Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / SENTRA / 1997

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006083754 Incident Date: Oct, 19 2006
Consumer's City: AUBURN Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: SENTRA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: 1N4AB41D8VC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 29 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 22 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Was driving home from work on the freeway doing about 70 mph when there was a wreck on the hwy, to avoid further collisions up to 5 cars in front of me locked up their brakes, the truck in front of me locked up his brakes, & i locked up my brakes, & my front end went down, my brakes locked up, my car slid under the truck in front of me, & neither air-bag deployed! my front end buckled up i count 3 failures, the brakes being 1st, 2nd, & 3rd being air bags. (drivers, & passenger. there has not yet been any action to correct the failure, this is the first thing my wife has done. i did have a passenger in my car, & being as i rear-ended the truck in front of me i am having to pay for damages. minor compared to the damage to my car. no deaths but both were pretty banged up!*jb