAT IT WAS FAILING. THE NEXT DAY IS WHEN IT BROKE DOWN. NISSAN IS PRODUCING CARS WITH FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS AND THEN MAKING THEIR CUSTOMERS PAY FOR IT. THIS CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE IN DANGER. *TR