NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2004 Nissan Sentra has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 1, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Nissan Sentra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 197
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Nissan Sentra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2004 Nissan Sentra
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V747000
- Reported
- December 1, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,930
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005–2006 Sentra
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V008000
- Reported
- January 9, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 307,962
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005–2006 Sentra, 8 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V287000
- Reported
- May 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,090,569
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005–2006 Sentra, 7 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06V242000
- Reported
- July 7, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Sentra, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005–2006 Sentra, 3 other models
2004 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 197 owner complaints about the 2004 Nissan Sentra, the newest on December 17, 2025. Of these, 20 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 18 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (30%), followed by the air bags (16%) and the electrical system (14%).
1 of the 2004 Nissan Sentra's 5 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2004 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (149 complaints), the median was 77,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling59
- Air Bags32
- Electrical System28
- Engine26
- Fuel System, Gasoline25
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 22 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2004 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 26. 20% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Nissan Sentra drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 21st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Nissan Sentra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
The 197 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2004 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: December 17, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted