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2021 Nissan Sentra brakes problems

25 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2021 Nissan Sentra, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
25 12% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
7 and 1
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 1 fire, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Steer rod recall effective as of 6/17/21 yet ignored by enterprise rental car company. Lost control, car hit guard rails. No cooperation from insurance nor rental company. Police got it Towed on 1/26/2022 to alpine automotive, lake Zurich illinois, enterprise holdings picked it up on 1/28/2022. No other information provided by any party on estimate of damages, nor medical coverage due to “insurance policies”

January 2022 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH, the parking braking independently activated. The failure occurred a second time, and the parking brake unintendedly activated. There was no warning light illuminated. On the third occasion, while driving approximately 45 MPH, the parking brake activated unintendedly, causing the vehicle to stop abruptly, nearly causing a crash with another vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired.

Reported at 13,414 miles, April 2026

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