1996 Nissan Sentra problems
Owners have filed 177 complaints with NHTSA about the 1996 Nissan Sentra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. After that come wipers, windshield & visibility (10%) and electrical system (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 177 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 47 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 37 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 17 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 63,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 47 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 37 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 95% 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 1996 ranks 18th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Nissan Sentra with enough data (105 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.
While driving at 55 MPH a tanker truck cut consumer's vehicle off. To avoid a collision consumer pulled onto a shoulder. Then, consumer lost control of the vehicle and it to rolled over several times. When vehicle rolled over the child safety seat detached from the base with a child in it and crashed through the rear window. The child sustained a bruised spleen and tail bone while consumer sustained minor bruises. Another passenger suffered severe head trauma, and other scrapes and bruises.
Drivers and passenger sides air bag did not deployed for fifth time while the vehicle was in accident ,causing two people injured.
During vehicle collision violent deployment of driver and passenger air bag resulted in injury to consumers (ear, hand, face and body), driver has suffered hearing damage, passenger suffered slight brain damage. Mjs
My 1996 nissan sentra has a defective odometer. My unit is being repaired at my expense. My complaint is that cars with faulty odometers are both a safety hazard and a consumer fraud problem.
"takata recall". Mad a right hand turn and both front airbags randomly deployed.they caused the front windshield to crack badly. Didnt hit another car nor anything with making the turn. Was moving in a city street at 9pm so not much traffic. Turned into an empty street luckily.