1994 Nissan Sentra problems
Owners have filed 130 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Nissan Sentra. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. After that come brakes (16%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 130 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 29 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 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: 29 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries 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 1994 ranks 25th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Nissan Sentra with enough data (79 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.
Consumer stated the seat belts have broken once before, after being replaced the seat belt did not do perform correctly when consumer was involed in a 20-30 MPH accident. Contacted dealer, and they were not willing to do anything. The vehicle stalls for no aparent reason, also the window somtimes does not roll all the way up.
Consumer was slowly pulling up to a traffic light. While depressing the brakes vehicle continued to roll, and collided with the rear end of another vehicle. Upon impact, air bag did not deploy. Consumer sustained chest, leg, and neck injuries. Also, automatic shoulder belt failed to work. Police arrived and cited the consumer.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 nissan sentra. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the driver's side seat belt mechanism jammed and then failed. The contact stopped the vehicle when the failure occurred. There were no warnings prior to the failure. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they stated that the defective seat belt mechanism and possibly the seat belt system needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 170,000.