Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Nissan Sentra.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH and depressing the accelerator peda… |
| 2025-01-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | My ABS light and skid light is staying on all the time. |
| 2024-11-16 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2012 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while her boyfriend was driving at 40 MPH and passing a… |
| 2024-10-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | car stalled no power in gas pedal traveling across for lane traffic just lost power to the gas pedal. was able to pull … |
| 2024-09-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to … |
| 2024-07-13 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | The rearview mirror fell off the windshield and was hanging by the wires, which was found when entering the vehicle to … |
| 2024-05-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Our nissan Sentra with 106K miles the car lost nearly all power as my son was turning onto the freeway. He could only d… |
| 2024-02-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Leaking transmission oil. Also burning engine oil a week after doing an oil change to the point there is no oil but no … |
| 2023-02-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive… |
| 2023-01-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact’s husband owns a 2012 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while her son was driving at an undisclosed sp… |
| 2023-01-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ******* DELETE VOQ ******* THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING MARKED FOR DELETION BECAUSE IT IS AN INADVERTENT DUPLICATE OF ODI# … |
| 2023-01-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The Transmission is making a whining nose and smells terribly bad! When driving on the interstate and parkways; after … |
| 2022-11-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | While traveling down the interstate doing the normal speed limit, I was forced to pull over to the emergency lane so ca… |
| 2022-09-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | --- What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Transmission ma… |
| 2022-07-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Transmission died. For a few weeks, the transmission will randomly have a high whine at about 55mph, sometimes hard shi… |
| 2022-06-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | While driving on the freeway pulling approximately 70 miles per hour, my car will begin to shake violently, continuousl… |
| 2022-04-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While driving at around 70 mph on the highway the car suddenly lost power and was no longer able to accelerate. This is… |
| 2022-02-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Vehicle transmission appeared to slip from gear causing vehicle to lose power while in heavy interstate traffic at 70mp… |
| 2022-01-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was driving on thruway and I pushed the gas pedal and there was no power. I was a nervous wreck. This definitely is d… |
| 2022-01-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | When driving at 70 or above mph for a long distances, speed automatically declines to 60 mph and will not increase. Whe… |
| 2021-12-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | I was getting on the freeway all of a sudden my steering wheel gets stiff and my car comes to a complete stop traffic… |
| 2021-11-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. Th… |
| 2021-09-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was stopped at an intersection. When the light turned green, I pressed the gas pedal, and the car started forward, bu… |
| 2021-07-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was going on a road trip with my sister that should have taken 5 hours and I had enough gas to make it there with no … |
| 2021-07-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I purchased a 2012 Nissan Sentra for my daughter for school. Sunday July 25th she was driving on I95 when the vehicle … |
| 2021-07-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Continuously Variable transmission (CVT) failure. Specifically the torque converter and valve body. While operating th… |
| 2021-07-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CVT Transmission Failure: My son was driving on an Interstate at 75 miles per hour when suddenly the 2012 Nissan Sentr… |
| 2021-06-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | There are several Cooper tires recalled and I was told this line is not one. This tire failed with a sidewalk bulge and… |
| 2021-03-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I REALIZED I WAS LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE SAGTIKOS PARKWAY. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE… |
| 2020-07-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND STOPPING QUICKLY, THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED EVEN THOUGH I WAS GOING 10 MILES PER HOUR… |
| 2020-05-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOST 90% OF POWER AND COULD ONLY GO ABOUT 25MPH. THERE WAS NO WARN… |
| 2020-05-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING FROM AZ TO CA ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO SPEED UP WHILE PUSHING THE PEDAL. IT HAPPENE… |
| 2020-02-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING ON SNOW WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, UPON RUNNING A CODE SCAN IT SHOWED TCM LOST COMMUNICATION.… |
| 2019-12-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME AND THE HORN DON'T WORK |
| 2019-11-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN TAKING OFF FROM ANY LOCATION ENGINE REVS TO 4000 RPM UNTIL UP TO SPEED , NEED TO BE VERY EASY ON GAS TO GET GO… |
| 2019-10-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | EVERY NOW AND THEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT WITH START FLASHING. BUT NOW IT'S BEEN EVERY TIME I TURN THE CAR ON. I'VE NEVER BEE… |
| 2019-10-14 | ENGINE | Yes | 3 | 2012 NISSAN SENTRA WAS BOUGHT 3 WEEKS PRIOR WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHILE TRAVELING 60 - 70 MPH ON A HIGHWAY THE CAR SUDDENL… |
| 2019-09-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT. 2ND OWNER |
| 2019-09-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING OUR NISSAN SENTRA, MY DAUGHTER WENT ON A ROAD TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CAR LOST POWER AND … |
| 2019-09-11 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. I WAS TRYING TO CHECK WHY MY CAR HAS THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON AND THE MAIN COMPUTER CANNOT CONNECT TO M… |
| 2019-09-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | CANNOT MOVE CAR OUT OF PARK. |
| 2019-09-04 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | TAKATA INFLATOR. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR THE ESC LIGHT IS ON AND I DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENS, THE STABILITY IS NOT G… |
| 2019-09-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | IT LOOSES POWER AND THEN IT TURNS OFF,, AND THIS HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY, REALLY DANGEROUS, THEN I HAD TO TURN OFF THE KEY … |
| 2019-09-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | NUMBER 3 CYLINDER LOW COMPRESSION WITH ONLY 83K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ROUGH ENGINE DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. C… |
| 2019-08-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS NORMAL NOW AFTER 100K IT SLIPS ALL THE TIME AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A… |
| 2019-08-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR WON'T GO OVER 20 MPH. RPMS INCREASE BUT NO ADDITIONAL SPEED. THE PANEL FLICKERS OF AND THEN RIGHT BACK ON. THE WHEE… |
| 2019-08-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR WILL STOP RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL AND LOSE POWER. YOU WILL EITHER HAVE TO PU… |
| 2019-07-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ON MY WAY HOME VISITING MY SON, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING 75 MPH, WHEN I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ACCELERATION LOSS IN MY… |
| 2019-07-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE PLASTIC PIECE ON DRIVERS FRONT FENDER KEEPS POPPING OUT SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP POPPING IT BACK SO IT'S SECURE ON FRAME… |
| 2019-07-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON A SUBURBAN STREET ON 7/12/2019. NO STONES WERE INVOLVED. |