NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2015 Nissan Sentra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 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
- 352
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 Nissan Sentra
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V242000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 645,898
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Sentra
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V244000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,296,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Sentra, 14 other models
Latches/locks/linkages
- Campaign
- 15V453000
- Reported
- July 21, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,595
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 206, door locks and door retention
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2015 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 352 owner complaints about the 2015 Nissan Sentra, the newest on October 17, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the power train (49%), followed by the engine (20%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
None of the 2015 Nissan Sentra's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2015 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (212 complaints), the median was 55,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train173
- Engine69
- Unknown Or Other54
- Vehicle Speed Control50
- Air Bags44
- Electrical System25
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 41 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 64 | |
| 2020 | 44 | |
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 27 | |
| 2023 | 30 | |
| 2024 | 33 | |
| 2025 | 17 | |
| 2026 | 13 |
Complaints about the 2015 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 64. 28% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Nissan Sentra drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 352 complaints about the 2015 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2015 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted