Transmission
2013 Nissan Sentra engine complaints
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Was driving to work busy road car basically shut down to limp mode could not accelerate very close call two cars nearly side swiped me had to creep at 2mph to curb. Called tow truck took vehicle home where it sat proceeded to try and fix car overtime. Has never been the same since.
I purchased this car in 2018 with 30k miles. In 2020 I had to replace the transmission. Now 2022 and I have to replace the transmission again. The car is decelerating and sputtering at times. But it’s not covered? How does a car have three transmissions within such a short time under 120k miles?
Problem with transmission slipping
Perdi mi trabajo porque el carro se descompuso
It was 108 degree outside at 4:30 pm in the zip code of 89052. At a sloped intersection on a major street I stopped for the light. When the light turned green I tried to accelerate the car, it failed to accelerate, the break did not function, and the steering was difficult. The car stalled. The car started rolling downhill. I was able to turn the car to the next street ~20 yards down the intersection. The street had no slope and no other cars at the time. The car eventually stopped. But that was a dangerous incident and it could be much worse.
The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated while driving at 45 mph when the air bag warning light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer who inspected the vehicle and found no issue and could turn off the warning light, however, after a few days, the warning light illuminated again. While driving at undisclosed speed, the contact was hit head-on by another vehicle causing damage to the front driver side of the vehicle. The air bag did not deploy. There was medical treatment at the scene. There was no one injured, however, the contact was unconscious for a minute and had some pain in their back but did not go to the hospital. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent body shop who did some repairs to the front driver side of the vehicle, and also inspected the vehicle and found issues with air bags and oil leakage to the engine but was not able to repair those issues. The vehicle was not fully repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage approximate was 210,000.
The vehicle hesitates significantly when acccelerating... Axts like it doesn't shift out right.... And bogs down when accelerating at normal speeds.
My car started jerking and all sudden when driving on the freeway it was like loosing its power and then it made a loud jerk also no warnings light came on and the car dealer put a new transmission in about 4 years ago
Purchased our 2013 nissan sentra sv in may, 2016. It came with a 7 year cpo, expiration may 30, 2020. Within 3 months of purchase I had what I thought was a shifting/transmission related issue. When going from 1st to 2nd gear the car tachometer would rev to 4500 RPM but nut go any faster, then shake/thunk, and go into 2nd gear. From that time until april, 2020, I went in to 4 separate nissan dealerships in 2 states with this problem. Each one said they would not look at the vehicle because nissan said they would not fix the problem until the transmission stops working. In april, 2020, my last visit, I explained a new problem occurred. The car could not maintain 65 miles per hour without going into overdrive or a higher gear, and was shifting multiple times into multiple gears. But still nothing would be done by nissan as the transmission did not fail. Then, on july 22, 2020, the transmission stuck in 2nd twice. I contacted nissan consumer affairs and explained my situation. A case sheet was developed and I sent in information to them. 8 days later they called me back and said my cpo warranty ended end of may, 2020, so there was nothing they would do. By the way, my case sheet number was 40830236. Transmission was replaced this week costing us over $4000. Very, very frustrated. I know our cpo ended end of may, 2020. But nissan refused to look at transmission until total failure. I am sending you copies of our transmission replacement bill, a copy from nissan noting transmission needing replacement, and our cpo warranty. Thanks for any help you can give us.
I bought my 2013 nissan sentra sr from towne auto brokers 03/2013 I test drove it and it had no shifting problems at that time. 2 weeks later while I'm driving it the sentra started jerking and idling erratically, the RPM tachometer red lined 3 times without the gas pedal being depressed!! While redlining the sentra's transmission shudder with the erratic jerking all the while decelerating before catching 3rd gear at 4,000 RPM. I was in rush hour traffic 3 miles from home so I decided to try and making it home. While stopped at the stop light the sentra idled normal, then at the green light when I depressed the gas pedal nothing happened( no power at all and the RPM didn't rise) I was literally stuck in the middle of an intersection not able to move my nissan sentra under its own power!!! I'm afraid that this is a transmission issue that the manufacturer was well aware of before installation in nissan sentra and all other models with this CVT transmission. I believe the nissan corporation should recall all CVT transmission due to mechanical failure resulting in lack of power.
I bought this car at 120,000 miles and have driven it to 139,000. I started noticing my transmission stalling and I revived a letter in the mail a couple times regarding my transmission being recalled. I unfortunately don't have the letter anymore regarding the transmission.
When driving this car it constantly jerks when coming to a stop. It also jerks when I take my foot off the gas going down a hill. Last week when driving to work I put my foot on the break and the engine revved and the RPM needle flew up and got stuck. This should not be happening in a car that is just barely 7 years old. I am also having acceleration problems so I get to endure the fear of not knowing if the car will go when I hit the gas. I've taken it to a mechanic and was told the transmission in this car is the worst transmission ever made. Wonderful news. So now my choices are to pay thousands of dollars, on top of the already thousands of dollars I am still paying on the car, to get a new transmission or be terrified everytime I get behind the wheel of my car that I won't make it to my destination. You have made a vehicle that is of poor quality and not worth the money you are expecting people to pay. Your car is unsafe for the road. I pray that I am capable enough to be able to handle the clearly inevitable mechanical issues that will undoubtedly happen as I continue to drive this car. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
The car goes into a limp mode. Cannot accelerate past 20mph. Mechanic determined my transmission is bad. Quoted $4,000 to repair. Car has 87, 511 miles. Should not be an issue. I was on the highway and almost got hit by other cars.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan sentra. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated and remained illuminated. The contact also stated that an odor of fuel was sometimes perceived. The vehicle was taken to a nissan dealer located in college park, maryland, where two codes popped up: p0456 and p101. The vent control valve seal-o-ring 16618-jf00a were replaced. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 67,000.
I purchased my vehicle from a used dealership. I have a 2013 nissan sentra that has the exact same issues as the nissan vehicles from 2010-2012. My transmission feels as if it is slipping, jerking, shuddering and does not gain acceleration smoothly. If I accelerate at all, my transmission will jerk. If I put my car in reverse, it will stall and feels as if it is not getting any gas and the transmission jerks. If I am on a street that is not busy driving under 40 if my RPM gets over 1, it will jerk and feel as if it is going to shut off. When I am driving on the highway at higher speeds of 40, if the RPM increases at all, my vehicle jerks and feels as if it is not getting enough gas. I took my car to firestone on 1/10/20 and they determined that it is indeed the CVT transmission. I had 0 codes appear. I have the document from firestone that reflects that I have no other issues with the vehicle. I was advised by firestone to take the vehicle to nissan. I took the vehicle to nissan 1/10/20 the same day and was told the exact same thing, however the recall does not apply to the year of my vehicle, but I have the exact same issue as the previous year manufactured vehicles. I also have documentation for this as well. They ran a full diagnostic test and found 0 codes. I keep my vehicle in good condition and well kept and service is up to date. This needs to be recalled.
While driving on the freeway, the car jerks as if struggling to switch gears. Often when I press the gas, the car fails to go faster and it sounds as if I am just trying the engine
While driving 50 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was merged to the side of the road and failed to accelerate until the economy mode was turned off. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. Car jerks, shakes, vibrates.
Car starting jerking and came to almost a complete stop out the blue at 136,000-138,000 somewhere in between don't exactly remember. The first sigh something was wrong with car was the RPM would just go up high out of blue while accelerating which was dangerous ad just comming to a stop out of nowhere. We called around trying to get issue fixed but noone could help cause there was no light on in car to see if anything was wrong. Check engine light just came on as of today 10/11/2019 for first time ever at 141,000 and car stops doesnt pull. Does on highway, interstate and while turning.
My 2013 nissan sentra had no known problems, and I had no icons on my dashboard that something needed attention... No check engine light, no check transmission light..none. And when I had taken my car to get an oil change, my car had no serious issues. And just recently as I had my foot on the break because I was parking my car's engine turned off,, but the radio was still on. I attempted several times to turn on until it did, but as soon as I shifted to reverse or drive, the engine would just turn off. And now my car turns on but makes a weird noise like something is dragging, but engine remains on, and every time I shift to drive or reverse my car turns off. Iv'e purchased my car new back in 2013, and it only has 73,000 miles. I don't drive long distances too often or get on the highway too much. I work about 20 minutes away from work with traffic. I have done my oil change at my nissan dealership and nothing ever came up on their multi inspection. I just don't know what is wrong with my car.
While driving my 2013 nissan sentra fe + s on hwy and even inner city streets it seems to stall and loses power I need to know exactly what to do to make it safe to drive my vehicle if there is a way to take it back to a nissan dealership to have it checked
Transmission shifting on its own. Accelerate and decelerate on its own. Gear not fully grabbing.
The RPM in my nissan sentra 2013 started to fluctuate while driving it wasn't doing it too much at first but now it does it continuously and it's so annoying when I'm driving I took it to my nearest nissan location and they said it was the transmission and that I have to get it replaced which sucks because it' just reached 100k miles I have always had great maintenance with it I don't want to pay almost 5k for a new transmission when the mileage isn't even super high, I did my research and apparently there's a lot of other people that have the same problem with the exact model and make and with newer nissans too with lower mileage so it's just not fair I love my nissan sentra but this is just not fair I really believe there needs to be a recall for these cars with horrible transmission defects. Please please nissan look into this
"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.
Takata recall when I first step in the car to take a test drove, it seem like it was ok . It didn't have any problem but when I drove it home , on the highway, the car started to shake and it took about 60 second for the gear to switch. The car seen as thought it was overheating when I haven't even drove it long . I took it back to the dealer and he said “ I was covered with warranty “ and that “I wouldn't have to worry about paying anything.” he gave me a loan car and have been extended it for the last two months because my car still haven't been fix yet . I also found that my car was not covered under warranty by the warrant business because they said the car wasn't in good condition when I brought it. They denied the request of fixing the transmission. The dealer refuses to give me another temp tag and told me to leave him premises. I have been paying on a car that I have not had for two months and I believe that this is an unjust situation. I hope that the other customers aren’t getting treated like myself .
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.
When I press the pedal gas the car doesnt work well .I cant drive higher than 40 miles because the transmition doesnt running well and sometime I have to pull over the car cause it doesnt even run 20 mile .eache stops signal I do is even worst.all this notes are in the city streets I cant drive on a highway because it doesnt run over 40 miles
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.dealership has informed me of transmission issue needs to be replaced. No warning sign, no check engine light forced to pull over at night on the side of the road.
'tamara recall' I was driving when all of the sudden my car started jerking and the speedometer was racing up and down, I went to pull out on the highway and was nearly hit by a semi truck because the car had lost power and wouldn't go over 5 MPH. The truck had to swerve to keep from hitting me. This car has a faulty CVT transmission problem is very dangerous and needs to be off the road. It happens with no warning. I called the dealership and they said it would cost $5000 to fix that I don't have. And I still owe $10,000 on the car.
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.
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