8.7

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,056 miles

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2020 Nissan Sentra suspension problems

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2020 Nissan Sentra Owner Comments

problem #9

Oct 282024

Sentra

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I have been having several issues with this vehicle since I bought it. I-??ve had the vehicle break down on me about 3 times and need repairs or adjustments to previous repairs. The main issue right now is that the car has been in the shop for about 50 days or so for repairs on the suspension or tie rods, inner/outer. I-??ve had the same issue with vibrations and shaking coming from the front end when going about 60MPH. This has been going on for about 4-5 months now since I bought the car back in June. The car has been repaired about 6 times already and still no resolution to the problem. The technician at the dealership said there isn-??t anything else they can do as all the work they-??ve done has been by the manufacturer-??s recommendation and book. My other main concern is the car tends to pull or JOLT when driving sometimes. The car has also been needing an alignment every so often. I-??m not sure if it-??s because the rack and pinion is broken or needs to be replaced. The boots around them keep tearing or coming off. This is my 2nd time hearing a technician tell me about them.The motor has been replaced already at 32K miles, 2 weeks before I bought it. Lately the car also been tugging and or shifting hard. My other issue is the back up camera and the windows, along with the outside button not working to keyless entry feature. I-??ve been having several issues with the back up camera lately. It-??s always DULL and DIM when switching from P to R, the screen turns dark and black. The other side issues are the Button for the Windows not rolling up or down. They seem to be getting stuck. This makes it hard sometimes as my kids don-??t like the A/C on as much. It gives them horse cough. When it-??s hot the car has no circulation or ventilation besides turning the A/C or FAN on.

- Victorville, CA, USA

problem #8

Jun 042024

Sentra

  • miles
I bought my car in June 2023 and I-??ve been having problems with my steering wheel. The dealership's goal was to fix that issue. They said they fixed it, but I-??ve been having the same issue since I bought the car. They had me pay a $500 deductible to fix the same issue since I bought it. Today is August 15, and they haven-??t offered to fix it. I believe they are taking advantage of the fact that I-??m young, and I'm very aware that I-??m paying $27,000 for this car. Please help me I believe the previous owner lied about what was wrong with the car an I was sold a car with unseen issue that the dealership fails to disclose to me, I believe fail to hold there end of the contract.

- New Orleans , LA, USA

problem #7

Mar 132024

Sentra

  • miles
Bad vibration in steering wheel. Feels extremely unsafe due to tie rods.

- West Warwick, RI, USA

problem #6

Sep 282023

Sentra 4-cyl

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Catastrophic failure today. Car was towed with special tow truck to dealer after hours. Will know more tomorrow. While driving Passenger right front tire: upper tie rod broke, lower control arm broke, trans-axel broke, smoke came out of hood. Right before this happened the car experienced a shimmy in the steering wheel and to keep car driving straight I had hold steering wheel at angle to the right (40mph). Next the anti-lock brakes engaged then disengaged. Four or so miles later I got a dashboard warning that had -??malfunction-?? on almost every system (all amber lights). I pulled over at gas station immediately called dealer and was advised to bring in it ASAP. I put the car in reverse attempted to back out of parking spot, got 4 feet out and a horrible clanking/popping noise happened maybe 3 times and smoke came from engine compartment. I tried to put car back in gear to pull back into parking spot - but car would not move forward or backward. Got out and visual inspection showed front right tire had torn away from car and was hanging and car body was sitting imbedded into tire causing a dent in the panel. First tow truck driver said damage was so bad, they had to call a different kind of tow truck. Car then towed to dealer tonight after hours. Don-??t know full extent of damage yet, tow truck driver thought transmission damaged when axel pulled away. What happened preceding this: I had just got off I-95 after a 7 hour drive from Myrtle Beach. Was 2-3 miles off freeway when this happed. Had it happed just a few minutes earlier, it would have happened on freeway at 70mph. There would likely have been multiple fatalities. Dealer replaced both left and right trans axels within last 2 months a week apart (car was making clunking sound). Tie rods inspected (told they were fine). Ten days ago clunking again (sounded like it was coming from engine compartment near center console.) took back to dealer they inspected it, changed oil and could not duplicate noise

- Stafford, VA, USA

problem #5

Sep 222022

Sentra

  • miles
Tie rod end snapped/car will stop out of no where

- Lincoln, NE, USA

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problem #4

Jun 032022

Sentra

  • miles
Tie road both

- Chula Vista, CA, USA

problem #3

Jun 192020

Sentra

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Vehicle first developed a issue the following day I got it. The first issue was "Engine Malfunction, Power Reduced, Service Now". So I took it to the service center at Mossy Nissan in El Cajon, CA where they service the vehicle, but I continued to get that error on numerous occasions. Another issue, the instrument cluster and infotainment system would randomly restart while driving that has happened numerous times as well. Another issue, the panorama vehicle camera system would crash and not function any more, that occured numerous times. Another issue, while driving the vehicle I noticed the lane keep assist stopped functioning on numerous occasions. Another issue, while deriving the vehicle I felt the car would sway to certain side, I don't remember what side though. All of these issues have been addressed at the service center, but some of them still continued. So I filled a complaint with Nissan Motors and they were initially gonna repurchase the vehicle back as a lemon. But they backed out of the deal. Since I feel the car is unsafe to drive due to electrical issues, the car has been sitting at the Nissan service center since April 2021. They also refuse to address the recent recall associated with the vehicle.

- El Cajon, CA, USA

problem #2

Jul 182021

Sentra

  • 12,500 miles
The contact owns a 2020 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the front passenger-??s side tie rod fractured rendering the vehicle undrivable. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who replaced the damaged tie rod and the failure was remedied. The contact later received a recall notice for the NHTSA campaign number 21V461000 (Suspension) which was related to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 12,500.

- Poplar Bluff, MO, USA

problem #1

Dec 062020

Sentra

  • 15,000 miles
On the morning of December 6, 2020. I left my parking lot and proceeded up warwick ave, towards franklin St and I slowed to go over a bump, when I went over the bump as I have many times, my steering wheel shifted to the right, sending me into a parked car and even though I tried to turn my wheel my car wouldn't go left. When I got out of my car to look I noticed a clean break on my inner outer tie rods which is weird because this is a 2020 car and I just got it in March 2020. I need help because I cannot afford to get this fixed.

- Baltimore, MD, USA

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