Nissan Sentra Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems
- 53
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 14
- Years with records
- 1999–2016
- Stored years
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:
- 21 indicate a crash
- 8 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- brake pedal · 14 records
- master cylinder · 6 records
- police report · 6 records
- brakes failed · 5 records
- report filed · 5 records
- brake system · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 28 |
| 30–60k mi | 6 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
My car started showing a traction control light on the dashboard and my cruise control stopped working. I brought it to the dealer and they told me a brake sensor was bad so they went to fix that but it didnt fix the problem because i had no brake lights. Apparently a wire shorted and reulted in me not having brake lights and the car didnt indicate or warn me i had been driving with no brake lights. They told me the…
ODI 11244685
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Petition for defect investigation and recall expansion for my 2007-2008 nissan sentra vehicles experiencing master brake cylinder leakage. *smd a complaint was sent in to the north carolina consumers council, by a complainant. The complainant stated the master brake cylinder leak was due to a leaking rear seal resulting in a loss of brake fluid. It was also noted the vehicle had an original master brake cylinder…
ODI 10805749
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Per nissan recall 169.202, my 2008 sentra is equipped with robert bosch master cylinder. The master cylinder has been inspected and needs to be replaced. The dealer was contacted as soon as this information was made known to me, but the dealer refused to honor the recall. The dealer was not helpful. All information and the link to this form was supplied to me by firestone, not by the dealer. This recall and repair…
ODI 10567372
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Unknown Or Other
The morning started off with having problems with esf lght, and hand brake light even though hand brake was not applied. I tried to pull over many times, and fix lights but nothing worked. I was at a red light, then it turned green and street traffic proceededd to drive forward but a car 3 cars in front of me stopped abruptly. The car in front of me , had enough time to stop , but my nissan sentra hit the back of…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10567226
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
My car was supposedly fully inspected on october 2010. It had been checked about three times that same year by nissan dealerships. On march 8, as i was exiting i-35, my brakes would not respond. I kept pressing the brake; i didn't raise my foot and push, i just kept pushing deeper and deeper. I braced myself for impact, but miraculously, the car stopped just a centimeter away from the car in front of me. The…
ODI 10450999
Engine And Engine Cooling · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
While driving vehicle engine lost power and vehicle slowed. When an attempt was made to determine the cause of the power loss heavy black smoke and flames were observed from the engine compartment. Vehicle became fully involved within 3 minutes. Local fire department responded to extingush fire. Cause undertermined. Fires point of origin was in the area of the ecm/brake master cylinder. Well maintained vehicle, no…
Fire reported
ODI 10449038
Power Train · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Suspension
I just purchased a brand new off the lot 2012 nissan sentra immediatly called the dealership upon leaving told them the alignment was off they said to bring it in and they would realign the car, in the meantime when i apply the brakes the car wants to keep going and throughs itself into another gear where it would lung forward, which means i am having to press on the brakes harder in order not to be thrown into…
ODI 10444380
Automatic Transmission · Engine · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Vehicle Speed Control
In november i was driving on the highway for 30 minutes, next thing i know is that i have no power in the engine. The car would not go higher than 20 miles and the revolutions on the motor were as high as 5,000rpm. I lost control of the car because i could not accelerate and i could not stop the car because the brakes were very hard and unresponsive. I could not move the car, it felt like the car had the brake pedal…
ODI 10446691