NHTSA Complaint #10326893 — 2002 NISSAN SENTRA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN SENTRA GXE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND STATED THAT THE REPAIR WORK WAS PERFORMED IN 2004. HOWEVER, WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO HER HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAM AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 176,000.