2013 Nissan Sentra: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Mar 27, 2024 · Engine · TN · fire

Feb 26th, 2024 i drove my car for the first time since having surgery on Jan. 11, 2024. I was going about 35 mph when extremely fast the car radio turned off it felt as if the engine was also turned off but within a blink of your eye the car was turned back on , all by itself, a tiny jerk, nothing major. I instantly looked at the temp gauge, made sure the key was in ignition correctly. There was nothing to signal a problem. The next day i didnt leave my home. On Feb. 28, 2024 i drove the car about 7 miles and it did this same glitch twice .Again all gauges read normal, i got out of the car this time popped the hood. No smoke , no burning smell or any smell at all. I checked the fluids, the belt, the battery connections everything was fine. Later that night a family member had someone try breaking into their home. Very upset i decided to leave my home and drive over to be if some comfort. I drove a total of 21 miles, as i was turning into the driveway the car fid it again however this time i had to get it in park and restart my car. Again no over heating no smoke no burning or fuel smells. I parked the car went inside. About 7 minutes later , definitely no more than 10 minutes, i heared a loud bang. I look outside and my entire motor was on fire and the tire had already blown!! In under ten minutes!! I tried putting the fire out with the water hose but 911 dispatch heard the second tire blow and repeatedly asked me to stop and go inside the home that fire fighters were on their way . I had let my insurance go since i had emergency surgery and was unable to drive or work and pay for it. I bought this car in aug. 2020 and had to replace the cvt transmission nov. 2022. And now no car. This could have been a tragedy if anyone had small children and had ran back inside because they forgot a coat or a book bag, please look into this for other customers safety. Firefighters said it was so burnt they couldn't begin to tell how or where the fire started.

Filed Jul 17, 2022 · Transmission · AZ

I bought the car in May 2019. The dealership I bought it from said they worked with a Nissan dealership and replaced the transmission just before I purchased the car. Shortly after I got the car I noticed problems. I had my mechanic tell me it was the transmission slipping. In August I took it back to where I bought it and they sent it back to the Nissan dealership to check. The Nissan dealership said there was nothing wrong with it. They said it showed no codes. It continued to be a problem. I eventually took it to another mechanic and a transmission shop. Both confirmed a transition problem. I then took it to a different Nissan dealership. Lamb Nissan. They looked at it and said the program that will show error codes was not up to date and the original Nissan dealership should have updated and it was not updated. They said there is a problem but the program needed to be updated for them to know more. They updated it and I have been driving it with continued problems. I will be taking it back to Lamb Nissan in a couple weeks to have them check it out again. The problems have been after stopping at a stop sign on an incline, when I accelerate it gives a rurring sound as if it is going fast, but it barely moves. Then it will finally kick in and drive a normal speed. It also jerks. Especially when I take my foot off the brake. I have occasionally smelled a burning smell. Not sure if it is related. Answering the questions: 1) transmission - I can arrange for it to be available for inspection. 2) my safety is in question because I don’t know the exact problem and when/if it will just shut down and possibly cause an accident. 3) the problem has been confirmed by 4 places as described above. 4) it has not been inspected other than above as far as I know. 5) no warning lights have come on.

Filed Dec 13, 2018 · 48,000 miles · FL · fire

We bought our daughter a new 2013 nissan sentra. It was serviced regularly at our nissan dealer. On october 18th, my daughter was driving home from a friend's house on local streets. She smelled fuel, the controls on the dashboard went haywire and all systems on the car started shutting down. She pulled the car over, put her emergency brakes on, turned the car off and got away from the car. She watched as her car went on fire. We notified nissan and they told us that because they found no manufacturing defects, there was nothing more they could do. How does a 5 year, well maintained, 48,000 mile car just set fire with no warning? How was this vehicle not part of the march 2013 recall? How can nissan not stand behind their products? Most importantly, how can they not give us an answer to why my daughter's car set on fire? Is this usual? Is the life expectancy of a car only 5 years now? Are these car manufacturer's not being held to any standards? Do I have to be concerned with my other 2 children's nissan cars? My son's car is a 2013 nissan altima bought at the same time we bought the 2013 nissan sentra. Our other car is a 2014 nissan sentra (also manufactured at the same plant as the other nissan sentra, a year later). We purchased it used two months ago from our local dealer and already had the transmission replaced. How come these manufacturer's are getting away with putting out faulty products and not being held accountable when there's a problem with the car? Besides not having a car for 8 weeks, my daughter suffers from anxiety when she's in a car and has nightmares about being in a burning car. This is so totally unacceptable. I contact someone at the federal safety agency when it first happened and they told me to get in touch with nissan. Here we are 9 weeks later and not sure what to do next. Can you please give me some advice? [xxx]. Thankyou. *dt*jb information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Mar 26, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 33,000 miles · TX · crash · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2013 nissan sentra. While driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a ditch. The vehicle burst into flames and was destroyed. The driver sustained fatal injuries. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000.

Filed Dec 6, 2013 · Engine · 11,110 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan sentra. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, a burning odor was present. The contact pulled over to check under the hood and discovered that the engine was on fire. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. The fire department was unable to determine what caused the fire. No one was injured. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer regarding the fire. The failure mileage was 11,110.