2023 Nissan Sentra: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 18 complaints about the 2023 Nissan Sentra and NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign. The most-reported system is electrical system, named in 8 of them.

18
Complaints
1
Recalls
1
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
2
Injuries
111.1
Severity index

Severity index 111.1 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 111.1p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2023 Nissan Sentra sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 8 complaints (44.4%)8 44%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 5 complaints (27.8%)5 28%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 4 complaints (22.2%)4 22%SteeringSteering: 4 complaints (22.2%)4 22%EngineEngine: 3 complaints (16.7%)3 17%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (11.1%)2 11%Service BrakesService Brakes: 2 complaints (11.1%)2 11%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 2 complaints (11.1%)2 11%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM844.4%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE527.8%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER422.2%
STEERING422.2%
ENGINE316.7%
POWER TRAIN211.1%
SERVICE BRAKES211.1%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM211.1%

Complaints filed per year

0362023: 32024: 52025: 62026: 4 (partial year)232425626
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20233
20245
20256
2026 (year to date)4

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
24V15400027/02/2024AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULENissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2024 Titan, Frontier, Infiniti QX60, Pathfinder, 2023-2024 Sentra, Versa, Kicks, Infiniti QX50, and 2023 Rogue vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the driver's air bag inflator may absorb moisture, and cause the air ba
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.