2003 Nissan Sentra Engine And Engine Cooling Problems
- 53
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 53 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- check engine · 13 records
- engine engine · 12 records
- engine light · 12 records
- engine cooling · 11 records
- position sensor · 9 records
- included recall · 8 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 27 |
| 30–60k mi | 10 |
| 100–150k mi | 6 |
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. While driving approximately 30 mph, the engine stalled and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that camshaft sensor one and two failed. The camshaft sensors were replaced, but the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 03v455000…
ODI 10948835
Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
Car while in drive will stall and idle. Car also has completely shut off while driving and has continuously occurred intermittently. Multiple engine codes have came on and repairs have been completed but the issue continues. At this time crankshaft, and cam sensor have been replaced. It has been suggested that transmission be replaced and is currently in process. Reading up on this issue appears there is a recall…
ODI 10693115
Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle stalled. The failure was experienced several times. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and resume normally. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer stated that the vin was not included in nhtsa recall number 06v242000 (engine and engine…
ODI 10588489
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact attempted to start the vehicle but it would not respond. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic who replaced the crank shaft position sensor. The contact was able to start the vehicle after the repair but the vehicle stalled shortly thereafter. The vehicle was towed to a second independent mechanic where the crank shaft and cam shaft position…
ODI 10450257
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Unknown Or Other
Vehicle failed the mil/check engine light due to obd communications failure. Nissan dealership code reader also unable to communicate with ecm. Possible faulty ecm. *tr
ODI 10424625
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for oil consumptino issues when he was informed that the material from the catalytic converter had entered the engine, damaging it. The dealer informed the contact to have the engine replaced. The manufacturer was aware of the failure however, did not offer any assistance. No repairs were performed. The current and…
ODI 10426780
Engine And Engine Cooling · Equipment
I have a 2003 nissan sentra ser. From day 1, i have had issue after issue..i am the only owner of the vehicle. Upon many repairs under warranty, one of them was for the ecm, years later the same issue has come back. I contacted nissan and the dealer about this and they will not help me because they state that they already fixed it with the recall. But they did not. A certified mechanic has determined the issue with…
ODI 10418535
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall while driving and the check engine light would illuminate. A local mechanic diagnosed that the crank shaft sensor and the camshaft position sensor needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer was not contacted, but the manufacturer made the contact aware of the nhtsa campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and…
ODI 10410510
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving at all speeds. The contact replaced the spark plugs and noticed that one of the spark plugs was fractured while performing the replacement. The failure continued. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not…
ODI 10453993
Engine And Engine Cooling
2003 nissan sentra 1.8l head gasket failure at around 75,000 mi. Vehicle has been experiencing difficulty starting and rough idle since soon after purchase. This was relayed to dealers on numerous occasions, were told nothing is wrong. Problem has worsened over the years and vehicle ran rough. Brought to dealer and replaced ignition coil #3. Week later problem is still active. Return to dealer where head gasket had…
ODI 10372587
Engine And Engine Cooling · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
1. Head gasket and crank position sensor problem caused engine stopped working without warning. This happened twice in the past 3 month, once on a highway, once on a local expressway. 2. After fixing the problem above, brakes suddenly stopped working at about 25 mph within 2 miles driving, leading to an accident. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10353486
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact was driving approximately between 55-60 mph the engine stalled with an engine warning light illumination. The vehicle restarted and continued normally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection. The technician replaced the camshaft sensor. There was a recall under nhtsa campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The vin…
ODI 10330876
Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Gasoline
The engine stops running without warning while the vehicle is in motion increasing the risk of a crash.
ODI 10321718
Engine And Engine Cooling
The nissan 2003 sentra was bought from a private dealer in 2009 and was driven almost a year until it started consuming excessive amounts of oil. It also had a loud knocking noise when running. It was serviced twice until it was discovered there was a recall on this car by nissan for the exact symptoms it was having. The recall states that certain engine operating conditions may cause damage to the pre-catalyst.…
ODI 10389408
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated he was driving on the highway at 60mph. When he took an exit and came to an yield sign, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated the vehicle operates normally until he starts to decrease his speed to 20mph. This had happened to him everyday for the last 3 days. The contact stated he did contact a dealer and he told him about the recall but they said that…
ODI 10317054
Engine And Engine Cooling
03 nissan sentra se-r equipped with 2.5l engine, vehicle consumes approx. 1qt of oil/wk, and approx. 1 gallon of anti-freeze/month. Vehicle hesitates and jerks while driving. Vehicle has been brought to dealer several times and dealer has replaced several engine components, but problem persists. Nissan has been contacted and never responds back. *tr
ODI 10308565
Electrical · Engine And Engine Cooling
Documentation will follow up at home. Faulty crankshaft sensor shutting down car every 3 minutes on 2003 nissan sentra - could have been horrible result as we were headed to interstate to return to ok....dealership has been great in lee summit, mo....nissan corporation consumer service in phillipines has been awful......we are getting on the road tomorrow 10/06/2009 if car fails and we are in major accident want it…
ODI 10286320
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated that when making both left and right turns, the vehicle would shut off without warning also, once the vehicle was already started and warmed up, she was unable to restart it again, without constantly depressing the accelerator pedal for about 10 seconds which was similar to nhtsa campaign number 03v477000 (electrical system:ignition:module). The dealer was…
ODI 10371076
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra spec-v. While driving approximately 50 mph, the engine stalled without warning. The contact shifted the vehicle into neutral and was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred four times before the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer advised the contact that the crankshaft position sensor and catalytic converter would need replacing. The vehicle was repaired.…
ODI 10350605
Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. While driving approximately 40 mph on normal road conditions, the vehicle hesitated, vibrated, and misfired when shifting from second to third gear. Suddenly, the rpm's increased excessively high when the gears were shifted downward. In addition, the check engine warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel and remained lit until the engine was turned off. The…
ODI 10261565
Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling
The "service engine soon" light came on. I took it to my mechanic. He ran it through the computer and told me that it could be a transmission problem. I had a transmission flush done and light went off. A week later the light came back on. And now the car wont start. I went to the nhtsa.gov website, read that the crank position sensor, or the camshaft position sensor or the variable timing control sensor, on the…
ODI 10259539
Engine And Engine Cooling
Check engine light has been on for a while with erratic gauges that only work sometimes.... Then recently car has been shutting off, completely dying while driving sometimes at low speeds, sometimes on the highway. Sometimes will restart for me, sometimes will not. After research online, found out about recall on 03 sentras with the exact things that my car has been doing. Called nissan and took my car to a local…
ODI 10258806
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 nissan sentra. The contact stated the vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of oil and there was an abnormal noise coming from the engine. In addition, the vehicle would drive sluggish and the contact would have to change the oil every 2,000 miles or when the engine would become excessively loud. The dealer advised the catalytic converter would need replacing. There was a technical…
ODI 10350628
Engine And Engine Cooling
This is what has happened to date: 1.my wife was driving our ?03 sentra at 11 pm on january 22, 2008 when the engine suddenly quit. It would not restart. Fortunately, it happened on a side street with light traffic. 2.i had the vehicle towed to my usual mechanic, a firestone dealer in norcross, ga. 3.the next day the firestone mechanic informed me that the vehicle?s issue was a crank position sensor that was bad and…
ODI 10256841
Engine And Engine Cooling
My 2003 nissan sentra, is recently experiencing related items in recall campaign 06v24000, but nissan states my vin does not show on the recall campaign. I took my vehicle to a nissan dealership, and was told it was the mass air flow sensor, which was replaced for $698.41. Soon after the dealership fixed my vehicle, i experienced the engine stop running at a low speed while traveling onto the highway. I called the…
ODI 10254683