1991 Nissan Sentra problems
Owners have filed 77 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Nissan Sentra. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. After that come fuel system (16%) and brakes (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 77 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 11 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 34th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Nissan Sentra with enough data (31 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Restraint system analysis was performed by chp-central division mait. The analysis indicated that the restraint failed at the latch plate connection to the motorized guide plate. This report is being filed for the vehicle owner by the chp per our departmental policy.
Seat belt assembly did not retract upon collision. Driver hit steering and passenger's seat collapsed. The seat belt did not hold the passenger in seat completely during the collision.
Bad product(primer and paint ) for the whole body of the vehicle this car has been painted numerous times (some parts"fenders,trunk have been painted three different times)!! The car was painted all times except for this last time which was out of pocket for $500.00.(hood and bottom of trunk lid was done. The independent person told me that the reason the paint keeps failing(clear coat peeling paint fading is the base primer on a lot of these cars are bad from factory he stripped these parts to bare metal and…
1.)on 11/20/2004, I "ricardo guerrero" drove my car (1991 nissan sentra se-r) to the auto repair shop khoa auto service, to replace front and rear brake pads and turn the rotors. I also requested the "front right" rotor to be replaced. When I received my car I felt the brake pedal slighty different whenever I pushed the pedal, the time to receive stopping distance was increased. Until 3/27/05 I was driving down the freeway out to an exit when I was realizing a quiet grind at the end of stopping process .