Purchased brand new with 0 miles. The system malfunction popped up and engine would not turn over after running perfectly fine a hour prior.Had to get towed to dealership and found a faulty battery luckily I still had 100 or so miles left on my warranty.Happened again last month the same exact thing except this time I had to get a jump off after several minutes the engine finally turned over.
2021 Nissan Sentra: won't start
5 of the 133 complaints about the 2021 Nissan Sentra describe won't start.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 8 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Won't start by model year
What owners say
I got in the car to start it and it would not start. This happened at the car wash one morning. It didn’t give me any warnings of a bad battery and the only way I started it was to have someone jump it. This has happened 4 times now. It takes several minutes for the battery to charge to start the car. I have been stranded 2 times and could not get to work on time 2 times.
Every since I bought my car there has been times were my car refused to start. Every time it happened my car was sitting in park for about 10-15 minutes and I would turn off my car but when the time to turn on came it started to seem like my battery was dying and would not start. I had to wait 30 minutes to an hour before it would start again. The second time it did this which was 1 week ago, my car started reading system malfunction I have pictures and videos.I was able to get my car to get to Nissan after a jumpstart. Of course I assumed it was the battery however Nissan said my battery was in perfect health and is not dying. They proceeded to do a diagnostic but again they said they could not replicate the problem and was unable to find out what was wrong with my car. My concern started to rise when two days ago I turned on my car and it was on and not in idle but it started to read malfunction then said not available system malfunction. This happened without it even sitting in idle. I am concern that my car will do this while I’m on the road and shut down. I was unable to upload the video.
The vehicle inexplicably drained the battery again. Monday July 12, 2021, the vehicle does not start. I take it to the dealer's service center and they tell me there is no problem with the car or the charging system.
Car will not start. Unexplained battery depletion. Trunk will not close when car is not on. Awful customer service at ORR Nissan in Shreveport Louisiana Address: 1240 E Bert Kouns, Shreveport Louisiana, 71105 Their entire operations need to be shut down. Bunch of incompetent druggies.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Service information
- Engine support tools applied vehicles: 2020-2024
- Loss of power, engine noise, and/or battery light on if you confirm
- MIL on with DTC P0401 and/or P0404 stored in the ECM
- MIL on with DTC P0401 and/or P0404 stored in the ECM if you confirm
- Rattle or knock noise from front when driving over bumps and/or turning
- No start due to battery discharge through audio unit if you confirm
- MIL on with DTC P062F and/or P0603 stored if you confirm
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2021 Nissan Sentra won't start
Is won't start a common problem on the 2021 Nissan Sentra?
5 of 133 owner complaints about the 2021 Nissan Sentra (4%) mention won't start. The model year with the most reports is 2017.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2021 Nissan Sentra?
There are 0 recalls and 8 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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