The 2019 Nissan Sentra has 623 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 2 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are electrical system and power train. 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 2019 Nissan Sentra vehicles (US, public record).
Across the 6 Sentra model years we track, complaint volume runs from 18 (2023) to 623 (2019). With 623 complaints, the 2019 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.
exterior lighting:brake lights:switch
Campaign 21V135000Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Nissan Sentra vehicles. The brake light switch may become contaminated, preventing the circuit from closing and the brake lights from illuminating.
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Campaign 19V654000Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Vers…
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…
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