NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2017 Nissan Sentra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 3, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 231
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 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 2016, 2018–2019 Sentra
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 18V551000
- Reported
- August 21, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,047
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 17V253000
- Reported
- April 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 Sentra, 1 other model
2017 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 231 owner complaints about the 2017 Nissan Sentra, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 29 describe a crash (13%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the power train (33%), followed by the engine (21%) and the electrical system (14%).
1 of the 2017 Nissan Sentra's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (104 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train76
- Engine48
- Unknown Or Other38
- Electrical System33
- Vehicle Speed Control32
- Air Bags26
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 33 | |
| 2022 | 33 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 20 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2017 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 33. 35% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Nissan Sentra drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 11th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 231 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2017 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted