Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 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
The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated while driving 30-35 mph, the vehicle revved up and accelerated without warning. The contact downshifted to slow the vehicle. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 123,000.
FRIDAY MARCH 11, 2016 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70 MPH MY CAR LOSS ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT RESTART, LUCKILY IT WAS 5:30AM WHEN THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I FELT THE POWER STARTING TO DWINDLE AND WAS ABLE TO REACH THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INJURY. I'M LEASING THE CAR FROM DRIVETIME OF IRVING AND WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS DEFECT. I FOUND OUT THROUGH MY RESEARCH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE THAT WAS A NOVEMBER 2007 RECALL. I AM AMAZED THAT THESE CARS ARE STILL ON THE ROAD AND BEING SOLD WITH NO WARNING. THANK GOD THAT I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES AND NOT ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
ENGINE DIE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FWY & WON'T RESTART. BEEN CLOSE TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. HAPPENING VERY OFTEN...
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, MY CAR CUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING. THE ISSUE BEGAN AROUND MARCH OF 2015. THREE TIMES MY CAR CUT OFF ON ME DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD. THE OTHER FEW TIMES WERE ON LOCAL ROADS. AS A RESULT, I OFTEN HAD TO PUSH, WAIT IT OUT (CAR EVENTUALLY WOULD START/CRANK OVER ABOUT AN HOUR LATER) OR CALL GEICO TO TOLL IT FOR ME. EACH OF THOSE TIMES, I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. AFTER HAVING WHAT I FELT WAS A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE, I TOOK MY CAR TO SEVERAL AUTOZONES, A LOCAL SHOP, AND A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. EACH OF THEM INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PART. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE AND FILED A CLAIM. AT A LATER DATE, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT APART OF THAT RECALL NOR WAS IT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I ASKED THE YOUNG LADY, "WHAT IF LIVES WERE HARMED OR WORSE, LOST DUE TO THIS MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION?" SHE KINDLY REPLIED "I'M SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT YOU'RE CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR RECALL". I'M JUST BAFFLED AT THE IDEA THAT A CAR THAT COULD CUT OFF AT ANY MOMENT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WOULD BE CAST ASIDE BECAUSE SOME HOW IT WAS MISSED DURING THE RECALL ROUND UP. I'M NOT SURE WHERE OR HOW FAR THIS COMPLAINT WILL GO. HOWEVER, AFTER READING SIMILAR ONES ON THE INTERNET, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHY THIS ISSUE HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MEDIA. THAN AGAIN, I THINK I KNOW WHY.
THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES BEFORE STARTING VEHICLE AND THEN THROTTLE PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT. STARTS FINE RUNS SMOOTH BUT WILL NOT ACCELERATE. I HAVE TO DISCONNECT POSITIVE BATTERY POST FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND THEN REINSTALL BATTERY CABLE. SO FAR WILL WORK FINE FOR A WHILE. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES MORE FREQUENT NOW BUT THROTTLE PEDAL WILL WORK SOME TIMES. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS WILL START HAPPENING WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND STALL THE CAR. WE BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 17000 MILES AND NOW HAS 107000 MILES ON IT. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS BUT NONE YET. *TR
I OWN A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA 1.8S. WE WERE REPLACING A FEW PROBLEM AREAS UNDER THE HOOD, AND AFTER REPLACEMENT NOTICED THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE MORE THAN 30MPH. EVEN GETTING IT UP TO 30MPH IS A STRUGGLE. WE TOOK IT TO A COUPLE REPAIR SHOPS, INCLUDING A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. NO ONE IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUES WE HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY (WHICH IS ONE MEANT FOR A 2006 YEAR NOT 2005), AND THE GAS PEDAL POSITION SENSOR, 3 TIMES. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR THE LAST 5 1/2 MONTHS. NISSAN DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS. THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE GAS PEDAL POSITION SENSOR, EVEN THOUGH WE JUST HAD IT REPLACED AND THAT PART WAS IN FACT A GOOD PART! THEY CHARGED US FOR THEIR UNFOUNDED GUESSES. *TR
MY CAR OVERHEATED, THEN I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND I HAD TO PAY $1200.00 TO FIX IT AND COME TO FIND OUT, THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR ON THE WATER PUMP WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED MY CAR TO OVERHEAT AND THUS NOT HAVING TO HAVE MY ENGINE BLOWN. WHEN I CALLED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL NISSAN INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED BUT IT MATCHED THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL???? I WANT ANSWERS... *TR
THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM - CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS; THE GAS PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WILL RUN NORMALLY AND WHEN THE TPS FAILS, IT WILL DROP ENGINE RPM TO LESS THAN 1000 RPM NO MATTER THE POSITION OF THE GAS PEDAL. MOST OFTEN OCCURS RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND IN SHIFT PATTERN BETWEEN GEARS, HOWEVER, IT CAN HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS OR AT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY THUS CAUSING AN UNSAFE SITUATION. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE IS TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART THUS RESETTING THE SENSOR. DEPENDING ON THE FAILURE LEVEL OF EITHER PART OF THE SENSOR, DEPENDS ON HOW OFTEN THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED ABOVE OCCURS. I HAVE HAD BOTH PARTS OF THE TPS REPLACED AND THERE IS STILL AN ISSUE WHERE THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AT HIGH RPM EVEN WITH NO SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CURRENTLY ON AT THIS TIME. THE ENGINE SPUTTERING I FEEL IS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM PROBLEM. EITHER WAY, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT OCCURS IN FAST MOVING TRAFFIC, INTERSECTIONS OR AT SPEED ON THE FREEWAY. *TR
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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