2005 Nissan Sentra Engine

DO NOT PASS SMOG. UNKNOWN REASON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER NISSAN OF VACAVILLE (671 ORANGE DR, VACAVILLE, CA 95687, (707) 474-4846) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDING IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

I WAS SITTING A STOP LIGHT IN TRAFFIC AND MY CAR CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CUT BACK ON. I WAS OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO HAVE A STRANGER HELP ME PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD IN BUSY HIGHWAY LUNCHTIME TRAFFIC TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. THEN HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR THAT OVERHEATED AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. THIS SHOULD BE PART OF WARRANTY 07V527000. BUT MY VIN IS NOT LISTED, EVEN THOUGH IT FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE KNOWN ISSUE EXACTLY SO I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ALL OF THE SENSOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED ONTO THE LEFT SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OVERHEATING. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V527000 (ENGINE, ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000...UPDATED 11/17/16 *BF STATUS REQUEST. UPDATED 11/22/16.*JB ...UPDATED 08/02/17 *BF *CN

ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR AT LEAST 2YRS OR LONGER. THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING HOT. I'VE REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, RADIATOR, THROTTLE BODY, ETC. I'VE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. NISSAN NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS, AND CORRECT THIS MADNESS. THEN WANT TO SAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A WARRANTY NOTHING COULD BE DONE. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAS REPORTED THIS SIMILAR ISSUE TO NOW TAKE ACTION AND CLASSIFY THIS AS A RECALL TO THEIR EXPENSE. THE CONSUMER HAS SPENT ENOUGH MONEY TO TRY AND CORRECT THIS HEADACHE, AND STILL NOT HAVE THE MATTER CORRECTED. MY VEHICLE STILL RUNS HOT, AND IT'S TERRIFYING TO WATCH THAT NEEDLE MOVE CONSTANTLY IN THE HOT AREA OF THE GAUGE AS I DRIVE THE HIGHWAY, AND STREETS EVERYDAY.

MY NISSAN 2005 SENTRA COMPLETELY DIED AT 75000 MILES. THE CAR GAVE NO WARNING JUST COMPLETELY DID NOT START ONE MORNING. TOOK IT THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED ME THAT ONE OF THE ENGINE CYLINDERS WASN'T FIRING AND IT WOULD COST 1600 TO REPAIR. MY COMPLAINT IS HOW CAN A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN SERVICED AT IT'S PROPER SERVICING INTERVALS AND UNDER 100 K MILES POSSIBLY HAVE ENGINE ISSUES. MY VEHICLE NOW OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY COLLECTING DUST. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ONLINE AND HAVE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MANY NISSAN SENTRA 05 OWNERS HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH CLEARLY INDICATES FAULT FROM THE MANUFACTURER ( NISSAN). THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST BRAND NEW VEHICLE THAT I PURCHASED FROM NISSAN. I ALSO CURRENTLY PURCHASED A NISSAN MAXIMAL 09 WHICH I TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH THINKING I WAS GETTING A BETTER QUALITY VEHICLE IN COMPARISON TO THE SENTRA AND NOW THIS VEHICLE HAS STARTED ALSO STARTED TO GIVE ME PROBLEMS ( STEERING LOCK MODULE) ANOTHER DEFECTIVE PART FROM THE MANUFACTURER. IN WHICH I HAD TO COME OUT OF POCKET $ 1000 TO FIX. THIS EXPERIENCE WITH NISSAN HAS LED ME TO HAVE A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH IN THE OVERALL QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF NISSAN PRODUCTS. I WILL NOT BE A REPEAT CUSTOMER AND ADVISED ALL CAR BUYERS TO DO THEIR RESEARCH BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE

ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING ALL OF THE SUDDEN. AS I CAME OUT OF THE FREEWAY DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH USED A SCANNER AND I GOT A P0335 CODE (CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR) CHECKED RECALLS FORM NISSAN AND IT SAYS THAT MY VIN DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS. IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A PREVIOUS RECALLS ON A 2.5 L ENGINES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE SINCE IT SEEMS THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. AMAZED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. *TR

CAR START OVER HEATING CHANGED COOLANT , THERMOSTAT BUT NO RESOLVE DEALER SUGGESTS ITS HEAD GASKET THAT IS VERY COMMON IN NISSAN SENTRA 2005. *TR

AFTER WEEKS OF VEHICLE MISFIRING AND ATTEMPTS AT DIAGNOSING, LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOUND CRACKED HEAD GASKET. STATED THEY REFILLED COOLANT LEVELS AND VEHICLE SHOULD BE OKAY FOR A WHILE. VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. QUOTED $1200. *TR

COMMENTS: MY DAUGHTER, [XXX] , OWNED A 2005 NIACIN SENTRY WHICH HAD TO HAVE THE CAM POSITION SENSOR AND CRANK POSITION SENSOR REPLACED ON 4/9/14 AFTER THE CAR QUICK RUNNING WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. SHE WAS IDLING AT A LIGHT, AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING WHEN SHE TRIED TO PROCEED. SINCE THEN, SHE TRADED THE CAR IN. IN RESEARCHING 2005 NIACIN SENTRY RECALLS, THERE IS A RECALL NHTSA REFERENCE #07V527000, WHICH IS FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON 2005 NIACIN SENTRY VEHICLES WITH A 2.5L ENGINE. APPARENTLY, HER VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE THIS ENGINE BUT, AMAZINGLY, HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I SPOKE WITH A NIACIN REP, MELODY, WHO JUST REPEATED SOME STANDARD TEXT SHE WAS READING, WHICH DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. IT SEEMS MY DAUGHTER'S NIACIN HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS THAT IN THE RECALL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN SENTRA HAS ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. IT HAS HAD ISSUES WITH HEATING AND COOLING EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT. IT IS NOT AS RELIABLE AS I THOUGHT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR EVERY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE AND TUNE UP. IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. NOW, THE ENGINE SHAKES WHEN I START THE CAR. IT IS COSTING ME A LOT TO FIX AND MAINTAIN THIS CAR. NISSAN CORP OF AMERICA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY HEAD GASKET IN THE 2005 NISSAN SENTRA 1.8S MODEL. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF ON ME. CAR WONT START. BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND ENGINE PROBLEMS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE SIDE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR, MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING AND TURNED OFF. LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE PART THAT WAS AFFECTED WAS RECALLED ON SEVERAL NISSAN MODELS BUT THAT MY PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE PIECE THAT WAS DEFECTED WAS RECALLED IN 2007, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT WITH ME AND MY TODDLER IN THE BACK SEAT HAD I BEEN ON A BUSY STREET OR HIGHWAY; YET, NISSAN IS PUTTING UP A FIGHT TO NOT COVER THE COST UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN. *TR

2005 NISSAN SENTRA 1.8S WITH APPROX. 63000 MILES. CAR STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH STARTING, APPROX. 1-2 YEARS AGO. THEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, OWNER NOTICED VEHICLE ENGINE SHUDDERING/RUNNING ROUGHLY, FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER COLD START IN THE MORNING. ON EVENING OF AUG. 19TH, CAR WAS EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT TO START, AND RAN ROUGH FOR MORE THAN 1 MINUTE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. UPON INSPECTION, WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY HEAD GASKET. REPAIR, APPROX. $900.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSA SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

ON JUNE 20, 2013 I BROUGHT MY 2005 NISSAN SENTRA INTO CURRY NISSAN IN YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598 BECAUSE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON SAYING IT WAS MY SWIRL VALVE PART # 75150 CODE P1138 . THEY CHARGED ME $110.00 TO UPDATE MY ENGINE ECU AS PER TECH BULLETIN . ON NOV. 20TH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN AND I BROUGHT IT TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION AND WAS ONCE AGAIN TOLD THAT IT WAS THE SAME CODE FOR THE SWIRL VALVE AND THAT I WAS TO TAKE IT TO NISSAN.. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THIS PROBLEM DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT AM I EXPECTED TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN EVERY 5 OR 6 MONTHS? PLEASE ADVISE ME IF THIS IS A RECALL. *TR

CAMSHAFT POSITION VALVE- ENGINE WOULD MISFIRE AND BUCK WHILE DRIVING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND AT LOW SPEEDS, BUT WOULD BE FINE AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED PREMATURELY ON MY 2005 NISSAN SENTRA AT 82,450 MILES. THERE WAS ISSUES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD START UP IN THE MORNINGS OR ON COLD STARTS. ENGINE WOULD MISFIRE 3-5 SECONDS AFTER STARTING. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. COMPUTER CODES P0303 AND P0300 WERE DETECTED. COOLANT WAS FOUND INSIDE CYLINDER NUMBER 3. A NISSAN SERVICE TECHNICIAN CONFIRMED IT WAS A FAILED HEAD GASKET AND SAID THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON THIS GENERATION OF VEHICLES. VEHICLE WAS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. ALL THE VEHICLE'S MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AT THE PROPER AND RECOMMENDED INTERVALS. THIS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN 2000-2006 1.8L SENTRAS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. HEAD GASKETS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT THIS MILEAGE RANGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS 100% UP TO DATE ON MAINTENANCE. *TR

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR STARTING TO OVERHEAT, AS SOON AS I WOULD SEE THE CAR OVERHEAT I WOULD PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR IT TO COOL AS I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE THESE PROBLEMS. I STARTED TO RESEARCH THE CAR ON THE INTERNET AND THIS WEB SITE FOR CAR COMPLAINTS HAD AT LEAST 500 CAR OWNERS WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL HAVING THEIR CARS OVERHEAT. I HAVE TAKING IT TO FOUR DIFFERENT AUTO SHOPS AND FIRST THEY SAY MAYBE THE WATER PUMP, MAYBE THE RADIATOR, AND THEN THEY ALL DECIDE IT A BLOWN HEADGASKET. HOW IS THAT EVEN BE POSSIBLE I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND NEVER HAVE HAD THIS BIG OF ISSUE. AND AFTER READING ALL OF THESE OTHER CAR OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE HOW CAN THESE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL. WE ALL SPEND ALOT OF MONEY TO BUY A CAR AND TO MAINTAIN A CAR AND THIS IS ONE ISSUE THAT MAYBE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE MAY HAVE BUT NOT HUNDREDS?????? HERE IS WHERE I FOUND THE MOST COMPLAINTS. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/SENTRA/2005/ *JS

VEHICLE STARTED TO DISPLAY "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT AT APROX. 55,000 MILES I TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, INITIALLY THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD FUEL SENSOR BUT AFTER RETURNING CAR TO ME P0300 ERROR LIGHT CAME BACK ON NEXT DAY. I TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD HEAD GASKET UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND INFORMATION FROM 3 SEPARATE SOURCES THAT NUMEROUS CONSUMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL 2005 NISSAN SENTRA HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY HEAD GASKET I ALSO FOUND NISSAN IS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH 2005 NISSAN SENTRA HEAD GASKET BUT REFUSE AT THIS TIME TO DO A RECALL MOST LIKELY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT A MONETARY ISSUE BASICALLY NISSAN CORP. WOULD RATHER HAVE CONSUMERS HAVE TO COME OUT OF THEIR POCKET AND PAY FOR REPAIR THEN STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO A RECALL ON 2005 NISSAN SENTRA HEAD GASKET. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/SENTRA/2005/ENGINE/BLOWN_HEAD_GASKET.SHTML HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/NISSAN-SENTRA/TP3DF0A7JTI0AKN92. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2005. SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THIS CAR, I NOTICED THAT IT WAS HARD TO START ON SOME OCCASIONS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AND THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND WOULD JUST REPLACE THE BATTERY WHEN IT DIED. ON THE JUNE 30, 2012, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. TOOK IT TO A PLACE TO HAVE FIXED AND WAS TOLD THE HEAD GASKET HAD A HOLE IN IT AND MY COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN ONE OF THE PISTON CHAMBERS. WHEN THE TECH EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR WHEN I START IT UP, IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WITH THIS CAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I TOLD HIM THAT THIS WAS AN OLDER CAR PROBLEM AND HE RELAYED TO ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY NISSAN AS IT SEEMS TO BE A FLAW IN ITS DESIGN. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME RESISTANT TO START-UP ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO LOSING ANTI-FREEZE ABNORMALLY BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A HOLE OR LEAK IN THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE HEAD GASKET COULD POSSIBLY NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,899 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED11/29/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 12/13/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS DUST AND OIL SEEPAGE ON THE CYLINDER HEAD THAT WAS NEVER PRESENT BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, BUT REQUESTED THAT THE CONTACT AUTHORIZE REMOVAL OF THE CYLINDER HEAD FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR UNLESS THE CONTACT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,542. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN TURNING RIGHT I WOULD NOTICE THAT MY ENGINE TEMP WOULD GO UP. THE MECHANICS FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS A BROKEN HEAD GASKET WHICH COST ME $1000.00. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND I HAVE PROBLEMS STARTING IT. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD BEGIN TO LOSE POWER AND NEARLY STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V52700 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.