1995 Nissan Sentra problems
Owners have filed 158 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Nissan Sentra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 33% of complaints. After that come brakes (21%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 158 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 38 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 52 and 2
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: 38 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 52 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% 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 1995 ranks 20th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Nissan Sentra with enough data (103 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Vehicle was impacted at 12:00 position speed, 20MPH, driver's side airbag did not deploy, causing injuries and fatalities, including an unborn fetus.
Vehicle was at a stop; traffic ahead in other lane; another vehicle rearended nissan; it rearended truck ahead of it & damaged bumper; air bag did not deploy. Took vehicle to dealer; no explanation for non deployment of air bag.
As purchasing my car in march of 2000 ..I was envolved in an accident 1 month after purchase to brakes failing had been in the shop where purchased 2 times the second time which they kept for 1 week said the couldnt get the ABS light to come on it never goes off... The problem is getting worse the brakes squeak and get hot took it to the shop in durant they told me I had major tbrake trouble to contact who I bought it from so I did the told me they didnt have the equipment to work on nissan ABS brakes but they…
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 nissan sentra. While driving 15 MPH, the driver and passenger side air bags deployed without warning. No crash occurred. The vehicle came to a complete stop while the contact was still depressing the accelerator pedal and the engine was running. The vehicle filled up with residue from the air bags. The driver sustained bruises on both hands and her left breast. The current and failure mileages were 245,801.
Malfunction indicator on dash board and problem in idle air control system, rough idle and resulting in low gas mileage.