2013 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

MY NISSAN SENTRA 2013 HAS BEEN RECENTLY GIVING ME ISSUES WHILE I AM DRIVING. AT 87K, THIS CAR DE-ACCELERATE SUDDENLY WHILE I AM DRIVING AND CAUSES THE RPM TO GO UP WHILE THE SPEED DECREASES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND THEY STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND GET IT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND QUOTED ME 4K FOR THIS. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND THE CASE WAS ESCALATED TO SOMEONE NAMED AMANDA IN CONSUMER AFFAIRS IN TENESSEE. SHE QUICKLY INFORMED ME THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT ASSIST IN ANY WAY WITH REPAIRING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT HER DECISION WAS FINAL AND THAT THIS MATTER COULD NOT BE ESCALATED ANY FURTHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEED FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 20 AND 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (PASSPORT NISSAN, 5000 AUTH WAY, CAMP SPRINGS, MD 20746, 301-423-8400) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000.

I PURCHASED MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN MARCH 2013. MY TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED WITHIN 1.5 YEARS (28K MILES) FROM PURCHASE DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING ABOUT 3.5 YEARS (77K MILES). SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR TO MOST REPORTING I'VE SEEN ONLINE. ACCELERATION DELAYS, CAR SPUTTERS, METAL ON METAL SOUNDS. MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE AT AN INTERSECTION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. GIVEN MY FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT MY 2ND TRANSMISSION WHICH IS IDENTICALLY FAILING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SAME WHICH IT IS NOT.

68000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND SHUDDER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP. ALSO ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTS AND JERKS WHILE GOING AT CRUISING SPEEDS. IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SHUDDERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION CAP WAS MISSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (QUIRK NISSAN, 600 SOUTHERN ARTERY, QUINCY, MA 02169) WHERE IT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE SAME DEALER ON MARCH 7, 2014. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 32406354. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

CVT FAILURE- TRANSMISSION SLIPS, JERKS, AND VIOLENTLY SHUDDERS LIKE I AM SLAMMING MY BREAKS. CAR IS SCARY TO DRIVE AND SOMEONE WILL GET HURT. NISSAN UNABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE DUE TO NO TROUBLE CODES STORED. WELL THEY CLEARED THE CODE THAT WAS STORED WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT IT IN: CVT CLUTCH ISSUE. HIGH RPMS AND STRUGGLES TO SWITCH GEARS. WENT DOWN A RAMP ON THE INTERSTATE AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL THE CAR SHUDDERED SO BAD. ALSO JERKS AND SPUTTERS WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN.

TRANSMISSION SHAKES AND JUDDERS. CAR BUCKS WHEN SLOWING BELOW 15 MPH, CLUNKS WHEN SWITCHING GEARS, RPMS ARE HIGH AND CAR SEEMS STUCK AND CANNOT SWITCH GEARS. IT HAPPENS ON REGULAR STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE WORSE IS GOING DOWN AN EXIT RAMP. VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERSTATE TO HAVE THE CAR SUDDENLY BUCK AND LURCH.

BOUGHT THIS CAR, MY FIRST CAR ON 04/20/2018. I HAVE A SHORT COMMUTE TO WORK AND THE CAR SEEMED TO FIT MY PRICE RANGE AND DIDN'T SEE MANY DIRE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SPECIFIC MODEL OF CAR WHILE RESEARCHING BEFORE PURCHASING. UNTIL I SEARCHED RPM SPIKES AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON GOOGLE AFTER MY 60 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY RAN OUT. HAVEN'T EVEN DRIVEN THIS CAR 800 MILES AND THE CAR JERKS VIOLENTLY ON THE ROADS, AND AT ONLY 55,000 MILES. IT JERKED FROM DAY ONE, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL UNTIL IT GOT WORSE. I'M JUST NOW REGRETTING BUYING THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO I WAS IN A PINCH FOR A CAR I GOT BILLS TO PAY AND A JOB I HAVE TO MAKE IT TO. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE AND ALL AGREE THE CVT SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAVE TO BE HONEST I AGREE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD SELL SOMEONE THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT LETTING THEM KNOW THE REPUTATION THIS CAR HAS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SELL SOMEONE A USED CAR TO SOMEONE AND KNOW THAT PERSONS CAR MAY STALL, OR JERK AND CAUSE A LIFE THREATENING CAR CRASH. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, ITS NOT THE MONEY ITS THE SAFETY, THE VEHICLE DOESN'T OPERATE IN A SAFE MANNER, IT JERKS, STALLS, SHAKES WHEN BREAKING ALL WHILE NOT FLASHING ANY INDICATOR LIGHTS SAYING THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WHEN THERE CLEARLY IS SOMETHING WRONG.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT STEADILY BEGAN TO DECELERATE, GIVING NO WARNING, WITH NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH OR NOISES. AS I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL INPUT, AND I HAD TRAFFIC MOVING AT A VERY HIGH SPEED AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR ATTEMPTING TO GET ONTO THE VERY SLIM SHOULDER AT LOW SPEED. THE CAR HAD 74,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND HAD EXCELLENT CARE TAKEN OF IT, INCLUDING ITS RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. IT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2012, AND I AM THE ONLY OWNER. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I WAS TOLD I WAS OUT OF THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. INITIALLY QUOTED $4500 JUST TO GET THE CAR BACK IN WORKING ORDER, IT TOOK NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TWO WEEKS TO ARRIVE AT A FIGURE JUST SHORT OF $1100 TO GET MY CAR RUNNING AGAIN. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL IN A VEHICLE AT ALL, LET ALONE ONE THAT NEW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT IT WAS GIVEN. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, AS I ALMOST HAD NOWHERE SAFE TO PULL OVER. IF THIS HAD BEEN THE MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY I WAS ON MINUTES BEFORE, I MAY HAVE NOT BEEN OVER TO REACH THE SHOULDER AND COULD HAVE BEEN HIT OR INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF NISSAN OWNERS WITH CONTINUOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS AND THE COMPANY HAS DONE LITTLE OR NOTHING ABOUT IT, AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MINIMIZE THE PROBLEM. BY EXTENDING "FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE" DOWN TO $1100, IN MY VIEW, THEY ARE ADMITTING GUILT AS TO THIS PROBLEM, AS COMPANIES DO NOT GIVE MONEY AWAY. I FEEL CHEATED, AND NOW DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I HAD PAID $21,000 NOT VERY LONG AGO.

UPDATE SINCE APRIL - PURCHASED CAR 10-22-15 INSPECTION AND SAID IT WAS GOOD. IN 1-14-2016 CAR GROWLING/CITY STREET. AGAIN INSPECTION AND SAID IT WAS GOOD 6-14-16 CAR IN ,CAR GROWLING IN MOTION ON STREET. AGAIN TESTED - GOOD STRANDED (PURCHASED A JUMP START) 8-16 2016 STRANDED IN DRIVEWAY 10-17-17 - TWICE CAR WENT INTO SPORT MODE,ON HIGHWAY (50/60MPH) NO ONE TOUCHED ANYTHING-HANDS ON WHEEL! THEY HAD CAR FOR 12 DAYS AND SAID NOTHINGS WRONG WITH THE TRANS. STILL HAPPENS..AND WORSE. TRANS BLOWS UP WHILE DRIVING CAR. IT WAS AWFUL, HAD WE BEEN GOING 50/60 WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.NO WARNING LIGHTS- STOPPED DEAD AND ABRUPTLY ON CITY STREET. HAD IT TOWED IN THEY FINALLY ADMITTED IT WAS THE TRANS FROM THE START OCT 2015! HAD TO HAVE A RE-FURBISHED TRANS AS THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THIS ONE,(CAR TOWED IN-WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR). 1-16-18 CAR IN FOR LOUD RATTLE. THEY SAID IT WAS FROM THE TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED. STRAIGHTENED THE HEAT PLATE UNDER THE TRANS. STILL RATTLES 3-15-18 WHILE DRIVING WITH THE NEW TRANS. CAR WENT INTO SPORT MODE ON CITY STREET, JUST LIKE BEFORE THE ORIGINAL TRANS EXPLODED. 4-29-18 STRANDED IN DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVING IT 28 MILES- THE BATTERY WAS DISCHARGING WHILE DRIVING- WE'VE BEEN STRANDED ABOUT 14X'S. TOOK CAR IN -GOT A LOANER. THEY SAID IT MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND DID A PARASITIC TEST. NOTHING WRONG 6-26-18 WENT INTO SPORT MODE DRIVING FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS -PULLED OVER- SHUT OFF MOTOR. 7-26-18 SHIFTED INTO HIGH GEAR AGAIN ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. OUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL, WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR IS ACTING LIKE IT DID BEFORE THE TRANS WAS REPLACED. THEIR NISSAN CORPORATE MAN SAID, IT MUST BE ELECTRICAL WHY WE ARE GETTING STRANDED AND THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE NEW TRANSMISSION THEY PUT IN AS IT'S DOING THE SAME THING AS ORIGINALLY, BEFORE THE CAR EXPLODED AND COULD HAVE KILLED US.