NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2008 Nissan Sentra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 10, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Nissan Sentra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 167
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Nissan Sentra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 Nissan Sentra
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V401000
- Reported
- September 10, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Sentra, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 09V431000
- Reported
- November 3, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,586
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Nissan Sentra
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 08V311000
- Reported
- July 11, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 169,202
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Sentra
2008 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 167 owner complaints about the 2008 Nissan Sentra, the newest on April 12, 2024. Of these, 20 describe a crash (12%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the air bags (32%), followed by the power train (12%) and the engine (9%).
None of the 2008 Nissan Sentra's 3 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (124 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags53
- Power Train20
- Engine15
- Steering15
- Suspension14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 19. 38% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Nissan Sentra drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 12th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 167 complaints about the 2008 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2008 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: April 12, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted