IllustrationOIL PUMP APPARENTLY FAILED, ENGINE SEIZED CATASTROPHICALLY WITH ALMOST NO WARNING. OIL AND COOLENT LEVELS FINE. TOO LOW A MILEAGE FOR SUCH A FAILURE.
1994 Nissan Sentra
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 1994 Nissan Sentra do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 116.
Counts are not adjusted for sales, age, mileage exposure or reporting. A lower count does not establish that a car is problem-free.
About this comparison →99Owner complaints
Model-year median: 116
0Recall campaignsView recall details →
1InvestigationsView investigation details →
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Inspection summary
1994 Nissan Sentra
NHTSA snapshot: September 18, 2026. 99 owner complaints · 0 recall campaigns · 1 investigations.
Counts are not failure probabilities and are not adjusted for sales, age, mileage exposure or reporting. One report may name several categories. Comparison method and limitations.
Top reported categories (up to 5)
- Seat Belts: 27 reports
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 15 reports
- Engine And Engine Cooling: 11 reports
- Visibility: 10 reports
- Electrical System: 8 reports
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Recall links
No recall campaigns in this snapshot.
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How this year compares
Owner complaints by model year
Compare all Sentra years →Counts vary with age, sales, mileage exposure and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
All reported categories
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 5 of 99 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Seat Belts. Review the 27 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 15 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 11 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
20 crash reports5 fire reports10 injury reports
What owners actually said
99 reportsBRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCLERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED CAUSING UNWANTED ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN A CRASH. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK *ML
I AM INQUIRING ON THIS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND IN MY OPIONION THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSILBE FOR REPAIR OF SAFTY RESTRAINTS FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE PREVIOSLY BEEN AN AUTO TECH AND I KNOW THAT MITSUBUSHI HAS HAD MANY TROUBLES WITH THEIR SYSTEMS AND WE HAD A …
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I AM INQUIRING ON THIS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND IN MY OPIONION THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSILBE FOR REPAIR OF SAFTY RESTRAINTS FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE PREVIOSLY BEEN AN AUTO TECH AND I KNOW THAT MITSUBUSHI HAS HAD MANY TROUBLES WITH THEIR SYSTEMS AND WE HAD A RECALL AND REPLACED SEVERAL SEAT BELT MOTORS DUE TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
ENGINE WILL QUITE WHILE IN MOTION, TURNING CORNERS, ETC. VERY DANGEROUS
WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP FAILED AT 15,000 MILE OF WEAR. SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS PROBLEM OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFOROMATION. *AK
WHENEVER DRIVING VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS IT WOULD STALL OUT FOR NO REASON. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING WHEN THIS OCCURS. VEHICLE COULD COAST & THEN BE RESTARTED. CAUSES TRAFFIC HAZARD WHEN IT DOES. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE, BUT CAUSE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING A BAD TOXIC SMELL COMING THROUGH VENTS CAUSING DISCOMFORT TO DRIVER, DEARLER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR FAILURE ON THREE OCCASIONS, COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. *YC
NO SUMMARY
DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELTS FAILED TO HOLD DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURY TO DRIVER. *AK
SEAT BELT ACTS UP ONLY WHEN GETTING IN THE CAR AND CLOSING DOOR. *AK
Recall campaigns
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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Defect investigations
1SQ99018 · Corrision Fatigue Of Front Coil Springs
Opened Jun 17, 1999 · No close date supplied
Status: open (inferred from source dates) · Suspension
NISSAN IS CONDUCTING A SAFETY RECALL IN CANADA OF 11,100 1994 THROUGH 1996 SENTRA 2 DOOR MODELS IN WHICH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE FRACTURING FROM CORROSION FATIGUE.NISSAN REPORTED THAT THE FAILURES OCCUR FROM A LOSS OF THE PROTECTIVE PAINT COATING ON THE SPRINGS AND EXPOSURE TO HEAVY ROAD SALT.CORROSION CAN CAUSE PITS TO FORM ON THE SPRING SURFACE, WHICH CAN RESULT IN FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE SPRING.A BROKEN SPRING COULDPUNCTURE THE AFFECTED TIRE, POSSIBLY CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.THE CANADIAN RECALL NUMBER FOR THIS IS 99-069, DATED APRIL 28, 1999.THE PURPOSE OF THIS SQ IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DEFECT IDENTIFIED IN THE CANADIAN SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE U.S. AS A SAFETY RECALL.
An investigation is not a finding of a defect, and closure does not prove a vehicle is problem-free.