2008 Nissan Sentra vehicle speed control problems
13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2008 Nissan Sentra — 8% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“There the code of p1778 that keeps coming up on about a cvt and ifs affecting the drive and strain the transmission I dont understand the issue is recurring.and this happen while driving on the highway. You can feel the car hesitant”
filed Nov 27, 2020
“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 15minute drive. I have…”
filed Aug 3, 2020
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Sentra years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Sentra | 1 | 4% |
| 2024 Sentra | 1 | 3% |
| 2022 Sentra | 7 | 9% |
| 2021 Sentra | 6 | 5% |
| 2020 Sentra | 5 | 2% |
| 2019 Sentra | 12 | 5% |
| 2018 Sentra | 19 | 10% |
| 2017 Sentra | 32 | 14% |
| 2016 Sentra | 27 | 10% |
| 2015 Sentra | 48 | 14% |
| 2014 Sentra | 31 | 8% |
| 2013 Sentra | 51 | 8% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2008 Nissan Sentra
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.