Warnings Problems of Nissan Sentra - part 2

Nissan Sentra owners have reported 52 problems related to warnings (under the forward collision avoidance 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.

36 Warnings problem of the 2022 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 06/15/2022

Safety features such as front crash detection and other preventative features fail when the interior of the vehicle gets gets hot (due to climate). Among safety the cruise control, radio and center display no longer operate. Unable to use bluetooth or any vehicle settings when the screen is completely black and nonfunctional.

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37 Warnings problem of the 2022 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 05/06/2022

My car continuously feels like it's going to stall out and actually has just sitting at a red light. With no warning the car just stalled on me. The throttle body has been replaced already, they reset my rpms a different time, and just replaced the entire transmission. It's a brand new 2022 Sentra and only had 14 miles on it when I bought it in March. I should not have had the transmission replaced already on a brand new car. Even with the transmission being replaced the car is still wanting to stall out. This makes for very unsafe driving and could lead to an accident as well. It also has acceleration issues when pressing the gas pedal it doesn't want to go then out of no where speeds up real fast. Very concerned and wondering if I'm ge only person with such bad luck to be the only car owner of a brand new Sentra having this problem with my car. It's been to the repair shop 4 times already and I will be going back less then a week later after having the transmission replaced. The forward collision sensor stops working when it's raining outside as well. That's the time you need it the most. It says it's been disabled and the sensor is blocked even though there is nothing blocking it.

38 Warnings problem of the 2018 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 04/15/2022

Trouble starting car as if there were no gas in engine. Radar warning coming on with no obstruction and, trunk poping open at the same time.

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39 Warnings problem of the 2020 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 03/21/2022

On three separate occasions, the vehicle stops for no reason. It beeps and flashes the warning and slams on the breaks. There are no vehicles in front of the car when this occurs that would warrant emergency braking to enable. This has occurred when driving at around 30-50 mph.

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40 Warnings problem of the 2021 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 01/26/2022

Steer rod recall effective as of 6/17/21 yet ignored by enterprise rental car company. Lost control, car hit guard rails. No cooperation from insurance nor rental company. Police got it towed on 1/26/2022 to alpine automotive, lake zurich illinois, enterprise holdings picked it up on 1/28/2022. No other information provided by any party on estimate of damages, nor medical coverage due to “insurance policies”.

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41 Warnings problem of the 2020 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 06/01/2021

A few times, my car has sensed that there's a car in front of me and suddenly breaked. I find this completely bizarre as there have been no cars in front of me. I took the car to the dealership to see if there was any electrical malfunction. But the dealership did not find anything. However, the issue still appears from time to time. I am concerned because if my car were to suddenly stop again, and there is a car behind me, a car could easily hit me. Aside from this, I have had some issues with the moonroof not closing, and the backup camera freezing too. Both of those issues were solved at the dealership though.

42 Warnings problem of the 2019 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 05/16/2021

Collision sensor malfunction and difficulty starting vehicle. Brake pedal not registering properly as depressed upon attempting to start vehicle.

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43 Warnings problem of the 2020 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 04/09/2021

The front radar (obstruction detector) is not working properly. The car will randomly break even when there is no obstruction in front of the car. This happened 3 times in February 2021. Each time I took the car to the dealership. They initially brushed me off and blamed snow, rain and soot. I called nisan corporate office and the told the dealership to take a look at the car. The dealership stated that the detector was changed. However, three weeks later it happened again twice within a two-week period. A sudden break, the detector warning flashing and no obstruction. Each time this happened the vehicle was in motion. Fortunately, I was driving on local roads and I was not going over 45 miles per hour because this can present a serious problem. I can be rear ended. The car literally came to a sudden stop.

44 Warnings problem of the 2019 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 04/02/2021

Bought 2019 Nissan Sentra for our daughter. As she was driving on the 405 n and had to brake on the freeway during high traffic time, the warning malfunction light comes on and 3 instrument cluster light comes aeb, front collision, and warning light. Took it to Nissan, they diagnose 2 codes that comes up in the TSB, dtc c1a16 (radar blocked) and dtc c1a12 (laser beam off-center) stating that it is a safety issue but I still had to pay diagnosis and the part and labor to fix it.

45 Warnings problem of the 2020 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 02/16/2021

I purchased this car in February of 2020. I have had three incidents where my car has engaged the emergency breaking system while I was driving on the road. Two times I was going approximately 30 mph and the last time I was doing approximately 60 mph. During these times, I was driving with no other cars around me. The car slams on the brakes automatically. I have an appointment for service with Nissan tonight.

46 Warnings problem of the 2017 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 02/11/2021

My front collision sensor went off with no previous warning by Nissan is called the distance sensor I called them and all what they said it's going to cost me the repair my car barely has less than 45000 miles also all what I get on my dash is malfunction and it show the front sensor.

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47 Warnings problem of the 2020 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 12/17/2020

Purchased car in October 2020. Car started braking involuntary while driving 10-25 mph. No objects were in front of the car. This has happened 4 times. This happened on my last vehicle and Nissan had a major recall to change the sensors/camera. At this time there is no fix. I have taken my car in 5 times regarding the 4 times it has braked involuntarily. I am over it. The a/c also blew hot air due to too much freon. My battery died less than 90 days from purchase. This car has been a nightmare!! I live in miami and traffic is bad. I am worried that an SUV will slam into the back of me when there is traffic and rain. (rains most of the year). I have a 7 yeat old. And frar we will get rear ended.

48 Warnings problem of the 2019 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 11/10/2020

My car frequently chimes with the forward collision warning / emergency brake assist as though there is a chance of a collision. When it does this, there is absolutely nothing in front of my car! when leaving work 2 days ago, I started to cross a little bump in the road that I cross daily with no issues; this particular instance however, my car decided that it was an apparent collision because my car came to a dead stop from about 15-20 miles per hour. Fortunately my husband and I were both wearing our seatbelts, and no one was behind us as it would have certainly caused an accident. The sensor/radar for the forward collision/emergency brake assist is a hazard in my opinion. The concept is fantastic, but if it's not going to work properly, then it needs to be removed from vehicles, or at least be able to be disabled indefinitely, not just while you're operating the vehicle only to have to remember to disable the function next time you're driving.

49 Warnings problem of the 2022 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 07/05/2020

On multiple occasions while driving, at traffic lights or stop signs, a light will come on the dashboard with a symbols including: place the key near the start switch --even though the car is already on and running; and other times the car will not start at all with the key next to the start switch; lower tire pressure - although the tires when check are not low at all; low fuel gauge -although I would have just put gas in the car; a phone number from a person that I already hung up from as still an on-going telephone call; forward collison sensor; rear auto breaking symbol; abs symbol, car crash symbol, warning symbol and words; master warning symbol and words, system malfunction, I took the car two both universal Nissan dealership where I bought the car and glendale Nissan dealership after the lights came on - they always said, the dashboard lights do not come on when I leave my car with them---they cannot duplicate my concern, however they would always clear out pass codes in the car computer systems, which indicates and verifies that the dashboard light was on and which symbol was displayed on the dashboard. No software update was ever offered to me, all things I complained about were consistently denied. Nothing was done to repair this electrical problem or glitch while my car was under warranty -prior to hitting 30,000;the drive car door will sometimes stick and will not open - I will have to exit on the passenger side. Universal Nissan car dealership lied and said I has body work done on the car and they charged me for checking the door. However a few months later glendale and carfax verified I had not ever had any body work done to this car! its cost me to miss work at uber (which is my main income!) for 45 days and have many anxiety attacks. I am paying for a car that is malfunctioning regularly (for nearly 2 years now from brand new at 8 miles -to 50,000), Nissan headquarters will not repair, replace or buy it back. Nissan 2022 Sentra is a scam!.

50 Warnings problem of the 2018 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 07/04/2020

Every night I drive home from my night job the warning light and message come on that there's an obstruction on my front sensor. The cvt is trash, my rpm keeps going up and down when I drive on slight incline and I loose speed. Once, on the freeway I lost over 25 mph where the fastest I could go was 40mph. It was scary and I had my baby in the car with me. The dealer forced me to get this car and said I wouldn't have any issues. Lies and shame on winter Chevrolet of pittsburg California!!! they now don't return messages!!!.

51 Warnings problem of the 2019 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 01/13/2020

Even a small bump in the road (not even a big speed bump) sometimes causes the front bumper to rise and strike the bracket holding the forward collision warning sensor. That throws the sensor out of calibration and makes it unreliable. The tech at auto nation collision in las vegas told me this is a common problem. He said the bumper and the bottom of the bracket are too close together so the bracket gets hit often and damages the sensor. This is a safety issue. You think you have a collision waring system but you don't or the sensor reports a collision when none has happened.

52 Warnings problem of the 2018 Nissan Sentra

Failure Date: 12/27/2018

I bought this from a Nissan dealer November 2018. A month after purchase a warning appeared on the dash stating "unavailable front radar obstruction" followed by the deactivated radar symbol that remains on the dash. I called the dealer to see if any recalls we're out for the collision warning sensor. They said no. I know that the Nissan muranos have also had issues with this sensor. It started going off about once a day, now it deactivates nearly six or more times a day and I driving me crazy. When I looked into this issue with the murano, they mentioned that occasionally the "auto brake" feature would engage while driving after seeing this message and I am afraid my vehicle will do the same.


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