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2016 Nissan Sentra

Sedan · 3 trims · 1.8 L 4-cylinder 6 recalls

Typical repair costs

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Fuel economy

Trim City Highway Combined
FWD 8.9 6.6 7.9 L/100 km
FWD 8.0 6.1 7.2 L/100 km

Official: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings.

Recalls

Recalls are listed by model and year and may not apply to every vehicle. Check your VIN on the official recall site.

  • Brakes Transport Canada 2021114 ·

    On certain vehicles, the stop lamp switch could fail. If this happens, the brake lights may not turn on when the brakes are applied and it may not be possible to start the engine.

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Airbag Transport Canada 2017385 ·

    On certain vehicles, the passenger's frontal airbag may not deploy correctly due to an issue in manufacturing. As a result of long-term storage, there could be insufficient compression strength of the coolant within the inflator housing of the passenger's frontal airbag, which ma...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Airbag Transport Canada 2017215 ·

    On certain vehicles, the passenger's frontal airbag may not deploy correctly due to an issue in manufacturing. As a result of long-term storage, there could be insufficient compression strength of the coolant within the inflator housing of the passenger's frontal airbag, which ma...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Airbag Transport Canada 2016302 ·

    On certain vehicles, the wiring harness connector for the dual stage passenger airbag may not have been manufactured to specification, allowing the connector to become partially disconnected from the airbag. In the event of a crash, this could result in a non-deployment of the se...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Seats And Restraints Transport Canada 2016179 ·

    On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: For affecte...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Seats And Restraints Transport Canada 2016178 ·

    On certain vehicles, installing a child seat in the front passenger seat could deform the seat belt bracket. This could cause the occupant classification system (OCS) sensor to fail to detect the installed child seat. In the event of a crash, the airbag would not be suppressed wh...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
Show 5 U.S. recalls

U.S. recalls (NHTSA) with no Transport Canada record. They may not cover vehicles sold in Canada; check your VIN.

  • Air bags NHTSA (U.S.) 17V253000 ·

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2015-2017 LEAF and 2014, 2016 and 2017 Sentra vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error within the air bag inflators, the passenger frontal air bag may not properly deploy in the event of a crash.

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Electrical system: wiring NHTSA (U.S.) 16V485000 ·

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured April 11, 2016, through April 26, 2016. The engine room harness may have a terminal pin too large to maintain a connection with the Engine Control Unit (ECU).

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module; electrical system: wiring NHTSA (U.S.) 16V436000 ·

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016 LEAF vehicles manufactured February 24, 2016, to March 23, 2016, and Sentra vehicles manufactured February 9, 2016, to March 4, 2016. The wiring harness connector may disconnect from the dual-stage passenger...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Air bags: sensor: occupant classification NHTSA (U.S.) 16V242000 ·

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Sentra vehicles manufactured June 4, 2012, to April 9, 2016. The front passenger seat belt bracket may become deformed if it is used to secure a Child Restraint System (CRS). The deformed seat bracket m...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)
  • Air bags: sensor: occupant classification NHTSA (U.S.) 16V244000 ·

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 N...

    Official recall page (opens in a new tab)

Source: Transport Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Recalls Database; U.S. recalls from NHTSA.

Maintenance schedule

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Specs

Body type
Sedan
Engines
1.8 L 4-cylinder
Fuel
Gas
Transmissions
Manual 6-spd, Automatic (variable gear ratios)
Drivetrains
FWD