2005 Nissan Sentra Spec V from North America - Comments

First of all if you are thinking of buying a Nissan, please keep in mind that you will need a lot of patience with the service department.

The first problem I experienced with the car is the brakes. The brakes were making very loud noises right after I bought the car. It took me 3 visits to the dealer until they recognized the problem and fixed it. It was just a problem with the brake pads. Apparently the pads were new, but they were an after-market brand that the previous owner had put in the car, which was not very compatible with my car.

The second problem was one of the 12V electricity jacks. It stopped delivering power, but the problem was just a blown fuse. Those kinds of small maintenance problems are inevitable in a car.

The third and still unsolved problem is a small constant tickling noise and vibration that comes from the front (around the left wheel area specially when shifting,) I am not sure if it can be the axel shaft or something else. All I know from previous experiences that it is not the LSD (the dealer consist on telling me that I am probably hearing the LSD sound,) but if the previous owner used to launch the car hard in an everyday basis I think it might be the axle shaft or the engine mounts. However, I will reschedule an appointment with the service department again, and if I found out what was the problem I will post it on this website.

So far the car is running good, I have not experienced any of the common problems people experience with this car (ex. Oil consumption, Rattling etc.)

The car has a lot of torque and I love it. Much faster than what people think it is.

Great looking for a 4 door sedan of less than $ 17k.

If you drive at Cruising Speed of around 50 ml/hr on 6th gear, you can get around 30-35 mpg so it is not a gas expensive car.

But if I have the money to buy a quick 4 door sedan I will definitely spend it on a Evo.

Hello everyone I am the person who wrote this review on this car, I didn’t know how to edit my original review so I decided to add this as a comment.

After I have written the original review I have already schedule 2 appointments with the service department to check the squeaking noise that I hear from the front wheels of the car. I had a ride with a technician and he told me that the bearing was bad, so I had my bearing changed.

Right after I got my car back from the dealer I was still hearing the same noise just that this time it was louder. I took it back again and they said now that it is the rotor, so now I am waiting for the rotors to be delivered to the dealer to get my next service appointment.

However, today March 10, 2007, the car gave me an additional problem. Every time that I turn my car on I can hear a rattling noise as if something was loose. I have not driven the car hard in any way. 1 because I like taking care of my cars, and 2 because the car has given me problems ever since I purchased it. I just took my car for a short road trip, around 50mil one way (therefore 100 miles in total,) and now my car sounds like it is going to fall apart while I am driving it too.

I will call the dealer again tomorrow to report this problem. It is a pity because the car is very fun to drive and very good looking, and it comes with a decent sound system. However, if the car keeps on having problem after this last service appointment I will strongly consider in changing the car.

It is very sad because I have not driven it for more than 3000 miles, which means that I haven’t had the car long enough to even do an oil change to it.

I will not recommend anyone to buy a Nissan after this experience with this SER Spec V, I feel ashamed because I am half Japanese and this is a Japanese brand. I hope they improve their quality in the future, but for now I cannot recommend this brand to anybody. Go for a Toyota, Honda, or a Subaru if you are thinking of purchasing a Japanese car.

You should not feel ashamed, because while this car may be Japanese in name, it is not Japanese. The 2000-2006 Nissan Sentra was manufactured in Mexico. Aguascalientes, Mexico to be exact.

My car is a 2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R, and from 37k to 39k I had these items dealt with. Resurfaced all brake rotors, replaced crank position sensor, re-calibrated idle system so check engine light would stop coming on and I could get the car inspected, and last but not least, had to completely replace the catalytic converters system.

Luckily my car had less than 80,000 miles, so it was covered under warranty because that would have been REALLY fun to pay for.