Nissan Sentra

The 2026 Sentra in brief

The 2026 Nissan Sentra is a midsize car offered with a 2.0L 4-cyl engine and front-wheel drive.

It measures about 184 inches long and 72 inches wide on a 106-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 4,087 lb.

EPA rates its most efficient version at 33 MPG combined (30 city / 38 highway), 6% better than the 2026 midsize car average of 31.2 MPG, for an estimated $2,050 a year in fuel.

It has 1 recall campaign on file and owners have filed 19 complaints with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the unknown or other.

The Nissan Sentra has 23 model years in our data, from 2005 to 2027, classed as Midsize Cars, Compact Cars.

Its most efficient year was 2025 at 34 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 27 to 34 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the power train (1,064), unknown or other (520), engine (493).

Buying used? 2023 has the fewest problems in our data, and 2015 is the year to avoid.

2016 has the most recalls (6); all years together count 32 campaigns and 3,260 owner complaints.

How the 2005 Sentra compares

The 2005 Nissan Sentra is a compact car offered with 2 engines (1.8L 4-cyl and 2.5L 4-cyl) and front-wheel drive.

It measures about 178 inches long and 67 inches wide on a 100-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 2,533 lb (4dr Sedan FWD /1.8 /1.8s/Speical Editi).

About the Nissan Sentra

The Nissan Sentra is a series of automobiles manufactured by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1982. Since 1999, the Sentra has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. Until 2006, Sentra was a rebadged version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny for markets outside of Japan, but since the 2013 model year, Sentra is a rebadged version of the Sylphy for markets outside of Japan. The Sentra nameplate is not used in Japan. Several other countries in Latin America sell their versions of the Sunny as the Sentra.

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