The Lemon Index$4,100 middle bill · most between $4,000 and $4,800
About the same as the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 83,000 miles (14 reports).
Nissan Sentra owners reported paying a median of $4,100 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $4,000 and $4,800. That's from 29 owner reports (28 complaints to NHTSA and 1 YouTube video). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,00076%
- $5,000 and up24%
Share of the 29 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2013 Nissan Sentra14$4,000 middle bill
- 2014 Nissan Sentra5$4,000 middle bill
- 2015 Nissan Sentra4$4,600 middle bill
- 2016 Nissan Sentra2too few for a middle
- 2017 Nissan Sentra2too few for a middle
- 2018 Nissan Sentra1too few for a middle
- 2013–2019 Nissan Sentra (YouTube)1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2013 Nissan Sentra85 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Nissan Sentra47 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Nissan Sentra41 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Nissan Sentra35 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Nissan Sentra22 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Nissan Sentra15 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Nissan Sentra reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Nissan Sentra owners reported
Head gasket replacement (9) · Brake repair (6) · Fuel pump replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11769267, 11631927, 11631802, 11583093, 11527063, 11493278, 11465090, 11452766, 11431641, 11389151, 11349657, 11337681 and more.
Said out loud on YouTube: $6,500 ▶
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Nissan Sentra?
Nissan Sentra owners reported a median of $4,100, and the middle half paid $4,000 to $4,800, from 29 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Nissan Sentra transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Nissan Sentra middle bill of $4,100 is about the same as the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Nissan Sentra repair costs come from?
From 28 complaints to NHTSA and 1 YouTube video: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Nissan Sentra years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2013 (85), 2014 (47), 2015 (41) Nissan Sentra named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.