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Worst car I've ever driven
ChumChum, 10/10/2022
2018 Nissan Sentra SV 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I purchased a 2018 Sentra SV new and it didn't even make it to 60,000 miles. I don't drive irresponsibly, I don't floor it, and I certainly wasn't playing with the shifter while driving, but my transmission blew out at around 58,000 miles (I believe it was something like 57,240 or 57,260 miles) which is shameful for a new car. The transmission wasn't even the first part to break! My fuel pump went out at 22,000 miles! It was a sign of worse things to come. I was wooed by a 2018 Sentra SR that I rented while having my 2010 Ford Fusion serviced and chose the SV due to a lack of availability in my area. Bad choice! If I had known then what I knew now I would've bought a Kia Optima new instead. If you're going to buy it, at least get it with a manual transmission instead of the horribly unreliable CVT.
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Think twice before purchasing the NIssan CVT
Jim, 12/30/2018
2018 Nissan Sentra S 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
16 of 25 people found this review helpful
Buying a car these days is costly. To ease some of the pain it helps to have decent resale value down the road. You won't get that with Nissan's CVT transmission so think twice before purchasing. Our 2007 Nissan Sentra has just 69,000 miles on it and the transmission is bad. You can't repair the CVT. You must get a factory rebuild or one of unknown quality from a junk yard. The cost of a new transmission at the dealership is a whopping $3,900. To but that in perspective, a rebuild on a Chevy Tahoe runs around $1,500-$1,800. The book value on this car is $3,500 so it makes no sense to put in a $3,900 transmission. Nissan knows they have an issue with their CVT's. They extended the warranty to 60,000 miles but we are at 69,000. Madison at consumer affairs in Tennessee enthusiastically states how much Nissan values your business and how they understand how frustrating it must be to have such a major failure of a vehicle at the same time as cheerfully denying your claim. So unless you wan't a "DISPOSABLE" car that requires a transmission which cost a full 25% of the full purchase price stay away from NISSAN and NISSAN Variable Transmission (CVT).
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Definitely not second to its competition
CG, 02/10/2020
2018 Nissan Sentra S 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Ok, I rented a Sentra for three days. For its class, it beat Hyundai Accent, Elantra, corolla, and Chevy Cruz, the others I’ve also rented. I’ve also driven the mazda3, I don’t know about Honda Civic or Subaru Impreza, except all Honda’s I’ve driven are simply rough riding and little else. I’ve driven Subaru SUVs, and nothing to write about comfort or handling there. The corolla, like all lower end Toyota’s is simply rough riding, loud cabin noise, with unimpressive cornering and handling. The Accent was rough riding, noisy cabin with lack luster steering and handling. The Elantra was a more comfortable ride, and worthy handling, but it simply could not speed up on the highway when it needed for passing or if you needed a bit more go. The Cruz wasn’t a bad ride, but the Japanese cars beat GM steering and handling all day. The mazda3 is the most fun of all to drive in it’s class, the nice responsive Japanese cornering and handling, but this Sentra is competitive too, with the days of yesteryear responsive cornering and handling of Nissan brought back, a comfortable ride, quieter cabin like a pricier sedan, don’t feel vibrations or the road like the Accent, corolla, and RAV4. This Sentra had plenty of acceleration, for a 1.8L and beat all the above. I did not feel threatened on the highway. In short, I liked it best of all, amazing comfort and performance for that class of car! What holds me back from buying, is Nissan has not been made in Japan for quite some time and the QA will suffer. I can imagine problems galore. Nissan has fallen from grace due to its corporate leaders, and The CVT is not my preference either, even if this Sentra ran fine for the brief time I was in it. I owned a 90s era Maxima and Infiniti with indomitable power trains, a combination of both comfort and performance, lost in the modern blend of today’s low profile rough ride tires , smaller engines, and CVTs unreliability. The little Sentra does bring back a bit of the nostalgic ride of its forerunners showing me Nissan still has what it takes to be a leader. I’ve missed them!
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Done
Scott , 11/29/2019
2018 Nissan Sentra SV 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
Great gas milage
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My wife Little tired wagon
Dan, 09/12/2021
2018 Nissan Sentra SV 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
We average 38mpg going to Kona and back,lots of room,looks nice..