Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / SENTRA / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280864 Incident Date: May, 18 2004
Consumer's City: SHIPPENSBURG Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: SENTRA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:windshield wiper/washer:linkages
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1N4AB41D2VC Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 25 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 24 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: (1) it was a light rain. the wiper is in the lowest setting. both wipers stopped working. i can hear the wiper motor running but the wipers doesn't operate. (2) as it was no raining hard, i was still able to drive vehicle safely home. i found there is a recall for the windshield wiper/washer:linkages for 1997 nissan sentra. (3) contacted nissan about the problem because i have never receive a recall notice but i am told the recall doesn't applied to my vin number. i took the vehicle to a nissan dealership repair shop. they replaced the wiper transmission which consists of the pivot-assy-wipe(r), and 2 link assy-conne(ctor). the old parts are unavailable.