NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2016 Nissan Sentra has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 3, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 270
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Nissan Sentra
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 21V135000
- Reported
- March 3, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 807,376
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 Sentra
Air bags
- Campaign
- 17V253000
- Reported
- April 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2017 Sentra, 1 other model
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 16V485000
- Reported
- June 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,522
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Nissan Sentra
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V436000
- Reported
- June 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,355
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2013–2015 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 2013–2015 Sentra, 14 other models
2016 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 270 owner complaints about the 2016 Nissan Sentra, the newest on September 9, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the power train (47%), followed by the engine (18%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2016 Nissan Sentra's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (146 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train127
- Engine48
- Electrical System45
- Unknown Or Other43
- Vehicle Speed Control27
- Air Bags24
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 36 | |
| 2020 | 34 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 36 | |
| 2023 | 18 | |
| 2024 | 23 | |
| 2025 | 27 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2016 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 43. 37% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Nissan Sentra drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 9th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 270 complaints about the 2016 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2016 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted