I have had many problems that is costing me lots of money now to fix. Five years ago, my distributor cap cracked, reason unknown. Driven by old lady. Because it cracked, it caused water to be able to seep in, causing the car to stall out. Don't know why it would have cracked. Another problem it has is when I went to use the cruise control, springs flew out of it. I had never used it before. Another problem is the axles, cv joints and steering kit. Everything went out on my car. One lead to the next. I can't realign my car because my steering kit and tie rods are shot along with my axles and cv joints. Because of these problems, I have had to replace my tires twice from them wearing down. I would fix it but when I got it all priced, it was almost $2000. I can't afford that.
1993 Nissan Sentra transmission problems
12 complaints (21% of all complaints for this car).
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 21%
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Manual transmission5
- Automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift2
- Clutch assembly1
- Automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch1
- Automatic transmission: gear position indication (PRNDL)1
- Automatic transmission1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
Nissan Sentra transmission problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1993 Nissan Sentra owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Tl*the contact owns a 1993 nissan sentra. While the vehicle was parked, the contact shifted into park and the shifter moved to neutral. She was finally able to shift into park after another attempt. The shifter would not lock when in the drive position. The failure occurred daily. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was approximately 24,500. The current mileage was approximately 25,000.
Manual five speed transmission; fifth gear (shifter stick) continuously pops-out. Fifth gear inoperable. This situation is all too common with this vehicle and nissan corporation should finally take full responsibility for this common defect.
I was driving up a hill, A/C on, cruise control on, doing 60 MPH in 5th gear when the transmission "popped out" of 5th gear. I was able to reproduce the problem by driving uphill with and without the A/C on, with and without the cruise control being on. According to two dealers, I need to replace the entire transmission at a cost of $1751. A rebuild could be done for $750. Checking the web found http://www.se-r-list.org/fifth.gear.phtml, where the problem is detailed. That individual's cost? About $300. Why must a transmission be replaced for an engineering defect?
Transmission pops out of gear and it's difficult engaging reverse.
When getting in and starting up the button on the stick shift does not go in to release the stick shift from park to reverse. The vehicles warranty is currently effective, and the dealer has not been notified. Recalls are on ultima and other nissans, but not on the (xe) version of nissan.
While driving & depressing accelerator pedal, gear jumps/pops out from 5th gear, but remains in gear selected area. Took to dealer & informed no record of problem w/gears.
Transmission pops out of fifth gear upon acceleration.
Tail light sealed inadequately, causing leakage.
Warped rotors caused noise.
Questions about the 1993 Nissan Sentra transmission
Does the 1993 Nissan Sentra have transmission problems?
Owners have filed 12 complaints about the transmission of the 1993 Nissan Sentra, 21% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 1993 Nissan Sentra transmission problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1993 Nissan Sentra transmission?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Nissan Sentra have bad transmission?
The Nissan Sentra model years with the most transmission complaints are 2013 (311 complaints), 2014 (183 complaints) and 2015 (173 complaints).
Other 1993 Nissan Sentra problems
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