2014 Nissan Sentra
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Power train is the leading concern among 380 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 2nd highest complaint count among 26 Sentra model years with reports.
Of the 2014 reports, 27 involved a crash and 6 involved a fire. 18 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Air bagsApr 13, 2017
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2015-2017 LEAF and 2014, 2016 and 2017 Sentra vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error within the air bag inflators, the passenger frontal air bag may not properly deploy in the event of a crash.
In the event of a crash, if the front passenger air bag doesn't deploy properly, it can increase the risk of injury to passengers.
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began June 7, 2017. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
Campaign 17V253000 on NHTSA.gov
Air bags, sensor, occupant classificationApr 26, 2016
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.
If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
Campaign 16V244000 on NHTSA.gov
Air bags, sensor, occupant classificationApr 26, 2016
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured June 4, 2012, to April 9, 2016. The front passenger seat belt bracket may become deformed if it is used to secure a Child Restraint System (CRS). The deformed seat bracket may cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) to incorrectly classify the installed CRS, resulting in the front passenger air bag to not be turned off as designed when a CRS is in the seat.
If the frontal passenger air bag deploys in the event of a crash when a child seat is installed in the front passenger seat, there will be an increased risk of injury to the child in the CRS.
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reinforce the seat belt bracket as well as reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU), free of charge. The recall began on June 13, 2016. Owners are warned not to install a CRS in the front seat. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.
Campaign 16V242000 on NHTSA.gov
Air bags, frontalOct 20, 2015
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Altima and Pathfinder vehicles, 2013-2014 Nissan Sentra vehicles, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles, 2014-2015 Infiniti QX60 vehicles and 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid vehicles. The affected vehicles received an incorrect occupant classification system (OCS) control unit during a repair. These OCS control units may incorrectly classify the front passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger air bag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
Campaign 15V681000 on NHTSA.gov
Electrical system, softwareMar 25, 2014
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (OCS) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
If the OCS does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the OCS software, free of charge. The recall began on April 14, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
Campaign 14V138000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: engine
65 reports, newest first. Show all
Engine, Nov 14, 2017
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE RIGHT, IT SHIFTS, IT "LULLS" IT HESITATES, I HAVE AN ISSUE TRYING TO ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH AT STOP LIGHTS AND DRIVING ON THE MERGE RAMPS FROM THE HIGHWAY I DRIVE EVERYDAY TO WORK. AT TIMES IT FEELS LIKE AS SHIFTING GEARS, IT QUICKLY SHIFTS TO ANOTHER GEAR OR LIKE I MENTIONED ABOVE, THERE IS A ""HESITATION" BETWEEN SHIFT GEARS.
Air bags, Structure, Engine, Nov 1, 2017, crash
ANOTHER CAR HIT ME IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, WHILE WAITING AT A LIGHT AND THE AIRBAG NEVER CAME OUT.
Other or unspecified, Engine, Sep 27, 2017
AFTER STARTING MY ENGINE, SHIFTING MY CAR IN DRIVE AND MOVING FORWARD, I HEAR A WEIRD NOISE AND MY CAR KICKS BACK A LITTLE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. PLEASE HELP?
Engine, Jul 13, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE RESTARTING. PLANET NISSAN OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Engine, Jul 13, 2017
TAMARA RECALL I OWN A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA AND ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION ZONE COMING UP WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY ENGINE SHUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE BREAKS I HAD TO USE THE E BREAK BEFORE I CAUSED A PILE UP. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT NISSAN BUT I HAVE HAD NO LUCK.
Engine and engine cooling, Power train, Jan 5, 2017
ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MY CAR STARTED MAKING NOISES WHEN IDLING, WHICH I THOUGHT LITTLE OF BECAUSE MY CAR ONLY HAS AROUND 76,000 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THE NOISE BECAME A FULL-ON RATTLE (LIKE AN AMPLIFIED VERSION OF BIKE GEARS GRINDING). WHEN DRIVING, THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD AND WILL JERK EVEN HARDER WHEN TURNING. WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING EACH TIME I USE THE CAR, IT HAS NO POWER AND FEELS AS IF IT WANTS TO "PULL BACK" AND HINDER ME FROM MOVING FORWARD. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO TWO MECHANICS AND HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED OVER. BOTH MECHANICS BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. AFTER RESEARCHING CVC TRANSMISSIONS ON OTHER 2014 SENTRAS, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH EVEN LESS MILEAGE THAN MY OWN CAR. MANY OF THESE SENTRA DRIVERS FELT UNSAFE DRIVING THEIR VEHICLES. I TOO, FEEL THAT CONTINUING TO DRIVE MY CAR IS A HAZARD TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS AS THE FALTERING AND JERKING OF THE ENGINE ARE UNPREDICTABLE WHICH COULD CAUSE A POTENTIAL WRECK. NISSAN SENTRA TRANSMISSIONS FROM 2003-2010 HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT NOT FOR THE SUCCEEDING YEARS OF THE SAME MODEL. *TR
Suspension, Power train, Engine, Jan 4, 2017
FIRST ISSUE HAPPENED COUPLE MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT ON 12/27/2014 PURCHASED NEW ONLY 18 MILES ON IT ON 5/10/15 I TOOK IT IN FOR MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS MAKING A WIERD CLICKING NOISE WHEN I WOULD STOP OR TURN. SECOND ISSUE NOW IS THE TRANSMISSION JERKING AS IF SLIPPING RUNNING OUT OF GAS MY CAR IS STILL IN NEW.CONDITION IS BARELY 2 YEARS OLD IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD ALL THESE ISSUES MY CAR WAS IN MOTION WGEN IT BEGAN TO STALL ON AN INTERSECTION IT WAS VERY DARK AND DANGEROUS ON RHEIR MULTIPOINT INSPECTION THEY STATED MY FLUID LEVELS WERE GOOD BUT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS NOT.IT TURNED OUT TO BE EMPTY
Power train, Vehicle speed control, Engine, Oct 17, 2016
VEHICLE CONSTANTLY JERKS WHEN DRIVING, STALLS AND SLOW TO ACCELERATE; TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST. *TR *JS
Power train, Engine, Oct 8, 2016
MT VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT WITH ONLY 3 MILES HAS WHEN COMING TO A STOP START TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION WHEN I HAD MY AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED AT ONLY 50,000 MILES , MIND YOU I DO DRIVE MY VEHICLE ALOT 125 MILES A DAY AND ITS ALL HIGHWAY BUT I ALSO MAINTAIN IT REGULARLY// THE VEHICLE GOING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR THE OTHER DAY STARTED TO HESITATE AND RPMS STARTED TO JUMP HIGHER AND LOSE POWER ON A MAIN HIGHWAY DURING THE AFTERNOON IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE TRAFFIC IS BAD I HAD MY LITTLE GIRL AND THAT LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND JUMP /CLUNK ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET REAR ENDED BY A 18 WHEELER WHICH HONKED AT ME AND SCARED MY LITTLE GIRL// AFTER RESEARCH ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN THE SAME REGARD SAME ISSUE RISKING LIFE AND SAFETY DUE TO A FAULT THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT DUE TO RECALL THEY SET FOR 03 - 10 YEARS AND MODELS USING THE CVT TRANSMISSION NOW MY VEHICLE IS A 2014 AND AFTER RESEARCH SEE THAT MANY CONSUMERS ARE PUT IN THE SAME DANGEROUS SITUATION AND HAVE COMPLAINED ONLY FOR IT TO FALL ON DEAF EARS. I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE A VEHILCE THAT I STILL OWE ON DUE TO HAVING MY 4 YEAR OLD IN WITH ME
Engine, May 4, 2016
ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND DID NOT TURN BACK ON
Power train, Engine, Fuel/propulsion system, Jun 22, 2015
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OUT AND MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 45 MPH, THEN STARTED SLOWLY GAINING SPEED. AFTER WORK, I DROVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. NEXT DAY WAS FOGGY SO NOT USING CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AGAIN FROM 60 MPH DOWN TO ABOUT 45 MPH. ALSO GOT NO RESPONSE WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL. THIS TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. DROVE HOME AFTER WORK WITHOUT INCIDENT. I HAD GOTTEN THE OIL CHANGED THE DAY BEFORE THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED. I HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THAT. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO HAVE RESOLVED ITSELF AS THE CAR IS RUNNING FINE NOW. IF IT OCCURS AGAIN, I'LL HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.
Engine, Jan 28, 2015
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL THE ECONOMY MODE WAS TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.
Power train, Electronic stability control (ESC), Engine, Sep 15, 2014
WHILE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO EL PASO CASA NISSAN FOR DRIFT/ PULL AND CONSTANT INPUT TO KEEP IN CENTER LINE ON WINDY DAY AND TRANY ON UP HILL FAILURE FROM A DEAD START. MY WIFE'S VEHICLE STALL AND SHAKE ALMOST LIKE ENGINE WILL SHUT, ALMOST ON STOP ON BRAKING. HAPPENED.TWICE, FIRST AT STOP LIGHT ABOUT HALF MILE AWAY FROM MY HOUSE, SECOND AT GAS STATION ABOUT 3 MILES AWAY. A/C ON. *TR
Engine, Aug 9, 2014
THE INJECTOR BLEW AND THE MODULATOR WENT AS WELL WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON A BUSY STREET I ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 3MO. *TR
Engine and engine cooling, May 8, 2014
AT 35 MPH, CAR LOST POWER DECELERATING RAPIDLY TO 1 MPH. THE DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH 5-6 WARNING LIGHTS AS BRAKES, ENGINE, SKID CONTROL, ETC. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE PROBLEM AND HAD TO CALL NISSAN FOR ASSISTANCE. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY AN A/C PRESSURE SWITCH--92136-1FADA. *TR