2017 Nissan Sentra Electrical System

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2017 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that when the vehicle was purchased, the odometer indicated that the mileage was 92,000. The vehicle was a private sale. The contact's wife purchased the Carfax report and stated that the odometer reading was 179,070 on April 22, 2025.

Intermittent ignition switch failure. Presents as little to no power. Vehicle will not crank over. Minimal lights come on dash board, no digital readout, dim lights inside vehicle. Eventually car starts with no problem after several tries. I have excluded battery, alternator, grounding issues, wiring issues, fuses. This is similar to a recall issued for other Nissan Sentras made in the same year.

The manufacturer installed anti-theft measures that became broken. Nissan’s “immobilizer” system can not tell the difference between false theft and real theft. I read many people were locked out of their vehicles because the only way to unlock the anti theft system is by paying Nissan. Now I’m unable to drive my car sometimes because it may locked me or my battery dies due to the lightning blinking for hours.

I had turned my car on after work and i had a light turn on my dashboard marking “PS” indicating there was an issue with the power steering. I turned off my car and turned it back on the light went away so i began driving home. As I was driving the same light turned on and the car shut off but was still going, I was unable to accelerate but i was able to brake. The steering wheel was locked and unable to be moved. Thankfully the roads were clear otherwise it would have been a terrible accident.

Car caught on fire due to electrical issues

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON PARKING HIS VEHICLE, HIS WORK BUILDING WAS EVACUATED DUE TO FIRE. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED; NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE SCENE. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN NISSAN DEALER WHERE THEY REFERRED HIM TO THE INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

PUSH TO START NOT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. KEY FOB HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED AND BATTERY REPLACED. CAN TAKE UP TO TWO HOURS FOR PUSH TO START TO WORK AND CAR TO START. ALL LIGHTS COME ON AND RADIO START. DOES NOT START CAR. BATTERY AND KEY FOB BOTH WORKING PROPERLY. BRAKES ALSO WORKING PROPERLY. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO NISSAN MANY TIMES FROM REPORTS AND FORUMS FOUND ONLINE AND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED BY THE COMPANY. CAR IS IN PARKED POSITION AND OFF.

WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE TO START THE CAR IT DOESN'T START. LIKE THE SWITCH OR SENSOR IS COMMUNICATING TO THE ENGINE FOR IT TO START. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE CAR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.

VEHICLE WILL NOT START

THREE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASED IT, I GOT STRANDED. CAR TURNED OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING. I HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE ALTERNATOR. THEY DID, AND NOW ITS BEEN LIKE 8 MONTHS AND IT WILL START WHEN IT PLEASES.