general problems of the 2011 Nissan Sentra

I am having issues with registering car due to failed emissions for the mass air flow sensor as well as the cvt light that comes on while driving. The cvt light pops on out of no where which makes the car shake and not want to move too well. To be driving on freeway and have this happen would be very dangerous if not fatal.

I went on a road trip that was 240 miles each way. We were about half way when you began to have problems. I realized the car was having problems at that half way point because it was jerking ,clanking, stalking check engine light. My car could only go 60mph on the way home on I-15. People were flashing their lights and riding my ass. I eventually had to get off the nearest exit, in payson utah, just make sure I would be okay. Normally my car gets about 36mpg on the freeway but it was getting about 20mpg on the way home. Initially I took it to a local service mechanic shop and they changed the fluid charged me $286. 00 and they recommended a transmission shop to look at the vehicle. The transmission shop mechanic diagnosed bad internal parts in the transmission. With estimated repairs of $3500. 00. The car currently has been 120,140 miles. It broke down 04/18/2021.

The car charger refuses to adhere to a car charger that came as an accessory with a cell phone package. But my phone car charger works for any other random c- charger that my cell phones uses.

Like many other complaints I am reading I have had multiple times I have been driving down the road and my vdc off light will appear and my car will start jerking and have trouble accelerating, I then have to get over to the side of the road and shut my car off for a few, this luckily has only happened to me in the city as after it happened I was too worried to take it on the highway. With this many issues/complaints Nissan really needs to look into this before it costs someone their life.

Electrical system: battery: cables - Nissan Sentra 2011 - my car was running well for all these years, no problems at all, but one day, didn't want to start, it didn't make no noise, nothing. My husband checked the battery right away, it was a little bit loose and he adjusted it. The car wanted to start but never did completely. The tow guy said it looked like the key was deprogrammed so we were hoping it was just that. So we towed the car to Nissan dealership and found out it was the engine control module. It costed more than $2,000 dollars to get if fixed. Searching online I found out that Nissan Sentra's 2010-2011 have a recall on this issue. The article says: (due to a machining irregularity, the bolt/washer surface on the positive battery terminal cable end may allow for a gap to occur in the contact area of the terminal. This can result in a voltage drop that may cause difficulty starting the vehicle and could cause damage to the engine control module) exactly what happened to my car! we talked to the Nissan manager about it, but he didn't honor the recall, since my car doesn't have this recall when I apply the VIN#. He gave us a phone # to call: 1800 Nissan1, so I hope they can reimburse the money we paid for it. Please, if you have a problem like this, report it, so they can see there is more vehicles affected that don't qualify for this recall and I don't think it's fair because it is a manufacture issue. Thank you!.

The vehicle stalls after running for a few minutes at fir now stalls when stopped at red light and while making a turn and while driving.

Check engine light is on, when I accelerated on the gas it the car started to jerk and it wouldn't let me get past 40 mph. After I stopped at a stop sign, the car would not move faster than 20 mph before it started jerking. I called a mcclarty Nissan dealership in north little rock and they told me that the recall listed on this website did not affect my car even though your website does when I look it up by the VIN like they did.

We put our VIN into the recall database and it did not come back as being one of the cars affected. However, we have experienced what is described in the recall: engine stalling and having to be turned off and restarted; no power to engine when stepping on gas while in drive. It has been okay on the highway, but will often cut out when driving in city, especially when starting back from a start or rolling start. Happens occasionally with no predictability other than has never happened on the highway.

About a couple months after I purchased the car a service engine soon light started to turn on and off, so I took it to get checked at auto zone. They then told me that it was a sensor or spark plug. The light went off but then about a year later I was driving and a vdc off light along with a traction light came on while I was driving, causing the car to jerk so much that I have to pull over and shut it off for a few minutes. When I turn the car back on it gone. I started to search for similar issues to see if any other Nissan like mine were having this problem, and found that this is a common issue . I checked to see if there was any recalls which there isn't but one of the recalls you have listed, has similar problems to which im having. It's now to the point when I put my car in reverse for some reason it shuts off or if I brake to much the issue worsens. Please help!.

The vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly hesitates loses power and stalls. I have been told by two independent Nissan repair shops that the ecm needs to be reprogrammed and updated to the newest version. Because other components that are tied in together is causing the check engine light to come on. Ap0101 diagnostic code states that the maf sensor is bad. The maf sensor has been replaced, the gas tank cap has been replaced with an oem, etc. I believe that the ecm is not communicating correctly with the maf sensor signal and is what is causing the engine to stall unexpectedly. This has happened three time and I can have an accident due to the engine sttalling without any warning. I can be severely rear ended in the freeway.

Flapping sound on driver side when speeding. My vehicle makes a flapping sound when I speed more than 65 mph. I can hear it on the driver side only. It causes the steering wheel to vibrate. I had the shocks replaced and it still makes the sound.

We driving out of state and when the climb started the car started to lose power and was driving only 25 miles an hour. We arrived at a dealer of Nissan and the diagnosis was that the transmission oil is heated and needed to install an additional cooling kit . . . My car has 112600 miles and that happens on may,26,2016.

When driving the car sometimes the vdc light comes on and the car will not go. It acts like it will not take the gas and it does not want to go. We have tried to cut the switch off but could not. We had to cut the car off and let it set for a few minutes and then start it back up and it would be fine. It has happened a couple of times and its a really scary feeling when your driving down the road and it happens. I would like to know what can be done about this and what the problem might be.

When driving from a stop position the car will appear to hesitate upon acceleration. Some hesitations are longer than others. It's scary as if the car doesn't want to move but as of yet will then go. Not sure of the problem components related to the hesitation. It is intermittent as this time and new to my possession of the car. I fear the car will at some point not go when pressing on the gas. Scary.

We were driving on the highway and heard an explosion. Pulled over to the shoulder and saw a huge hole in the sunroof and the remaining window was shattered. Nothing came up and hit us and we were not driving underneath of anything. It was completely random and un-explained.

It was driving ok on a school parking lot, no warning lights for check engine or battery; and after parking & turning off the engine the car did not restart anymore. Battery is good, fuel pump is good too, no blown fuses, nothing seems wrong but simply it won't restart!.

A 3 year old car suddenly would not shift gear ( defective shifter assembly ) from park to drive , first was told by Nissan it is covered by powertrain warranty (60k miles ) and was told by the dealer it's not. Why is the consumer have to pay for factory installed defective part ? we are not talking light bulbs or fuses which lasted longer than an important gear of a car.

This is 2013 and my car still has this problem unresolved. This is an intermitent problem which has happened 4 times when the car is almost undriveable. Driving along on snowy roads (have noticed less significant issues other times such as going into 1st gear on its own twice and some small pulses here and there ) when the car will have a pulse or catch like you have quickly stepped on the brakes but no brake lights go on. The rpms increase from 1500 to 3000 and then the car stops briefly. Lower speed and still happens. Leaving from a stop is when it gets really scary. Any amount of gas pedal will cause the car to come to almost a complete stop with no brake lights. Almost rear ended a couple times. It keeps stopping you when you try to ever so gently give it some gas and eventually you can get it going. This behavior will continue until it wants to stop it. Turning car on and off sometimes help and sometimes doesn't. The second time this happened last 3 trips to work. Taken to dealer several times and no diagnostic codes have been recorded. First time adjusted sensor for vdc - must not have been adjusted from factory. Second time - no codes - say they adjusted some other sensors. Third and fourth times - if no diagnostic codes can't do anything. Contacted Nissan and waiting for a solution.