1999 Nissan Sentra problems
Owners have filed 74 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Nissan Sentra. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. After that come engine (11%) and air bags (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 74 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 19 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 19 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 79,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 16 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 1999 ranks 28th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Nissan Sentra with enough data (52 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.
Car was being parked when sudden acceleration took over and caused the car to crash into a wall. On august 8, two women were injured.
While driving at 35-40 MPH driver lost control of vehicle, hit a stone wall and then rolled over on its top,dual airbags did not deploy, causing head injuries.there was no indictation of airbags being defective.
I had just entered a 3-lane highway and was driving 25-30 MPH in the rain at night, when the engine suddenly just stopped! I had no lights, no brakes, no horn, no steering. By some small miracle, the emergency brake stopped the car,and I had a cell phone. The police got there before anyone hit me. Sheehy nissan service dept. Said that this is a common occurance with sentras, and several years were recalled for defective components for the same kind of problems, but 1999 was not included.
Braking system failed to fully function. When I pressed the brake pedal to slow down, the vehicle slowed. However, as I pressed the brake pedal harder to come to a full stop, the vehicle did not respond. A two vehicle car crash resulted, and the sentra is a total loss. The air bags did not deploy. The brakes were last serviced on 10-23-06. I do not trust the dealership, since I have had previous problems. I had the same supspension problems with the vehicle - tires wearing prematurely on the inside.