1992 Nissan Sentra problems
Owners have filed 81 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Nissan Sentra. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 17% of complaints. After that come engine (14%) and seat belts (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 81 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 17
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
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; 17 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 96% 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 1992 ranks 35th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Nissan Sentra with enough data (31 complaints in that window).
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.
On november 11, 1998 my daughter was driving south on interstate 57 by askum, il. Going 65 MPH. She claims the engine lost power and she had to naviage the car to the side of the road to avoid being rear ended by oncoming traffic. The car lost all power and would not restart. She got out of the car and looked under the hood. She was crying and cut herself lifting up the hood. She saw lots of gray smoke coming from the engine and got back in the car and phoned me on a cellular.
I was coming back from taking my wife to work and I was getting ready to go through the green light when a car ran the red light which made me t-bone him. My airbags did not deploy, and my whole front end got pushed almost to the windshield. I had a cardiac arrest and when the ambulance got there they had to bring me back to life. I have a lot of bruising on my chest where I hit the steering wheel. I'm having problems with my knee. I've got a lot of contusions inside my body.
Vehicle caught fire in the engine compartment without warning. Owner believes the cause is california's new reformulated gas.
Parked car, smoke emerged from hood near wind screen, then paint bubbled in middle of hood. Seconds late, engine burst into flames, and car was incinerated. Prior to this, car was well maintained, housed in garage, and had just passed its tough nyc annual inspection. There was no smell of gasoline prior to blaze, and no apparent problem with the car. Vehicle was destroyed, and fire department was unable to say what caused fire.
Tl* the contact owns a 1992 nissan sentra. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle emitted an odor that made him dizzy. The contact also stated that a doctor confirmed that carbon monoxide was inhaled during the failure. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 155,000 and the current mileage was 160,000.