2014 Nissan Sentra · symptom sheet

Transmission jerks, lurches or bangs into gear

48owner reports
77,800median miles
$4,000median quote
1involved a crash

Newest report Apr 18, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026

48 of the 75 reports of transmission shudder on the 2014 Sentra describe jerking or hard shifts.

Part of Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard (75 reports) · also: transmission slipping

No recall on this systemas of Oct 2, 2026

1 crashin 48 reports

Tick what matches of 48 reports

bangs or clunks into gear

jerks or lurches when shifting

it happens from a stop

a dealer did a software update

it nearly caused an accident

fluid was changed or flushed

Jerking or hard shifts on other Sentra years

201448 reports 201535 reports 201627 reports

Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2026.

What this problem usually is

This is the narrower sheet inside transmission shudder for shifts that jerk, lurch or bang. Where the wider sheet also takes in slipping and vibration, these reports are about a shift that arrives too hard: the car lunges forward, or a clunk comes through the floor as it drops into gear.

Read the full explainer · Which cars report it most

What got replaced

Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.

Recalls and investigations

No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2014 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.

What owners paid

7 of the 48 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $150 to $6,500.

$150$4,000$6,500

$0k$2k$4k$6k$8k

When it happens

The middle half of failures fell between 60,000 and 104,600 miles, from the 38 reports that gave a mileage.

What owners wrote

“Car slips and jerks when accelerating at any speed as low as 10 mph. Check engine light came on, code is transmission failure. The code came on before routine maintenance was required. The car was not fixed and should have not had this issue happen.”
Filed Jun 19, 2023

Should you keep driving it?

This page can't tell you that. 1 of 48 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.

File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.

Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found