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2021 Nissan Sentra brakes problems

The 2021 Nissan Sentra has 24 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 11% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

24

Brakes complaints

11%

Share of year

7

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

Sentra brakes complaints by model year97 complaints1987: 1 complaints1989: 1 complaints1990: 1 complaints1991: 10 complaints1992: 9 complaints1993: 12 complaints1994: 21 complaints1995: 33 complaints1996: 11 complaints1997: 16 complaints1998: 9 complaints1999: 7 complaints2000: 12 complaints2001: 24 complaints2002: 9 complaints2003: 9 complaints2004: 11 complaints2005: 12 complaints2006: 5 complaints2007: 21 complaints2008: 21 complaints2009: 10 complaints2010: 1 complaints2011: 14 complaints2012: 7 complaints2013: 97 complaints2014: 36 complaints2015: 18 complaints2016: 21 complaints2017: 21 complaints2018: 40 complaints2019: 38 complaints2020: 25 complaints2021: 24 complaints2022: 4 complaints2023: 2 complaints2024: 4 complaints2025: 2 complaints
Sentra brakes complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“Steer rod recall effective as of 6/17/21 yet ignored by enterprise rental car company. Lost control, car hit guard rails. No cooperation from insurance nor rental company. Police got it Towed on 1/26/2022 to alpine automotive, lake Zurich illinois, enterprise holdings picked it up on 1/28/2022. No…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · January 26, 2022 · crash

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 2021 Nissan Sentra have?

NHTSA has 24 complaints about the 2021 Nissan Sentra brakes — 11% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.