2013 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACTED OBSERVED THAT THE RPMS INCREASED TO 7 RPMS AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (BATTLES NISSAN, 60 MACARTHUR BLVD, BOURNE, MA, 02532) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000. *CN

THE VEHICLE HAS ONE OWNER, USED ON DAILY ROUTE TO WORK AND A FEW SHORT TRIPS. 67,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV UP AND DOWN 500 RPMS TO MAINTAIN SPEED. PROBLEM CEASED WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. WITHIN TWO DAYS BEFORE GETTING IT SERVICED, THE CONDITION WORSENED. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AT SLOW SPEEDS, ALL CONDITIONS, WITH THE FLUCTUATING RPMS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BEING 1500 RPMS. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A PRESSURE MALFUNCTION IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT DESTROYED THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE TRANSMISSION. DEBRIS FROM THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE FLUID, AND THE FLUID WAS SEVERELY BURNED. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $4200.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION. THE FIRST TIME IT HAD HAPPEN IT WAS AROUND APRIL 2017 ON A HOT DAY. I THOUGHT MAYBE ME TURNING THE AIR ON PLUS WITH THE HEAT THAT IT WAS THE REASON FOR THE MALFUCTION, BUT THEN IT DID IT AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE I WAS TURNING ONTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. I TOOK IT TO A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE TO ASK IF HE HAD ANY KNOWN SOLUTIONS TO WHY I AM LOSING ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY. SO FOR A WHILE IT WAS DRIVING NORMAL...AT LEAST I THOUGHT. MY DAUGHTER HAD USED THE VEHICLE AND I FORGOT TO TELL HER ABOUT THE ACCELERATION ISSUE, BUT SHE ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE LOST OF ACCELERATION. I THEN STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION AND WAS GOING TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE PROFESSIONAL TO GET IT LOOKED AT.UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET IT LOOKED AT FAST ENOUGH AS THE ACCELERATION WENT OUT AGAIN AND CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AS I WAS DRIVING AND COMING AROUND A CURVE THE ACCELERATION ONCE AGAIN LEFT AND AS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST HIT THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO TRY TO GET IT TO REV UP SO THAT I CAN DRIVE. ONLY THIS TIME AND AFTER HITTING THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES IT JERKED AND REV HARD WHICH STARTLED ME AND I LOSS CONTROL OF THE CAR. MY CAR FLIPPED OVER 3 TIMES. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I SURVIVED. PUZZLED AND TRYING TO GET MY SELF BACK ON MY FEET I STARTED TO RESEARCH WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG WITH THAT CAR ONLY TO LEARN THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO EXPERIENCED THIS WITH SENTRAS. I AM GLAD OTHERS WAS SAFE, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM CARMAX THAT ANY AND ALL RECALLS SHOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME. OR AT LEAST SOMETHING FROM NISSAN DUE TO ME BEING A NEW OWNER POINTING OUT ANY ISSUES THEY HAD WITH THESE CARS. THIS NOT ONLY TRAUMATIZED ME IT ALSO CAUSE ME TO BE LABELED WITH INSURANCE COMPAINES AS (AT FAULT) DRIVER. MEANING MY INSURANCE PAYMENTS HAVE SKYROCKETED. ..UPDATED 08/04/17 *BF UPDATED 08/07/17 *BF *CN *JS

IN VERY HOT WEATHER THE CAR WILL SHAKE WHEN STOPPING OR SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND OCCASIONALLY THE ENGINE WILL STOP. THE ENGINE HAS ALSO STOPPED WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING. THIS ONLY HAPPENS ON VERY HOT DAYS.

FIRST HAD TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP AT 29,000 MILES, THEN ON A TRIP TO KEY WEST, THE CAR, STARTS TO JERKS AND LOSES ACCELERATION, COULDN'T ACCELERATE DO TO THE GAS PEDAL UNABLE TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE, KEPT PRESSING UNTIL IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. HAD TO TURN AROUND AND HEAD HOME. THIS VEHICLE A LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS OLD AND 30,000.

CAR STALLS IN THE FREEWAY 3 TIMES WITH NO APPARENT REASON.TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS TO HOT AND THE CARS STALLS.FINALLY SOLD IT TO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT.CAR ONLY HAD 10,000 THOUSAND MILES.THIS CAR IS A LEMON CAR.I ALMOST GOT KILLED TWICE.JUST STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY.NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID NOT CARE.

2013 NISSAN SENTRA TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 78,600 MILES WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM A LONG ROAD TRIP. WHILE DRIVING AT AN SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MPH IN TN ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE BEGAN DECELERATE AND THE RPM'S JUST KEPT REVVING UP. IT WAS JUST ME (A FEMALE) AND MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. I ATTEMPTED TO THE EMERGENCY SHOULDER WITH MY HAZARDS ON TRYING TO AVOID BEING HIT BY A TRANSFER TRUCK AND SEVERAL VEHICLES. I SHUT THE CAR OFF TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WAS AFRAID OF WHAT JUST OCCURRED. I STARTED THE ENGINE BACK AND IT BEGAN DRIVING FINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN IT DECELERATED AGAIN NEAR THE ATLANTA AREA AND TOTALLY DRIVING POWER. I WAS 3 HOURS FROM HOME AND HAD TO CALL FOR HELP. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND ADVISED THEM OF THE ISSUE AND ENGINE CODES RECEIVED FROM AN AUTO STORE. I THEN CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED TO SIMPLY TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR SINCE IT WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED US A PRICE OF $3600 BEFORE TAXES AND ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH CVT TRANSMISSIONS BUT THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THEM. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER REVIEW AND IN DEPTH RESEARCH OF THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION ISSUES SEVERAL NISSAN OWNERS HAVE FACED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ISSUE IS CAUSING HARDSHIP ON CUSTOMERS THAT RELY ON THE BRAND AND SAFETY FEATURES NISSAN IS CONTINUING TO ADVERTISE. NISSANS COMMITMENT: DEAR NISSAN SENTRA OWNER: NISSAN IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF PRODUCT SAFETY, QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. (STATEMENT IS NULL AND VOID PER THIS CONCERNED CUSTOMER)

THE OCS DOES NOT DETECT AN ADULT OCCUPANT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS DEACTIVATED. FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG TO DEPLOY DURING A CRASH (WHERE DEPLOYMENT IS WARRANTED) COULD INCREASE THE RISK INJURY OR DEATH TO THE PASSENGER. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ESCALATED TO THE ELK GROVE NISSAN REPAIR CENTER MULTIPLE TIMES. ELK GROVE INFORMED ME THEY RESET THE PROGRAMMING OF THE SENSOR AND UNINSTALLED AND INSTALLED THE SEAT TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO OCCUR ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED ON A NON LEVEL SURFACE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA SL IS OVER REVING CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES, IM HAVING TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TURN VEHICLE OFF FOR IT TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THIS ISSUE IS ON GOING EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I DRIVE.

THE VEHICLE WONT STOP AT TIMES. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO BE PUMPED. AT TIMES WHEN BRAKING THE CAR THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND TRIES TO CREEP EVEN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. VERY BAD FEELING-HAD NEW PADS AND ROTORS JUST INSTALLED