Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Nissan Sentra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
CONSUMER WAS SLOWLY PULLING UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL, AND COLLIDED WITH THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED CHEST, LEG, AND NECK INJURIES. ALSO, AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO WORK. POLICE ARRIVED AND CITED THE CONSUMER.*AK
THERE WAS NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES WHEN BEING APPLIED. ALSO, CONSUMER NEEDS TO PUSH BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKL *TT
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED 4 WEEKS AFTER FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED. MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED ON FEBRUARY 7, 1997, AND FAILED AGAIN ON FEB RUARY 8, 1997, CAUSING A FIRE IN FRONT BRAKES. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED 3 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED ON 01-FEB-97; MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED ON 02-FEB-97; MASTER CYLINDER CAUGHT FIRE ON 02-FEB-97 AND REPLACED AGAIN.
OPERATOR OF SAID VEHICLE SMELT SMOKE, BRAKES FELT SPONGY, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE SMOKING UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS TURNED. *SD
DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW RUBBER DEFORMED, CAUSING NOISE.
IN WET WEATHER THE BRAKE AND STEERING GOES OUT AND FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS STALLING . TT CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS WHERE ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. *SLC
THE FRONT BRAKE DISC ROTOR WAS WORN OUT AT 5,000 MILE AND IT AT 17,000 MILES WORN OUT AGAIN. TT
BRAKE SYSTEN FAILED. TT
VEHICLE MISALIGNED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. *SKD
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, IN FOR REPAIR SPRAY THE BRAKES. TT
BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. *SKD
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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