Check Engine Light On problems of the 2003 Nissan Sentra

Pcm ecm ecu engineering flaw. Engine kicks into safe mode while in operation or completely stalls, check engine light on, when restarts will misfire. Diagnosed with faulty control module (the second one in this vehicle since I have owned it).

Check engine light is always on, car suddenly cuts off, and does not restart immediately. Recalled other VIN's but not all 2003 Nissan Sentras. This is a problem with all Sentras of those years. The problem seems to be the crankshaft position sensor failure/engine stall. It is very dangerous with as many of these cars that are out on the road for it to just keep shutting off while in traffic while driving. There needs to be a recall open to all Sentras with this problem.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. While driving at low speeds, the vehicle hesitated, lost power, and stalled. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle jerked and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 407,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact also stated that the check engine light illuminated after the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 03v4770000 (electrical system). The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ecm box needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 26,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the crank sensor and the computer chip needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,846.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated and the engine stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed that the crank sensor needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA recall number: 06v242000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000. Updated 08/27/lj.

Vehicle failed the mil/check engine light due to obd communications failure. Nissan dealership code reader also unable to communicate with ecm. Possible faulty ecm.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall while driving and the check engine light would illuminate. A local mechanic diagnosed that the crank shaft sensor and the camshaft position sensor needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer was not contacted, but the manufacturer made the contact aware of the NHTSA campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) recall; yet, the VIN was not a part of the recall. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 55,500.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. While driving 40 mph, the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. Once the contact turned off the vehicle, it did not restart until the following day. Once the vehicle was started, the contact noticed that the tachometer was not working. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 86,000.

Check engine light has been on for a while with erratic gauges that only work sometimes. . . . Then recently car has been shutting off, completely dying while driving sometimes at low speeds, sometimes on the highway. Sometimes will restart for me, sometimes will not. After research online, found out about recall on 03 Sentras with the exact things that my car has been doing. Called Nissan and took my car to a local dealer and they said my cars VIN number was not included in the recall, even though the same year, model and engine as the recall listed. This is so dangerous and it is happening very frequently now.

2003 Nissan Sentra engine quit and check engine light came on. Would not start. Nissan had a recall 03v455000 but my VIN is not included in the recall even though it is a 2003 Nissan Sentra. I had to pay for the repair- around $280. 00 out of pocket.

2003 Nissan Sentra se-r has been giving me problems. The engine would just shut down while driving twice on me now, which is so dangerous when driving on highway. The engine lights come on at all times, take it to dealer and they said it sensors, did this about 5 times now within a year. Now the engine wont start, again take to dealership this time engine is flooded cause the sensor weren't working, they just reset the sensor. I am in constant worry when driving this car never know when the engine will stop running when driving.

Car started idling 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 repeatedly. I did some research and found out about the butterfly (power valve) issue of the assembly falling into the 2. 5l engines. 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 unrecognizable, 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 dealership 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 recommended I talk to the service dept about having it repaired by Nissan under recall. Nissan service looked up my VIN # and discovered that 03 models did not have a recall for the butterfly screws but a new engine was recently replaced for the precat recall issue only 20,000 miles ago. . They recommended that I call corporate and file a claim regarding the butterfly screw problem since they had just recently worked on the engine and should have tightened those screws. 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 corporate 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 don't know why 03 is not covered. The fact that I had only put 20,000 on the new engine that they installed didn't 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.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. The check engine light illuminated and the vehicle lost power. The contact was informed of NHTSA campaign id number 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). He called Nissan and they denied that any recalls applied to his vehicle. The contact feels that his vehicle should be included in the recall because he is experiencing the same failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current mileage was 63,500 and failure mileage was 61,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall and the check engine light illuminated each time he drove the vehicle. The vehicle is under safety recall number 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle is currently at the dealer and they are charging $280 to replace the sensors. The contact stated that the repair should be free since the vehicle is included in the recall. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage is 40,000 and failure mileage was 39,850.

I purchased my 2003 Nissan Sentra from Toyota direct in columbus ohio and the day I purchased it that evening my check engine light came on I took it back and they took it to germain Nissan twice for service to find out what was wrong, well they fixed it as they thought (the fuel pump) but a year later the same problems were occurring so I took it to another mechanic and they said it was what Nissan said so I had it fixed again (fuel pump) but no one hooked it up to diagnostic. Well now again the car is doing the same thing I took it to another mechanic and he fixed something totally different since he hooked it up to the diagnostic and said it was the crank position sensor and he fixed it, well here I am 6 months later im having the same problem. . I research on the internet and found this had a recall back in 2003 but I'm getting people telling me my car wasn't included, my car is doing the same exact thing as 630000 other 2003 nissian Sentras how is this possible. . I'm would like to file a complaint about my vehicle and I feel Nissan should replace this and make it good at their cost and not mine. Here is what I found out: auto recall date: Nov 17, 2003 vehicle component: engine and engine cooling estimated vehicles affected: 630000 model affected 2003 Nissan Sentra 2003 Nissan Sentra defect summary: on certain passenger vehicles, the circuit board for the crank position sensor or cam position sensor may have an improper solder joint due to solder deformation caused by heat stress accelerated by the existence of flux residue during the soldering process. Defect consequence: this could cause the "service engine soon" warning light to come on, create a no start condition, cause reduced engine power, or cause the engine to stop running without warning during vehicle operation, which could result in a crash. Remedy: dealers will replace the crank position sensors. Camshaft position sensor(s), and in some cases, the variable timing control sensor.

I bought a used 2003 Nissan Sentra for just a little more than a year ago from a used car dealer. Less than a month later I found some listed recalls on the web for the on board control unit which was causing the computer to miss read the crank case positioning sensor, and oxygen sensors, & causing cars to stop running for anywhere from split second to several seconds. This could cause an accident for this on board computer was making error codes show up when doing smog test and there was nothing wrong with these sensors. I went into my local Nissan dealer to have these recall repairs done, I was told that only one of the four repairs would be done to my vehicle because my 2003 Sentra was made in Dec. And the recall for the other were for up to Nov of 2003. My Sentra has been having the same exact problems that the recall repairs were suppose to fix, only they wouldn't fix mine. Since about a month after that my check engine light has been on and about a half a dozen times a week my car will just stop running for about a second and start up again. Also since then I have had both the crank case sensor and the oxygen sensor replaced and not only will the check engine light not go out, but now even after I have replaced both of these sensors because they were showing up as defective when I had the smog checked, this defective on board computer still shows the exact same defect codes even after putting new parts in. This has now cost me over $150 for parts I didn't need and even worse, the car won't pass smog even though there's nothing wrong with the parts I had to replace. So now because Nissan wouldn't replace what they knew was a defective part, the on board computer or what the service manual calls it then (ecm) controller, I have 3 days (nevada only gives you 10 days extension if your car doesn't pass smog to fix it). Ecm controller will have to be replace ii don't have $700 to $1000 dollars to pay for one.

Car will not start in the morning unless engine is warmed up for a few minutes, if not allowed to warm up it will move very slowly and if you try to accelerate it stalls. The check engine light came on, so I took it to the dealer and he said it was a bad cam sensor, so he replaced and this time the car would not start at all. He put back the old sensor and it started up but the check engine light came on again, the computer stated it's the cam sensor. He could not figure it out so he finally contacted Nissan techs and they didn't know what it could be. After 5 days they finally came up with the problem---valve-timing control ??? they want $ 1600 to repair the car, I can't afford it, so I contacted Nissan explained that the should pay for it because it sounds just like the recall NHTSA id 03v455000, they refused even though I am a long time Nissan customer. I am going to appeal the decision because I am reading a lot of similar complaints exist and they won't take responsibility for it. It's a real shame.

: the contact stated while driving 25 mph, the check engine light illuminated, and the vehicle stalled. There was a NHTSA recall,# 03v455000, regarding the engine and engine cooling. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN.

Car began running rough, had trouble starting, check engine light stayed on. Didn't drive much after problem. Took to dealer (leitzinger imports) where I attend college, penn state university. Problem diagnosed as p0462 - fuel/sensor circuit, as per TSB. Engine control unit needs reprogrammed which was done. My father picked up after fixed & service personnel mentioned it was a known problem with this car. Nissan north America was contacted & my father spoke with a helpful rep seeking reimbursement for work. File number with Nissan is 5463960. No known recalls, reimbursement denied but might have been different if we owned more Nissans. Was mentioned to rep that no parts were replaced which indicates it was a computer/program malfunction & not fault of owner.

While driving 55 mph vehicle stalled. Consumer tried to restart vehicle but was unable to do so. Check engine light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that engine needed to be replaced due to a blown head gasket.