Nissan Murano Complaints

5,967 consumer complaints on file.

#10321687March 23, 2010
POWER TRAIN
1. DESIGN FLAW 2. DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS OCCURRED IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD. 3. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, NISSAN REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART. I AM STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL ME WHAT THEY WILL DO AS NISSAN CONTENDS THIS IS PART IS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR CVT TRANSMISSION 120000 MILE WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THE PART HOOKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PART TRANSFERS POWER FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE COMPONENTS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 MURANO.
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#10321247March 21, 2010
SEATS
MY 2007 NISSAN MURANO HAS BROKEN DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME. IT BROKE WHILE BRAKING FOR STOP SIGN AT A SLOW SPEED AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD APPROX. 50,000 MILES. IT NOW ROCKS TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKING AND TURNING. THE DEALERSHIP ESTIMATE TO REPAIR SEAT FRAME IS $1,000. I FEEL THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THIS MODEL AND NISSAN SHOULD STAND BEHIND FIXING THE PROBLEM AND MAKING MY VEHICLE SAFE TO OPERATE. *TR
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0
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#10321287March 21, 2010
VISIBILITY
AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR STOPPED HOLDING ITS POSITION. AT FIRST WE COULD GET IT TO STAY IN THE UP POSITION; IT JUST WOULDN'T STAY SET IN MID POSITION...IT WAS EITHER ALL THE WAY UP OR ALL THE WAY DOWN. A FEW MONTHS AGO (NOW 80,000 MILES) THE VISOR SLIPS OUT OF THE UP POSITION AND GOES TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION WHEN GOING OVER A BIG BUMP OR AT OTHER RANDOM TIMES. THE MURANO DOESN'T HAVE MUCH HEAD CLEARANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE, SO THE DROPPED VISOR COMPLETELY OBSCURES VISION. FROM OTHER DISCUSSION PAGES ON THE INTERNET, THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR
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0
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#10321169March 20, 2010
VISIBILITY
SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP ON DRIVERS SIDE. WHEN IT DROPS IT BLOCKS MY VISION. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU RAISE IT UP IT FALLS DOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND YOU MUST USE ONE HAND TO HOLD IT UP. I DON'T HAVE 400 TO REPLACE IT AND THE DEALER WILL NOT EVEN GIVE A DISCOUNT. *TR
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0
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#10320944March 19, 2010
VISIBILITY
HI, MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO HAS A SUN VISOR THAT WILL NOT STAY UP. IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TWICE. A DEFECT VISOR COULD BLOCK DRIVER'S VIEW, OR IF THE VISOR IS REMOVED COMPLETELY AND SUN SHINES RIGHT INTO THE EYES OF THE DRIVER THAT COULD BLIND DRIVER FROM SEEING THE ROAD. REGARDS, *TR
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0
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0
#10320869March 18, 2010
SEATS
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE TOYOTA RECALL PROBLEMS. *TGW 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT BROKE AWAY FROM THE FLOOR. 18 MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDED, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. *JB
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0
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#10320152March 16, 2010
VISIBILITY
DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR CONSTANTLY FAILS BY FALLING FROM THE UP POSITION WHILE DRIVING. DEALER'S REMEDY IS TO REPLACE, SINCE THERE IS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE FOR AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THE VISOR FALLS DOWN IN THE DRIVER'S LINE OF SIGHT. *TR
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10319870March 15, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN AN '03 NISSAN MURANO. SINCE 114K MILES, I HAVE EXPERIENCED STALLING FOLLOWING IDLE. THE PROBLEM USUALLY OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS VERY WARM (NOT OVERHEATING). AFTER SITTING IDLE FOR A FEW MINUTES (I.E. AT A REDLIGHT OR STOP AND GO TRAFFIC) WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE RPM'S DO NOT INDICATE ANY CHANGE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE VEHICLE "REALIZES" I AM PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND TAKES OFF AT EXCESSIVE SPEED/RPMS. THE PROBLEM HAS PUT ME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS WHEN I AM TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC AND SUDDENLY STALLS. OR LIKE THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE, I WAS TRYING TO PULL ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY. BY THE TIME MY VEHICLE DECIDED TO GO, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING IN THE LANE I WAS TRYING TO TURN ONTO AND I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF THE ONCOMING VEHICLE AND CAUSING A WRECK. SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE BEHIND ME WAITING TO GET ONTO THE SAME HIGHWAY AND WERE VERY AGGRAVATED I WAS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS STALLING. THE PROBLEMS OCCURS AS REGULARLY AS I SIT IDLE IN TRAFFIC OR GET INTO A CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA. EVERY SINGLE TIME. AFTER READING HUNDREDS OF EARLY YEAR MURANO OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD RECOGNIZE THIS AS A DEFECT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS COSTLY DANGER. I HAVE READ THAT MANY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CVT TRANSMISSION AND THAT NISSAN IS OFTEN MISDIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. A CODE READER INDICATED MY TPS SENSOR WAS BAD. I CHANGED IT WITH BARELY ANY NOTICEABLE CHANGES. LATER A DEALER'S CODE READER SAID I SHOULD REPLACE THE CADILLAC CONVERTER. AFTER THAT PRICEY REPAIR, I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10319901March 15, 2010
VISIBILITY
SUN VISOR FAILURE 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE VISOR NO LONGER STAYS IN THE CLOSED / UPRIGHT POSITION. IT HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO THE POINT THAT IT FALLS IN THE 90DEG. (0DEG. FULLY CLOSED) POSITION HINDERING DRIVER'S FRONTWARD VISION. IT BEGAN TO ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS ABOUT 1 YR AGO. VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 5YRS OLD BUT, OVER THE BASIC WARRANTY MILEAGE FOR WARRANTY CLAIM. INITIALLY, VISOR WOULD DROP ABOUT 10-15 DEG. ENOUGH FOR IT TO DISTRACT THE DRIVER'S VISION. NOW, THE VISOR REQUIRES REMOVAL AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR
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0
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0
#10319990March 15, 2010
VISIBILITY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MURANO. WHEN THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR WOULD SUDDENLY FALL AND DISTRACT HER VIEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT HAD THE SUN VISOR REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 64000.
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#10320025March 15, 2010
VISIBILITY
DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR - NISSAN MURANO 2006 VISOR FALLS DOWN CONSTANTLY BLOCKING THE DRIVERS VIEW MANY, MANY PEOPLE ON THE WEB ARE COMPLAINNG OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
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0
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#10319597March 14, 2010
VISIBILITY
2005 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. VISOR FALLS UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE MOMENTARILY BLINDED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NISSAN NEEDS TO OFFER REPLACEMENT SPRING CLIPS TO KEEP THE VISOR OUT OF THE DRIVERS VISION. *TR
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No
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0
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0
#10316524March 12, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE, AIR BAGS
2009 NISSAN MURANO WITH AIRBAG MALFUNCTION. *TGW THE CONSUMER FOUND 2 RECALLS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM SHE EXPERIENCED. RECALL 08V066000 AND 08V521000. *JB
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#10319265March 12, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
1: AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ALONG PERIOD OF TIME IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR ON THE THRUWAY. THEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PRESSING THE GAS THE CAR WILL CRAWL FORWARD AS IF YOU WERE NOT PRESSING DOWN THE GAS PEDAL AFTER 1-3 SEC OF THE CAR CRAWLING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A INTERSECT AND NO WAY TO GET IT OUT OF THE INTERSECT WHEN OTHER CARS ARE COMING DOWN AT 40MPH INTO THE INTERSECTION; WILL BE DISASTROUS AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A LOST OF LIFE. AFTER 1-3 SEC THE TRANSMISSION WILL FINALLY ENGAGE. THE FUNNY PART IS WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT THE PROBLEM CLEARS IT SELF UNTIL IT PROBLEM RECURS. AFTER READING OTHER STORIES OF THERE'S CVT TRANSMISSION IN THE MURANO DOING THE SAME THING TO THE OTHER MURANO CUSTOMER. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER 2: THIS IS A SPORADIC EVENT AND EVERY TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT CHECK THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON MARCH 9TH AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED NORMAL AND IT WAS ENGINE [MISFIRING AND SLIGHTLY BURNING OIL AND COMPRESSION LOST RELATED NOT TRANSMISSION [I HAVE ENOUGH AUTOMOTIVE SKILL TO TELL ME THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A MISFIRE/SLIGHTLY BURNING OIL/COMPRESSION LOST BECAUSE ONCE YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS, WITHA ENGINE MISFIRE IT WOULD STILL PERSIST, THE ENGINE IS 100% RUNNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM UNTIL THIS PROBLEM ARISE: SO YESTERDAY, WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING TO MY WIFE ON HER DRIVE, I ADVISE HER TO STOP IMMEDIATELY AT THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT I, TO MY SURPRISE THEY REFUSED!!! TO TAKE A 2ND LOOK AT IT AS THEY ADVISE ME THEY ALREADY DIAGNOSTIC IT AS A ENGINE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT. I CALLED THEM AND DEMANDED THAT A SERVICE TECH, TEST DRIVE IT AND HE SAID NOPE THIS IS A ENGINE PROBLEM AND TOLD MY WIFE TO TELL ME THAT IM MAKING ALL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MAD?!. I TOOK IT TO 2 OTHER TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY VERIFIED THAT THIS IS 100% INDEED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10319295March 12, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR WOULD READ INACCURATE FUEL LEVELS. PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE, THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V003000, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STORAGE, TANK ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,000.
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#10318710March 10, 2010
STEERING
I BOUGHT A 206 NISSAN MURANO FROM A DEALER. THE CAR WAS CERTIFIED CLEAN BY MANHEIM THE AUCTION HOUSE.THE CAR WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND IT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED PRE PURCHASE INSPECTION BY STEVENS CREEK NISSAN WWW.STEVENSCREEKNISSAN.COM. IT WAS CERTIFIED CLEAN WITH ABSOLUTELY _NO_LEAKS_. THEN 30 DAYS LATER I HEAR A WHINE WITHIN THE CAR AND I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO INSPECT. IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LEAK IN POWER STEERING FLUID HOSE. HOW COME 30 DAYS THERE WASN'T ANY REPORTED LEAK , BUT NOW THERE IS A LEAK THAT HAD DRAINED A LOT OF POWER STEERING FLUID AND THAT CAUSED THE HIGH PITCH WHINE. THE MECHANIC ADDED SOME POWER STEERING FLUID AND THE SOUND STOPPED. WHEN I CHECKED WITH A KRAGEN STORE WHERE I WENT TO BUY POWER STEERING FLUID , THEY SAID THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN. I CHECKED THE NEWS GROUPS ONLINE AND I FIND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT NISSAN POWER STEERING HOSE. HTTP://AUTOS.MSN.COM/RESEARCH/VIP/RELIABILITY.ASPX?YEAR=2005&MAKE=NISSAN&MODEL=MURANO HTTP://WWW.NISSANMURANO.ORG/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD/T-12704.HTML HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/MURANO/2005/STEERING/POWER_STEERING_FLUID_LEAKING.SHTML "THERE IS A NATIONAL BACKORDER OF OVER 300 FOR THIS 'COMBINATION HOSE-METAL TUBE POWER STEERING HOSE ON THE PRESSURE SIDE' PART # 49720CB60A. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 9/2/09. I NOTICED THAT ALL OF MY POWER STEERING FLUID WAS DRAINED WHEN I CHECKED UNDER MY HOOD ON VACATION. IF I DIDN'T HAPPEN TO SEE IT, I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE POWER STEERING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A WIDESPREAD ISSUE, AND IF NISSAN DOESN'T WANT MAJOR LAWSUITS FOR WRONGFUL DEATH, THEY HAD BETTER GET ON THE STICK AND DO A RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" HTTP://WWW.JUSTANSWER.COM/QUESTIONS/34U6K-I-HAVE-A-2006-NISSAN-MURANO-WHICH-HAS-DEVELOPED-A-GROWLING "COMMON REPAIR I WAS TOLD AS NISSAN CAN NOT MANUFACTURE REPLACEMENT PARTS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND ON THESE FAULTY PARTS( PRESSURE HOSE)." *TR
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No
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0
Deaths:
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#10318346March 10, 2010
SEATS
DRIVER'S SIDE CAR SEAT BRACKET BROKE ON NISSAN MURANO. THANK GOODNESS WE WERE NOT DRIVING, STOPPING SUDDENLY OR HAVING IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OR OBJECT. THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY ISSUE. SINCE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, NISSAN RESPONDED THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $1150.00 REPAIR. A REPAIR FOR SOMETHING THAT TRULY MUST BE DUE TO A LACK OF QUALITY/DEFECTIVE PART. *TR
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10318382March 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT THE BATTERY AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP REGARDING NHTSA RECALL #05V319000: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: ALTERNATOR/ GENERATOR/ REGULATOR AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318079March 9, 2010
SEATS
I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING, I HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND AND THEN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY DRIVER'S SEAT BEGAN TO LEAN TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE SEAT WAS VERY LOOSE AND EACH TIME I WENT AROUND A CURVE OR CAME TO A STOP THE SEAT WOULD SHIFT DRAMATICALLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MURANO. THEY HAVE EVEN PUBLISHED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO THEIR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DEPARTMENTS ON THIS MATTER. HOWEVER, THE PART IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY OF THE VEHICLE WARRANTIES AND THEY WANTED APPROX. $1200.00 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE THE BROKEN PART, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE A WELD IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME. I OPTED TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY WELDED MY EXISTING SEAT FRAME BACK TOGETHER FOR A COST OF $100.00. I FEEL THAT IF NISSAN IS AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS OFTEN ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ALERT THEIR SERVICE DEPT. OF THE MATTER THAT THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR
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No
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0
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0
#10318107March 9, 2010
SEATS
2006 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SEAT ANCHOR NO LONGER WORKS. THE DRIVERS SEAT IN MY WIFE'S 2006 MURANO IS TILTED TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND ROCKS AND APPEARS "LOOSE" WHEN ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. IN MY OPINION THERE IS THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAT THE SUIT CAN MORE EASILY BECOME FULLY UNANCHORED IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED A COLLISION. A. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY DEFECT IN THAT AN OBVIOUS LAYER OF DRIVER PROTECTION HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED. I DO NOT FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME INJURED BEFORE THE MANUFACTURER IS REQUIRED TO FIX THE DEFECT AND URGE THE NHTSA TO MANDATE THAT THE MANUFACTURER CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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