NHTSA Complaint #11118636 — 2013 NISSAN SENTRA

UPDATE SINCE APRIL - PURCHASED CAR 10-22-15 INSPECTION AND SAID IT WAS GOOD. IN 1-14-2016 CAR GROWLING/CITY STREET. AGAIN INSPECTION AND SAID IT WAS GOOD 6-14-16 CAR IN ,CAR GROWLING IN MOTION ON STREET. AGAIN TESTED - GOOD STRANDED (PURCHASED A JUMP START) 8-16 2016 STRANDED IN DRIVEWAY 10-17-17 - TWICE CAR WENT INTO SPORT MODE,ON HIGHWAY (50/60MPH) NO ONE TOUCHED ANYTHING-HANDS ON WHEEL! THEY HAD CAR FOR 12 DAYS AND SAID NOTHINGS WRONG WITH THE TRANS. STILL HAPPENS..AND WORSE. TRANS BLOWS UP WHILE DRIVING CAR. IT WAS AWFUL, HAD WE BEEN GOING 50/60 WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.NO WARNING LIGHTS- STOPPED DEAD AND ABRUPTLY ON CITY STREET. HAD IT TOWED IN THEY FINALLY ADMITTED IT WAS THE TRANS FROM THE START OCT 2015! HAD TO HAVE A RE-FURBISHED TRANS AS THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THIS ONE,(CAR TOWED IN-WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR). 1-16-18 CAR IN FOR LOUD RATTLE. THEY SAID IT WAS FROM THE TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED. STRAIGHTENED THE HEAT PLATE UNDER THE TRANS. STILL RATTLES 3-15-18 WHILE DRIVING WITH THE NEW TRANS. CAR WENT INTO SPORT MODE ON CITY STREET, JUST LIKE BEFORE THE ORIGINAL TRANS EXPLODED. 4-29-18 STRANDED IN DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVING IT 28 MILES- THE BATTERY WAS DISCHARGING WHILE DRIVING- WE'VE BEEN STRANDED ABOUT 14X'S. TOOK CAR IN -GOT A LOANER. THEY SAID IT MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND DID A PARASITIC TEST. NOTHING WRONG 6-26-18 WENT INTO SPORT MODE DRIVING FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS -PULLED OVER- SHUT OFF MOTOR. 7-26-18 SHIFTED INTO HIGH GEAR AGAIN ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. OUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL, WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR IS ACTING LIKE IT DID BEFORE THE TRANS WAS REPLACED. THEIR NISSAN CORPORATE MAN SAID, IT MUST BE ELECTRICAL WHY WE ARE GETTING STRANDED AND THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE NEW TRANSMISSION THEY PUT IN AS IT'S DOING THE SAME THING AS ORIGINALLY, BEFORE THE CAR EXPLODED AND COULD HAVE KILLED US.