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Great for the first 1,000 miles
Nate, 10/07/2015
updated 10/13/2016
2014 Nissan Sentra SV 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
13 of 15 people found this review helpful
Purchased my 2014 Sentra SV used with 38,xxx miles in August 2015. Everything was fine for the first thousand miles then the transmission began slipping. I did my research on several cars before buying, including the Sentra, but dismissed the claims about the transmissions- BIG mistake. Now, not even two months after purchasing, i have an appointment with my local Nissan dealer to look at my transmission. It's jerking, little or no power, sends the RPMs up to 5,500 randomly, and I feel totally unsafe in this vehicle. This is my first Nissan and likely my last. My two prior vehicles made it to well over 100,000 miles with few major repairs and certainly not a transmission. A 2014 model vehicle with less than 50,000 miles should not need a new transmission. Update---Ended up trading the vehicle in Apil of 2016 for a 2016 Hyundai Veloster. I shouldn't have left Hyundai when I did and learned my lesson the hard way. 10 yr/100,000 mile power train warranty and the dealership is very easy to work with!
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Go to another brand, any other brand!
objon, 06/18/2014
2014 Nissan Sentra SR 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
Have had this car for almost three months and I regret that decision every day. This car is doing the juttering that has been described by other reviewers. The standard line from the dealer is that it is designed to do that. Can't imagine why a manufacturer designed a transmission to vibrate. The icing on the cake is a leaky sunroof. Not talking about leaking in a carwash, this thing leaks whenever it rains. Once again, the dealer says that it is working as designed. The car "quality" is suspect and the service department is a joke. Avoid this car!
NOOOO if I can save anybody it’s A NO
Kee, 03/01/2022
2014 Nissan Sentra SV 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
My transmission went out in the car within 2 years of me having the car
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Russell, 06/17/2017
2014 Nissan Sentra SR 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
The 1.8 in this car performs poorly compared to the 1.8 '08 versa I replaced with this car. It has no acceleration, I've owned many 4 cylinder cars and besides a '91 ford escort this is by far slower than the rest. The car does not like rain at all despite putting new tires on it the car still feels like it would rather go off road, intimidating when you're being tailed closely. The interior is nice for what the car is. Mine did not come with any available options other than the sr trim level. Nissan was cheap in not including back up camera/navigation and heated seats at this trim level standard. I think the leather seats should have been the only option. This car does not even get close to fuel economy on the price sheet. I've never gotten more than 33-34mpg highway. I average around 26-27mpg with the car combined with a lot, if not mostly highway driving. I would have still purchased the car but if the turbo 6 speed had been available I would have held out to find one of them. I put $3k down and the car isn't worth much more than what I owe a year and a half later.
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Avoid like the plague!
1angryconsumer, 04/04/2014
updated 04/28/2016
2014 Nissan Sentra SR 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
42 of 54 people found this review helpful
I purchased this car about 3 months ago. When I test drove it I didn't notice anything unusual. But after about a week of driving I noticed the car starts to "shudder" when slowing down to a stop or creeping in traffic. Every day, every time. It will keep it up until you either stop or accelerate. The CVT operates at two levels for 2014, basically Low and Drive. It's not dropping out of Drive to Low, causing terrible shuddering in the CVT. Nissan calls it "Juttering." So it's a known issue! I've been to the dealer 3X. Nissan Corporate Consumer and Regional Techs have been involved and say it's "normal." Really? That's BS, inexcusable and very poor engineering. This CVT is a disaster! AVOID...April 2016: After experiencing several other bad problems with the it and getting no satisfaction with a face-to-face arbitration meeting with Nissan, I traded the Sentra in a few months later on a 2015 Rogue SL AWD. The Rogue is superb, the Sentra is junk.
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