1997 Nissan Sentra air bags problems
34 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1997 Nissan Sentra, which is 25% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 25% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 24 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 20 crashes, 24 injuries, 2 deaths.
What owners wrote
Vehicle was involved in an accident, and neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bag deployed. Consumer sustained injuries. Windshield wipers failed resulting in accicent in which neither driver nor passenger side air bag deployed. Driver and passenger sustained injuries.
Was driving home from work on the freeway doing about 70 MPH when there was a wreck on the hwy, to avoid further collisions up to 5 cars in front of me locked up their brakes, the truck in front of me locked up his brakes, & I locked up my brakes, & my front end went down, my brakes locked up, my car slid under the truck in front of me, & neither air-bag deployed! My front end buckled up I count 3 failures, the brakes being 1st, 2nd, & 3rd being air bags. (drivers, & passenger.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Nissan Sentra
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 27 complaints
- Brakes 16 complaints