The first problem was a check engine light. Dealer blamed a faulty ignition coil.
The issue seemed to be solved until 20 miles later. The engine light came on again. The dealer got a downstream cat reading from OBD II and did not know what to do, so they reset the computer and sent me on my way.
Next the car over heated. Towed into the dealer. They replaced the thermostat. The dealer used a prob and got a 500 HC reading from the radiator. They knew something was wrong, but sent me on my way.
The engine light kept comming on. Driving down the road the engine lost over 80% of its power. At 3,200 miles the engine needed to be replaced. took a whole month to get the engine in.
Now I'm having a problem with the transmission. It likes to shift when it feels like it not when it is suppost to.
The transmission would not shift out of 2nd gear. I did have reverse neutral and park, but drive only had 2nd. Magically when the dealer looked at it noting was wrong, and blamed it on ice on the shift linkage.
This car does handle very well and the rockford sound system sounds great.
These cars are usuilly reliable, but I'm the lucky one who picked the broken one.
BTW the reason the engine went bad was because the factory forgot one of the compression rings on the #4 cylinder.
I have an '05 Sentra--transmission went out at 10,000 miles. The dealer replaced it--it then went out again 3,000 miles later. The comments you made about the transmission is exactly what my car did. You may want to have another dealer check it out.
What is the engine serial number that had the problem? can you email me at rbsy898@yahoo.com thanks.
I really like my 2004 Nissan Sentra. We have had no problems at all until recently, when our check engine light came on. The car would jerk a bit while driving it, and it also stalled in a parking lot. We did a bit of research and found that there was a recall in regards to engine temperature. We took the car in and had this taken care of without problem. That was two weeks ago. The check engine light came on again about four days ago and my husband took the car in today. He was told that the Cam Sensor had oil in it. Upon research, I have found that the 2003 models were recalled for a Cam Sensor issue. I am curious if the 2004 models are affected as well.
One of our friends bought their son a Sentra several years ago and in the first 30,000 miles just about every major part on the car broke down, including the automatic transmission. They parked the car with 40,000 miles on it and gave their son an old Chrysler LeBaron with 100,000 miles on it. He drove it another 100,000 miles with zero problems. After that experience they have not looked at another Japanese car.
I have a 2004 Nissan Sentra 1.8S and sometimes it won’t start right away. It just turns over and over and tries to start and finally when it does, it runs rough and then dies. The next time it starts right up like nothing happened. I took to the dealership and naturally it fired right up every time. Does anyone experience this problem?
These Nissan's are not Japanese, but made in Mexico.
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