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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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3N1AB61E68L••••••2008 Nissan SENTRA
This build draws 2.2× more complaints than the average 2008 Nissan SENTRA build (17 vs 8).
17on this build
134on the model
17builds in total
1involved a crash
1involved a fire
3injuries
Most reportedAir Bags 5Engine 4Service Brakes 3Fuel System 2
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashApr 2016
I was in an accident, and air bag failed to deploy. Brakes may have not been repaired to full functional capacity from the dealership when serviced which resulted in not braking in time and loss of control of vehicle. I looked up the vehicle on a nissan recall website and found…
Service BrakesfireFeb 2012
While driving vehicle engine lost power and vehicle slowed. When an attempt was made to determine the cause of the power loss heavy black smoke and flames were observed from the engine compartment. Vehicle became fully involved within 3 minutes. Local fire department responded…
Vehicle Speed ControlAug 2019
Driving over an hour and the car starts to struggle, I can feel it loosing power, in order to not press down all the way, I'm doing a give n go praying I dont stop on the freeway. I would sometimes feel jumping and that I'm not in full control and it has stopped on me in a…
EngineAug 2019
On june 20, 2016, I took my car into a nissan certified dealership to have the transmission redone under the extended warranty that nissan did for the cvt engine. The car drove fine and then in the beginning of august 2019 just 3 yrs later and 40,00 miles on the new…
SuspensionJun 2013
Right rear wheel is out of alignment, rear wheel alignment can not be adjusted. Whirring noise is heard during driving, whirring gets louder, more rapid as vehicle speed increases. Noise, frequency gets quieter, less frequent as vehicle speed decreases. Rr tire shows irregular…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 3N1AB61E68L656202 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.