2006 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE EXHAUST HEADER WAS REMOVED AND PIECES OF CATALYST DEBRIS IN THE EXHAUST PIPES CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE WERE DISCOVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

ON 2006 NISSAN SENTRA SE-R SPEC V, I NOTICED A DROP IN POWER AND EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. UPON PULLING THE HEADER I NOTICED PIECES OF THE CATALYST BROKEN UP IN THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE EGR SYSTEM MAY HAVE SUCKED IN PIECES OF DEBRIS DAMAGING THE CYLINDER WALLS.

MY 2006 NISSAN SENTRA HAS DELAYED CRANKING WHEN TRYING TO START, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. TRIED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MECHANICS BUT COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN APRIL 2006, AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEM SINCE 2009/2010 WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES, INCLUDING ALL BELTS NEEDING REPLACEMENT AT 15,000 MILES THAT DEALER CHARGED FOR NON-WARRANTY REPAIR. CURRENT MILEAGE IS ABOUT 68,000. *TR

REGIONAL RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR AIR BAG INFLATOR. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN IN USED IN EXCLUSIVITY IN FLORIDA, HOWEVER NISSAN REFUSES TO INCLUDE IT IN THE RECALL. SINCE IT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF HUMIDITY, THAT THE RECALL IS FOR I AM VERY CONCERNED. *TR

I WAS GOING BACK TO WORK AFTER EATING LUNCH DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH AND ENGINE JUST STALLED AND QUITE RUNNING, THIS HAPPENED IN A WORK ZONE WHERE THEY WERE REPAIRING ROAD. I TRIED TO START CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN CAR STARTED BUT WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE, IT STALLED AGAIN AND DID IT TWICE UNTIL I GOT IT RUNNING LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT TO SHELL STATION. WHEN WE GOT IT TO THE MECHANIC SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR AND THE CAM SENSOR THAT HAS FAILED. THEY TOLD US THAT NISSAN CARS ARE BAD ABOUT DOING THIS. I WAS IN A DANGEROUS SPOT WITH LOTS OF TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND THERE COULD OF BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT OVER THIS BUT THANKFULLY THERE WAS NOT. ALSO ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR IS IT HAS DELAYED CRANKING WHEN TRYING TO START CAR IN SUMMERTIME WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE WERE HAVING WITH IT STALLING OUT LIKE THAT. *TR

TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON I-10 BETWEEN COTTONDALE, FL AND FT. WALTON, FL IN TRAFFIC, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. HIGHWAY TYPE-INTERSTATE- 4 LANE DIVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. IT WENT INTO THE MEDIAN, CAME BACK INTO THE MAIN TRAVEL LANES BETWEEN TRAFFIC, ROTATED 360 DEGREES, THEN WENT OFF OF THE MAIN TRAVEL LANES ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. EVEN THOUGH THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC, THERE WAS NO IMPACT AND NO INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS. ONE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE IS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, AND THE OTHER SIDEWALL PARTIALLY SEPARATED. THE AIR PRESSURE ON THE TIRE WAS CHECKED JUST PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE TRIP. THE CONDITION OF THE TIRE WAS CHECKED PRIOR TO THE TRIP AND THE TIRE APPEARED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE TREAD AND GENERAL CONDITION OF THE FAILED TIRE SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF PRIOR DAMAGE OR PUNCTURE. THE 2 REAR TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED IN 2010 OR 2011. THE SPARE WAS INSTALLED AND THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO THE NEAREST SERVICE CENTER WHERE ALL 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE RIM. THE FAILED TIRE IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR AT 49 MPH IN A QUICK AVENUE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE CAR LOST POWER IN THE SYSTEM ACELARACION, I HAD TO STOP AND RE-START THE CAR; ACCELERATION PEDAL DID NOT RESPOND WHEN I DRIVING, HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES, AND I HAD TO CHANGE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND IN THE MECHANICAL SERVICE WITH THE SCANNER DELTE FAULT CODES. *TR

WHEN PUTTING FUEL IN THE GAS TANK I CAN ONLY PUMP ABOUT ONE DOLLARS WORTH AT A TIME. THE FUEL SPITS OUT IF YOU TRY TO PUT MORE THAN 1/3 OF A GALLON IN. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED I HAVE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICS LOOK AT IT BUT THE FIND NO KINKS OR PROBLEMS AND CAN NOT FIGURE THE PROBLEM OUT. YOU ALSO SMELL THE GAS WHILE DRIVING. *TR

WHEN DRIVING ON A US ROAD, STOPPED THE CAR ACCELERATE WITHOUT A VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, NOT MOVING OR ACCELERATING, I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON THE ENGINE TO GET TO MEXICO I HAD TO CHANGE THE BODY ACCELERATION AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, THE MECHANIC SAYS IT IS THE BODY ACCELERATION. THE BODY ACCELERATION IS RETURNED TO PROGRAM. THANKS A LOT. *TR