638 owner complaints filed with the United States safety regulator · top issue: Power Train · verdict AVOID 8/100
“The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated, and the front passenger's side air bag warning light remained illuminated while the front passenger's seat was occupied. The contact stated that the dealer had previously repaired the vehicle under NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V244000 (AIR BAGS), and the contact was provided a letter stating that the vehicle was elig”NHTSA complaint, 2013 Nissan Sentra owner
“Mileage (~124k) * RPM behavior * Loss of power uphill * Can cause a crash on highway with the cvt promblems nissian sentras sv has been cause of loss of power out of no where needs to be addressed as a recall maintenance has been don great on vechile it has history and need to be addressed. It goes from 70 to 55 issues of cvt”NHTSA complaint, 2013 Nissan Sentra owner
“Erractic rpms. Shakes/hesitant on take off from stop. Accelerator can be pushed all the way and it goes 5mph. Shifting takes a good minute with shakiness. Can not drive in rush hour traffic almost got accident many times.”NHTSA complaint, 2013 Nissan Sentra owner
| Reported | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 26/04/2016 | Air Bags:Sensor:Occupant Classification SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured June 4, 2012, to April 9, 2016. The front passenger seat belt bracket may become deformed if it is used to secur |
| 20/10/2015 | Air Bags:Frontal SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Altima and Pathfinder vehicles, 2013-2014 Nissan Sentra vehicles, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles, 2014-2015 Infiniti QX60 vehicles and 2014 Infin |
| 25/03/2014 | Electrical System:Software SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. |
| 26/04/2016 | Air Bags:Sensor:Occupant Classification SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 |
| 01/03/2013 | Air Bags SAFETY | Nissan is recalling certain model year 2013 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, Sentra, and Infiniti JX35 vehicles. Sensors within the passenger Occupant Detection System (ODS) may have been manufactured out of specification. Th |
| 01/03/2013 | Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly SAFETY | Nissan is recalling certain model year 2013 Sentra vehicles manufactured from September 11, 2012, through October 4, 2012. Some fuel tank assemblies were not properly sealed during the manufacturing process. As a resul |
On the federal record it scores 8/100: 638 owner complaints (49.08 per year on the road) and 6 recall campaigns, 6 touching safety-critical systems.
The most-reported component in NHTSA complaints is Power Train, with 311 of 706 categorised reports.
The 2013 Nissan Sentra scored 8/100 on the federal record.