2013 Nissan Sentra Power Train Problems
- 212
- 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 212 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- transmission failed · 14 records
- transmission slipping · 9 records
- diagnosed transmission · 8 records
- accelerator pedal · 7 records
- check engine · 7 records
- transmission replaced · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 103 |
| 30–60k mi | 32 |
| 100–150k mi | 30 |
| 1–30k mi | 27 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
There is a known problem by nissan with the transmission shifting hard and incorrectly and not engaging in gear, resulting in the car driving at high rpms, and belt slipping constantly. I had my tcm reprogramed out of pocket because nissan wouldn't do it, said my vin didn't fall in the range of recalls on that problem. The tcm was reprogrammed and now my car is worse. I am a single mom or 2, working 2 jobs 7 days a…
ODI 11071722
Power Train
Car continuously bucks and occasionally stalls out due to a faulty transmission. The transmission was replaced at 40k miles for the original owner. I purchased the car at 55k miles and all seemed fine. Now at 70k miles and the transmission needs to be replaced again.
ODI 11062377
Power Train
Cvt transmission slipping at highway speeds, randomly, transmission will slip going up interstate hills, cruise control on, going speed limits, transmission will start slipping and rpms will bounce up and down 500rpms, took the car to nissan, transmission replaced..december 2017....and replacement transmission is doing the exact same slipping... I have returned to nissan service, they performed software update to…
ODI 11060867
Power Train
Check engine lite comes on car wont go over 40mph. Needs cvt replaced.
ODI 11055764
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train · Service Brakes
I'm a owner of a 2013 nissan sentra i bought 1 year ago and it has now had 5 transmission put in it. I have 2 children at the time the car became self driving rpm just kept going up without me pushing the gas the car has major problems and nissan refuses to think it's a hazard my wife almost lost her job cause of this car it about got us killed i'm stuck under fiance company lucky with extended warranty but i don't…
ODI 11056161
Power Train · Unknown Or Other
While driving my car down the highway at 70mph the car jumps at 4k rpmthen starts jump badly so i left off gas and re applied the gas still 4k rpm and whinnin badly i finally make it home next day started the car and whinninh still come from transmission area car had 113k miles but has act up previously and had went away came back now it at a shop cause the transmission will not pull the worst car i have ever owned…
ODI 11048540
Power Train
While driving the car, it sporadically does not shift gears sometimes causing loss of power and high rpm's jerking the car. This is very unsafe because you never know when it is going to happen. Losing power can cause very unsafe conditions on the road when pulling out into traffic. It seems that when you accelerate rapidly like when going on a highway ramp or accelerating after slowing to make a turn, the car gets…
ODI 11048069
Power Train
When we purchased the car (new) we complained immediately about the transmission. The dealer told us it was normal for that model transmission. They didn't document our complaint. We told our mechanic several times that we weren't happy with it as well. He researched with nissan and was told that there was no problems with the transmission. We have since researched on our own and found out otherwise. The night that…
ODI 11048473
Power Train
This nissan sentra is not safe to drive. You can not get the car to accelerate entering the highway, have to use a screwdriver to get it to go into reverse, it makes rubbing noises and is a complete failure nissan should be proactive instead of reactive will take someone getting hurt before they do something?
ODI 11045029
Power Train
Nissan cvt needs recalled. Lack of power/slippage with transmission almost got me killed in traffic due deceleration and acceleration. Very dangerous to drive now.
ODI 11043714
Power Train
Car jerks and sputters when pulling off like the transmission is slipping. When accelerating, the gears do not shift when they are supposed to, so the rpm revs high
ODI 11032257
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Car has only 13,987 original miles. While accelerating from a stop, accelerating from any speed, vehicle loses all throttle control / response, idle may hang at 3200 suddenly during acceleration then take 30-40 seconds to drop back to normal. You may or may not have warning lights and/or fault codes set. Transmission shifting is erratic or none at all (stays in high gear). Fault codes if any are most likely…
ODI 11029908
Power Train
My car was jerking when i was going in reverse at first. Now as i am going forward it started jerking. Brought my car in and was told it is my transmission. My car is a nissan sentra 2013 with 70,800 miles currently on it.
ODI 11023008
Power Train
Last friday the cvt transmission in my 2013 nissan sentra stopped working with 30,024 miles on the car. My wife was driving it when it started making a noise, so she pulled over. She said it would not move fwd or rev after that. We purchased the car new and always took it to the dealer for all service.
ODI 11019970
Power Train
The cvt began failing around 45,000 miles (about 4 years use). There was a jerking back and forth motion and the tachometer would rev up above 2,000 rpm and then fall back. Plus, there was a horrible, grating-type noise emanating from the car. The dealer at which i bought the car had gone out of business so i took the sentra to a different nissan dealer where they replaced the cvt with a different, "remanufactured"…
ODI 11041357
Power Train
I was driving my car down the street and the car just stopped on me in the middle of the road. Nissan knew they sold me a car with a faulty transmission and now they will not fix it due to saying it is out of warranty. Now i am stuck with a car that i can not drive and need to come up with thousands of dollars to get the car repaired. 2013 nissan sentra transmissions need to be recalled and paid for by nissan due to…
ODI 11015607
Power Train
Purchase a demo nissan sentra 2013 on may 12, 2017. Return 3 weeks later to complain about the sluggish during take off to nissan south of morrow, ga. The service person drove it and found nothing wrong. Aug 4,2017 whining noise while park and the engine is running, the service manager drove he said he did not hear but normal sounds but was told i needed the 60,000 mile service pack, which i purchase at the price of…
ODI 11034511
Power Train
My car had been "soft stalling" for a couple of weeks - it would keep running, but at just about any speed/driving condition, would either experience a struggle to accelerate/maintain speed (rpms up to 6,000 with no warning/reason), start to drop speed, or hesitate/kick back at me. I took it to my mechanic on wed, 7/28, and on thurs, 7/29, he told me that the transmission had failed completely, that it was cycling…
ODI 11012323
Power Train
The vehicle has one owner, used on daily route to work and a few short trips. 67,000 miles on the odometer. The transmission began to slip at highway speeds causing the engine to rev up and down 500 rpms to maintain speed. Problem ceased while in cruise control. Problem was intermittent. Within two days before getting it serviced, the condition worsened. The transmission began to slip at slow speeds, all conditions,…
ODI 11006610
Power Train
TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING
ODI 11064081
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
First had to replace fuel pump at 29,000 miles, then on a trip to key west, the car, starts to jerks and loses acceleration, couldn't accelerate do to the gas pedal unable to accelerate the vehicle, kept pressing until it started to accelerate again. Had to turn around and head home. This vehicle a little over 3 years old and 30,000.
ODI 11004975
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
In very hot weather the car will shake when stopping or sitting at a traffic light and occasionally the engine will stop. The engine has also stopped while the car is moving. This only happens on very hot days.
ODI 11005247
Power Train
Don't know what to do, the transmission noisy, slipping on hard acceleration not up shifting when going on the highway very dangerous, engine revs up but car is at same speed, have to pull of the road and start up again slowly. This started at 75000 miles and i took it to nissan dealer in elgin il, they told me that it could cast me up to 4500 dollars, it passed the warranty 5years or 60000 miles, now i got 101000…
ODI 11265240
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan sentra. While accelerating from a stop, the vehicle jerked without warning. In addition, the contacted observed that the rpms increased to 7 rpms as if the vehicle was trying to switch gears while driving various speeds. The vehicle was taken to a dealer (battles nissan, [redacted], bourne, ma, 02532) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle…
ODI 11006754
Power Train
Transmission has to be replaced at 34,000 miles, just got the diagnosis done on it today. Couldn't accelerate in interstate traffic, rpms stuck. A few weeks later, was going downhill and car speeded up, again rpms stuck. This was on a country road
ODI 10992587