1. Nissan Sentra
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  3. 2007
  4. Electrical System

2007 Nissan Sentra Electrical System Problems

8
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 8 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 3 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi4
150–400k mi1
1–30k mi1
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 23, 2016 · 183,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine

    Tl* the contact owned a 2007 nissan sentra. While driving approximately 65 mph on the highway, smoke entered the vehicle without warning. The contact was able to coast the vehicle over to the side of the road. The driver and two passengers exited the vehicle. A fire erupted from the front of the vehicle, under the vehicle, and near the rear. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report and a fire inspection report…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10894740

  • February 9, 2015 · 100,000 miles

    Electrical System

    On february 9, 2015 i was driving my nissan sentra and everything stopped (all power) i thought it was the battery so i got a jump it started and i drove to the store. When i stopped at a store the car was dead again. After some investigation i realized the battery terminal on the positive side was not staying on the battery so therefore the power in the car could stop at any time. I researched online to see if this…

    ODI 10682883

  • August 20, 2013 · 50,115 miles

    Air Bags · Electrical System · Seat Belts

    8/20/13 @ 50115 miles: vehicle air bag light was on and blinking. Nissan tech found history code 1086 stored. L/f pretensioner failed. Tech performed air bag system reprogram, which cleared the air bag light and all failure codes. 2/19/14 @ 52624 miles: vehicle air bag light was on and blinking. Nissan tech found failure code b1086 stored. Pre ten front l/h open. Internal failure in l/f seatbelt assembly. Tech…

    ODI 10611340

  • December 5, 2011 · 48,697 miles

    Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling

    On two occasions while making right turns, the engine failed to operate. The first occurrence, the engine restarted and appeared to operate normally. The second occurrence, the engine failed to restart and the vehicle was towed to nissan maintenance where it was determined that the battery was leaking acid, which was ingested in to the air intake, destroying the air filter and causing severe contamination of the…

    ODI 10439106

  • November 13, 2010 · 41,000 miles

    Electrical System

    The car ran fine, until one day the electrical system seemed to die (all the lights on the dash illuminated) and the car seemed to lock itself up. The power steering stopped functioning and made it hard to drive. After pulling over to restart it, it would not. At first i thought it may be the battery, but when i took it to the dealer they were unable to figure out the exact problem. It's been nearly a week since the…

    ODI 10367047

  • September 15, 2010 · 47,800 miles

    Air Bags · Electrical System · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    My 2007 nissan sentra caught on fire while i was driving on the highway. No warning lights came on, no noise, just stalled and i was not able to pull off the road. Car was a total loss. I had taken it in to the dealer for 2 recalls (brake master cylinder and airbags) last year, but was told my car cleared both. *tr

    Fire reported

    ODI 10357823

  • August 3, 2007 · 622 miles

    Delivery · Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control

    My son bought a 2007 nissan sentra s on july 27, 2007. This vehicle has broke down on 08/03/07, 08/07/07, 08/10/00 and as of today it is still at a nissan dealer. The problem with this vehicle is that three times the while driving along for no reason it the car speed drops to 5 mph. The first time it happened was at development and no other traffic. When this happened the car would only go 5 mph. No faster. The…

    ODI 10199841

  • Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling

    2007 nissan sentra caught fire while on the highway. Consumer stated that she just recently received a recall for a brake fluid leak. She would like to know if there is anything that could be done and if this is what caused it to catch fire. *kb

    Fire reported

    ODI 10254529