2007 Nissan Sentra from North America - Comments

The first night after I bought it, it stalled at an intersection. The next morning I took it to the dealer and they told me there was a loose connection with the fuel pump.

I felt the CVT transmission downshifted a few times, which I did not think that was supposed to happen, so the dealer reprogrammed it. I had this problem 3 times already.

I had a recall on the master cylinder.

I already had to replace the front brakes and tires at only 16,000 miles, and may need replacing again.

The tire monitoring light always comes on, but the tires are never low.

The heat does not get warm enough.

Well I bought this car because a bunch of people said Nissans are great cars. So I decided to give Nissan a try.

I bought a Sentra because at the time gas prices were high, but it turned out my old V6 Accord got better gas mileage. The sticker said Sentras get 35mpg highway, but only got 23mpg highway. My Honda got 28mpg highway.

Anyway, from my experience on Nissans (at least the Sentras are not great cars), they are not reliable. The CVT transmission is junk and also makes the car underpowered.

I miss my Honda Accord, I never once had a problem on that car. I will never buy another Nissan. Next car I'm going to get is another Honda because they're much better cars than Nissan.

If you got 23 mpg on the highway, you must have been doing 120 mph the whole way. Nissans haven't been well built since the boxy earlier model Sentra went the way of the dodo.

It's too bad, really.

You do not have to do 120mph to get 23mpg highway in this car. I have a 2008 Sentra and I do 60mph on the interstate and only get 24mpg.

I have not have good luck with this car either. I have also had just about the same problems as this guy did. But I did not get the recall on the master cylinder, but it might of only on 2007's.

I had a 97 Sentra and that was the best car I ever had. I then bought a 2001 Hyundai Elantra because they were affordable with a good warranty, but with that car the check engine light came on 3 times in 5 years and the headlight bulbs don't last long.

I then thought Nissan was more reliable, so I decided to buy another Nissan and that became a nightmare. This guy said in his title - If you want good reliability, get a Honda. It's funny because my wife has a 2001 Civic that she bought new and she said she never wants to get rid of that car. I never thought of having a Honda. I could have got a Civic also in 2001 with my wife, but I bought a junky Hyundai instead because I'm a very stubborn man. I could have also got a 2008 Civic, but I stupidly went back to Nissan, but I did not expect this to happen because I had great luck with the 97 Sentra, so maybe I should have just kept that, but too late.

My next car will probably a Honda Civic or maybe the Fit, and I'll see how that goes. I also saw nothing but excellent reviews on those cars.

I have a 2007 Sentra, which I never had any problems until a week ago when the back right wheel was wobbling on the highway, which I thought I was gonna die. It turned out the stud broke completely. Not to mention the dealer kept my car all week because it took them forever to fix the problem, and I had to fight with them because they were giving me a hard time about covering this problem under warranty, but I finally got them to..

I can't say I hate the car because of one major problem. I have had pretty good luck with the car really, knock on wood. but they should have a recall on these defective studs.

I have a 2007 Sentra and had nothing but bad luck with it. My mother has a 2001 Civic and has had nothing but good luck with it. She also drives a 1992 Toyota Previa van and a 2005 Corolla, and also has had nothing but good luck with those cars. So Nissan better shape up.

My 2007 has had 2 recalls and has been to the dealer 4 times for 4 big different problems. Also you have to keep change the head light bulbs. I have been a Honda person most of my life. This is my first non Honda car. Boy have I made a big mistake. Well I'm back with Honda, because last week I bought an Insight.

I had a 2008 Sentra. What a joke!! I'm not even going to write about the problems I had because I will be typing all night long. I drove that piece of crap for 1 year. Stopped making payments on it because it was too much money per month and could not afford it anymore because of all the repairs that the warranty would not cover. Hopefully Nissan will send a tow truck and take the car away. It's been sitting in my driveway for 1 month. Now I drive a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer that I got for $4k with 50k miles. It drives so much better and gets much better gas mileage, and it is so much more reliable.

Nissan is like the GM of Japan really. They don't own as many companies, but they are like the same build quality. I would still trust a Nissan more than any GM vehicle, but it pretty much stops there. Honda and Toyota are much more reliable.

I have a 2006 Sentra that sometimes does not want to start. It has been that way for a while.

My mechanic replaced the timing belt, which cost a lot of money. However it still continues.

Nissan is not a great car, but at least it's better than my Chevy Cavalier. I used to have an 89 Civic, which was the best I ever had. I should have put some money into it by fixing it up instead of junking it for a Chevy and then a Nissan.

"I have a 2006 Sentra that sometimes does not want to start. It has been that way for a while.

My mechanic replaced the timing belt, which cost a lot of money. However it still continues.

Nissan is not a great car, but at least it's better than my Chevy Cavalier. I used to have an 89 Civic, which was the best I ever had. I should have put some money into it by fixing it up instead of junking it for a Chevy and then a Nissan."

Replacing your timing belt isn't going to help your starting problem... Try having your mechanic run an electrical test. If you aren't getting enough of a charge, you need a new alternator. If you are getting a good charge, you may need a new battery. If neither of these things work, then replace your starter. It's really that simple.

REMEMBER! 2007 is the FIRST year of the redesigned Nissan Sentra. Everybody knows that to try to AVOID the first year of any redesigned car. These have tons of bugs (manufacturing defects) to be worked out.

About those 07 Sentras. Yeah I can agree that 24mpg seems too little for a 2.0 4 cyl car. My 1996 Maxima stick shift gives BETTER mpg than that! You know, I like the way those 07 Sentras look too. BUT with these reviews, I will choose to avoid them. YES the quality of TODAY'S Nissans and other imports (or USED TO BE) are EQUAL quality of Chevys, Dodges & Fords and other americanized cars.

OH BTW, one poster mentioned hard starting on the 06 Sentra. I AM HAVING THAT SAME PROBLEM! I drove a total of 30,000 miles on the company owned Sentra. No problems as of yet. Has 63000 miles as of 11-09. Except the hard starting since day one. But it never failed to start though! I had that same problem on a 1994 Sentra I once owned too! The engines and transmission are basically the same from 1991 through 2006 Sentras. OR at least the engine/ transmission of the 06 Sentra I drive look almost exactly like the one in the 1994 Sentra I had before!

I have a Nissan Sentra 2007. After two years all I have done is drive. It gets 27.8 MPG around the city ALWAYS. When I reset the computer for a trip, I can make it get almost 40 MPG by taking it easy and driving very smoothly. If I go crazy like most people on the highway, it gets less.

Obviously those that think they are getting 23 MPG are never resetting the computer. If they spend a lifetime in traffic bumper to bumper, their average will gradually go down. Hit the reset button and see what it gets after a day or two of city driving. Or just before a long trip to see the truth. Otherwise you need to see a mechanic for sure

I can't get over comment 5:42 trying to defend the Nissan Sentra gas mileage by using the trip computer excuse. You do not have to use the trip computer by figuring out the gas mileage; there are other ways.

I also read that 27.8mpg city always. That's how much I got on the highway in my 07 Sentra only doing 55mph and it was mostly not traffic. It also said " I can make it get almost 40MPG. OH PLEASE!! Are you kidding me!!?? After reading 10,000 other reviews including mine saying about the horrible gas mileage, I really don't think you can really get about 40mpg in yours. If you say around 30mpg then I can believe that, but most reviews I read got even less than that.

I also took my Sentra in at 15,000 miles about the poor gas mileage, and they tell me that nothing is wrong and they give me a lame excuse saying "well maybe the engine has not been broken in yet". How can an engine still break in at 15,000 miles? C'mon!!

Anybody else should be thinking of trying to defend this car. GET OVER IT!!!

Anybody else of thinking buying this car, you will be very sorry!

13:04 LOL!! I read another review from another website about a 2008 Sentra SE-R with the 2.5 CVT who says he always drives 100mph+ as much as he can but claims he gets 47.6mpg city and 73.8mpg highway. Now either the computer is broken or that sounds like a guy living in denial.

When I got the 2009 Sentra in late spring, which that was a lease. I did not have any problem with it, but that's only because I did not have the car for long. The guy said it would only be a $159 month lease for 3 years and 15,000 miles a year, and then I signed the paper work, which I should have read and not trusted the guy.

At the end of the same month I get a bill from Nissan of $468, and I went to the dealer and asked for sales guy who sold me the car, but he was not there anymore. The manager showed me the paperwork I signed and it said $469 per month for 2 years for 12,000 miles per year, so that guy screwed up. The manager said well the guy does not work her anymore, you should have read the paperwork, but you already signed and there is nothing we could do. I would not pay that much, so I just kept driving it without paying until the point the tow truck just took it away. Now I know not to trust anyone at the dealer, especially Nissan.

My previous Nissan was a Quest I bought new in 2000. I bought the base model and I paid around $24,000, which I thought about it later on and realized maybe I was ripped off there also. That was not even a good van for the last few years; I had to pay $500 and more about every month on repairs between the transmission, head gasket, radiator, catalytic converter, the check engine light always coming on and many other issues. Before that I had a early 90's Maxima, which that was a great car and never had a problem. I guess any Nissan made before 2000's are the best Nissans made. 2000 and up are the worst.

I wanted to get a Honda, but too much money, so I recently bought the 2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring. That was worth about $17,500 and I bought for about $14,000, and this time I read before I signed. The service at Hyundai is much better than the service at Nissan. Hyundai has a 10 year 100,000 mile warranty powertrain, and 5 year 60,000 for the other kind of warranty, which is much better the Nissan that is 5 year 60,000 mile powertrain and 3 year 36,000 on other stuff with those stupid restrictions, which Hyundai has none of that.

This car also has a 2.0 engine just like the Sentra, and has the same horsepower, but the Hyundai has a lot more of pep since it does not have that ridiculous CVT that has no power. I bought the Touring in a Manual and it's so much better to drive. Feels like driving one of those mini sports cars.

On the factory sticker says it gets up to 31mpg, but I have got about 34mpg. The Sentra only got 29mpg, but said 34mpg on that sticker. I drove both cars real easy. You drive the Sentra easy it still gets less, and the Elantra, that car cooperates. They need to switch the stickers on both cars. The Elantra drives much better and handles much better than a Sentra. The Elantra also has ABS standard and the Sentra doesn't. One time driving the Sentra someone cuts me off and I slammed on the brakes, which then locked up and it skid all over the place and thought I was going to die. The Hyundai does not do that while it has anti-lock brakes and traction with electronic stability control.

If you want car with a great reputation, then buy a Hyundai, and let Nissan go out of business.

Nissan has screwed with me for the last time!!!

Have an 07 SE-R with the 2.5 CVT - car has 48,000 miles on it and I have had no problems, but now I'm concerned after reading these reviews. Still has orig brakes, and tires have been replaced one time. Gets on average 27 mpg, which considering my driving style is very good. My biggest complaint is the interior seat fabric - it doesn't wear very well - driver's seat looks a little tired.