NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2010 Nissan Sentra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 15, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 144
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Nissan Sentra
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 11V579000
- Reported
- December 15, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,803
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Sentra
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 10V555000
- Reported
- November 12, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,737
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 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 2008–2009 Sentra, 5 other models
2010 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 144 owner complaints about the 2010 Nissan Sentra, the newest on January 3, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the engine (24%) and the air bags (22%).
2 of the 2010 Nissan Sentra's 3 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2010 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (105 complaints), the median was 69,316 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System50
- Engine35
- Air Bags31
- Power Train18
- Unknown Or Other13
- Vehicle Speed Control11
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 18 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 18. 28% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Nissan Sentra drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 144 complaints about the 2010 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2010 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: January 3, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted