The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 MPH, the engine began to run roughly and the vehicle was shaking. The contact stated that while depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled off the road safely where the vehicle stalled. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle, but eventually had the vehicle towed to his residence. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact researched the failure online and related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 06V242000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
2004 Nissan Sentra: engine stalls while driving
43 of the 197 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Sentra describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 43
- of this car's complaints
- 22%
- typical repair cost reported
- $376
- typical mileage
- 83,742
- recalls
- 1
Engine stalls while driving by model year
What owners say
The car shuts off while driving
In the morning, car took multiple attempts to start. In afternoon, after having sat for an hour, it was again hard to start. Drove approx. 1/2 mile across highway into a parking lot, slowed and car stalled. Restarted after several attempts, drove approx. 1/4 mile and car stalled as I slowed again prior to attempting to turn into parking space. Would not restart until left sit for approx. An hour.
Vehicle hesitates when starting & stalls out or shuts down when slowing down or coming to a halt. If let to sit for a while it will restart, but has left me stranded multiple times. Crank sensor replaced as well as all fluids. Have had it checked for codes, but nothing shows up. Car was recently purchased in late may 2016. Vendor repaired several items,but now car is out of vendor warranty.
Driving down the highway in 2015 the car engine would just stop running. My husband called the towing company and me after he pulled over after ten minutes or so and the car started again, we cancelled the tow and he returned home but near the home the car stalled out again. We managed to get it started again and drove it to a firestone repair shop which charged us 280.89 dollars for a crankshaft position sensor. Nissan recalled a crank angle sensor for the 2.5 l but we have the 1.8 l engine.
Engine fuel pump failure. Driving on busy highway engine started to stall. Had to use clutch to keep engine running, nearly missing other vehicles trying to maintain control of vehicle trying to restart engine. Immediately took to dealer and fuel pump failure diagnosed. Fuel pump being replaced right now at $700.00.
My car usually takes two tries to start. After it warms up and I've been driving, it stalls suddenly, and I'm stranded for several minutes. When it does start up again, it goes a short distance, and as soon as the engine warms up again, it stalls again. Today it stalled on the way home, three times, in less than 4 miles. I was left sitting on the side of the road, hoping I wouldn't get hit. I have also had it stall in the middle of a busy intersection, and am very concerned about it stalling when I pull out in front of other traffic to cross a road. I am at risk of a crash because of this. It has stalled whiie driving on the highway, city streets and on rural roads. One night it stalled over a dozen times as I was passing through a bad area of time ten o'clock at night. Nissan is going to cost somebody their life if they don't get on this and fix every nissan that is exhibiting these kinds of sudden stalls. This has been going on since summer 2015 and is getting far worse. I can't afford to pay for a manufacturing defect. This form is insufficient because it is forcing a one date list for problems and this is happening repeatedly. There are no documents to upload, I just sit in the car and wait for it to finally start again.
The engine stalled due to a failed crankshaft position sensor and/or camshaft position sensor while driving I tried starting car again after 4-5 minutes started, and engine stalled again after 20-25 minutes then I started car again after 15-20 minutes and it started. I think these sensors can fail intermittently as they warm with the engine. Sensors on certain models have been recalled by nissan and will be replaced as necessary but I'm not sure why my win number is not included in that recall while I'm having the same problem.
2004 nissan sentra shut off while driving on highway. Happened 2 times within an hour while the A/C was running, the vehicle shut off while in drive and physically moving. Service engine soon light appeared and currently displays code p0335: crankshaft position sensor circuit malfunction. There is currently a recall for some nissan sentra for this exact situation, but not for my 2004 and I highly suggest this is reconsidered because this issue is affecting many people. Here are complain by other people related to same issue. Date of incident: 06/01/2015 the federal safety agency id number: 10726085 date of incident: 02/23/2014 the federal safety agency id number: 10566294 date of incident: 01/13/2014 the federal safety agency id number: 10560121 date of incident: 01/30/2012 the federal safety agency id number: 10447202 date of incident: 12/02/2011 the federal safety agency id number: 10438673 date of incident: 11/14/2008 the federal safety agency id number: 10266535 date of incident: 04/11/2009 the federal safety agency id number: 10265273 date of incident: 02/15/2009 the federal safety agency id number: 10259107 date of incident: 02/02/2007 the federal safety agency id number: 10181854 date of incident: 02/02/2007 the federal safety agency id number: 10181732 date of incident: 02/28/2004 the federal safety agency id number: 10094400 date of incident: 05/01/2004 the federal safety agency id number: 10083464 date of incident: 05/01/2004 the federal safety agency id number: 10082487 date of incident: 03/15/2004 the federal safety agency id number: 10062752
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan sentra. While driving at approximately 38 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact was made aware of the federal safety agency action number: rq06001 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 130,000.
Was going down the road traveling around 25 MPH and engine stalled out of the blue then check engine light came on. After about 15 minutes car finally cranked back up. But when it did the check engine soon light was on had it checked and it came back as a bad cam shaft positioning sensor.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan sentra. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. After multiple attempts,the vehicle restarted and the "check engine" warning indicator illuminated. An independent diagnostic test displayed a code of p0335, which indicated that the crankshaft positioning sensor potentially caused the failure. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.
Service bulletins that may apply
- OBD II evap
- Free Oil Change Specific Vehicles Subject to the Takata Recall Detailed Information To help accelerate...
- Nissan: the engine cranks longer than 3 seconds when starting
- Nissan service campaign: voluntary emissions recall campaign - 2003-2005 sentra / 2005-2006 frontier ECM...
- Airflowmeter service.
- Long engine crank time before start
- MIL on with DTC U1000 or U1010 stored in engine control unit
- Malfunction indicator lamp on with diagnostic trouble code U1000 or U1010 stored in engine control unit
Related recalls
Engine and engine cooling
- What is wrong
- On certain passenger vehicles equipped with a 2.5l engine, the crank angle sensor is affected by temperature variations. Under certain driving conditions, these variations in temperature can be large enough to cause a brief interruption in the signal output from the sensor.
- Risk
- If the interruption in the signal from the sensor is so brief that the electronic control module (ECM) logic does not have time to diagnose the condition, the engine may stop running without warning while the vehicle is driven at a low speed increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will reprogram the ECM free of charge. The recall began on august 21, 2006. Owners may contact nissan at 1‑800‑647‑7261.
Recall number 06V242000 · Recall details
Questions about the 2004 Nissan Sentra stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 2004 Nissan Sentra?
43 of 197 owner complaints about the 2004 Nissan Sentra (22%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 2002.
How much does it cost to fix engine stalls while driving on the 2004 Nissan Sentra?
Owners who mentioned a price put the repair at about $376 (median of 5 complaints that include a dollar amount). Costs vary with mileage, warranty and where the work is done.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2004 Nissan Sentra?
There is 1 recall and 17 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2004 Nissan Sentra
Check engine light 35Loss of power 12Fuel pump 11Won't start 10Misfire 9No deployment 7Engine failure 7Jerking 6
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