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Lindsay of Bear Creek, NC August 11, 2009
My brand NEW 2008 Nissan Sentra began making an unusual noise on Thursday, August 6, 2009. Upon returning home from work, I had my husband open the hood. We found oil squirted on the engine and upon inspection of the dip stick, the oil didn't even register. This was interesting since neither the engine light nor the oil sensor light came on. I took the car to Crossroads Nissan of Sanford(close to where I work) Originally the car was purchases at Crown Nissan in Greensboro. I was told, from a certified Nissan mechanic that the engine looked clean and that it appears it the defect was due to the manufacturer. He stated that the warranty(up to 60,000 miles would cover it) My car currently has 46,000. Then 2 hours later I called back to check and was told that they wouldn't cover the cost of a new engine unless I provided oil change receipts. Even though the engine and all was clean(proving that we maintain our car) I never dreamed in a million years that I would have to keep the receipts showing that I purchased oil.(we change the oil ourselves) kelly of west berlin, NJ June 20, 2009
I was driving the roads were moist when i went to apply the brakes they skipped and because of that my 2007 nissan sentra with only 20,000 miles on it slid right into the a telephone pole so hard that upon impact the pole was cracked,my windshield also cracked there was extensive damage done to car so it was considered a total loss.after the crash i got a letter from geico saying that the 2007-2008 sentras were recalled because of brake issues.This
was the fist time i heard that the car was recalled,and that was in july 2008 and never received any kind of notice from nissan.Now i have to start all over again and i think nissan should be responsible for what happened since i was never notified of the recalled. Kristie of Rochester, NY January 19, 2009
I purchased 2007 Nissan Sentra on December 13th. It still has warranty on the car and I purchased and extented warrny for 100,000 miles/72 months. I have had nothing but problems with this car. Nissan will not fix the prolbems. I have brought the car to other places to get it fix and have spent over 1000 dollars on this car. I want an attorney to contact me. I want a lawsuit filed againist this company ASAP!
Kevin of Staten Island, NY December 23, 2008
RE: A rear door for 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R: This morning on 12/23/08 around 7:10, when my wife got off the car on rear passenger's side, she closed the door but the door popped out and she tried many times, the door is still open. I tried also but the door is still open. If it happens in the highway, a person sitting in the back will fall out of the car and will die. The door is designated to be safe to any passenger and cannot be like this. There is no any collision on the passenger's side after I bought it. I strongly want to know who is liable for the defects.
No phyical damage or injury but we are lucky no to drive on highway and lean on the door when asleep. Economic damage is the door lock itself
Emi of Carson, CA December 21, 2008
2003 NISSAN SENTRA jeopardizes my safety...possibly my life! It dies out while driving! It happened TWICE this month (12/05/08 and 12/19/08). The last time it happened was in March 2007. Since I purchased this car in 2003, there was something wrong with the engine. Since 2004 Service Engine Soon light comes on frequently. All the three gages go erratic (bouncing or moving up & down) sporadically at the time of full stop (especially in the morning) or while driving. The vehicle sometimes feels heavy due to no creeping.
I take my car to the dealer everytime it happens, however, they have not found any problems yet. These ongoing unsolved problems give me distress and fear of driving. I believe this one is a defect, however, NISSAN does not do anything about it.
Jeff of London, ON November 28, 2008
My 2003 Nissan Sentra had the Crankshaft position sensor fail after a new one was replaced in 2006. There was nothing wrong with the first one, only that they had overheating problems and recalled 2002-3 sentras for this problem. This sensr lasted 2 years and failed costing 337 to scope and replace.
The only consequences were the cost and why did a supposedly bad sensor last 4 years and still be fine, and the new supposedly better one last 2 years. They should have just given me back the old one or let me keep it, I would have been 337 richer.
Lolitha of Santa Rosa, CA November 7, 2008
My 2003 Nissan Sentra's check engine light came on and my car was experiencing erratic tachometer readings, engine power loss, engine stalling, and difficulty in starting. I took it to the dealership and it was determined to be the crankshaft position sensor. There is a recall for 2003 Nissan Sentra's exhibiting the same problems to replace the same part. Since my car's VIN does not fall into their recall, they will not admit that it was a manufacturing defect that causes my vehicle to be a safety issue.
It took countless hours to talk to useless phone operators to have Nissan deny my claim for financial assistance. It brought me an insurmountable amount of stress to have to worry about my safety and the safety of other drivers when I am driving my car. Which is necessary for me to get to work and collect my already reduced salary due to the economy, another stress factor. No real physical damage yet, but my car is definitely a hazard.
Michael of Concord, CA September 27, 2008
I have a 2000 Nissan Sentra. I've taken the vehicle to the local Nissan Dealer twice and they could not find the problem. The problem I am having is the car stalls once I shift down to a lower gear or in neutral.
The car stalls on turns,and stop and is very dangerous to drive.
Bernice of Washington, DC August 26, 2008
I have had too many problems with my 2001 Nissan SENTRA SE PURCHASED NEW. From having a recall done 6 months after purchase that i was not informed of to having to replace cd player at 12,761 miles ,repairing foam in dash,eliminate rotten egg smell in cabin of the car; new pad/shoe rotor repace front brakes at 18,253 repacing front struts at 965 for leak at 21810 miles four new tires in 2007. Now after I questioned service dept about top off (WHICH THEY FOUND NO LEAK) causing me to refill the power steering fluid reservoir ,they now found a leak in the power steering costing me 1500 at 24,312 miles in 2007. I could not and still cannot afford to replace the POWER STEERING RACK. Contacted NISSAN NORTH AMERICAN and talked to Lisa at 18667991690 x1634 she said at lot of the items I mentioned in my letter that I had to replace was not in the system ,and to send her by fax all my information pertaining to work I paid for. I did this at her request on 1-18-2008 and called to verify receipt and to this day she has not answered the phone. I referref this to sales person Tyrone at NISSAN ON 2-25-08 and he did not get an anwser at her extension eithe. For a new car(I owned a Camaro fOR 18 YRS)I did not expect too experience such failure in a car ;which NISSAN I was told was one of the best. The OWNER/MANAGEMENT brush me off because now my car is paid for and I and am still A LOYAL CUSTOMER taking my car there for service . I am still filling my steer poer fluid reservoir which I never had to do for such a major part of a car. They have no answer for the lemon that I WAS SOLD. I NEED SOME RESPONSE.
James of Ruther Glen, VA June 17, 2008
i have owned my 2003 nissan sentra se-r spec v for almost 2 years. ran great until about 6 months ago it broke down. started idleing rough, skipping. check engine light came on and was flashing. found a damaged spark plug, the gap had been smashed shut and could see where something was pounding on the plug repetedly. did some research and found out about the butterfly or power valve issue with the 2.5L engines. i removed the upper intake assembly attempting to get a look at the butterfly assembly and sure enough, there was a complete butterfly missing which is 2 brass screws and an oval shaped piece of brass about the size of a silver dollar. so where did it go? thats right, it fell into the engine. using an extendable magnet i was able to collect all of the pieces of the butterfly assembly and extract them from the engine. one of the screws was unrecognizeable, looked like a brass bb from a bb gun because it had been smashed up so bad. the butterfly itself was also damaged around the edges. i went to the nissan dealship to see about ordering a new butterfly assembly and they informed me of the recall for these engines in the 04-05 sentra spec v's. they recomended i talk to the service dept about having it repaired by nissan under recall. nissan service looked up my vin # and discovered that a new engine was recently replaced for the precat recall issue only 20,000 miles ago. they recommended that i call corprate and file a claim. so i did. i paid 150.00 to have the car towed to the nearest dealership, they waived the 96 diagnostic and confirmed that the butterfly screws did damage to the engine. it took about 3 months of getting escalated up the corprate nissan pyramid. finally i made it to the top just to be denied. they said that my vehicle was 5,000 miles out of warranty and that the recall was not for 03 models only 04-05. however it is the same exact engine, so i dont know why 03 is not covered. the fact that i had only put 20,000 on the new engine that they installed didnt seem to matter to them. i am no rocket scientist but i am pretty sure a 4 cyl engine should be able to run for more that 20,000 miles. at this point i am wondering how damaged the engine is. i was hopeing to have a new butterfly installed and have the engine put back together to see if it would run or not. nissan said it would cost 900 for a new lower intake because it was damaged BEFORE they could assess the damage to the engine. i went to the dealer and spoke directly with the mechanic. turns out that the intake was not damaged, just the butterfly was, and you cannot order just the butterfly by itself from nissan. you have to order the complete lower intake assembly. so they wanted to charge me 900 for a piece of brass?!! i managed to find a used butterfly and installed it. nissan wanted an additional fee to put the intake back together. aparantly the waived diagnosic only applied to taking the engine apart but not back together? so i said fine, charge me to put it back togehter and see if it will start. they called back and said it would not start, needs new engine. so at this point i am stuck with a 7,000 dollar blue book car that needs 6,000 in repair to install a new engine. i told nissan that i wasn't going to give them any more money and that i would have the car towed elseware for the engine install. i go to pay my bill and find the waived diagnostic fee of 96 dollars back on my bill. they said that since i chose not to have them repair the engine that i would have to pay the diagnostic fee. what a crock. i feel like i was robbed. first by corprate then by the dearship.
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