Overview & Reviews

After last year's redesign, the 2001 Sentra is carrying over unchanged in XE, GXE, SE and super-ultralow emission California trims.

• SULEV status for CA model, 145-horsepower SE sport version, pleasing cabin design, fun to drive

• Generic styling, tight rear-seat legroom

User Reviews:

Showing 41 through 50 of 120.00

• 

  Great car - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By Tom - March 5 - 9:03 am

  Has been a great car! Biggest issues have been early tire wear, clouding of the headlamps and the fact that the air conditioning really saps power from the engine.

• 

  Best bang for your buck - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By abba - January 28 - 3:36 am

  80K nearly trouble free miles so far. Yes the brakes need to be turned often, but its no biggy. The motor is the best blend of torque, HP, gas mileage and reliability that Nissan has made. This car speaks to you at the limit of driving. Thus making it fun and safe. Its also loaded with features, responds well to mods, has room for 4, and gets 32 MPG.

• 

  Not what I had in mind - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By TNLady - January 21 - 10:00 am

  I leased this vehicle and had it during my last two years of college. The not so good: It stalled in the middle of an intersection while running after I owned it for 2 or 3 months (that was fun), the side mirror fell off (not under warranty), driver and passenger window motors went out,and I bought 4 new tires bc the original were rather crappy. The interior is also very cheaply made and the engine makes it hard to keep up in traffic sometimes. Keep in mind this is a "compact" car and Nissan takes that literally with very little leg room to go around.

• 

  Reliability - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By Frank - January 2 - 9:56 pm

  Since I have owned the car, I have had about 4 factory recalls and recently, with less than 33,000 miles, the transmission had to be replaced. I would not recommend a Sentra, nor would I by another.

• 

  Great Little car - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By apples - December 19 - 11:20 pm

  We bought this car new and it has been a wonderful car for my wife. The size is ideal for city driving. It now has 41000 miles on it and all we had to do was replace breaks, tires and recently a spark plug coil. Also had to replace the radio as water from the AC shorted it out. Basically it has been a good car for the money.

• 

  Great little car! - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By bmmwcs - October 18 - 8:57 am

  I bought my sentra new. Very reliable. Good feel. Great control on snowy roads. Easy to service. Had the car for 8 years. Had to let this car go after it got t-boned. But even in the accident, the structure of the car held up extremely well. Id buy one again if I had the opportunity. Only negative, for nissans in general, is that they use cheap brakes and tires that need to be swapped out after 2 years.

• 

  Good up to a point ... - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By copykat - September 22 - 11:13 am

  This was really a good little car until about 85,000 or 90,000 miles. I had no major repairs until then, but at that point things started to go downhill. First, I had to replace the catalytic converter, an $800 repair. Then, about a year later the car developed a leak in the rear main seal, which cost about $700 to fix. A month later the exhaust flex pipe needed to be replaced, which was another $400. A week later I was told there was another problem with the catalytic converter/oxygen sensors, at which point I threw in the towel. But I suppose once you pass $100K all bets are off. And since I did very little to the car in the first eight years or so, thats not too bad.

• 

  Love It - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By RoadRunner - September 2 - 2:23 am

  I drive 120 miles round-trip per day for work. I havent had any problems to date. I love it. My only complaint is that there is a vibration noise sometimes from the interior "plastics". Other than that, I dont feel like I"m driving an economy car.

• 

  Nice Little Car - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By Bob22 - June 24 - 9:36 am

  This is the third Sentra I have owned. These are very reliable cars and the gas mileage is great. I get 36 MPG on the highway.

• 

  Great Car - 2001 Nissan Sentra
  By Kashif - June 17 - 9:06 am

  I bought this car at 70,000 miles and have had it for about a year now. So far it has not given me any problems at all. I get about 26 mpg, with a lot of city driving. The front brakes are starting to make a grinding noise now, and I am guessing that I will have to replace the rotors. It seems that this is a common problem with this car.