I have had a problem when appling the brakes, with the car going into a slide /skid and almost hitting another car, going at a slow rate. This happened more than once. I was told on a couple of occ. That it would cost me to have them look at the brakes, even though the car was under warrenty. They said they drove it and could not find anything wrong with it. The last time I took it in, they found the car to be unsafe to drive and said it related to the calibers on the brakes. What can I do for a complaint to nissan for their lack of responsibility on the situation? Can I take legal action against them? Dt
2001 Nissan Sentra brakes complaints
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While driving at a low speed, applied brakes and without warning brakes failed, especially in rainy weather. Dealer has been notified; however, has not been able to remedy the problem.*ak consumer states that this has almost caused a crash.
On two occasions when braking on wet road condition vehicle would slide before stopping. Dealer and manufacturer were not notified. *ak consumer is experiencing this condition on dry pavement at low speeds as well.
Car continues to accelerate after foot is removed from the pedal. Occurred several times, but was easily managed by tapping the brake. Brought in for repair and carbon build-up was found on the throttle and cleaned up. Most recent occurrence was more dramatic. I was accelerating quickly (4000+ RPM) from a stop at a red light. Car continued to accelerate at 4000+ RPM. Braking hard did not stop the car, nor did it stop the continued acceleration. Had to put car in neutral and pull over. Engine continued to race at 4000+ RPM, until ignition was turned off. Brought to nissan service. They checked throttle plate and cable but found no problem, and condition could not be duplicated. Problem has not occurred in the week since, but it has always been intermittent and unpredictable. Should the original problem have been fixed with out charge? What can I do if it happens again? This is a serious safety issue to me, and could have ended badly if one of my kids had been driving instead of me.
While driving would step on brakes pedal to reduce speed or to stop vehicle, but brakes will not function on time, causing extended stopping distance. Please provide more information.
I reported to service manager-zeek, sheehy nissan annapolis, that the car has progressively gotten worse upon braking, to the point of jerking to a stop, and even sliding at low speeds below 40mph. No problem, they replaced front brake shoes, and turned rotors. I noticed lately that when I brake, I hear this dry sound coming from the right front wheel. I intend to report it along with the engine belt squeaking sounds this weekend.
Headrest will not stay in down position, it keeps rising up, blocking consumer's view oncoming traffic. Consumer feels this is very dangerous. Please provide any further information.
While driving about 30 MPH and when turning brake caliper locked up, and consumer hit curve and drove over it. Consumer was comparing the situation with the recall 01 v 174 000. Had taken vehicle to dealer, but problem still there. Please provide more information. Ak
When traveling at 25-35 MPH brakes locked when trying to make a sudden stop. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
Brakes lock up at 20-35 MPH under normal breaking conditions causing loss of control. Constant whine from front left side. Front left rotor turned once due to pulsating pedal. Pulsating has returned along with "shimmy" in steering at various speeds. Front tires seem to be wearing at accelerated rate. Appt # 2 set with dealer.
Brakes locked at relatively low speed, resulting in an unneccesary crash due to vehicle skiding. The distance should have been pleanty to effectively stop the vehicle.
Brakes continued to lock up when applying the brakes at speeds between 20-30 MPH. Dealership found rotors were warped and turned them, reducing failure rate. As a result tires have flat spots and are damaged. Dealership/nissan refuses to replace.
When applying the brakes the pedal does not go to floor. However, the system appears to lock up, causing extended stopping distance. Cause unknown. *ak consumer states this is a very poor engineering design of the braking system that causes the brakes to lock up when they are applied beyond a very slow driving condition.
When driving 35-40- MPH and applying brakes abruptly, brakes will lock up and vehicle slides. This happens every time at that speed/ wet or dry road conditions. Vehicle taken to dealer once, cannot remedy.
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