2013 NISSAN SENTRA Vehicle Speed Control Problems

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost automotive power and failed to properly accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Mileage: 65,000

My car doesn’t accelerate. I was driving and a car behind me almost hit me because I pressed on the gas but it didn’t go

Code P0101 came on, service Bulletin from NHTSA.gov was done. Car came back worst. Engine stalled in the middle of the street. It wouldn’t turn on, we had to push it to get it out of the street. Car will accelerate on its own when turn on. Sometimes car will accelerate when put on Reverse on its own….. RPMs will be at 7 and 8 when going 45MPH. I notice this has been an issue for Nissan Sentras 2013-2015 based on research all over the internet. People have replaced Thottle body, air mass flow sensor, break sensors, fuel intake, fuses. Vehicle isn’t safe to be driving in street, may caused an accident, even mechanic said I shouldn’t be driving the car because it isn’t safe. We already made a complaint with NHTSA, DMV for financial Help and nothing. Help is really needed.

The shift started locking, followed by consistent tugging while driving above 20 mph. It stutters and pulls when driving down hill which has caused me to pull over and restart the car in heavy traffic on the freeway. Now the car pulls so much it is not safe to drive above 20 mph. I have taken it to two service centers and both have confirmed the CVT transmission is faulty. No lamps or messages prior to the failure showed up. This started before the car hit 80,000 miles.

I called my home Nissan yesterday to get the information about my recalls on my car that I was not aware of after the State Troopers helped me get my cat to a safe location. I was told that there are recalls on the car (and was never notified) I called where it was originally bought from a Nissan Dealership and they gave me several recall codes as I was stranded in the freezing cold with my babies in the car. There are several recalls on my car (P1-1,P1-2, and P1-5,2, P1-8.) The car went from 1RPM and shot up to 8, and down to 0 and the car would not drive after that unless it was less than 15MPH. Anything over 15-20 the car would go from 1RPM back to 8, and shoot down to 0 and jerk the car forward and backwards. I was told it was only an 02 reprogramming recall from the location it was towed to, to a different Nissan dealership. However, I was given several codes of recall from the Nissan Dealership that I purchased it from.

When I would hit my breaks and sit at a red light . My car would start vibrating really bad and then force it’s self up even though my foot would be on the break and almost his someone walking and a few other times in a car . It also would shut its self off and back on . When I put it in park it would die and when I put it back in drive it would die . Sometimes turn its self back on & I have a push to start .

I have repaired the mass airflow sensor 3x’s by the dealership who sold me the car the last 2 times they didn’t make me pay for it.and I’m still having the same issue. My car will jerk and idle and I was driving and all of a sudden I loss speed and I was accelerating but the car was only moving about 5 miles per hr the cars behind me almost hit me in the rear end. The longer I drive the car the worst it gets. Then if u pull to the side and cut the car off and back on again it would run hard but it would get speed. Until I try to accelerate then it will stall again. This is a safety hazard especially on the interstate.

my CVT transmission is not working anymore because of the manufacture defect

The wiring that connects to the throttle sensor is fraying and causes the car to stall unexpectedly when driving. If the car stalls unexpectedly it increases the chances of a fatal accident. There are no warnings, all the warnings appear when the car stalls. My safety is at risk because it stalls when driving unexpectedly and another car can hit me from behind causing an accident without warning.

This vehicle will not go forward or move backward. We were on the freeway ... luckily we were able to get car to drive forward before oncoming traffic hit us We were scared for our lives. We have reached out to Nissan of North America SEVERAL times about this and correcting the issue. We were just made aware recently by an attorney to try reaching out to you. They are refusing to fix issue or a recall vehicles. It is a CTC transmission issue according to mechanics. I was told that a consumer filed a suit against them for this COMMON safety issue but Nissan corporation of North America are refusing to do a recall. They are putting consumers through a lot of red tape so that they can save money while risking human lives. I’m scared that someone will be hit bad or killed because Nissan North America will not do a recall for consumers. I reported to Attorney General in Tennessee, the Home State of their Corporation but they are doing nothing seemingly regarding Nissans’s North America lack of concern for their drivers and consumers.

Cvt Transmission my car just has 125,000 miles

DRIVING IN MOTION ON INTERSTATE GOING 60 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN VIOLENT SHAKES AND JERKS!SCARY AS ALL GET OUT MADE ME SWERVE AND ALMOST HIT TRAFFIC BESIDE ME!! ALSO GOING UP A HILL AND LOST POWER HAD TO STOP IN ROAD TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON. ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND!

Mileage: 103,000

I WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOP PULLING RIGHT WHEN I GOT INTO TRAFFIC. THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND WOULD NOT MOVE ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE A ACCIDENT BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANY SPEED AFTER MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY BLINKER ON AN MERGE TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD TO RENT A UHAUL TRAILER TO PULL THE CAR HOME. MY CAR ONLY HAVE 132,000 MILES.

Mileage: 132,000

THE DASHBOARD WORKS SOMETIMES ( LITTLE SCREEN) . THE SEATSEALTS GET STUCK EVERYTIME I TRY TO USE THEM.

MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND ALL SUDDEN WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IT WAS LIKE LOOSING ITS POWER AND THEN IT MADE A LOUD JERK ALSO NO WARNINGS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR DEALER PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO

Mileage: 13,200

VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS SINCE FIRST BOUGHT FROM CARMAX. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT VEHICLE IS STILL NOT ACCELERATING WHEN GOING UP HILLS. THIS VEHICLE IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND LIABILITY ISSUE. CARMAX HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS IT FURTHER AND FIX IT

Mileage: 74,000

WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR CONTINUES TO JERK AND JERK AS I TRIED TO GIVE THE CAR GAS. IT WOULD SPUTTER AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN JUMP REALLY QUICK. IT FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I GOT STUCK AT TWO LIGHTS! I FINALLY GOT MY DESTINATION AND GOT STUCK ON THE HILL. MY FOOT WAS ALL THE WAY ON THE GAS PEDAL AND SOME KIND GENTLEMEN PUSHED MY CAR UP THE HILL SO I COULD PARK IT. IT'S VERY SCARY AS I HAD MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR WITH ME AND FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN IT PUTS ALL OF OUR LIVES IN DANGER. I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR INTERSECTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ANY TIME O WOULD COME TO A STOP IT WOULD STALL AND IT WOULD NOW ALLOW ME TO TURN. THE ACCELERATION WOULD NOT WORK. I HAD TO CUT THE CAR OFF TWICE TO TRY AND SEE IF IT WOULD RESTART AND GIVE ME ENOUGH PUSH TO MY DESTINATION. BUT AS STATED MY FOOT WAS COMPLETELY ON THE GAS AND IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 5 MPH!

Mileage: 5

UPON DRIVING MY CAR DURING A TRIP HOME FROM WORK THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED TO THE FLOOR AND IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH AND THE RPM'S WOULD NOT MOVE. ONCE I GOT ON THE FREEWAY, THE CAR WOULD HARDLY ACCELERATE AND WHEN IT FINALLY DID DECIDE TO AFTER 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE RPM'S WENT ALL THE WAY UP AND THE SPEED ODOMETER HARDLY MOVED. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. I ALMOST GOT HIT IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE CAR COULD NOT SPEED UP.

Mileage: 86,500

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON DUE TO THE SAME AIR FLOW PROBLEM. EVERY TIME CAR IS SCANNED THE CODE COMES UP AS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. I HAVE REPLACED THIS SENSOR. MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. MY CAR ALSO IDLES, JERKS WHEN PLACED IN PARK & HAS DECREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY. THE CAR BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE, WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR RPMS INCREASED THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. TRAFFIC RAPIDLY APPROACHING BEHIND ME.

Mileage: 79,640

CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR WARNINGS. AFTER 30 MINUTE DRIVE ON FREEWAY CAME TO A STOP AT A TURN OFF. WENT TO CROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH PLENTY OF SPACE AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CATCH AND MOVED EXTREMELY SLOW. CARS CAME AT SPEED AND HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID COLLISION. TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OF ANY SORT.

Mileage: 95,500

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON DUE TO THE SAME AIR FLOW PROBLEM. EVERY TIME CAR IS SCANNED THE CODE COMES UP AS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR, I HAVE REPLACED THIS SENSOR TWICE. I REPLACED THE SENSOR ON 7/8/19 APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND THEN AGAIN ON 10/10/18. BEFORE REPLACING THE PART ON OCT. 10, I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. MY CAR ALSO IDLES, JERKS WHEN PLACED IN PARK & HAS DECREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY.

Mileage: 115,299

CAR STARTING JERKING AND CAME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP OUT THE BLUE AT 136,000-138,000 SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN DON'T EXACTLY REMEMBER. THE FIRST SIGH SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH CAR WAS THE RPM WOULD JUST GO UP HIGH OUT OF BLUE WHILE ACCELERATING WHICH WAS DANGEROUS AD JUST COMMING TO A STOP OUT OF NOWHERE. WE CALLED AROUND TRYING TO GET ISSUE FIXED BUT NOONE COULD HELP CAUSE THERE WAS NO LIGHT ON IN CAR TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT JUST CAME ON AS OF TODAY 10/11/2019 FOR FIRST TIME EVER AT 141,000 AND CAR STOPS DOESNT PULL. DOES ON HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE AND WHILE TURNING.

Mileage: 138,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA FE + S ON HWY AND EVEN INNER CITY STREETS IT SEEMS TO STALL AND LOSES POWER I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IF THERE IS A WAY TO TAKE IT BACK TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED

Mileage: 40,870

THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT A STOP LIGHT, OR WHEN I AM TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, IT WILL NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE, EVEN IF I HOLD DOWN THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THEN IT WILL JERK AND ACCELERATE AGAIN. ON HIGHWAY, IT WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=GXR7E0QWOKA THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO MY VEHICLE, IF I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY, IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND INSTEAD ONLY GOES UP A BIT OF RPM AND DOESN'T GO UP ALL THE WAY.

Mileage: 71,000

THESE ARE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS I'M EXPERIENCING; LOSS OF POWER, TRANSMISSION JERKING, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, CVT COOLANT HOSE LEAKS AND FAILURES. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN MOTION ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND MY CAR COULDN'T GO OVER 35MPH. NOT ONLY WAS I ENDANGER MY CHILD WAS ALSO IN THE BACK SEAT TO DO THE FACT MY CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL!! I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME NOW BUT THE LOSS OF POWER WAS THE LAST STRAW. AND THEN I START DOING RESEARCH ON MY CAR AND FIND OUT NISSAN HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEIR ISN'T SOME TYPE OF RECALL ON THESE UNSAFE VEHICLES. ITS A DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

Mileage: 103,000

ON 07/09/2019, WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60 MPH - 65 MPH, TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT OVERPASS, THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON MY 2013 NISSAN SENTRA SL SHIFTED, TO WHAT SEEMS TO ME, TO BE, THE 1ST GEAR. THE RPM IMMEDIATELY SHOT UP TO 7,000 RPM. I IMMEDIATELY RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT IT CONTINUED TO REV AROUND 5,000-7,000 RPM. I WAS LUCKY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING ME. THE TORQUE ALONE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO 40MPH, I CAME TO A STOP, PLACED IT IN PARK, AND TURNED OF MY VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THIS OCCURRED AT THE JUNCTION ON INTERSTATE - 45 SOUTH, ON 2ND RIGHT LANE FOR EXITS TO 610 - EAST AND WEST. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHIN .5 - 1 MILES OF THESE COORDINATES ON I-45 SOUTH: 29.820626, -95.378574. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN ON THE SAME DAY TRAVELING NORTH ON THE AIRLINE HOV LANE. I'VE ATTACHED A SCREEN SHOT OF A VIDEO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE DURING THE SECOND INCIDENT OF THE THAT DAY. VEHICLE IN MOTION AT HIGH SPEEDS 60-65 MPH IN HOUSTON TX ON INTERSTATE-45 SOUTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT OVER PASS. HOWEVER, THIS SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON A FLAT ROAD TRAVELING AT LOWER SPEEDS IN SITUATIONS OF STOPPING THEN ACCELERATING TO HIGHER SPEEDS (35 MPH OR 45 MPH). IT'S SLUGGISH TO SHIFT GEARS WITH A JERK MOTION WHEN IT FINALLY DOES SHIFT. THE UNSAFE CONDITION WAS INTRODUCED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED MY CAR NOT TO ACCELERATE ON THE HOUSTON HIGH, IN A SITUATION WHERE CARS ARE MERGING OR SWITCHING LANES TO TAKE EXITS. I SPOKE TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, AND THEY INVOICED ME AT $4,000-$5,000 DOLLARS. I INQUIRED A BIT MORE, AND THEY LET ME KNOW THAT I'M "LUCKY," AS THEY HAVE HAD SENTRA'S COME IN WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES. I ALSO SPOKE WITH NISSAN CUSTOMER AFFAIRS, EXPLAINED THE ISSUES TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WARRANTY I WAS UNAWARE OF, BUT NONE. SENTRA SL, 91,480 MILES. (ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION OCCURRED EVEN AT 39K)

Mileage: 91,528

I WAS DRIVING FOR 2 HOURS STRAIGHT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN SO I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF WAITED FOR LIKE A MINUTE AND THE CAR STARTED TO PICK UP SPEED WITH JERKING THEN I CONTINUE FOR A WHILE WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND TRIED TO PROCEED IT WOULDN'T GO SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF AGAIN WAITED AND IT SLOWLY PICKED UP SPEED AFTER ME FLOORING THE PEDAL THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BUT I DID GET A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL AWHILE BACK BUT IT STATED IF THE CAR IS AT 150,000 MILES THEN SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WOULD MALFUNCTION MY VEHICLE IS AT 98,000 I WAS TRAVELING ON THE ROAD IN MOTION WHILE ALL THIS OCCURRED I EVENTUALLY HAD TO GET A TOW HOME

Mileage: 98,000

THE CAR SHOWED P2859 WHICH INVOLVED CVT TRANSMISSION CODE. I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUES ABOUT THE CVT WHICH UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING THRU THE HIGHWAY..

Mileage: 80,000

'TAKATA RECALL' WHEN I RECENTLY GOT THIS CAR, AT FIRST I KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE LIKE A NORMAL CAR AND IT WOULDN'T GO PASS BY 30MPH ON THE FREEWAY. I LET A COUPLE OF DAYS PASSED BY UNTIL THE LAST DAY BEFORE I TOLD THE DEALER , I WAS AN ENTIRE DAY TURNING MY CAR ON AND OFF THINKING THAT IT WILL STOP GLITCHING BUT I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS CAUSING A LOT OF TRAFFIC DUE TO IT'S MALFUNCTION. AFTER THAT, THEY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION OR SYSTEM CALLED THE CVT TRANSMISSON, THEY ACTUALLY DID CHANGE THE TRANSMISSON AND AFTER THAT IT WAS WORKING WELL BUT WASN'T SATISFIED WITH IT, IT STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THERE'S TIMES WHEN IT DOESN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE AND I HAVE TO PUSH MY FOOT ALL THE WAY IN WHICH IS SCARY BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES WHERE IT JUST THROWS ME OFF SINCE I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT WANTS TO ACCELERATE LIKE A NORMAL CAR. OVERALL, THEY CHANGED THE CVT TRANSMISSON AND I FELT THAT IT GOT WORST AND NOW I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS CAR , I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH IT BUT THE SAD PART IS THAT I'M STILL PAYING FOR THE CAR.

Mileage: 30

THE CAR BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE, WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR RPMS INCREASED THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. TRAFFIC RAPIDLY APPROACHING BEHIND ME.DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME OF TRANSMISSION ISSUE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO WARNING SIGN, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FORCED TO PULL OVER AT NIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 IN MIAMI AT 55 MPH, MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WOULDN'T PASS 20 MPH. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS PEDDLE AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE ON THE MIDDLE LANE AND QUICKLY SHIFTED OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT ON THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. I TURNED IT BACK IN AND IT WORKED FINE. I DIDN'T USE THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS, AND THEN WHEN I TRIED AGAIN, IT WAS GIVING THE SAME ISSUE WHERE THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND WAS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE WHICH I NEVER EXPIERNED BEFORE. I TOOK TO MY TRUSTED MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED IT WAS A CVT ISSUE. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED TO A CERTIFIED NISSAN DEALERSHIP AS NISSAN AGREED TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UPON COMPLETION IT WAS CONFIRMED IT WAS A CVT TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $5,000 TO REPAIR WITH LABOR COSTS. NISSAN HAS TO GIVEN ME BACK MY CAR AND IT'S NOW THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY. MY CAR HAS 99,450 MILES, AND HAS BEEN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH MY MAINTENANCE. IT'S SCARY AND UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN SOLD A DEFECTIVE CAR AND NISSAN WON'T ADMIT TO IT. THERE'S A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OPEN AND STILL IN COURT. I GOT AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED WHO HAS TAKEN UP MY CASE FOR FURTHER ACTION AGAINST NISSAN. CONSUMER SHOULD BE ADVISED TO STOP DRIVING THIS CAR ASAP! I AM NOW LOOKING TO GET A NEW CAR AS I DON'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE DRIVING THIS AND I NEED A RELIABLE AND SAFE VEHICLE FOR WORK.

Mileage: 99,400

VEHICLE IN NOTION ON CITY STREETS. VEHICLE LOOSES ACCELERATION (GAS PEDDLE PRESSED, NO RPMS, NO ENGINE REVVING) WOULD HAVE TO RELEASE GAS AND PRESS PEDDLE AGAIN A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE CAR WOULD JERK INTO ACCELERATION. ALSO, BREAK LIGHTS FLICKER WHEN CAR IS IN PARK (LIKE IF SOMEONE WAS TAPPING THE BREAKS, BUT NOBODY WAS IN THE CAR. CAR HAS ROUGHLY 66K MILES

Mileage: 66,000

STALLING WHEN I AM DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TO TAP THE GAS TWICE FOR IT TO START BACK.

Mileage: 50,000

CAR IS NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS RIGHT RPM IS EVERYWHERE AN HITING SHIFTS REALLY HARD

RANDOM AND SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION AS VARIOUS SPEEDS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS

Mileage: 65,000

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT STEADILY BEGAN TO DECELERATE, GIVING NO WARNING, WITH NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH OR NOISES. AS I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL INPUT, AND I HAD TRAFFIC MOVING AT A VERY HIGH SPEED AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR ATTEMPTING TO GET ONTO THE VERY SLIM SHOULDER AT LOW SPEED. THE CAR HAD 74,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND HAD EXCELLENT CARE TAKEN OF IT, INCLUDING ITS RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. IT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2012, AND I AM THE ONLY OWNER. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I WAS TOLD I WAS OUT OF THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. INITIALLY QUOTED $4500 JUST TO GET THE CAR BACK IN WORKING ORDER, IT TOOK NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TWO WEEKS TO ARRIVE AT A FIGURE JUST SHORT OF $1100 TO GET MY CAR RUNNING AGAIN. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL IN A VEHICLE AT ALL, LET ALONE ONE THAT NEW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT IT WAS GIVEN. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, AS I ALMOST HAD NOWHERE SAFE TO PULL OVER. IF THIS HAD BEEN THE MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY I WAS ON MINUTES BEFORE, I MAY HAVE NOT BEEN OVER TO REACH THE SHOULDER AND COULD HAVE BEEN HIT OR INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF NISSAN OWNERS WITH CONTINUOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS AND THE COMPANY HAS DONE LITTLE OR NOTHING ABOUT IT, AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MINIMIZE THE PROBLEM. BY EXTENDING "FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE" DOWN TO $1100, IN MY VIEW, THEY ARE ADMITTING GUILT AS TO THIS PROBLEM, AS COMPANIES DO NOT GIVE MONEY AWAY. I FEEL CHEATED, AND NOW DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I HAD PAID $21,000 NOT VERY LONG AGO.

Mileage: 74,000

MY 2013 SENTRA IT BEGAN TO JERK AND LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR REVS UP TO 5000RPMS WENT BACK DOWN TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000RPMS. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST AUTO SHOP AAMCO. THE MECHANIC SAID TO SEE IF IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. HE SAID THERE WERE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE CVT. WE DROVE HOME AND I CALLED NISSAN (8883880318) AND SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE. HE ASKED FOR THE VIN AND TOLD ME THERE WAS A "CAMPAIGN" ON THIS CAR. I ASKED HIM WAS A CAMPAIGN AND A RECALL THE SAME THING, HE SAID THEY WERE THE SAME, DIFFERENT WORDS.. HE TOLD ME THE CVT NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. HE GAVE ME A DEALERSHIP. I CALLED, MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 9:00AM THIS MORNING. WE TOOK THE CAR IN, WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD BEEN REPROGRAMMED. WE DROVE AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP, GOT ABOUT ONE BLOCK AND THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND LOSE POWER LIKE BEFORE. WE TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVE THE CAR WAS STILL JERKING AND LOSING POWER. SHE SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $99.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. I DID NOT PAY FOR THE TEST BECAUSE THE NISSAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PHONE TOLD ME THE REPAIR WOULD BE AT NO CHARGE. WHEN WE GOT HOME, I CALLED NISSAN, AGAIN. I WAS TOLD I COULD NOT TALK TO THE REPRESENTATIVE I TALKED TO YESTERDAY. THIS TIME, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO WARRANTY LEFT BECAUSE I HAD 82,000 MILES ON THE CAR. HE TOLD ME THE WARRANTY STOPPED AT 60,000 MILES. I TOLD HIM THE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY TOLD ME IT WAS COVERED AND I HAD LOOKED ONLINE AND NISSAN HAD ADDED TO THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES. HE SAID THAT IS NOT FOR MY CAR AND I COULD JOIN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I TOLD HIM I DON'T WANT TO JOIN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, I NEED MY CAR REPAIRED. PLEASE HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX THESE UNSAFE CARS, BECAUSE, NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE CVT'S. THIS IS UNFAIR.

Mileage: 82,000

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS, I LOSE SPEED AND CAN'T USE PEDAL TO ACCELERATE TO PICK UP ANY SPEED.CAR WON'T GO PASS 20 MPH.

Mileage: 153,000

MY VEHICLE HAS HAD ONGOING ISSUES WITH ACCELERATION AND THE RPMS GOING PAST WHAT IT SHOULD UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS ISSUE OCCURS SPECIFICALLY WHEN I ACCELERATE. ON JANUARY 21, 2018, AS I WAS MERGING ON TO THE HIGHWAY TRYING TO ACCELERATE, MY SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE INITIALLY AND MY RPMS WERE PAST 5. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CONCERNING AS I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS IN PROPER WORKING ORDER AFTER HAVING BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. MY CAR DOESN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY AND I WENT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO ALSO SAID THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. I PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO THE NISSAN SPECIALIST WHO STATED IT WASN'T AND IT IS FINE. HOWEVER, I'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT OPERATE THE WAY IT SHOULD UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND PRIOR TO HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 71,000

CAR HAS ONLY 13,987 ORIGINAL MILES. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, ACCELERATING FROM ANY SPEED, VEHICLE LOSES ALL THROTTLE CONTROL / RESPONSE, IDLE MAY HANG AT 3200 SUDDENLY DURING ACCELERATION THEN TAKE 30-40 SECONDS TO DROP BACK TO NORMAL. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE WARNING LIGHTS AND/OR FAULT CODES SET. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING IS ERRATIC OR NONE AT ALL (STAYS IN HIGH GEAR). FAULT CODES IF ANY ARE MOST LIKELY ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, LOW VOLTAGE TYPE CODES. WARNING LIGHTS MAY BE TRACTION / STABILITY CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, ABS IN ANY COMBINATION. THE FAULT IS MOISTURE (WATER / CONDENSATION) COLLECTING IN A TAIL LIGHT AND SHORTING THE CIRCUIT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE / TRANSMISSION ELECTRONICS. THE TAIL LIGHT MAY NOT HAVE ANY SIGN OF DAMAGE / CRACKS / HOLES BUT THE WATER PRESENCE CAUSING THE SHORT CAN DAMAGE OR DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION IF NOT CORRECTED NOT TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A STUCK THROTTLE AT 3200 RPM IN TRAFFIC. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT HAS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME (WAITING FOR THE ACCIDENTS I GUESS)

Mileage: 13,987

TAKATA RECALL, I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS AND EVERY COUPLE MONTHS WHILE IDLING IT WILL TURN OFF. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR WON'T GO OVER 15 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN AND NO ONE CAN GIVE ME AN ANSWER. IT'S HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY ROADS AND I AM LUCKY I HAVE BEEN HURT YET. PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT FOR ME THANKS.

Mileage: 36,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION. THE FIRST TIME IT HAD HAPPEN IT WAS AROUND APRIL 2017 ON A HOT DAY. I THOUGHT MAYBE ME TURNING THE AIR ON PLUS WITH THE HEAT THAT IT WAS THE REASON FOR THE MALFUCTION, BUT THEN IT DID IT AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE I WAS TURNING ONTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. I TOOK IT TO A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE TO ASK IF HE HAD ANY KNOWN SOLUTIONS TO WHY I AM LOSING ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY. SO FOR A WHILE IT WAS DRIVING NORMAL...AT LEAST I THOUGHT. MY DAUGHTER HAD USED THE VEHICLE AND I FORGOT TO TELL HER ABOUT THE ACCELERATION ISSUE, BUT SHE ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE LOST OF ACCELERATION. I THEN STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION AND WAS GOING TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE PROFESSIONAL TO GET IT LOOKED AT.UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET IT LOOKED AT FAST ENOUGH AS THE ACCELERATION WENT OUT AGAIN AND CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AS I WAS DRIVING AND COMING AROUND A CURVE THE ACCELERATION ONCE AGAIN LEFT AND AS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST HIT THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO TRY TO GET IT TO REV UP SO THAT I CAN DRIVE. ONLY THIS TIME AND AFTER HITTING THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES IT JERKED AND REV HARD WHICH STARTLED ME AND I LOSS CONTROL OF THE CAR. MY CAR FLIPPED OVER 3 TIMES. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I SURVIVED. PUZZLED AND TRYING TO GET MY SELF BACK ON MY FEET I STARTED TO RESEARCH WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG WITH THAT CAR ONLY TO LEARN THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO EXPERIENCED THIS WITH SENTRAS. I AM GLAD OTHERS WAS SAFE, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM CARMAX THAT ANY AND ALL RECALLS SHOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME. OR AT LEAST SOMETHING FROM NISSAN DUE TO ME BEING A NEW OWNER POINTING OUT ANY ISSUES THEY HAD WITH THESE CARS. THIS NOT ONLY TRAUMATIZED ME IT ALSO CAUSE ME TO BE LABELED WITH INSURANCE COMPAINES AS (AT FAULT) DRIVER. MEANING MY INSURANCE PAYMENTS HAVE SKYROCKETED. ..UPDATED 08/04/17 *BF UPDATED 08/07/17 *BF *CN *JS

Mileage: 40,000

THE NISSAN SENTRA ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE AT ANY GIVING MOMENT ON THE CITY STREET IN MOTION, AT A STOP SIGN HIGHWAY TURNING IT SHAKES AND JERKS WHEN EVER IN MOTION THE BRAKES LOCK UP THE VEHICLE REV AND THE RPM METER SURGE UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING NONE OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WORK THE VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY SAID I NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE GOT THE OIL CHANGE STILL DIDN'T HELP TOOK THE CAR BACK UP THERE THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR AGAIN AND SAID IT NEEDED A TRANSMISSION AND I SAID HOW NO WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON THE GUY SAID THEY WANT COME ON UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE AND THE SHIFT LEVER WONT SHIFT IN GEAR WITHOUT PUTTING AN OBJECT IN THE LITTLE SQUARE HOLE NEXT TO THE LEVER

I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE DEALER TODAY FOR SERVICE ON TWO RECALLS, THE CVT, AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THESE RECALLS ARE UPDATING THE COMPUTER. ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. WHEN I WOULD REMOVE MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND REAPPLIED IT, THERE WAS A LONG DELAY IN THE ACCELERATION. DUE TO THIS DELAY I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF THE WAY OF AN ONCOMING CAR. BY BLOWING MY HORN, I GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE OTHER DRIVER AND I AVOIDED THE ACCIDENT. I CALLED THE DEALER AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. TOMORROW MORNING I AM BRINGING THE CAR BACK IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.

Mileage: 20,000

PURCHASED A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA WITH AROUND 45820 MILES ON IT.2 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. THEY REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.RECEIVED IT BACK WITH PROBLEMS. RPM WOULD GO UP PAST 5 WHEN ACCELERARING OR PASSING. COMPLAINED AND NEVER RECEIVED A CALL BACK WAS TOLD THAT WAS NORMAL.. PROBLEM CONTINUES. EVEN HAD A SUPERVISOR TEST DRIVE AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS OUT OF ORDER.CONTACT CORPORATE THEY SEND ME TO A NEW DEALER AND ITS GEARS THAT ARE NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. SOLUTION ANOTHER TRANSMISSION THIS TIME THEY EXPECT ME TO PAY BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY HALF.UNACCEPTABLE FOR A PROBLEM I BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT SINCE RECEIVING THE VEHICLE BACK.OBVIOUS DEFECT IN TRANSMISSION FOR NISAN OR IN MECHANICS THAT WORK FOR THEM

Mileage: 46,000

MY FIRST INDECENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STATE HIGHWAY WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL ON, MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS CUT OFF. AS I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE BACK TO MY DRIVING SPEED, THE GAS PEDAL FELT LOOSE AND MY CAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE REVVING UP TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE BACK UP TO POSTED HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CAR THEN "JUMPED" FORWARD AND WENT BACK TO NORMAL AND ALLOWED ME ACCELERATE. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE MY CRUISE CONTROL BACK TO NORMAL AND WOULD CUT IT OFF EVERY TIME I SET IT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY FOR AN INITIAL RECALL NOTICE TO BE FIXED AND EXPLAINED ALSO WHAT HAPPENED. WHEN I DESCRIBED MY ISSUE THE SERVICE MAN HAD SAID IT SOUNDED AS IF MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT. AFTER RECALL WAS CARED FOR AND TWO TEST DRIVES LATER, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. TOLD ME IF PROBLEM COMES BACK TO BRING IN IMMEDIATELY. ON 07/06/2016 ON MY DRIVE HOME AT NIGHT, I CAME TO A LIGHT AND YIELDED,UPON TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO TURN MY CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND WAS HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN REVVING UP! I DRIFTED IN TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT, PUT MY CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. IT ACTED FINE UNTIL I WAS FURTHER DOWN ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND IT WAS GIVING ISSUES ACCELERATING AGAIN. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY (07/07) AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN. THEY CALLED ME AFTER SOMETIME, AND MADE ME AWARE OF WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE(CONDENSATION IN THE TAIL LIGHTS!) AND HOW IT WAS AFFECTING MY VEHICLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER AND NISSAN ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT HAVE YET TO ISSUE A RECALL!! THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CAN LEAD TO A FATAL ACCIDENT!!

Mileage: 55,500

LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT WAS BROKEN, MOISTURE AFFECTED PROPULSION CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE INABILITY TO SUSTAIN ANY ACCELERATION ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

Mileage: 22,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN, WHICH RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS TAKEN TO A NEW DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE STILL RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

Mileage: 25,000

AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP AT A STOP SIGN, THE SENTRA WOULD NOT ACCELERATE HIGHER THAN ABOUT 10 MPH. I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AND STILL NO ACCELERATION. AFTER A MINUTE OR SO, IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. OVER THE COURSE OF AN HOUR LONG DRIVE, THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES. ABS INDICATOR ALSO CAME ON WHEN PUSHING THE BRAKE. VDC AND SLIP LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. IT WILL PERFORM NORMALLY FOR A DAY OR TWO. THEN START MALFUNCTIONED AT RANDOM. TWO ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT ACCORDING TO DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH INDICATED THE "BRAKE SWITCH CODE". BRAKE SWITCH REPLACED AND VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY FOR TWO DAYS THE PERFORMED WORSE THAN BEFORE PART WAS CHANGED. *TR

Mileage: 48,250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

Mileage: 18,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN ACCELERATION RESPONSE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 770. UPDATED 12/24/13*CN THE CONSUMER STATED ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.

Mileage: 770