Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problems of the 2003 Nissan Sentra

Two problems related to gas recirculation valve (egr valve) have been reported for the 2003 Nissan Sentra. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Nissan Sentra based on all problems reported for the 2003 Sentra.

1 Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problem

Failure Date: 02/16/2006

- the contact received a recall letter two months ago for the 2003 Nissan Sentra, but the vehicle failed last year. While driving the weather was poor, the temperature dropped to 17 degrees and itstarted snowing ,he was driving under blizzard conditions. He was tried to slow down and the vehicle stalled on the highway. Due to the icy conditions a truck had stopped, but the contact's vehicle slid into the rear of the truck. His insurance company stated he was at fault. He called the manufacturer, who informed him that there was no recall, but that they would send someone to look at the vehicle. Nissan confirmed the insurance findings, and said it was not their fault and that nothing was wrong with the car. In August 2006 the vehicle repeated the same failure. Whie going 3 mph and the car stalled while making a right hand turn. The vehicle lost power and almost rolled into another vehicle. In January he took the vehicle to a repair shop, it started to rain and the vehicle stalled again. The check engine light turned on. He took the vehicle to the dealer, and they repaired the vehicle. After picking up the vehicle it stalled again and he could not start it. The current mileage was 77,000 and the failure mileage was 62,000.

2 Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problem

Failure Date: 08/29/2005

I have a 2003 Nissan Sentra ser that continues to have problems. It stalls, dies in the middle of the road and sometimes wont start. There is no warning as to when its going to die. It feels like it loses power while your driving down the road. Check engine light comes on and when I take it to the dealer they tell me there is nothing the matter with it they have replace the chamber assembly throttle and then replaced the crank sensor assembly. Sometimes the check engine light does not even come on but when they scan it for a code a code comes up or sometimes no codes come up. This car had been back to the dealer 10 times and they still have not corrected the problem.




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