Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER | |||
| 08/20/2005 | 67000 | 1 | 08/01/2005 |
| When i checked the oil level for my 2001 nissan sentra gxe, i saw the oil dipstick broken. i checked the internet to see if it is a common problem, yes it is. a lot of nissan owners complain about the same problem which may be caused by cheap plastic top of the dipstick that fails under high engine temperature. if oil dipsticks are defective by the manufacturer, nissan sentra's should be recalled for fix-up. *nm | |||
| 02/04/2005 | 1 | 02/07/2004 | |
| One year ago i purchased a used car from wendle @ the y. i felt as though i was getting a good deal on my 2001 nissan sentra, which had acceptably low mileage. *ak i was in the process of getting my car refinanced when the finance company called and told me they could not help me with my loan. they explained that it was obvious my nissan's odometer had been rolled back sometime between 11/3/03 and 2/23/04. the finance company was kind enough to fax the the carfax report showing the suspected odometer rollback. with each oil change my car has had, the mileage has been documented with carfax. you can see the steady progression up to 50,693 miles on 11/3/03, yet when i bought the car on 2/7/04, the car only registered 31,675 miles. i contacted shane, the gm at wendle, on friday 2/4; he immediately skirted around the issue trying to assure me that it must have been mistyped in the carfax report. i explained to him that you could see the mileage progression and it was obviously not a mistype. i am now left with a car that i no longer am happy with due to the fact that it has 20,000 more miles than i though and i cannot get it refinanced. wendle is not responding in a timely manner and i would like some resolution. | |||
| 04/15/2002 | 0 | ||
| My engine failed again while driving 70 mphs on the freeway, the very day after the car had been repaired for yet another defect sensor. it was a miracle i did not crash and kill anyone including myself. each and every time i have taken the car in, i have requested it be checked for a short in the wiring. each time i was told no. i later learned thar meant if it didn't show up on the computer, then they wouldn't look for it specifically. following the latest hazard, i got in nissan's face. nissan found a defect oxygen sensor this time. upon retesting the vehicle, the emc (the brain of the vehicle) was found to be defective. i was also told had i driven the car any longer, the air conditioning unit would have blown too. well, that explains all the lousy gas mileage this past year. so, here it is a week later and my vehicle remains in the shop with a back ordered emc with no available stock date in sight. i am renting a vehicle and am receiving very little assistance from nissan as to getting a rental vehicle in the meantime. i am quite concerned i have purchased a brand new spanking yellow lemon. i am quite concerned this vehicle, even with a new emc, will produce other defective sensors once the warranty has expired due to wear and tear from the old one. there are 45 sensors in the vehicle and only 5-10 have blown so far. i am quite certain others are close to failure too. i am just as concerned when both the nissan representative and the service manager told me this part has been on back order for a very long time as so many vehicles have endured this problme, that the vehicle has not yet been recalled. | |||