Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / SENTRA / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005038008 Incident Date: Sep, 06 2005
Consumer's City: BULVERDE Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: SENTRA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Wheels
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3N1AB51D42L Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 08 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 24 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I hit a curb and my wheel broke off leaving just the center bolted to the car. the tire was not damaged. at that point the vehicle was pretty much uncontrollable and the tire and remainder of the wheel continued into traffic. the tire shop indicated they had never seen anything like this. the car appears to have sustained only possibly some alignment issues. this and the lack of damage to the tire seems to indicate that the impact was not that severe, yet there was the complete failure of the wheel. i have a photo of the now two pieces of the wheel. the car is not just an ser model sentra but a ser spec v which includes 17" wheels instead of the 16s on the ser. i have not submitted anything to nissan as i previously had notified them of some frequently-warping brake rotors and they discounted my claims indicating i was driving to aggressively. however, the brake system was modified in subsequent models since the 2002 introduction of my car. *jb