Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Nissan Sentra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK. THE CLUTCH APPEARED LOOSE AND THE GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS FAULTY.
MY TRANSMISSION PERIODICALLY HANGS UP IN SECOND GEAR. ALSO, IT WILL PERIODICALLY HANG UP IN PASSING GEAR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS MORE IN WARM WEATHER THAN IN COLD. IF IT HANGS UP, I MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND REACCELERATE TO GO THROUGH THE GEARS. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK, I MUST LET THE CAR COOL DOWN. I WAS TOLD BY A AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST THAT A VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION IS THE CULPRIT AND IS A PROBLEM ON NISSANS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 70,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST SUMMER OF OWNERSHIP.
THIS PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS (AND RECALL-WORTHY) BECAUSE IT LEAVES THE CAR WITHOUT POWER, SUDDENLY, AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON SEVERAL WEBSITES SUCH AS: HTTP://WWW.SE-R-LIST.ORG/FIFTH.GEAR.PHTML. THANK YOU.
VEHICLE IN FOR CHECK UP. SEAT BELTS WERE CHANGED. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO GEAR. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
WHEN IN 5TH GEAR AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE POPS ITSELF OUT OF GEAR. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING DUE TO DEFECTIVE/WORN INNER "D" RING ON CLUTCH PISTON WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE 04-72 SERVICE BULLETIN. MJS
PROBLEMS WITH HEATER/A/C FAN.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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