2001 Nissan Sentra: tire blowout or tread separation

6 of the 236 complaints about the 2001 Nissan Sentra describe tire blowout or tread separation.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 3%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Tire blowout or tread separation by model year

2025
4
2024
1
2022
1
2017
1
2015
1
2014
1
2011
1
2010
3
2009
1
2008
3
2007
1
2006
3
2005
1
2002
6
2001
6
2000
1
1999
4
1996
8
1995
3
1994
2
1993
3
1992
1
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Oct 23, 2004 · Tires · 40,041 miles · CA

My daughter was driving at the speed limit on highway 94 in san diego, when the rear right tire exploded at approximately 1:45 p.m. The blowout caused extensive damage to the right side door, rear right panel and rear bumper. The car went into a 360 spin in the fast lane and median of the freeway. The car was taken to a&c paint and body at 7083 broadway, lemon grove, ca at the request of my daughter's insurance agency - topa insurance. The obvious damage was repaired. However after picking the car up, my daughter noticed a shimy in the front end of the car. There is some sort of apparent damage to the front end that was not detected by the body shop. Additionally, the day after picking the car up she noticed that the rear left tire is also badly damaged, probably from the car spinning during the accident. The old tire was completely shreaded, so there is no old part available for inspection. I had her park the car until we can contact her insurance company to report the previously undetected damages. My daughter was helped by a san diego county sheriff, but he did not write any type of incident report. He only asked if anyone was injured and if there was any property damage. Since neither happened, he did not make a report. My daughter contacted her insurance company immediately. A&c paint and body sent a tow truck to her apartment three days later and towed it to their facility, where they did the repairs I have already described.

Filed Aug 25, 2004 · Tires · 45,850 miles · VA

Rear tire blew out on highway. Found a lump starting in second rear tire. Previously I had replaced the two front tires on 3/24/04 due to lumps or bubbles forming. One of these tires started wearing in an odd way and caused very pronounced vibration. These were the oem tires and at that time had 37,486 miles. Several days prior to the failure I had noticed vibration and skirmyness while driving. I visually inspected the tires and noticed they seemed out of round and odd shaped. I planned to replace themm in a few days. I did not think at the time a failure was imminent. I was wrong as the failure occured two days before I planned to replace them.

Filed Aug 20, 2004 · Tires · 31,500 miles · KY

While driving 70 MPH, the front end began to vibrate at 29k miles. As a result,the driver side tires tread separated. No impact reported. *ak the vibration had become progressively worse. The consumer returned the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer advised the consumer that a tire was defective. *sc

Filed Jun 8, 2003 · Tires · 30,000 miles · FL

Dunlop tires sp20fe came completely apart while traveling down the highway. This tire failure caused significant damage to my car and potential life threatening situation while I was going over a seven mile bridge.

Filed Jul 31, 2002 · Tires · NE

Right rear tire blew ut side wall while driving on interstate. Entire sidewall separated.

Filed Jan 28, 2002 · Tires · NC

Bridgestone, v381, p185/65r14, dot v67jp300210, original equipment on a 2001, nissan, sentra with 24000 miles. Rear passenger tire went flat while parked. Seam was coming apart where tread and sidewall meet. On january 26, 2002 while driving 25-30 MPH, front passenger tire had a blowout due to seam separating. No injuries. Bridgestone has replaced the tires.*ak