Because many owners commonly drive 20,000 miles/year or more, Sentra owners experiencing CVT transmission problems may find they are not covered by this settlement due to the mileage limitation.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
56,720 miles
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My 2014 Nissan Sentra keeps jumping, jerking and stuttering while driving. It has 103,000 miles on it. When I press on the gas pedal, sometimes the car will not respond at first or barely start moving and then without warning will jump/kick the car forward. This makes it very dangerous to drive, especially during city and traffic jam conditions. After looking up this issue on the internet, I found this is a very common problems with the 2014 Nissan Sentra and is the cause of many accidents. I am pretty sure the issue is being caused by the transmission.
Well let see now my radio goes out in it than it comes back on a day later I check all the fuses and I feel it's not safe what else will make it not come on sometimes thanks and they had a recall on the transmission had one put in it in its ratters like the motor not tight or something.
The car sometimes does not want to accelerate and other times I have taken my foot off the gas and the car continues at the same speed as if my foot was on the gas and at times, no matter how fast I try to go, the car will not accelerate past a certain speed. There is alot of hesitation for the car to go to the next gear. This happens to me as I am driving the vehicle to work on a main road.
- Cutler Bay, FL, USA
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I have had no issues with my transmission up until 1 week ago where it has began to grind as if fly wheel is separated from housing. Also it jerks skips gears and is not staying in idled position.
While traveling at approx. 30 mph turning at the end of an exit ramp off the interstate highway, the vehicle suddenly slowed down as if it was shifted into first gear at a high rate of speed. I pulled off the road, turned it off and back on again but could only go 6 mph without jerking violently. After stopping, turning the car off and on again numerous times, was intermittently able to get the car to go faster than 6 mph only to have it suddenly slow down again, jerking within 1-2 minutes. It took one and a half hours to travel 16 miles back home. Not sure whats wrong...transmission, speed sensors or other" I've gone online and seen other similar complaints. Why hasn't Nissan been held accountable" Nissan needs to fix this lemon !
My husband was driving our Nissan Sentra 2014 on the highway to go to the airport when suddenly our car was going down the speed to 45 mph. It was dangerous because other cars were going to 65 mph and more. When we arrived in front of the parking lot. The car didn't go anymore. We were stuck on the middle lane and my husband had to push the car with the help of another person to the parking lot. The car smell like some fluids where burning.this was very dangerous situation. I took it to the dealership before about 3 times because I heard a bad noise, but they told me nothing was wrong that the noise was normal. After this incident I took it to the dealership again and said that the transmission is bad, right now is at the dealership getting approval from the corporation to fix it. The corporation and the dealership knew that cvt transmission are defective and they are putting us in danger.
Transmission issue when coming to a yield to take off again the car stalls makes a grounding noise. Then it takes off. You have to come to a complete stop first so that it doesn't hesitate. Does this when turning from yielding.
Cvt transmission is knocking transmission fluid changed by a professional when I am driving on the, I googled it this what I found out (April 16, 2017 ' a Nissan Sentra transmission lawsuit filed in New Jersey alleges the cvt (continuously variable transmission) in the 2014 Sentra is prone to shaking, jerking, sudden downshifts and other problems) on line there is lot of issue with cvt transmission.
Vehicle has been having transmission issues since 6 months after purchasing it in 2018. Car RPM jumps up and down when driving. Car shuts off when I'm park and left in idle sometimes, it takes a lot to turn left or right in the vehicle. Had transmission replaced in the beginning of 2019 thinking it will fix it, but the issue still occurs. I've taken it to mechanics and they all suggested to contact Nissan. I've spent almost 4,000-6,000 on repairs within the last two years. All related to the same issue
I have a 2014 Nissan Sentra that is having transmission problems, I have the cvt transmission that so many consumers are complaining about. I was in an auto accident on Oct. 29th 2019 when my car lunged forward and rear ending the car in front of me. I was at a total stop (stationary) and my car lunged forward hitting the car in front of me causing damage to both cars. My car is not safe to drive as it lunges, jerks and RPM go up when idling. I am hearing grinding noises and my car jerks and drags when driving. I had it in the shop about a year ago for clicking noises and gear hard shifting, they covered up the problem and I paid the dealer $116 to lube my gear shift and struts.I still owe $4000 on this car. The Nissan dealer wants to charge me $150 for a transmission inspection. I don't have the money, please help me before I get into a serious accident due to a faulty transmission. I believe there is a class action lawsuit for the transmission on 2014. Thank you. Cathy
Cvt transmission failed and my car completely stopped on I-95 when driving speed was 69 miles. It was sudden. Car jerks, no power to engine, car doesn't move. Passenger safety issue. Engine heat goes to 50% in 2 minutes.
Cvt transmission is slipping causing delays to power while driving the vehicle, delays to engage when accelerating, vigorous shaking when idling as well as while driving.
The car first started skipping. Then the tachometer raced and there was no gas pedal. Then it started bucking and the tachometer raced. Then there was nothing again. No power. We pulled into a gas station and it wouldn't go forward just sat with the tachometer racing. Wouldn't go anywhere. We were just outside of nashville tn when this happened and we had to be towed 921 miles home. Cost was expensive. Is at a service station now being looked at.
When I start to drive it's like my car winds up to 3-4rpms and I most of the time have to let off the gas for it to switch. It even got up to 5rpms and I even let my foot off the gas and had to turn into someone driveway.
After about 80, 000 miles I could hear my car having a difficult time progressing in speed especially on the interstate a rates of 60 mile per hour. Currently my car is at 100,747 miles and I have to get the transmission repaired because today the transmission begin to slip and my car was jerking. This occurred while I was driving on the highway, so I got off the interstate and drove on the street home, and the jerking motion continued.
When driving the vehicle I noticed a noise while accelerating. When I turned the wheel while accelerating it got louder and struggled to move ive only had the vehicle for three years. I had called the dealer to ask about my warrenty. They had told me that I was over my milage. So then I took it to amco to get it serviced and I find out the transmission had issues spent 2800. One year later I'm having other issues with the transmission. I'm not the only complainting about this there are other vehicles having cvt issues. I cant afford to put more money into this vehicle. Almost done paying it off but having another issue I just want to get rid of this vehicle. Please help!!!
Transmission acts erratically, we have experienced slippage, vibrations, loss of power at highway speeds (almost like the transmission was shifted into neutral). We had the vehicle in for these problems at 50,788 miles (12/29/2017), the dealer did a reprogram at this time, and 54,904 miles (03/09/2018)with the Nissan dealer saying there was nothing wrong. Now there is a class action lawsuit for these problems, but even though they extended the warranty to 84,000 miles, our vehicle has 85,750 miles so it is not covered. The date and incident information below represents the date of the most recent occurrence.
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- Rosamond, CA, USA