NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2006 Nissan Sentra has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 1, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Nissan Sentra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 116
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Nissan Sentra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2006 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 2002–2005 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 2002–2005 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 2002–2005 Sentra, 7 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 07V527000
- Reported
- November 14, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 653,910
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2005 Sentra, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06V223000
- Reported
- June 21, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 85,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2005 Sentra, 3 other models
2006 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 116 owner complaints about the 2006 Nissan Sentra, the newest on June 24, 2025. Of these, 22 describe a crash (19%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the air bags (26%), followed by the engine (16%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
4 of the 2006 Nissan Sentra's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (88 complaints), the median was 77,665 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags30
- Engine19
- Engine And Engine Cooling14
- Electrical System10
- Vehicle Speed Control10
- Fuel System, Gasoline9
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 20. 27% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Nissan Sentra drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Nissan Sentra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
The 116 complaints about the 2006 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2006 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: June 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted