The 2016 Nissan Sentra has 266 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 6 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are power train and engine. Owners most often flag cvt operational problems (all generations): shuddering during acceleration, jerking when shifting between drive and reverse, rubber band effect, whining noise, and laggy throttle response. frequency: very frequent.
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 2016 Nissan Sentra vehicles (US, public record).
Across the 6 Sentra model years we track, complaint volume runs from 18 (2023) to 623 (2019). With 266 complaints, the 2016 Sentra sits abovethe model's median of 228.
These are raw NHTSA complaint totals, not adjusted for how many cars sold or how long each model year has been on the road. Older and higher-selling years accumulate more complaints.
air bags
Campaign 17V253000Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2015-2017 LEAF and 2014, 2016 and 2017 Sentra vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error within the air bag inflators, the passenger frontal air bag may not properly d…
air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module
Campaign 16V436000Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016 LEAF vehicles manufactured February 24, 2016, to March 23, 2016, and Sentra vehicles manufactured February 9, 2016, to March 4, 2016. The wiring ha…
electrical system:wiring
Campaign 16V485000Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured April 11, 2016, through April 26, 2016. The engine room harness may have a terminal pin too large to maintain a connec…
air bags:sensor:occupant classification
Campaign 16V244000Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 …
Sentiment is sharply divided by generation and is heavily influenced by transmission history. For models from approximately 2011 through the early 2020s, sentiment is overwhelmingly negative, dominated by widespread and severe CVT…
Owner insights cover all generations of the Sentra. See the full Sentra owner picture and every model year.
Used Sentra listings typically run $18,995–$23,563 across 2014 to 2026 model years.
Compare every Sentra year side by side to see how 2016 ranks against the rest.