Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. 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. 12 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: A REGISTERED IMPORTER WAS MAKING A DOT AND EPA CONVERSION ON NISSAN SKYLINE VEHICLE SO IT WAS US LEGAL, AND IT WAS SUPPOSE TO TAKE 3-4 MONTHS. HAD VEHICLE AND MONEY FOR TWO YEARS ANDCONSUMER STILL DIDN'T HAVE THE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELTS HAVE BROKEN ONCE BEFORE, AFTER BEING REPLACED THE SEAT BELT DID NOT DO PERFORM CORRECTLY WHEN CONSUMER WAS INVOLED IN A 20-30 MPH ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK THE VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO APARENT REASON, ALSO THE WINDOW SOMTIMES DOES NOT ROLL ALL THE WAY UP. *YH
HAVE HAD OIL LEAKS FOR ABOUT 3/4 YEARS, HEARD THERE IS A RECALL CALLED DEALER HE STATED NO, ARE YOU AWARE OF???*AK
THERE IS EXHAUST COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, STAINING TAIL LIGHT.*AK
CONSUMER STATES OIL LEAKS CONSTANTLY. *SLC
OIL PUMP APPARENTLY FAILED, ENGINE SEIZED CATASTROPHICALLY WITH ALMOST NO WARNING. OIL AND COOLENT LEVELS FINE. TOO LOW A MILEAGE FOR SUCH A FAILURE.
ENGINE WILL QUITE WHILE IN MOTION, TURNING CORNERS, ETC. VERY DANGEROUS
WHENEVER DRIVING VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS IT WOULD STALL OUT FOR NO REASON. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING WHEN THIS OCCURS. VEHICLE COULD COAST & THEN BE RESTARTED. CAUSES TRAFFIC HAZARD WHEN IT DOES. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE, BUT CAUSE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. *AK
MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS VEHICLE SHUTDOWN, CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED 3 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED RATTLING NOISE GOT LOUDER (CLINK, CLINK), VEHICLE DIED ON HWY, HAD IT TOWED TO HOME, MECHANIC FRIEND CHECKED ENGINE, INFORMED DRIVER IT WAS A PISTON THAT BROKE LOOSE. *AK
MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO IDLE ERRATICALLY/STALL INTERMITTENTLY. *DSH
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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