2022 Nissan Sentra
This year drew an ordinary 80 complaints for a Nissan Sentra — the model's median is 167. What they were about is the unusual part: 28.8% of them mention steering, against 6% across the model's other years.
Generation 3 of the Nissan Sentra, which began in 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 80 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 167 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 32.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- steering — 28.8% of this year's complaints, against 6% across the model's other years (4.8×).
- wheel — 23.8% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the model's other years (4.2×).
- use — 20% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: use, open, radio, where purchased.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
While cruise control is on (not adaptive cruise), the slightest turn in the steering wheel causes the vehicle to slow down. Vehicle slows on a small curve up to 5mph, since the brake isn’t being applied anyone approaching from behind may not adjust quickly.
Window child locks randomly locks windows in position. There's no reason for it to lock them. I've never tried to engage them on purpose since I have no children. Sometimes pushing the child lock hard several times will allow them to unlock but it may lock in…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V421000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V581000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Sentra was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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