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2020 NISSAN SENTRA — Complaint #2005132

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH filed July 5, 2024

NHTSA complaint #2005132 (ODI reference 11599299) concerns a 2020 NISSAN SENTRA and was filed on July 5, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 26, 2024. The vehicle had 41,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN SENTRA cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:brake lights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2020 NISSAN SENTRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2020 NISSAN SENTRA
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
State
Pennsylvania
Mileage
41,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2020 Nissan Sentra. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that the word "Malfunction" was displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the brake light switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 41,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2005132
ODI Number 11599299
Date Filed July 5, 2024
Failure Date June 26, 2024
VIN 3N1AB8DVXLY

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.