2003 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING ALSO, ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY STARTED AND WARMED UP, SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT AGAIN, WITHOUT CONSTANTLY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 03V477000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HER VEHICLE AND THAT THE ECU NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000. UPDATED 02/09/11*LJ UPDATED 05/09/11

WHILE DRIVING IN ROUTINE TRAFFIC, I FELT A JOLT, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RPMS DROPPED RESULTING IN THE ENGINE STALLING. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE FREEWAY TO THE SHOULDER. THE 2ND TIME THIS OCCURRED, I DIDN'T PULL OVER IN TIME AND THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR TO TURN OFF. I AM USUALLY ABLE TO TURN THE CAR ON AFTER A MOMENT WITHOUT ISSUE. AT FIRST IT OCCURRED ONCE A WEEK AND NISSAN DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DIAGNOSE OR "RECREATE" THE ISSUE. THEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND NOW IT'S BEEN HAPPENING EXTREMELY FREQUENTLY AND SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT TO START THE CAR UP. MY SAFETY IS AT RISK BECAUSE THE ENGINE WILL JUST STOP, AND I'VE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO GET OVER TO A SHOULDER, AND ON SOME PARTS OF THE FREEWAY THERE IS NO SHOULDER. I'VE TAKEN TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND EVEN WHEN THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON, THEY CLAIM THE COMPUTER DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY CODES AND CANNOT RECREATE THE ISSUE. I SUGGESTED A RECALL ON THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS NOT FOR MY CAR OR ENGINE TYPE. I'VE HAD TUNE UPS, OIL CHANGES, AND THEY DID A REPAIR INVOLVING A CARBON BUILD UP AND NOTHING HAS SOLVED THE ISSUE. I PERSONALLY RAN THE DIAGNOSTICS TODAY AND THE COMPUTER ISSUE A TROUBLE CODE FOR P0335 CRANKSHAFT SENSOR MALFUNCTION CIRCUIT A. I'D SAY THE CAR HAS STALLED ABOUT 20-25 TIMES IN ALMOST A YEAR. *TR

1. HEAD GASKET AND CRANK POSITION SENSOR PROBLEM CAUSED ENGINE STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST 3 MONTH, ONCE ON A HIGHWAY, ONCE ON A LOCAL EXPRESSWAY. 2. AFTER FIXING THE PROBLEM ABOVE, BRAKES SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AT ABOUT 25 MPH WITHIN 2 MILES DRIVING, LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

CAR STALLED OUT AND WAS RESTARTED AND STALED OUT AGAIN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND THAT ONE POWER VALVE SCREW HAD COME OUT AND THAT SOME OTHERS WERE LOOSE. I PAID THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BUT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS ON THE 2004 SENTRAS AND UP AND NISSAN IS AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 AND 2003 SENTRAS AND ALTIMAS WITH THE QR25 ENGINE BUT WILL NOT COVER THE 02 OR 03'S WITH THIS RECALL. *TR

IN LESS THAN 53,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAS BEGUN LEAKING RESULTING IN HARD STEERING. I HAVE TO ADD POWER STEERING FLUID REGULARLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE SLUGGISH AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 2,000 MILES OR WHEN THE ENGINE WOULD BECOME EXCESSIVELY LOUD. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD NEED REPLACING. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE FAILURE (ITEM NUMBER PE02078) BUT NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN SENTRA SPEC-V. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL PERTAINING TO THE FAILURE FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000-ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) YET HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO ADD APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF QUARTER OF ENGINE OIL EVERY 2,000 MILES OR THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,600 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 55-60 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITH AN ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND CONTINUED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VIN NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,100.

THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 2003 SENTRA SER WOULD NOT START....ON THREE OCCASIONS I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT WOULD RESTART ...ON THE 4TH OCCASION I TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN DEALER HERE IN HARVEY , LA. WHERE IT SAT FOR 3 DAYS AND THE SERVICE DEPT TOLD ME THE CAR WOULD NOW START.A FIFTH OCCASION OCCURRED AND BY THIS TIME I HAD HEARD OF A RECALL WHICH I ASKED THE DEALER ON PHONE ABOUT AND HE TOLD ME TO BRING CAR IN SO AGAIN I TOOK CAR TO DEALER HOPING TO FIND PROBLEM...CAR SAT THERE AGAIN FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER WHICH IT WOULD START. THEY AGAIN TOLD ME NO FAULT FOUND WAS FOUND AND THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED RECALL...WHICH THEY DID NOT ...IT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF CALLS TO SERVICE WRITER BEFORE HE ADMITTED IT HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED. I READ HERE OF MANY SENTRA S WITH SAME PROBLEMS ...YOU WOULD THINK SOME ONE WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. MY SENTRA NOW RUNS TERRIBLE SOMETIMES NOT STARTING AND OTHER TIMES RUNS LIKE IT IS RUNNING ON 2 CYLINDERS WITH A BAD SMELL FROM EXHAUST. I AM AFRAID OF THIS CAR , BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE IT. *TR