2013 Nissan Sentra driver assistance problems

Filed Apr 11, 2026 · Driver assistance, Engine · LA

Erractic rpms. Shakes/hesitant on take off from stop. Accelerator can be pushed all the way and it goes 5mph. Shifting takes a good minute with shakiness. Can not drive in rush hour traffic almost got accident many times.

Filed Feb 6, 2024 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · CA

My car doesn’t accelerate. I was driving and a car behind me almost hit me because I pressed on the gas but it didn’t go

Filed Nov 10, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 79,640 miles · PR

The check engine light keeps coming on due to the same air flow problem. Every time car is scanned the code comes up as the mass air flow sensor. I have replaced this sensor. My vehicle would not accelerate over 20 MPH. My car also idles, jerks when placed in park & has decreased fuel efficiency. The car began to violently shake, was unable to accelerate while on the highway. Car rpms increased the car did not move. Traffic rapidly approaching behind me.

Filed Oct 12, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 115,299 miles · VA

The check engine light keeps coming on due to the same air flow problem. Every time car is scanned the code comes up as the mass air flow sensor. Since purchasing the car, I have replaced this sensor twice. I replaced the sensor on 7/8/19 approximately 4 weeks after purchasing the vehicle and then again on 10/10/18. Before replacing the part on oct. 10, I was merging onto the highway and my vehicle would not accelerate over 20 MPH. My car also idles, jerks when placed in park & has decreased fuel efficiency.

Filed Jul 5, 2019 · Driver assistance, Transmission · 88 miles · FL

The transmission has approximately 88k miles and in the last 10k the transmission has been skipping gears, having progressive difficulty shifting up and downhill; there's jarring and jerking when accelerating and de-accelerating. It most often happens on declines inclines stops during driving, and traveling at highway speeds. I've seen that many 2013 nissan owners experience similar issues

Filed May 12, 2019 · Driver assistance, Engine · 62,700 miles · CA

"mass air flow sensor recall" and components there of or intake fuel/performance reductors...check engine code p0101. While running the vehicle looses power and struggles to go faster entering freeways or up hills also have to use more gas lately. Check engine light lit up...replaced the part to no avail...light is off a day or two then returns... Which means issue is not fixed.

Filed Apr 18, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 5 miles · NY

Ive been having issues with my 2013 sentra sr sputtering randomly and out of nowhere shakes and completly shuts off no matter the speed im doing. Which has me concerned as this is becoming a big safety issue now thru out the years its gotten proggresivly worse without any dealership being able to fix this issue cause the car shows no warning lights or a check engine light. This happens when I'm stopped and moving happens randomly and sometimes the car wont accelerate past 3 RPM's.

Filed Feb 13, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 60 miles · CT

The transmission failed at 60,962 the car started started shaking, jerking and loosing speed and then it cutting off at the stop light. The car cut off on me getting off the highway I was at a light & then I was unable to proceed with traffic. I turned on the hazard lights & turned the heat off waited for the car to maybe cool off I really didn't know what was wrong & then I was able to restart the car & drive home I took the car to the nissan dealer ship twice & they told me it was the airflow filter after they claimed it was fixed it happened again I contacted nissan again and they finally admitted that this car has a bad transmission. There is no way a car under 100k miles should have problems with the transmission I bought this car @ 26k in 2016. Now is costing me over 3,000.00 to fix my car . Nissan is well aware of the transmission issue on these cars and instead of recalling them they continue to allow these cars to be sold over & over again again. I want a complete investigation into the on going problems with the 2013 nissan sentra's. I have lost power on the highway as well as main roads stopped at lights holding up traffic in dangerous situations I had this car towed in total of 5 times in less than 6 months.

Filed Oct 22, 2018 · Driver assistance, Seat belts · 121,000 miles · MD

Nissan 2013 sentra has a computer malfunction. Have to stick something into the gear shift in order to drive. Car stutters when pressing the gas as if it's switchibg gears. Also, there was a recall for the middle seatbelt I got fixed. Seat belt was used once properly and has been locked ever since. Nissan will not fix these malfunctions unless I have a letter about these issues. These issues are known recalls from previous nissan sentra owners as well.

Filed Aug 8, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 15,000 miles · IL

Update since april - purchased car 10-22-15 inspection and said it was good. In 1-14-2016 car growling/city street. Again inspection and said it was good 6-14-16 car in ,car growling in motion on street. Again tested - good stranded (purchased a jump start) 8-16 2016 stranded in driveway 10-17-17 - twice car went into sport mode,on highway (50/60mph) no one touched anything-hands on wheel! They had car for 12 days and said nothings wrong with the trans. Still happens..and worse. Trans blows up while driving car. It was awful, had we been going 50/60 we would have been dead.no warning lights- stopped dead and abruptly on city street. Had it towed in they finally admitted it was the trans from the start oct 2015! Had to have a re-furbished trans as there was nothing left of this one,(car towed in-would not go into any gear). 1-16-18 car in for loud rattle. They said it was from the transmission being replaced. Straightened the heat plate under the trans. Still rattles 3-15-18 while driving with the new trans. Car went into sport mode on city street, just like before the original trans exploded. 4-29-18 stranded in driveway after driving it 28 miles- the battery was discharging while driving- we've been stranded about 14x's. Took car in -got a loaner. They said it must be an electrical problem and did a parasitic test. Nothing wrong 6-26-18 went into sport mode driving for about 40 seconds -pulled over- shut off motor. 7-26-18 shifted into high gear again on its own while driving. Our hands on the wheel, when driving. The car is acting like it did before the trans was replaced. Their nissan corporate man said, it must be electrical why we are getting stranded and there is definitely something wrong with the new transmission they put in as it's doing the same thing as originally, before the car exploded and could have killed us.