2002 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

2002 SPEC-V HEATER TEMP CONTROL CABLES BROKE. DROVE CAR TO 10000 MILES.. IN DEC WAS GIVEN A RENTALCAR..TOLD PARTS WOULD BE IN ANY DAY. BEEN WITHOUT THE PARTS FOR OVER 90 DAYS.. NO ETA ON PARTS ..NO ETA ON REPAIR..ONLY GET THE RUN AROUND FROM NISSAN

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELTS WERE WORN AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THE OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT FLEW OPEN AND SEVERELY INJURED THE CONSUMER, WHO SUSTAINED HEAD LACERATIONS, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE POLICE ARRIVED BUT NO ONE WAS CITED. *AK

HAD JUST EXITED OFF HWY - WAS DRIVING AB 45 MPH - AS I SLOWED DOWN TO APPROACH A STOP LIGHT - CAR CUT OFF/SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY - CAR WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL APPROX 45 MINUTES LATER. CAR TOWED TO VICTORY NISSAN DEALER - CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILED - WAS REPLACED. (CRANK POSITION SENSOR - RECALL FOR PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS.) EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE WAS ADJUSTED - CHARGE TO CUSTOMER $39.80. HAD PREMIUM MAINTENANCE AND STATE INSPECTION AT PENCE NISSAN OCT 29, 2003 - AT WHICH TIME NEITHER PROBLEM WAS RECOGNIZED. BROUGHT TO PENCE'S ATTENTION THAT GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT WAS OUT. WAS TOLD THAT BULB NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. PENCE NISSAN (APPROX 5 MILES TO RESIDENCE) - POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE - SERVICE MANAGER HAS NOT RETURNED MY PHONE CALL (LEFT VM MESSAGE). REPAIR INVOICES NEED TO BE MORE DETAILED/COMPLETE. VICTORY NISSAN (APPROX 25 MILES) - VERY ACCOMMODATING. VICTORY NISSAN ORDERED AND WILL REPLACE BULB UNDER "GOODWILL BY NISSAN." * FOR PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS: ODI NUMBER 10052456 AND ODI NUMBER 10052460, BOTH COMPLAINTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MARKED "OEM." PURCHASE DATE SHOULD BE REVISED TO OCT 27, 2003. CURRENT MILEAGE WAS AN APPROXIMATION.*AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER STOPPING. AS PER INVOICE AND CHARGE TO CUSTOMER: BG3 BG FUEL SYSTEM SERVICE SPECIAL 1 CP $49.52; 1 9182-6X FUEL IND SVC $46.43. SERVICE ADVISOR ADVISED CUSTOMER TO DISCONTINUE USE OF REGULAR GAS (87 OCTANE) AND TO START USING PREMIUM GAS.PROBLEM OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. INCIDENT DATE INDICATED IS ACTUALLY DATE OF SERVICE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT OEM MEANS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THE "COMPONENT." *AK

CAR RUNNING HOT - SEVERAL TIMES - RAN OUT OF FLUID - REPLACED FLUID - SAME PROBLEM - DEALER REPLACED LOWER RADIATOR HOSE. PURCHASE DATE WAS OCT 2001 - DO NOT RECALL EXACT DATE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY.*AK WHILE DRIVING 35-45 MPH THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHTS THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES. ONE TIME IT STALLED FOUR TIMES WITHIN ONE MILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT ALL WINTER WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHEN THE WEATHER BECAME WARM THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AGAIN. THE DEALER WAS STILL UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE STALLING PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *PH *NM

YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 NISSAN SENTRA MY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 40 MPH. LUCKILY THERE WAS LITTLE TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO MANUEVER INTO A PARKING LOT AFTER CROSSING 3 LANES. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE CRANKSHFT POSITION SENSOR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB I NOTICED A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE ON THE 2000 NISSAN SENTRA (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V357000). YOU WOULD THINK THIS ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED AFTER 2 MODEL YEARS.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. THE SITUATION IS WORSE ON COLD MORNINGS, EVEN AFTER LETTING THE CAR WARM UP, AS SUGGESTED BY DEALER. AT TIMES, AFTER VECHICLE IS MOVING THE GEAR SELECTOR CAN NOT BE PLACED IN NEXT GEAR, CAUSING VECHICLE TO ROLL DOWN STREET UNDER NO POWER UNTIL THE GEAR LEVER WILL ENGAGE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON I-270 DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR, WHEN MY 2002 NISSAN 5 SPEED JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE AND HAD TO VEER RIGHT TO GET MY CAR OFF ONTO THE BERM. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS, AND $310 LATER I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A BAD WIRING HARNESS. THIS IS WHAT MADE MY CAR SHUT OFF. TO ME THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, MY SON AND I COULD HAVE LOST OUR LIVES, NOT TO MENTION THE PEOPLE I CUT IN FRONT OF TO TRY TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OF THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE, THE CAR LITERALLY JUST SHUT OFF. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL/ ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND BRAKES FAILED. THIS FORCED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, AND WAITED AN HOUR TO RESTART. *AK