Interior Rearview Mirror Problems of Nissan Sentra

I took receipt of my new car on 9/22/12. On 9/23/12, I noticed a problem w/ the auto dimming mirror & the sun visor & emailed my sales person. I shared the auto dimming mirror & the sun visor are both long - I cannot use them at the same time. If I try to use the sun visor, it pushes the mirror so I cannot use it. I drive into the sun going to work & coming home from work and need to be able to block the sun & see out of my rear view mirror. The sales person told me to wait until I came in for my 1,000 mile service appt. I then emailed the manufacturer & shared the same thing. I asked if they had either 1) a shorter visor that blocks the sun but does not bump into the auto dimming mirror, or 2) a shorter mirror. I told them when my appt was with the dealership, hoping to get it resolved at the appt. They also told me to wait until my appt. I went to my appt on 10/20/12. The service advisor showed no concern & said there was nothing that could be done. He then snidely asked if I used my "side mirrors" when I drive. I shared what happened with my sales person along with again expressing my concern about the design flaw & safety issue-one should be able to use the sun visor without it prohibiting the use of the rear view mirror. The dealership never responded to my email. The manufacturer person contacted me 10/29/12 & said there is no resolution to my problem. She offered a $250 credit for my troubles. I declined the credit because I said the car still has a safety issue. I asked if I purchase a smaller mirror from the auto parts store if they would install it. The person said "no" because it is after market. I asked if I had it installed myself would it void my new car warranty & was told it probably would. I should not have to choose between blocking the sun or seeing out of my rear view mirror. This is dangerous- especially in heavy traffic.

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The contact owns a 2011 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that in order to use the sun visor, she would have to readjust the rear view mirror. By readjusting the rear view mirror she could no longer see out of it properly. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 2,656.

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The contact owns a 2011 Nissan Sentra sr. The contact stated that the drivers side sun visor would come into contact with the rear view mirror and obstruct the drivers field of vision. The contact also stated that the mirror had to be repositioned whenever the visor was placed in the downward position. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, where the contact was informed that there was nothing they could do to correct the failure on the sr trim of this model year, even though the other trims did not experience the same failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 4,000.

The driver’s side sun visor hits the rearview mirror. This is very distracting for the driver and potentially dangerous.

I recently purchased a 2008 Nissan Sentra with a factory installed optional auto dimming rear view mirror. While exiting 95 south onto 528 east I was blinded by the early morning sun and automatically reached for my sunvisor. When I tried to pull it down it hit the rear view mirror and stopped in a position that blocked my entire forward view except for a few feet. I immediately pulled off the road to ascertain what had just happened. It was now that I discovered a dangerous flaw in the design of this mirror. It was so wide it blocked both visors from going through full travel to the down position. I went to the Nissan dealership where I had purchased the vehicle and noted that these auto dimming mirrors were 10. 5 inches wide as opposed to the standard day/nights 9. 5 inches on other 2008 Sentras. I advised the service manager of this and he and others verified that all the Sentras with this option had the same too large mirror. An attempt was made to see if this was just a batch a wrong mirrors but after ordering a replacement it turns out these are in all Sentras and there are no auto dimming 9. 5 inch mirrors according to Nissan. I have made every attempt to allow the dealership to resolve this but they just refer it to Nissan. Seems like no one at Nissan watched the gene hackman movie "class action". I reference this movie because my other vehicle is a Nissan titan and it has the same exact mirror only with different part number. Seems the term "bean counters" comes to mind. I sincerely believe this to be a dangerous safety issue which could result in injury/death to an unsuspecting driver of one of these vehicles. This may or may not be an issue with the similar 2007 and 2009 models.

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