Power Train Problems of Nissan Sentra

Nissan Sentra owners have reported 1,202 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 28 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (865 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's transmission failure (75 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Power Train problems of Nissan Sentra

The Power Train problem

My car would we still in the middle of the road and one day I was turning to go home and it cut off with everything on the dashboard was still on and the power steering went out and I tried to turn real fast to get my driveway and next thing I know my cortizone fire meanwhile every now and then I   Read details...

The Transmission Failure problem

During normal driving conditions, the vehicle's transmission failed to move forward in drive. This happened after stoping at a gas station. I reversed the vehicle to pull out of the spot and switched to drive. Thats when the vehicle failed to move forward.   Read details...

The Transmission Noise problem

The transmission on this car shredded itself to bits in a day at 86k miles. It made a very mild grinding noise going into work in the morning on an expressway and driving home the same night it sounded like the engine was about to jump out of the car.   Read details...

The Automatic Transmission problem

My 2016 Nissan Sentra sv has had two complete cvt transmission failures. I purchased the vehicle used with somewhere between 30,000 - 40,000 miles. The transmission failed shortly after, and was replaced under warranty.   Read details...

The Transmission Gear Slipping problem

Car has 81229 miles on it the problem started around 81,000 car surging and transmission slipping while driving on highway and city streets   Read details...




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