general problems of the 2004 Nissan Sentra

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 mph, the engine began to run roughly and the vehicle was shaking. The contact stated that while depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled off the road safely where the vehicle stalled. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle, but eventually had the vehicle towed to his residence. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact researched the failure online and related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 06v242000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving from a stop, the vehicle jerked and the engine rpm's revved rapidly without warning. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine control module had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 127,000.

I was driving east on i494 near a major interchange, in very heavy traffic. I was in the center lane going approximately 60-65 mph when my engine suddenly quit. I quickly checked the lane on my right and it was clear so I moved over and onto the shoulder. My brakes and steering were going quickly, but I was able to bring the car to a full stop next to the guard rail. I was right next to a two-lane exit to i35, where the traffic was flying past me; several cars almost ran into me, with one extremely distracted driver crossing the line onto the shoulder and heading right at me. If he had not looked up in time I doubt I would be here to report this. I was able to get a tow truck, but traffic was not even slowing or yielding for the tow truck driver. It was an extremely dangerous situation. While waiting for a tow, I was able to restart my car after about 10 minutes, but was too afraid to try driving it in those traffic conditions. The repair shop I went to diagnosed a faulty O2 sensor caused by a leaky flex pipe and wanted over $800 to replace the pipe w/ catalytic converter, gaskets, O2 sensor. And spark plugs. Since my car would start but I did not trust it, I decided to drive home (25 miles) by city streets and back roads. On the way the engine again failed while waiting for a light to change. After 10 minutes it started and I was able to get home. I took it to my mechanic, who fixed the flex pipe. A few days later the engine died again and restarted after another harrowing wait on the side of the road. This time the car gave a code for the crankshaft sensor, which my mechanic replaced. Since then my car has not quit while driving, but does hesitate and I am afraid while driving it. I may have my mechanic replace the camshaft sensor as well, since that is also a known issue. I am supposed to move to California, but don't trust my car to make the trip safely.

I was driving down the interstate, at 60 mph and the engine dropped to 700 rpm and refused to accelerate. I had to pull over, shut off car and repeatedly attempt to start car. This has happened 8 other times in the past month.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the engine revved up and the vehicle accelerated out of control. The brake pedal was applied and traveled to the floorboard. As a result, the emergency brake was activated and powered off the vehicle. The failure occurred multiple times. The contact did not disclose if the vehicle was diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000.

My 2004 Nissan Sentra has just failed emissions testing for the 3rd time. The paperwork I recieved says the catalytic converter is deteriorating faster than anticipated and turning on the mil. Also, that the owner was notified Dec. 5, 2005 however, I did not purchase the car until 2014.

I believe that the engine is unsafe due to a design flaw with the vehicle. The engine blew 2 head gaskets twice. The first time at ~40000 miles, the second at ~144000 miles. The damage was severe enough that the engine had to be replaced on the second incident. Both cases there was no indicaiton of any issues till the incident other than the heater stopped working. None of the gauges showed any difference from normal operation.

2004 Nissan Sentra 1. 8 I just hit 2 years with this car and still have another 2 years. Car does not start on first try. It over heats,it dies while in use,recently it started jerking really bad and rpm shot to 4,000 and wouldn't go past 20mph. I already had a new fuel pump put in and a new crankshaft sensor and new spark plugs. I just found out it has a blown head gasket. I cant afford this im a single mother of 3. Rack in pinion needs to be replaced even the mass air flow. Who knows what else?.

Motor stops while driving.

There is an ecm (engine control module) recall on Nissan Sentras and fronteirs 2003-06. When this was done at the dealership, I was told I needed a new swirl control valve, (a valve directly controlled by the ecm) at a cost of $772. Should the swirl valve also been part of this recall?.

Most of the time when I try to turn on the car I have to try 2 or 3 times in order for it to turn. The car sounds like it will turn on but it will not, therefore I have to continue turning the key and try again. Sometimes when I accelerate the car will not responce, it will take a while to do so.

While driving my 2004 Nissan Sentra ser 2. 5, the car suddenly stopped for no apparent reason. Fortunately, the car following me did not collide with me. It would not restart immediately, but did start within about 10 minutes. I had a computer reading done today, and the code was p0340. The parts person mentioned that Nissan vehicles had previously had a recall for cam shaft sensors. I researched the internet and did find the exact description of my problem. I had not received any notice of that recall (campaign number 06v242000). ; I would have answered that recall. Now, my question is this: what can be done to correct this defect in my car?.

Driving vehicle @ 60 mph on highway and the vehicle sputtered and jerked several times and then ran ok. Stopped and parked the car for four hours and then drove home and it did it again at 55 mph. 5-13-08 it happened two more times at low speeds and actually died. It started back up and then ran fine. 5-31-08 dealership stated that the problem is the crankshaft sensor.

(se-r spec v) numerous instances of engine misfire, usually occurring on throttle tip-in after a tip-out from cruise conditions. Duration of misfire anywhere from 5s to 5 minutes. Key-off, key-on sometimes rectifies the misfire. Diagnostic code of multiple cylinder misfires. Has also rarely occurred immediately after engine start. Vehicle has had ecu reprogram recall performed. Vehicle unable to accelerate when misfire occurs at low engine speed. Misfire event can occur multiple times in a week, or none for six months. Failure is so intermittent and non-repeatable that no effect troubleshooting can be performed.

Driving 65 on highway the vehicle stop running.