Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 07/09/2012 | 20000 | 1 | |
| I don't know if this is a one-time,only-thing, but felt i wanted to mention it. my mother drives a 2010 nissan sentra, built about 2/10 it has never been serviced by the dealer except for 'included' oil and filter changes, as part of the new car 'sell' i took the front left wheel off, to rotate the tires and, since i have replaced control arms, and cv axles myself in the past, looked around. the 32 mm spindle nut was loose enough to turn by hand, the original cotter-pin (painted black while the car was built) was original-properly intact. i consulted my technical manual and it said that this 32 mm spindle nut is usually torqued to 92 foot-pounds-not finger tight. in fairness as i write this-to leave no stone unturned-and to the manufacturers defense-the car did hit a curb on that side-and the tire blew-it was replaced by etd tire service in nj. but that cotter pin is original-never removed. so a socket could not have been put on it to loosen it from the original torque setting. unless the shock of the tire impact jarred it loose? knocked the wheel bearing and loosened the spindle nut? either way-i am glad i spotted this. i wonder if this torque specification is adequate? 92 foot lbs. ## vin failed ## 2010 nissan sentra sr ## *tr | |||
| 12/19/2011 | 20500 | ||
| Pulling into parking space and felt a pop as the wheel turned. i turned the wheel back and forth and noticed there was no resistance when turning the wheel to the left. i turned car off with the wheel still turned to the left and looked at driver side wheel and noticed the wheel was pointed to the right. i looked at the right wheel and it was pointed to the left. i looked at the left wheel and saw that the tie rod had snapped in half. there was no accicent and there were no cement parking barriers present. | |||
| 10/20/2010 | 600 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2010 nissan sentra. the contact was driving approximately between 10-15 mph, attempted to make a left turn and the steering wheel would not turn into any direction. the vehicle loss control causing the vehicle to flip onto the driver's side two tires and then landed on the road normally. there was no personal injury. the vehicle sustained damages at the cost of $1,000. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis and repair. the failure mileage was 600. js | |||
| 02/21/2010 | 700 | 3 | |
| My new nissan sentra 2010s very quickly veers to the left at 50-65 mpg in the highway. i did not step my foot on accelerator nor brake at that time. it happened 3 times occasionally since i purchased my car on jan 2010. *tr | |||