Brake Master Cylinder problems of the 2013 Nissan Sentra

Master cylinder needs replacing. My daughter could have crashed as brakes went all the way to floor. Nissan knows this issue exists with 2013 Nissan Sentra and no recall?.

As I was driving on the freeway in heavy traffic, I pressed on the brakes to stop and I had to press the pedal all the way to the floor to activate the breaks. This caused me to almost hit the car in front of me. This happened several more times on my way home. I took the car to the dealer and they eventually diagnosed the car with a cracked master cylinder. The car is roughly 5 years old and this is the second major problem that it has had within the month - 1st the transmission and then 2nd the breaks. These are 2 of the 3 most frequently reported problems with this make/model. The car is under 60k miles. According to most sources, the master cylinder is supposed to last the life of the car. Nissan reports that no recall/customer education has been done for either of those things for that make/model. It seems irresponsible of them.

Brake master cylinder major failure in which I almost had an accident. Pedal went right to the floor and brakes did not function!.

Master cylinder. On Saturday 1/27/18 I was driving my car home after making a stop and the brakes quit working. I had to slam on my brakes to get the car to stop. I finally got home after a stressful drive. I took my car to one service center the next day (1/28) and they topped out the fluids but found nothing else wrong. I got in the car to drive home and had the same issue. Thus, on Monday (1/29) I took the car to a downtown service center (non-Nissan) and they diagnosed that the master cylinder needed to be replaced. I had that item replaced at a cost of $732. I then sent a letter to Nissan requesting reimbursement for this problem because the car was only 5 years old and 67000 miles. Nissan said since I did not bring it to a Nissan dealership and have their diagnostics run they would not reimburse me. However, a week or two earlier I was at a Nissan dealership for a shift lock problem and they ran diagnostics then. They told me they could not recreate the problem and did run diagnostics. They said everything was fine. After the master cylinder issue, I rechecked that report and it indicated the brake fluids were low. I also checked the internet and ran across several reports that talked about this same braking issue. Nissan has refused to do anything about it since I did not bring it to them. However, since its out of warranty I do not always take my car to a dealership - I usually take it to a place closer to my work.

While getting ready to enter a highway, the brake pedal became spongy, and went completely down to the floor. On pumping the pedal, the braking power would come and go. The car had to be towed to a repair shop where it was uncovered that the brake master cylinder had gone bad. The car has only 33279 miles on it and was recently serviced by a Nissan dealer.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Sentra. While driving at any speed, the brake pedal had to be pumped numerous times for the vehicle to stop and the pedal traveled to the floorboard. The vehicle was taken to a Nissan dealer where it was diagnosed that the master cylinder failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,229.

Brake pedal fades to the floor intermittently while driving or in park. Mechanic diagnosed bad master cylinder. 65,000 miles on this vehicle. 2/13 production date.

While waiting at the stop light, the car had began moving forward, I noticed the release of the pressure of the brake pedal, and begin to press harder to stop the car. It occurred again, this time I pressed harder and notice the pressure was completely released and had to floor the brake pedal. I took the vehicle to the dealership which they performed a multi-point inspection and performed a few recalls (I. E. A/c and airbags), checked brake fluid, brake line and master cylinder which apparently passed their test. While picking up the vehicle, we performed a test drive and notice the pressure was fine. After driving my car for a few days, again I stopped at a stop light and the issue began again. This time, the brake pedal floored itself and did not come up until I had to take the tip of my shoes to push it up.

My 2013 Nissan Sentra with 142 miles already has problem with the service brakes. I was completely stopped at a traffic light. While waiting for the light to change I noticed that my car started to move forward. My first reaction was to press a little bit harder on the brake pedal, the car stopped, but a few seconds later the car started to move again. I kept pressing on the brake pedal a little bit harder every time it started to move, until the pedal reached the maximum travel, all the way to the bottom. Even with the brake pedal pressed all the way to the bottom, the car kept on moving forward. At that moment I was inching away into the incoming traffic, so I had to pull the parking brake to stop the car from moving forward. This incident was very scary to say the least. Now my car is at the dealer in the service department waiting for a new master cylinder. What I cannot understand is how such an important / critical system of a brand new car could fail in 4 days, and less than 150 miles. Anyone else experienced anything like this?.