1985 Nissan Sentra Reviews

The only thing that went wrong with the car while I owned it was the voltage regulator. Since this was my first car which I bought for $150, I didn't bother to fix it.

This car had been in an accident, so the impact had caused the alternator bolt to sheer. This made the alternator hang funny and created belt squeal and breakage. I removed the sheered bolt myself and replaced it, after that everything ran fine.

This car was simple and not very luxurious.

Serious lack of power, very slow up hills.

Started up every time without hesitation.

Gas mileage was not as good as expectd for such a small engine.

Not many things have gone wrong with the car. When we first bought it the blower fan for the heater/air conditioner made a very loud moaning sound and still produced little air. We removed the the blower fan to find a thick amount of dirt and leaves inside the air ducts and on the fan.

Also the washer fluid pump leaked so we sealed it off. The rear wiper also stopped working shortly after we bought it.

Now recently at about 177,000 miles the washer pump started leaking again, now I can't stop it, and I also had to replace the alternator and a six year old battery.

Also when it starts cold it idles really rough to the point of stalling, if it doesn't start in High Idle, until it warms up to about 100 degrees.

The car handles very well, even though it has no power steering.

The air conditioner is ice cold and the engine is very quiet. Even at 75-80 mph the little car still gets better than 35 miles per gallon on the highway.

The manual transmition practically glides in and out of gear.

A perfect low maintenence first car!

Front axles, radiator, windshield fluid pump, rear defrost, rear windsheild wiper, horn, hazard lights, clock, and the sensor light was always on.

Got this car from a friend. He'd kept it in good repair. Ran beautifully in the spring, summer, early autumn. 30+mpg. Great pick-up for it's age and mileage. Shook at 70mph. Only reason I don't have it now is a friend crashed it. Else I wouldn't be getting another car. Tended to eat a little oil though.

Well basically everything you could ever imagine has went wrong with it. Engine problems, transmission, CV joints twice, A/C electrical problems big time. The radio went out. The power steering went out.

This car was passed down through 3 people in my family, I was the last one to get it and that was when everything fell apart literally. It was a nightmare, I never had to push something so much in my life. This car accomplished HIGH miles but if not for constant repairs it wouldn't have made it. I would not buy another one - the parts are too high and these cars are overrated.

CV joints went out at about 90,000, car's electricals dealing with the A/C were screwed up real bad so that when you switched on the a/c the fuse box would catch fire.

The tie rod ends went out, after that the carb was a disaster, it was always having problems from about 60,000 miles.

The manufacturer's radio went out twice. Then for the big boom the timing belt broke right after Nissan has supposedly replaced. It blew the head after I got that fixed, the radiator busted not once but twice...

I bought this car in 85' new, it was a good car up until a certain age, I must say though I kept it till it had 256,000 miles on it then I gave it to my son who is still driving it so I guess it's not that bad a car.

I must say though this is no racer its lucky to even pull itself L'.