2004 Nissan Sentra Engine

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 NISSAN SENTRA SER 2.5, THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR FOLLOWING ME DID NOT COLLIDE WITH ME. IT WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY, BUT DID START WITHIN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. I HAD A COMPUTER READING DONE TODAY, AND THE CODE WAS P0340. THE PARTS PERSON MENTIONED THAT NISSAN VEHICLES HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A RECALL FOR CAM SHAFT SENSORS. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND DID FIND THE EXACT DESCRIPTION OF MY PROBLEM. I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF THAT RECALL (CAMPAIGN NUMBER 06V242000).; I WOULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT RECALL. NOW, MY QUESTION IS THIS: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT IN MY CAR? *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AT SLOW SPEEDS THE ENGINE DIED. THIS RESULTED IN REDUCTION IN STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY OCCURRED THOUGH. ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT NOT SPARK PLUGS WOULD NOT FIRE, SO CAR COULD NOT BE STARTED AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE CURB TO GET IT OUT OF TRAFFIC. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT TIMING DETECTOR AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. OLD PART WAS DISPOSED. *TR

MT WIFE'S CAR SUDDENLY DIED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT WAS A DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. IT WAS A $589.00 REPAIR. I KNOW THAT NISSAN HAS HAD OTHER MODEL YEARS WITH RECALLS OVER SENSORS CAUSING SUDDEN ENGINE LOSS. THIS INCIDENT WITH MY WIFE HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS ENTERING A FREEWAY ON RAMP. SHE AND HER COWORKERS WERE TOWED BACK TO HER OFFICE. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP AND WAS RUNNING FINE. I DROVE IT TO THE SHOP BUT IT SUDDENLY DIED AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE STREET. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED CAR -DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR A FEW MONTHS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM REPAIRED...CAME ON AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN-DEALER KEPT SAYING THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM BUT I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR 10/2007 -THE CAR STAYED AT THE DEALER UNTIL 1/2008 THAT IS WHEN I COULD PAY THE $5800. COST OF A NEW MOTOR (EST WAS $2400.00) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN 6/2008 DEALER REPAIRED -SD "NEEDED COMPUTER UPDATE"-CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN AND RUNNING RAGGED AGAIN 7/30/08. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND FOR NISSAN TO BUY THE CAR BACK AT TRADE IN VALUE AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN. *TR

WE HAD PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO TURN IT ON. THEN CAR SUDDENLY STOP RUNNING IN THE FREEWAY. WE WERE LUCKY WE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THEN THE LIGHT OF THE ENGINE WENT ON. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE RECALL R0606 FOR NISSANS SENTRA 2004 ENGINE 2.5 LT TOOK TO THE NEAREST DEALER TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIR, THEY DID NOT WANT TO REPAIR UNLESS A PAY FOR IT. I HAD TO PAY BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THAT THE BIN WAS NAT IN THEIR COMPUTER, Y TOLD THEM THAT I WAS GOING TO COMPLAINT TO NHTSA THEY TOLD ME THAT I CAN DO WHEREVER I WANT. SO I PAY 275.00 DLLS TO HAVE REPAIRED. *TR

MY 04 NISSAN SENTRA 2.5L QR25 ENGINE IS EATING OIL 4.5 QUARTS IN 300 MILES DUE TO A PRECAT FAILURE ON OEM HEADER WHICH WHEN FAILED ON DECELERATION SUCKS MATERIAL BACK INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING PISTON RINGS AND INNER SEALS TO FAIL AND CAN LEAD TO ENGINE FIRE. I HAVE FOUND THIS INFO ALSO ON OTHER MODEL SENTRAS TOO. *TR

I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM NISSAN STATING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS TO BE BROUGHT INTO A DEALERSHIP AND AN ECM REPROGRAMMING WAS TO BE PERFORMED TO CORRECT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ISSUE. I DID SO BACK IN JANUARY OF 2008. MY ECM NEVER EMITTED ANY SORT OF ERROR CODE, BUT I WAS HAVING SPONTANEOUS STALLING APPROXIMATELY TWICE A WEEK. AFTER THE REPROGRAMMING, THE PROBLEM STOPPED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO, WHEN IT STALLED VERY HARD WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON, AND I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST A MISFIRE OF THE SPARKPLUGS. IT BEGAN STALLING SPONTANEOUSLY AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 1-2 TIMES PER DAY THEN. THREE WEEKS AGO, I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, AND TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO HAVE THE CODE CHECKED. IT STATED THAT MY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS FAULTY. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I AM WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, AND WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF MY VEHICLE'S CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

2004 NISSAN SENTRA LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. MECHANIC DETERMINED THE FAILURE WAS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. *KB AFTER THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD IDLE ROUGH UNTIL IT WARMED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE VEHICLE HAD A WARPED HEAD. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT DEFECTIVE HEAD BOLTS COULD CAUSE THE HEAD TO WARP. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEMS HE EXPERIENCED WERE RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED NISSAN AND PROVIDED HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. NISSAN STATED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

DRIVING VEHICLE @ 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND JERKED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN RAN OK. STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR FOR FOUR HOURS AND THEN DROVE HOME AND IT DID IT AGAIN AT 55 MPH. 5-13-08 IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES AT LOW SPEEDS AND ACTUALLY DIED. IT STARTED BACK UP AND THEN RAN FINE. 5-31-08 DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN SENTRA. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM; HOWEVER SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. SHE HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. VEHICLE VIN NUMBER IS INCLUDED AND WAS ADVISED TO CALL AND REPORT THE ISSUE, BECAUSE HER ENGINE LIGHT HAS CONTINUE TO COME AND HESITATE TO STARTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61, 967.--DS

I HAVE A 1.8 LITER ENGINE (NISSAN SENTRA) AND IT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON NHTSA CAMPAIGN 06V242000 FOR THE 2.5L ENGINE. THE 11/12/2007 IS THE THIRD SENSOR FAILURE AND ENGINE CUTOFF SINCE JUNE 2007. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE SAME SENSOR EACH TIME, AND I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ON FAIRLY EMPTY FREEWAYS AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2004 NISSAN SENTRA SER SPEC V SHOWED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON AUGUST 28, 2007. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC USED A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO DETERMINE THAT THE CAR HAD A MALFUNCTIONING CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THAT NISSAN HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON SOME 2003 AND 2004 SENTRAS AND ALTIMAS WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL WARRANTY WORK AND THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I WAS GIVEN AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE DOES NOT COVER THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. IF NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS PROBLEM AND MY CAR IS HAVING THE PROBLEM, WHY DO THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT? *TR

JUST PURCHASED MY 2004 NISSAN SENTRA TWO WEEKS AGO. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER I CAME HOME AND REMAINED ON. THE SALEMAN TOLD ME HE DIDN'T THINK MY CAR WOULD PASS AN EMISSION TEST. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE HE SOLD THE CAR KNOWING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I AM TAKING INTO THE NISSAN DEALER IN OLYMPIA BUT I TOLD HIM I AM NOT PAYING ANYTHING PERIOD. THE CAR HAS ONLY 22,000 MILES AND IS UNDER WARRANTY BUT I FEEL HE DECEIVED ME. THE SALES PERSON IS JAY ROLFS FROM ASSOCIATE FLEETS IN SEATTLE, WA. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS AT AN IDLE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED ASIDE OUT OF TRAFFIC, AND AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THE ENGINE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBELM. UPDATED 09/13/06. *JB

SITUATION RECURRING: LONG CRANK TIME BEFORE ENGINE TURNS OVER AND STARTS. THIS SITUATION OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR THIRTY MINUTES OR MORE AND IS TURNED OFF AND TURNED RIGHT BACK ON AS WELL AS WHEN VEHICLE SITS OVERNIGHT AND IS STARTED IN THE MORNING. PROBLEM! *NM

PLEASE REFER TO NISSAN CAMPAIGN I.D. # P5202. I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN SENTRA SE-R SPEC V. AT THE END OF AUGUST MY CAR DEVELOPED STALLING AND THEN OUTRIGHT CYLINDER (1) FAILURE. SPARK PLUG WAS REMOVED AND FOUND TO BE EXTREMELY PITTED AND GROUND STRAP WAS HAMMERED CLOSED. REPLACED PLUG, VACUUMED CYLINDER AND CAR RAN FINE FOR TWO WEEKS. THE SAME PROBLEM DEVELOPED ON THE WAY TO WORK AND SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED AND A SECOND CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. THE PRIVATE MECHANIC I USE ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ENGINE (REF. ABOVE). I THEN DROVE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WHERE THEY VERIFIED THAT THE POWER VALVE WAS MISSING TWO OF EIGHT SCREWS AND THIS WAS THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE CYLINDER FAILURES. FILED CLAIM WITH NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED BY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE THAT MY VIN DID NOT FALL INTO THE VIN RECALL RANGE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL ON MY ENGINE. AS SUCH, NONE OF THE RECALL TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED ON MY ENGINE. I FEEL THAT MY EXPENSES SHOULD BE REIMBURSED AND, IF REQUIRED, MY ENGINE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE SINCE I HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED FROM THE FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. I'M SURE THAT THE SERVICE LIFE OF THE PISTONS, VALVES, CYLINDER WALLS, AND ENGINE HEAD ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILED SPARK PLUGS HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED DUE TO THE POUNDING THEY TOOK FROM THE STEEL POWER VALVE SCREWS. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH OTHER VIN 2.5 LITER ENGINES AND ARE REFUSING TO FIX THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR A KNOWN DEFECT IN EVEN MORE OF THEIR ENGINES. I HAVE WRITTEN TO CARLOS GHOSEN AND GIVEN NISSAN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND WITH NO RESULTS TO DATE. PLEASE HELP ME OBTAIN THE SAME RIGHTS AND BENEFITS OF OTHER NISSAN OWNERS WHO FELL UNDER THE PROTECTION OF RECALL CAMPAIGN P5202. THANK YOU. *JB

1) CAR BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH/SURGING/STALLING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 2) SOMETHING HAS ENTERED THE ENGINE CAUSING MARKS ON PISTON TOP/CYLINDER BORES AND DAMAGING THE SPARK PLUG. 3) BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD SPARK PLUGS AND AIR FILTER WERE TO BLAME. I CHANGED SPARK PLUGS AND AIR FILTER. THIS ALLOWED CAR TO RUN BETTER BUT STILL RUNS ROUGH/SURGES/WON'T IDLE PROPERLY. BROUGHT CAR TO LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY INSPECTED CYLINDER BORES AND FOUND DAMAGE TO PISTON AND A 2ND PISTON/SPARK PLUG. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR SENTRA'S BUT THAT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. THIS RECALL COVERS SCREWS FALLING INTO MOTOR. CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDS TO BE RESET BECAUSE OF THE AIR FILTER WAS NOT AN ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT BRAND FILTER. WHEN TOLD ABOUT DAMAGES IN MOTOR THERE WAS NO REPLY. WHEN ASKED IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE I WAS TOLD THERE WASN'T ONE. CALLED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD ABOUT A RECALL AND THAT MY CAR IS COVERED BUT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND AND SAID THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED. MY CAR IS THE SAME MAKE/MODEL/ENGINE SIZE AS THE RECALLED VEHICLES. I'M TRYING TO GET MY CAR INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NM

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN SENTRA (1.8 ENGINE, AUTO TRANS). ON TWO OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY REVVING UP WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND NOT THE ACCELERATOR. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, CAR IN DRIVE, FOOT ON BRAKE. THE ENGINE BEGAN STEADILY INCREASING THE IDLE SPEED AND THE ENGINE REVVED (WITH MY FOOT TON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME) TO I WOULD GUESS 2500-3000 RPMS. JUST AS QUICKLY, REVVING CEASED AND THE ENGINE RETURNED TO A NORMAL IDLE SPEED. THE INCREASE AND DECREASE IN IDLE SPEED PROBABLY OCCURRED OVER ABOUT 5-8 SECONDS. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD A SIMILAR EPISODE, AGAIN WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE AND MY FOOT ON THE BREAK. THIS TIME, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AT AN EVEN HIGHER RPM RATE. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE CAR REVVED VIOLENTLY AT A RATE THAT MUST HAVE BEEN APPROACHING FULL THROTTLE. IT SORT OF REVVED FULL AND THEN BACKED OFF SLIGHTLY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. ONCE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY ADJUSTED THE IDLE BUT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IT IS MY DAUGHTER'S CAR, AND I AM CONCERNED. I SUSPECT A COMPUTER FAILURE OF SOME KIND. NISSAN MUST BE PRESSURED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AFTER HAVING THE CAR REPAIRED TWICE ALREADY AND THEN BOLTS FELL OUT OF THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL THE SAME AS WHEN THE CATALYST WAS BURNED UP. THE CATALYST HAD BEEN REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ENGINE. I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS TO THIS DAY WITH FUNNY SMELLS AND RATTLES.*AK

2004 NISSAN SENTRA. BORN ON DATE OF APRIL 2003. BOUGHT IN OCT 2004. CURRENTLY HAS 4495 MILES. CAR STALLED TWICE. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP ON 04/02/2004 TO CHECK FOR PROBLEM (4331 MILES). NO FAILURE CODES INDICATED IN MEMORY OF COMPUTER. ON APRIL 8TH THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. SON HAS MEMORY LOSS FROM STOP SIGN TO WHEN CAR CAME TO REST. HE DOES NOT HAVE FULL MEMORY RECALL. IT IS COMING BACK BUT IS SPOTTY. HE CURRENTLY RECALLS TALKING TO A PARAMEDIC, A SMALL BUMPING SENSATION AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS COMING ON (LIKE WHEN THE CAR STALLED BEFORE). IS THERE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THESE CARS? I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR CARS BUILT FROM JAN 2000 TO MARCH 2003 FOR CASES OF STALLING. WE GOT THIS CAR BRAND NEW. ONLY NISSAN HAS PERFORMED ANY MNTC. OIL CHANGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ENGINE STALLED. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE LOST POWER.*AK