3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2010 Nissan Sentra. Owners have filed 144 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Nissan dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2010 Nissan Sentra. Check your Sentra by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 144 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Nissan Sentra, reporting 11 crashes, 4 fires, 8 injuries. Nissan has issued at least 102 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
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Owners have filed 144 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Nissan Sentra. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“Involved in a motor vehicle t-bone collision. Driver airbag deployed but the panel did not fully come off. Bottom section of the airbag/horn cover came off. Top section did not separate from the rest of the wheel.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11620845
“Driver airbag randomly went off while driving down the road. Did NOT hit anything, no potholes, or anything that could have set the airbag off. Additionally, the airbag was extremely hot when it went off and burned the drivers arms and face.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11568272
“CPSC:2010 NISSAN SENTRA.: CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, AND SHE LOST CONTROL ON THE FREEWAY. *SS AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10925857
“AUTO ACCIDENT 2 5 2016 HIT A TREE HEAD ON. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY MAJOR HEAD INJURY. RT 295 NEW JERSEY . I FILE THIS ON BEHALF OF [removed] AGE 55 . HE IS IN COOPER HOSPITAL CAMDEN NJ. HE IS STILL IN COMA”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10839860
“CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE TEST DRIVING A 2010 NISSAN SENTRA. APPRX SPEED 25- 30 MPH. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. HOWEVER, WE WERE GREATLY AND PAINFULLY BRUISED IN ABDOMEN FROM LAP BELT..? NO SHOULDER SORENESS SO DO NOT BELIEVE SHOULDER HARNESS DEPLOYED AT ALL.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10786459
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2010 Nissan Sentra is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Nissan dealer.