The Recall Desk

Vehicle

Nissan Sentra · 2002

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

Filter by model year

1–4 of 4

  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V008000·2020-01-09

    Nissan and Infiniti Recall Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Nissan is recalling specific 2001-2011 Nissan and Infiniti vehicles because front passenger air bag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation.

    Product
    INFINITI — INFINITI, NISSAN M45, QX4, I30, I35
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22E066000·2022-08-09

    Nissan Recalls Air Bag Inflator Replacement Parts for Certain Vehicles

    Nissan is recalling specific air bag inflator replacement parts installed in Infiniti and Nissan vehicles due to a risk of explosion from propellant degradation.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN, INFINITI SENTRA, M35, VERSA, QX4
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V747000·2020-12-01

    Nissan Recalls 2002-2006 Sentra Vehicles for Takata Air Bag Defect

    Nissan is recalling 2002-2006 Sentra vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may explode in a crash, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN SENTRA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V287000·2015-05-15

    Nissan Recalls Vehicles Due to Passenger Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Nissan is recalling specific 2001-2006 models because the passenger air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially sending metal fragments into the vehicle.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN, INFINITI PATHFINDER, FX35, I30, FX45
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA19002 Engineering Analysis · suspension:rear
  • DP16002 Defect Petition · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
  • EA15003 Engineering Analysis · service brakes, hydraulic
  • PE14014 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
  • DP12004 Defect Petition · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
  • PE08037 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:wiring:front underhood

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2013 · powertrain 305 complaints, median 77,000 mi
  • 2014 · powertrain 179 complaints, median 85,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2015 · powertrain 169 complaints, median 78,000 mi
  • 2016 · powertrain 127 complaints, median 91,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2017 · powertrain 74 complaints, median 64,810 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,251 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 3.8/5 · 28 complaints · most complained-of: tires
  • 2024: 3.8/5 · 36 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2023: 4.2/5 · 19 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 3.7/5 · 81 complaints · most complained-of: steering

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

← Back to all Nissan models