2005 NISSAN SENTRA Complaints

MY CAR OVERHEATED, THEN I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND I HAD TO PAY $1200.00 TO FIX IT AND COME TO FIND OUT, THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR ON THE WATER PUMP WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED MY CAR TO OVERHEAT AND THUS NOT HAVING TO HAVE MY ENGINE BLOWN. WHEN I CALLED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL NISSAN INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED BUT IT MATCHED THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL???? I WANT ANSWERS... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSA SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER REFUELING, FUEL WOULD OVERFLOW AND SPLASH ALL OVER THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I HAVE A 1.8L 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK MY VEHICLE SHUTDOWN. I LOOKED AT THE RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 07V527000 CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE/ENGINE STALL. I WAS GOING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR DIED. I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT MY CAR AND FOUND IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

I AM THE FIRST OWNER OF NISSAN SENTRA 1.8S 2005. AT MILEAGE 74,900, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND A NISSAN DEALERSHIP RETRIEVED THE CODE P0303 CYLINDER 3 MISFIRING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012. I ALSO NOTICED, THE COOLANT STARTED TO DROP. SPECIFICALLY, FIRST TIME I REPORTED THE COOLANT DROP TO A NISSAN DEALER ON OCTOBER 9, 2012 (AT MILEAGE 75,557) WHO RAN A PRESSURE TEST BUT ASKED TO COME BACK IF I NOTICED THE COOLANT DROP AGAIN. WHEN THE COOLANT DROPPED AGAIN, THE NISSAN DEALER DETECTED A COOLANT LEAK IN NUMBER 3 CYLINDER JANUARY 4, 2013 (AT MILEAGE 76,577) AND REPLACED THE ENGINE GASKETS, THERMOSTAT ASMY, ENGINE OIL AND ALL NECESSARY PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIRS ON JANUARY 7, 2013. I PAID ALL THE EXPENSES FOR REPAIRS AS NISSAN. I FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL AND THE CAR?S POWERTRAIN WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, NISSAN WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME THE EXPENSES FOR THE REPAIRS DONE AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY THAT I NOTICED THE DROP IN COOLANT AND THE ENGINE WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. I WONDER WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY FREEWAY AND THE CAR ENGINE CEASED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS COMPONENT FAILURE WITH LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. GIVEN THAT THIS FAILURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DRIVER OF THE CAR AND CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY NISSAN NEVER RECALLED. AFTER READING FEW ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS AND COMPLAINTS AT NHTSA (SAFERCAR.GOV), IT APPEARS TO ME THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE MODEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE FUEL CAP NOT BEING SECURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE WARNING LIGHT COULD POSSIBLY RE-ILLUMINATE AND IF SO, TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT IF THE FAILURE RECURRED, THEN THERE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN A FUEL LEAK SOMEWHERE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

CAMSHAFT POSITION VALVE- ENGINE WOULD MISFIRE AND BUCK WHILE DRIVING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND AT LOW SPEEDS, BUT WOULD BE FINE AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

ENGINE CODE P1446 EVAP CANISTER VENT CONTROL VALVE. VEHICLE WOULD SPIT OUT GAS WHEN TRYING TO REFUEL. VALVE NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER, RESTARTED AND BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,600 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,800.

LATCH SYSTEM IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH A NEW CAR SEAT THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE LATEST SAFETY STANDARDS. THE LATCH RESTRAINTS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE AND CANNOT BE USED WITH THE CAR SEAT AT ALL. *TR