general problems of the 2002 Nissan Sentra

I was made aware recently( March 2020) that the cam sensor in my car is defective. There was a recall on this part in 2004. After contacting the Nissan corporate headquarters, they inform me that their records show the recall remedy was satisfied in 2004. I do not remember bringing the car to the dealership nor does the dealership have any record the recall was satisfied.

Car has been turning off a few times when brake had been pushing down. (when the car had been stopping).

Nissan denies vehicle is part of an ongoing problem with with oil issues that effect the catalytic converter. This vehicle has had a the catalytic converter replaced at 14,000 miles, and multiple recalls have been issued. Nhtsa has this case already on record for the continue problems with this make and model. Defective engine build, Nissan attempts to deflect the issue to the dealers and then back again. Nissan case # 13126831.

I currently own a 2002 Nissan Sentra se-r spec v and it is old but has been taken good care of and it only has 110,000 miles on it. Vehicle problems smoke black really bad, uses up to 5 quarts between oil changes, idles rough, runs rough. It has had a couple recalls I checked up on like the pre cat header it had been replaced in 03. I replaced coil packs, spark plugs, mass air flow sensor, cam sensor, and crank sensor. All this virtually did nothing and with vehicle oil consuption and fuel usage the engine is shot and will be in need of rebuild or replacment. I have read many reviews of others with the same car and have had the same and worse problems, and it just makes no sense how Nissan can screw up that bad and screw that many people out of money because of manufacturing defects. I also called Nissan and told them the problem and they basically said to bad nothing we can do you are on your own. I still own the car and feel like as many of these car owners have experienced the same issues it is obviously something Nissan did wrong and should compesate me and others with this defect.

The car engine stops when at the traffic light and every time that I stop . I have to restart it to proceed and this happens very often and very frustrating. . Thanks god that I haven't had anyone rear-ended me so far.

I began to have trouble with my car a couple of weeks ago. I have been going through a quart of oil a day and a tank of gas in a few days. I took it to my mechanic and he found out there is a recall for my vehicle. I was never notified of this recall. I was in the marines and was stationed at several different bases. My mother’s address was also used by Nissan but she never received any information on the recall. I contacted the Nissan dealer in norfolk ne. He told me I had to wait two weeks for them to look at it. The people I dealt with were rude and unprofessional and acted like I was an inconvenience. I did not have another vehicle and I am in school and have work so I contacted Nissan USA. After several phone calls I was able to get an appointment in sioux city IA. I had to have my vehicle towed at my expense to sioux city. They looked at my car and found out that there were shreds of metal in the engine and the engine needs to be replaced. They stated they were not going to replace the engine. They stated I have to pay for it to be replaced. In the recall they said it would be replaced at Nissans expense, a tow if necessary would be paid and a rental vehicle would be provided. None of this has happened. I would like assistance with this issue because the engine should be replaced by Nissan. I told them what was wrong and my mechanic called and told them as well. They have still are not willing to pay for the engine.

I took my vehicle a Nissan Sentra gxe 2002 for oil change at Nissan agincourt in scarborough in spring 2010. This time I took my vehicle to a mechanic for a oil change. The mechanic from carfax told me the the dip stick was broken when he open the hood and tried to do the oil change. He mentioned that their is a recall for the dip stick in this vehicle. I called the Nissan at agincourt where did my last oil change they told me that there is no recall for the dip stick. I was given to understand this is a common occurance for thie Nissan Sentra 2002 gxe. Thank you.

1. The engine stopped running without warning while the vehicle was driven. It could have caused a crash. I couldn't start the engine until the engine was cooled off. 2. It occurred once, but it is strongly believed to be related to a previous campaign (NHTSA campaign id number: 07v527000 and 06v223) the condition, events and the consequences are the same. 3. A mechanic fixed the condition by replacing the crank position sensor, but I am not sure the vehicle is in fair condition. Air flow meter was also replaced although it is not strongly correlated with the I have contacted the Nissan USA and a dealer (darcars Nissan), but I was told that there is no campaign for my vehicle.

Our 2002 1. 3l engine Nissan Sentra shut off while driving. This left the car uncontrollable and unresponsive. Power steering was impaired and safe operation of the vehicle was compromised. We took the car to the dealership and the ecm crankshaft sensor was identified as "mis-reading" the condition of the car. It turns out that this incident is identical to the failure of the 2002 2. 5l Nissan Sentra crankshaft sensor under recall 07v527000. Our car is not covered under this recall, though the part, system, and failure are the same. This issue will be fixed at my expense initially, but this issue could cause many safety issues and should be addressed immediately by the manufacturer.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Sentra. While driving approximately 55 mph, the check engine warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. There was a low power response when the accelerator pedal was depressed and the engine began to misfire. The vehicle coasted to the side of the road and resumed normal operation at low speeds. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing and they stated that the failure was related to the engine compartment. The technician recommended that the vehicle be inspected by an authorized dealer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the power valve within the throttle body failed. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 92,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Sentra. While driving 25 mph, the vehicle failed and shut off. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but began experiencing idling issues. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop and inspected by a technician, who determined that the mass air flow sensor failed. The vehicle was repaired at the cost of $370. Three days later, while driving 10 mph, the vehicle slowed down and failed. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and drove to a local repair shop. It was determined that the ecm was failing. No repairs were performed. The contact called the manufacturer and was informed that no compensation would be provided because there were no recalls. The current and failure mileages were 75,000.

Upon noticing an unusual smell coming from my car I opened my hood to remove the oil dipstick only to find that the plastic ring had melted away from the dipstick. The dipstick was now stuck and after about an hour I was able to remove it because of the numerous suggestions, which I found online in order to avoid a mechanic fee of more than $150. 00 to remove it. This seems to be a common problem with Nissan Sentra according to the many blogs found on the web simply by typing Nissan broken oil dipstick. I was given a defective part, time wasted trying to remove the dipstick and had to incur the cost to replace the part, only to be given the same type of dipstick with a plastic handle.

My 2002 Nissan Sentra w/ 1. 8 engine started dying at low speeds. My mechanic said it was a known defect of the camshaft position sensor & a recall was issued for the 2. 5l engine, but not for my 1. 8l engine. It cost me $408 to fix. Here is the 2002 Nissan Sentra defect summary: on certain passenger vehicles equipped with a 2. 5l engine, the crankshaft position sensor can overheat causing a brief interruption in the signal output from the sensor. Defect consequence: if the interruption in the signal from the crankshaft position sensor is so brief that the electronic control module (ecm) logic does not have time to diagnose the condition, the engine may stop running without warning while the vehicle is driven at a low speed increasing the risk of a crash.

The dipstick on my Nissan Sentra had a plastic head. Twice, the dipstick has been broken by a serviceman changing the oil. He simple pulls it out and the plastic head comes off, leaving the stick in the tube. Nissan charged me $168 dollars four years ago to replace the tube and dipstick. Now it has happened again. The heat is too much for the plastic, making it brittle. Because this has happened twice, and I've read of hundreds of similar complaints on consumer websites, this should be a recall item.

My vehicle would cut off while driving. I took it to a Nissan dealership to have the recalls r3022 (crank position sensor) and the inside lining of the ecm box removed. Because of the damage done to the ecm box from the lining by ecm box has to be unjustly fixed at my own expense.

Oil dip stick broke on 2002 Nissan Sentra. With only about 60,000 miles on the Nissan Sentra, the plastic oil dip stick broke off inside the tube. The vehicle was taken to a Nissan dealer for repairs at a an out outrageous cost of $380. 63. Checking the internet, I found numerous complaints for the same problem. It surely appears to be a design flaw with the dip stick and Nissan should initiate a recall to replace existing oil sticks made of plastic. Additional, Nissan should reimburse the owners who have already paid for this repair.

The handle on the engine oil dipstick has broken off. The stick itself is now in the dipstick tube. I was looking on the internet yesterday, August 12, 2007 and uncovered numerous complaints from people about this same problem. It seems to be a common problem with Nissan vehicles.

Early March, I noticed on consumer reports website that there were recalls associated with my 2002 Nissan Sentra. Engine sensors. Nissan did not send me a recall notice even though they had my name and address. I registered the car when I bought it used. March 16 2006 my Nissan had 115754 kms on it when I took it into Nissan victoria for the recalls. They replaced the crankshaft/camshaft position sensors (3 in total) recall r86. Removed ecm case holder foam r87. June 20, 2006 I was heading to the highway when my engine started racing and jerking, I drove it home. The car died and I had it towed to an automotive shop around the corner from my house. I was so lucky I wasn't going down the highway with lots of traffic! the mechanic came to the conclusion fairly quickly that it might be the computer and he called the Nissan dealership. They told him that they had no problems with the computers. I rented a car in the meantime to get to work. The mechanic got a used computer from the auto wrecker and the car started right up. Apparently the foam on the ecm damaged the computer (some kind of gas-fumes) while it was curing. This is why Nissan removed the foam. Maybe they are trying to avoid another recall like for the sensors. . . Too late. . . I have since discovered that a lot of people have had the same problem with the ecm. I don't trust the used ecm I have in the car because I don't know anything about it. But I feel that Nissan should either rebuild or give me a new computer. If this happens at 123,000 kms what can I expect further down the road? I have the old computer, not sure what to do with it.

At 6:30 am, I was driving, trying to defrost the windows with the defroster at a light and the car started a jerking motion and overheated. I parked the car at family member's residence. I took the car to the dealer and was told that the engine needed to be replaced; however, the replacement was covered under the warranty. Nissan needed to be contacted and they were. My case was in the warranty department for 3. 5 weeks, mean while I was without transportation I wasn't approved to have a vehicle supplied by Nissan. Nissan made a decision not to replace the engine in my 4 year old car that received regular maintenance; but to replace the cylinder head gaskets (which from what I am told is a temporary fix). This is because I am at 58,000 miles and my warranty is up at 60,000 miles. Beware of Nissan and their warranties.

Vehicle(2002 Nissan Sentra gxe) becomes rough and the engine stop intermittently while driving the vehicle. Taken the vehicle to the dealership, the ecm (engine control module) was detected to be bad. It was replaced at a cost of $95. 00. The vehicle odometer was showing about 47,000 miles. Talked to the Nissan manufacturer and I was told that all recalls were already done on this vehicle on March 24th, 2004 at stevens creek Nissan. This included rectifying the defects related to ecm. However the ecm became bad again. There may be defects which have not come to the review. Please help to identify the defects and make the vehicle safe on the road.

When my 2002 Sentra was brought into habberstad Nissan for a routine oil change, I was informed that the oil dip stick was broken and the bottom was stuck in the bottom. I was told by Nissan that the oil pan had to be removed to get it out and that it would cost $290. 00. I have an extended warranty and was also told that this was not covered under the warranty. The service person also mentioned that he has seen this problem on several 2002 sentras, however Nissan has not acknowledged that this is a problem with the car. I have since seen several complaints regarding this same problem with the 2002 model. If anything, this should be covered under Nissan's warranty and should probably be included as a recall for this problem. Nissan should resolve this problem at no cost to the consumer since there is obviously a problem with the plastic dipstick breaking apart.

Consumer's vehicle experienced the same problem as stated in recall 03v455000. However, consumer's vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN.

While driving, consumer felt like vehicle went into neutral. Consumer barely made it to the shoulder because vehicle was shutting down. After incident consumer received recall notice regarding contamination of engine control module (ecm).

1) ongoing intermittent problems with gears grinding, gears popping out (while driving no less!), gears refusing to go into proper gear (especially a problem with reverse. ) dealer tells us car drives fine for them and problems cannot be replicated. Several observers have seen and heard these problems on various occasions. Dealer continues to tell us that there are no problems with the transmission. 2) car refused to start and needed to be towed to dealer, where upon we were told the car started right up for us. This problem has not recurred as of this date. Note: the exact milage may not be accurate, but is close. The car only has 13,000 miles on it.

2002 spec-v heater temp control cables broke. Drove car to 10000 miles. . In Dec was given a rentalcar. . Told parts would be in any day. Been without the parts for over 90 days. . No eta on parts . . No eta on repair. . Only get the run around from Nissan.

While driving consumer noticted smoke coming out of the vents in vehicle. Took to dealer.