NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2018 Nissan Sentra has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 3, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Nissan Sentra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 185
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Nissan Sentra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 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 2016–2017, 2019 Sentra
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V654000
- Reported
- September 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,228,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Sentra, 22 other models
2018 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 185 owner complaints about the 2018 Nissan Sentra, the newest on August 25, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (9%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the power train (25%), followed by the service brakes (21%) and the electrical system (17%).
None of the 2018 Nissan Sentra's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train46
- Service Brakes38
- Unknown Or Other38
- Electrical System32
- Forward Collision Avoidance24
- Engine22
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 38 | |
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 29 | |
| 2023 | 20 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 17 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2018 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 38. 50% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Nissan Sentra drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 10th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 185 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2018 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: August 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted