2011 Nissan Sentra brakes complaints

Filed Jun 17, 2011 · Brakes · FL

When the car reached 15-20 MPH (the doors lock) a rattling, clunking noise occurs in the rear of the car. This happens every time the car is started and that speed is reached. I was told from the dealership this is normal.

Filed Apr 22, 2011 · Brakes · 800 miles · CT

Upon the car reaching 20 miles per hour the anti-lock brake system charges up. This creates a lot of noise and cause the accelerator and brake pedal to vibrate. This condition occurs once every ignition cycle.

Filed Feb 7, 2011 · Brakes · 2,700 miles · CA

The vehicle has had issues with ABS actuator making noises and vibrating. Dealership could find no problems, but referred to nissan service bulletin. On february 2, 2011, I was traveling at approximately 20-25 MPH. As I approached a red light I attempted to depress my brakes. At that time the pedal traveled more than 3/4 of the way to the floor almost instantly. There was a loud metallic clanking and grinding sound and a very strong vibration coming from under brake pedal. I almost lost control of my vehicle as it pulled to the left and almost traveled into the oncoming lane. After 2-3 seconds I regained the use of my brakes.

Filed Jan 19, 2011 · Brakes · 658 miles · TX · crash

On monday, january 17, between 7:00pm and 7:15pm, I as well as a passenger that was with me that evening were involved in a collision with a semi due to a failure of our 2011 nissan sentra. We don't really know if it was either the brakes or the ABS system or the onboard computer. As we were on beltline rd., heading towards addison, tx for a dinner party at a local restaurant, we came to an intersection and attempted to come to a halt, but, when doing so the car came to a slow steady speed and continued to move forward, less than 5mph but more than 2mph. I pressed the brake a total of 5 times, two of which I slammed the break until it reached the floorboard, until I was forced to use the e break. I tried putting the car in park as well but nothing seemed to work. Prior to leaving for the restaurant, we heard an internal knocking sound. We didn't have it checked out immediately due to the fact that it was a holiday and many places were already closed. We also didn't think it was a danger to us simply because it was the first time it had ever occurred. We do not feel safe operating this vehicle, and we want to get the word out there that this car could be dangerous. We had the vehicle towed to the trophy nissan in mesquite, tx and were given a rental. We prefer the rental. It will be a month until we get our car back, and frankly, they can keep it. There was one other recall that took place as well and the description matches our incident. I have provided the link below: http://www.carseverything.com/256/2011-nissan-sentra-recalls.html thank you for your time and concern. We really hope that word can get out about the potential dangers 2011 nissan sentras can possess.