2010 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

I'VE BEEN GETTING CONTACTED ABOUT LEMON LAW CASES FOR MY CAR - MY SPECIFIC YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL BUT I CAN'T FIND OLD RECEIPTS THAT WOULD HELP ME WITH THE CASES. MY AIRBAG SIGN KEEPS GOING OFF AND THE ENGINE IS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE. I HAVE TO PUT IN A "THICKER" MOTOR FUEL TO KEEP IT FROM BURNING ALTHOUGH I DO MY OIL CHANGES REGULARLY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE IT STARTED HAPPENING SO I PUT 1/1/18 AS THE DATE BELOW.

WHILE DRIVING, MANY TIMES MY CAR LOSE POWER AND STALL OUT. RATE OF SPEED DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT WHETHER THE CAR STALLS. I HAVE TO THROW THE CAR IN PARK REAL FAST AND RE-CRANK IT AND IT TYPICALLY STARTS BACK UP. IF THE CAR WERE TO STALL OUT WHILE MAKING A TURN OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THIS COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT IS CAUSING THIS, BUT I DID SEE A RECALL ONLINE THAT STATED THE BATTERY TERMINAL MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL OPERATION.

AFTER 4 DAYS OF NOT DRIVING MY CAR, MY CAR WILL NOT START. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DON'T DRIVE MY CAR, (THE FOUR DAYS). I HAVE TO JUMP START MY CAR. I HAVE BOUGHT NEW BATTERIES. I HAVE HAD MY ALTERNATOR CHECKED.

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR MAY OCCASIONALLY LOSE POWER AND STALL OUT. RATE OF SPEED DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT WHETHER THE CAR STALLS. I HAVE TO THROW THE CAR IN PARK REAL FAST AND RE-CRANK IT AND IT TYPICALLY STARTS BACK UP. IF THE CAR WERE TO STALL OUT WHILE MAKING A TURN OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THIS COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT IS CAUSING THIS, BUT I DID SEE A RECALL ONLINE THAT STATED THE BATTERY TERMINAL MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL OPERATION.

I OWN THE SR TRIM WITH THE 2.0 LITRE ENGINE, I TOO EXPERIENCED THE VALVE KNOCKING AND IT WOULD TRIGGER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I TOOK IT TO A NEAR BY NISSAN DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THIS WAS AT 75,000 MILES. ON 12/12/2018 WITH NO WARNING THE ENGINE THROUGH A ROD ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH I HEARD A RATTLE AND A THUMP, EVERYTHING WENT DEAD ON THE VEHICLE.

THE FUSE FOR THE LOW BEAM 15 AMP THE DRIVER SIDE STARTED TO BLOW REPLACED ONE TIME, LIGHT WOULD WORK AFTER APPROX 2 DAYS BLEW UP AGAIN, REPLACED AND STARTED TO BURN A WIRE FROM THE WIRES UNDER THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD. I CANNOT PIN POINT WHERE THE WIRE IS BURNING AND NOW THE LIGHT IS VERY DIM AND HIGH BEAM IS NOT WORKING EITHER, BEFORE ONLY THE LOW BEAM WAS THE PROBLEM AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL CATCH FIRE. THE CAR DID NOT GET WET AS THE CAR WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST FUSE REPLACEMENT. THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING AS I WAS REPLACING THE FUSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT IT WAS TIME TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BATTERY AND, THREE HOURS LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V579000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE BATTERY TERMINAL AND COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. *TT*JB

ON MY 2010 NISSAN SENTRA S - PS WARNING LIGHT (POWER STEERING) COMES ON, AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING (SO VERY HARD TO TURN THE CAR LEFT OR RIGHT). I RE-START THE CAR AND PS WARNING LIGHT DISAPPEARS, THOUGH SOMETIMES I HAVE TO START THE CAR A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE PS LIGHT GOES OFF !. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FREQUENTLY ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS/EVENING AND IT IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. I CALLED UP NISSAN AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A RECALL WITH NISSAN ALTIMA FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT WITH NISSAN SENTRA. ON THE NET I SEE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER CARS HAVING ELECTRICAL PS SIMILAR TO NISSAN SENTRA (EG. NISSAN VERSA & ALTIMA) THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR PS ISSUE WITH NISSAN SENTRA AS WELL, SINCE THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND A SECURITY RISK.

IN THE COLDER WEATHER HAS A LIFTER NOISE ..AS IM LEARNING THE 2.0 NISSAN MOTOR HAS THAT PROBLEM ..I BROUGHT IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND DONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AS THE CAR IS NOT WORTH IT. THE CAR HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. I HEAR ALOT OF THE NISSAN SENTRAS DO THE SAME THING.WHY CANT THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ? IT MAKES THE NOISE WHEN MOVING OR IDLE

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME AND RECOMMEND TO MANUFACTURERS ISSUE NEED TO BE FIXED I CALLED NISSAN DID NOT RESPONSE IT