Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / SENTRA / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005038989 Incident Date: Jul, 06 2005
Consumer's City: MODESTO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: SENTRA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3N1CB51A62L Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 15 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 2002 nissan sentra. this vehicle will stop running in normal freeway driving conditions. without warning my car stalled in heavy commute traffic. my car is only three years old, and i had a hard time starting it. once it started, it stalled again only a few miles down the road. i have since found out that there is a recall on the foam surrounding the electronic control module. the recall states that the foam can contaminate the ecm. i took my car in to the dealership and they replaced the foam, but did not replace the ecm. the contaminated ecm is what is making the car stall. the dealer only did the recall work, and did not fix the damage that was done to the ecm. i would like to warn all sentra owners that they are driving a dangerous car. this car could potentially stall on the freeway or find themselves unable to start the car many miles from home. i did not receive the recall notice and i drove the car not knowing this foam is damaging my ecm. i was under the impression that a nissan was a very reliable car. i also thought that the nissan people took care of the customer. that is not the case here. i was made to pay for a new ecm. *jb