2002 NISSAN SENTRA

Sentra Spec-V manual 6-spd 2.5L
Smoking bad and burning oil badly. Clutch/flywheel including slave & master cylinder had to be replaced. Engine died when making a turn. Can't get started. Mechanic says Piston rings shot... need to get another engine. Silver paint job faded badly. Ran good, when it ran... rain leaking to driver's main power switch between door. Took to Nissan dealer.... they wouldn't fix recall.

One of Nissans best for the tuner market, but making a project car out it is not as easy as first thought, being that this model has limited styling cues

Most unreliable car I have ever owned, one thing after the other breaks. List of things that have gone bad: head gasket, crank shaft sensor, camshaft sensor, fuel pump, replace exhaust manifold because screen rusted, muffler rusted off, blower motor burnt out, main window switch died and the list goes on. I strongly do not recommend buying one

Purchased new in 2002.Driven 38,000km.to date (Jul 2009)

I may not know EVERYTHING about cars. But for knowing about cars ever since you're 8 years old and a father who knows a lot about cars he comes in handy when he chose my 1st car for me.  

Yes we bought it with a few problems. Only the right side of the cars speakers only worked. But I needed a graduation present so I got a sony stereo and all the speakers are fully functional. 

The Right side visor falls because its weak and doesnt hold. But Velcro helps 

The glove compartment likes to fall out when you open it. 

None of these "problems" really bothered me because its just a used car that was well loves since it was bought with 186,XXX miles on it for only being a 2002. Even the Kelly Blue book said with all the problems it was still worth $8,000. Bought it for $4,300. But it came with a full tank of gas, new battery, new tires.  

I can haul many people and have a huge trunk. 

One problem Nissan made and is still doing it: The Sentra has been screwed for years and years. Great spacious trunk. But the back seat....got screwed. It's a little cramped for big tall people. I always tell the biggest/tallest person to sit behind me so they can get the most leg room since I'm a short person myself and need to be close to the wheel and pedals. I can work around this.  

But overall I'm very pleased with my 2002 Nissan Sentra GXE Silver. with a 1.8 Liter engine that gets me good gas mileage.