Safety

The Sentra received a Good overall rating — the highest possible score — in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's frontal-offset and side-impact crash tests. It received the next-best score, Acceptable, in IIHS' rear-impact whiplash-injury test.

Standard safety features include side-impact airbags for the front seats, side curtain airbags for both rows and active front head restraints. Antilock brakes and an electronic stability system are optional.

Check out the Standard Equipment & Specs page for a full list of safety features.

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    Programming trouble-diagnosis
    If the HomeLink does not quickly learn the handheld transmitter information: - replace the hand-held transmitter batteries with new batteries. - position the hand-held transmitter with its bat ...

    Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
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    Fuses
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