1995 Nissan Sentra XE from North America - Comments

At 59,000 miles, the power tran had to be replaced. Fortunately, it was still under warranty.

After owning it for two years, I had to replace the front brakes because a large chunk of the metal was taken out of the rotor on the driver side. At the same time, I replaced the tires because of a bubble on the inside of the tire on the front driver side. And I replaced the front driver side CV Boot, which was torn.

At about 80,000 miles, I had to replace the thermostat.

At about 95,000 miles, I had to replace the front driver side CV Boot again because it was torn.

At about 100,000 miles the timing chain broke. That cost me about $200 to fix.

At 102,000 miles I had to fix the inner front tie rods, replaced the battery and the starter also went out. A rebuilt starter was put in and a month later burned out. Another starter was put in and it burned out two days later. The mechanic is now putting in a actual Nissan starter to see if that will fix the problem. I hope it will.

Also, I know my back brakes are getting bad and I will probably have to fix them in 6 to 12 months. The car will be at about 103,500 miles by then.

Sometime in the past couple of years (20,000 miles) the radio led won't work.

I really fell in love with this car when I bought it. It has been a great little car.

There isn't much leg room and not as much trunk space as I would like. But it gets me around.

It's generally been reliable. It seems like most of the breakdowns have been in the last 20,000 miles.

I've replaced the spark plugs and there was a recall on a clip on the window wipers which the dealer fixed.

I'm just adding some comments to this because I wrote the original. Just to let you know, the new starter has worked great. In the mean time, at about 108,000 miles, I had to replace the right front axle shaft and the front struts. This cost me $463. Then I had to replace the inner tie rods before they could do an alignment. That was about $300. Also, at 108,500 I had to get new front brakes and replaced the tires. The brakes were about $200 and the tires I got for $160. I also currently have a squeaking noise coming from either the steering wheel or the pedals, but I can't tell. I still like the car, even though I've put over $1000 into it so far this year.

We currently own a 1995 Sentra XE with an unknown amount of miles. Car was purchased by my fiance' without a working odometer!!! (83500 indicated) The unit has several problems. The front end shakes at 70mph and is now chewing tires to the cords!. The brakes are grinding and will need replacement soon. The solid lifters on the camshaft are wearing and I have yet to price a valve tappet replacement job. Overall the car is junk and to top that off she paid almost a 1000$ too much. The interior noise is high at all speeds and it drives like a truck. Most of the interior is OK except the radio knobs are coming off.

I feel sorry for all owners of this poorly built and uninspired vehicle and wish she had never purchased it.

This car has 10800 miles still runs good the paint is peeling ;and the readio is inop, but that's it so far. oh yeha it needs a new muffler that's all. good car so far.