2008 Nissan Sentra engine problems
15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine on the 2008 Nissan Sentra — 9% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Driving over an hour and the car starts to struggle, I can feel it loosing power, in order to not press down all the way, I'm doing a give n go praying I dont stop on the freeway. I would sometimes feel jumping and that I'm not in full control and it has stopped on me in a 15minute drive. I have…”
filed Aug 3, 2020
“On june 20, 2016, I took my car into a nissan certified dealership to have the transmission redone under the extended warranty that nissan did for the cvt engine. The car drove fine and then in the beginning of august 2019 just 3 yrs later and 40,00 miles on the new transmission, the transmission…”
filed Aug 6, 2019
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Engine problems in other Sentra years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Sentra | 4 | 16% |
| 2024 Sentra | 3 | 9% |
| 2022 Sentra | 7 | 9% |
| 2021 Sentra | 7 | 5% |
| 2020 Sentra | 9 | 4% |
| 2019 Sentra | 20 | 9% |
| 2018 Sentra | 22 | 12% |
| 2017 Sentra | 48 | 21% |
| 2016 Sentra | 47 | 18% |
| 2015 Sentra | 68 | 19% |
| 2014 Sentra | 62 | 16% |
| 2013 Sentra | 87 | 14% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2008 Nissan Sentra
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.