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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
3N1AB6AP7CL••••••2012 Nissan SENTRA
That is about average for the 2012 Nissan SENTRA — 8 complaints per build across 21 builds.
6on this build
161on the model
21builds in total
Most reportedPower Train 3Engine 2Visibility 1
What owners of this build wrote
Unknown Or OtherJul 2022
Transmission died. For a few weeks, the transmission will randomly have a high whine at about 55mph, sometimes hard shifting or high revving when I feel it should have shifted. A mechanic told me the CVT transmission wasn't good and would eventually need replacement. As I made a…
Power TrainMar 2021
I realized I was losing power while driving down the sagtikos parkway. I pulled to the side of the road, turned off the car, and attempted to restart. The car would start, but would not change into drive, nor reverse (or would not register). I was effectively stranded along the…
EngineJun 2017
Engine stopped working with no warning while at a stop light on a city street, restarted after 5-10 minutes going back & forth through the gears back to drive. Temperature 115 on this day in las vegas , nevada
VisibilityDec 2013
While parked in our driveway, open space - nothing above, the sun roof imploded. It was fine when we parked the car, but the next morning the glass was broken. No impact, temp 15 degrees f
Power TrainMay 2016
The contact owns a 2012 nissan sentra. The contact stated that the gears failed to shift from park into the other gears intermittently. The vehicle was scheduled for an appointment with a dealer (clinton auto group in clinton, ia). The manufacturer was notified of the failure…
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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 3N1AB6AP7CL761566 · decoded Nov 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.