Nissan Sentra owners have reported 2 problems related to front suspension lower ball joint (under the suspension category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Nissan Sentra based on all problems reported for the Sentra.
11/28/2002 aboard camp pendleton driving approx. 25mph, right front oem alloy rim blew off "uniformatively" 1 inch outward from center of rim, lower suspension ball joint came apart, vehicle smashed down in road. (I have a video tape of accident to show my car fell in the road, with no outside force causing accident like manufacture claims).
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Consumer has been in the military service, and received recall notice 01v174000 concerning lower control arm bolts. There were no Nissan dealers overseas authorized to do recall repairs. Consumer called manufacturer for about 2 months stating that parts that were mailed overseas to consumer were the wrong parts. Currently, consumer could not get back in touch with manufacturer to get right parts.