2007 Nissan Sentra Engine Problems

CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT BEGUN SPUTTERING AND SHAKING AS I ACCELERATED. I DROVE BACK HOME, ABOUT 5 MINUTES, AND OPENED THE HOOD. CAR WAS ON AND PARKED FOR THE VISUAL INSPECTION. MY PARTNER PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO SEE IF I COULD SEE WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE MOTOR SHOOK WHEN IT WAS PUT IN REVERSE. IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING NEAR THE FUEL LINES STARTED TO EMIT SMOKE. IT LOOKED LIKE ALUMINUM FOIL. THE CAR HAD A HALF TANK OF GAS AND GAUGES SEEMED NORMAL. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE TO GET MY TOOLS. WHEN I CAME OUT, THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES COMING FROM THE MOTOR. 9-1-1 WAS CALLED AND FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FIRE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE FIRE SPREAD RAPIDLY AND THE CAR WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE FIRE WAS FINALLY EXTINGUISHED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE ACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK AND THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE AT A RED LIGHT WAITING FOR IT TO TURN GREEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED, THE RPM'S REVVED UP REALLY HIGH, THEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY CUT OFF. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS DRIVING, WAS ON A CITY STREET AT THE TIME BUT HAD TO EVENTUALLY CROSS A BRIDGE AND WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS DOING SO. I HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT AT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION AND CAUSES EXTREME ANXIETY IN ME KNOWING THAT THE ENGINE COULD CUT OFF AT ANY MOMENT AND POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH AND/OR FATALITY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN 114 IN GRAPEVINE, TX HEADING TOWARD SOUTHLAKE, TX. THE ENGINE STUTTERED AND THEN SHUTDOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOOD. I GOT OUT TO POP THE HOOD TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. WHEN I TRIED TO LIFT THE HOOD FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT. I STEPPED BACK AND CALLED 911. WITH IN 3 MINUTES THE CAR WAS ENGULFED AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURNS, THE ENGINE FAILED TO OPERATE. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NISSAN MAINTENANCE WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING ACID, WHICH WAS INGESTED IN TO THE AIR INTAKE, DESTROYING THE AIR FILTER AND CAUSING SEVERE CONTAMINATION OF THE SPARK PLUGS AND FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM, AS WELL AS CORROSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRAMING. HAD THIS ENGINE FAILED ON THE FREEWAY, IT WOULD HAVE JEOPARDIZED THE LIVES OF THE OCCUPANTS. ACTION IS BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE BATTERY MANUFACTURER, BUT THIS REPORT IS IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS THE POOR DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE WHICH PLACED THE BATTERY ABOVE THE AIR INTAKE, WITHOUT PROVISIONS FOR CONTAINMENT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH AN ACID LEAK. (PHOTOS AVAILABLE). *TR

VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A TICKING NOISE FROM FRONT PASSENGER ENGINE AREA AT A STOP LIGHT, AS I BEGAN THROUGH INTERSECTION ONCE IT TURNED GREEN THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME AS TRAFFIC BEGAN MOVING AGAIN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THERE WERE NO PRE WARNINGS, DASH WARNING LIGHTS THAT CAME ON PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALER THE NEXT DAY (4 YEAR OLD CAR W/ 75K MILES) AND WAS TOLD THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE I NEED A NEW MOTOR BUT WOULD NOT ELABORATE AS TO WHAT EXACTLY IT WAS BUT ADVISED ME I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I COULD BUY A NEW MOTOR FROM THEM FOR 6500$. BEING COMPLETELY STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION HAS SCARED ME ENOUGH NOT TO EVEN WANT TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE SO AS OF RIGHT NOW IT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY A 4 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 75K MILES ON IT THAT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE TBONED IN AN INTERSECTION AND NO ONE HAS ANY ANSWERS FOR ME, ONLY WANT MONEY TO GIVE A NEW MOTOR. NISSAN CORP HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITH OUT ANY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR, WHICH I OBVIOUSLY WONT, I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE FOR THE SAME EXACT "UNKNOWN" PROBLEM THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA WITH 53,000 MILES. STARTED MAKING LOUD RATTLING NOISES WHEN TURNING TO RIGHT AND WHEN COLD TO START. STARTED TO GET VERY SCARY AND TOOK INTO MECHANIC, SINCE NISSAN CHARGES $120 JUST TO DIAGNOSE, EVEN IF UNDER WARRANTY. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT AND WAS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL TO SEE WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I SPOKE WITH A FRIEND THAT WORKED AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID IT ALWAYS HAPPENS, AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. I SPOKE TO CORPORATE, AND THEY REFUSE TO HELP AT ALL. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WHEN YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR CAR AND HAVE LOW MILEAGE. I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS A SEPARATE NOISE FROM THAT OF THE ENGINE. IT WAS LIKE A RATTLING/LOUD SOUND. EVERY TIME I WOULD TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ALSO REVERSE, THE SOUND WAS LOUDER. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN TECHNICIAN AND THEY FOUND THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BROKEN. AFTER REPLACING THE MOTOR MOUNT THE VEHICLE SOUND JUST LIKE NEW (JUST HOW IS WAS SUPPOSED TO SOUND). *TR

COOLANT LEAK NOTICED. TOOK TO DEALER DISCOVER A CRACKED BLOCK. *TR

I DROVE THE 2007 NISSAN SENTRA FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS WITH ALMOST NO ISSUES EXCEPT THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON." I TOOK IT TO THE DEAL FOR THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCES AND HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES, AND USED PREMIUM GAS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 60MPH, THE CAR STALLED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER. IT WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. RECENTLY I HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE BRAKE FLUID LEAK. I KNOW THAT FLUID AND ELECTRICITY DO NOT MIX, SO IT MAY VERY WELL HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *TR

MY 2007 NISSAN SENTRA CAUGHT ON FIRE WILE I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY . *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS FROM DEFECTIVE GASOLINE. WHEN THE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME BACK ON, THE DEALER TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AND DENIED WARRANTY REPAIRS BECAUSE I HAD CHANGED MY OWN OIL AND COULD NOT SHOW RECEIPTS FROM A COMMERCIAL OIL CHANGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY TIME HER DAUGHTER DRIVES HER VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, IT SHUTS OFF AND HAS TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 375.

2007 NISSAN SENTRA CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED A RECALL FOR A BRAKE FLUID LEAK. SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE AND IF THIS IS WHAT CAUSED IT TO CATCH FIRE. *KB