Nissan Murano Complaints (2003)

800 consumer complaints on file.

#10278456July 27, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO BEGAN DRIVING FUNNY. IT SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR WHEN I ACCELERATED. THE DAY BEFORE WE WERE SCHEDULED TO BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. WE FIRST TOWED THE CAR TO FIRESTONE, NOT KNOWING IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. FIRESTONE WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE CAR, AND THE CAR WAS SENT TO NISSAN, WHERE WE WERE TOLD THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAD ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT, AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE FAILED. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2003-2004 TRANSMISSIONS FAILING IN THE MURANO. WE ARE NOW STUCK WITH A $5500 BILL WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY. *TR UPDATED 08/20/09.*JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278225July 24, 2009
VISIBILITY
DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR KEEPS FALLING WHILE TRIED TO USE IT TO AVOID SUN GLARE. SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER NISSAN MURANO OWNERS ON NISSANFORUMS. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277952July 22, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS BEEN STALLING WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFOREHAND. LAST WEEK, THE NISSAN DEALER TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY WHICH COST ME $189. THIS WEEK, MY MURANO IS STILL STALLING. NOW, THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW AIR FLOW METER AND SPARK PLUGS WHICH WILL COST ME $821.64. THAT'S MORE THAN $1,000 IN TWO WEEKS ON A CAR THAT'S 6 YEARS OLD WITH 80,000 MILES! NOT TO MENTION THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT AROUND $60,000... AND NUMEROUS OTHER REPAIRS. NISSAN IS A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCT....AND I'M ABSOLUTELY FED UP WITH IT. *TR
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277574July 21, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IN 2003 NISSAN MURANO. CAR WILL NOT MOVE WHEN STEP ON ACCELERATOR, THEN SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD AT MUCH HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED SPEED, ESPECIALLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THIS IS DANGEROUS, AS I HAVE NEARLY RUN INTO SEVERAL CARS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN REQUIRES REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FOR $5,000 AT CAR OWNER'S EXPENSE - THIS IS AN UNAFFORDABLE REQUIREMENT FOR SAFETY. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THE CARS AND FIX THIS SAFETY HAZARD!!! *TR
Crash:
No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277427July 20, 2009
SEATS
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT APPEARS TO HAVE COME LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR FROM THE LEFT SIDE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276823July 15, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I WAS TOWING A TRAILER.AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF TRAVELING ON AN EXPRESSWAY AT HIGH SPEED 50 TO 55 MPH, I WOULD NOTICE A DRASTIC LOSS OF POWER. I WOULD BE IN THE PASSING LANE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE AND I WOULD LOSE POWER TO THE POINT I WOULD HAVE TO DECELERATE AND BACK OFF AND GET BACK IN BEHIND THE SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. THIS WOULD CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE FAST MOVING HIGHWAY. I WOULD HAVE TO THEN PULL OVER AND STOP TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL AND I COULD THEN CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR OR SO. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA AND CLEARWATER FLORIDA BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO DIAGNOSE MY PROBLEM. I SOLD MY TRAILER TO AVOID THE DANGER OF TOWING. ...THEN MORE RECENTLY I STARTED EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER...WHEN ENCOUNTERING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON AN EXPRESSWAY MY MURANO WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL FOR ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD ALL AT ONCE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IF I AM NOT CAREFUL I COULD REAREND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AS THE PREVIOUS PROBLEM IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY CANT FIX IT UNLESS IT IS DOING IT. I AM PERPLEXED BY THIS WHEN I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND ALL THE PEOPLE WITH 03 MURANOS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I AM. THERE IS NO SINGLE DATE OF INCIDENT THIS IS AN ONGOING THING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276064July 8, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A NISSAN MURANO 2003. ON JULY 3,2009 AFTER I STOPPED ON A RED LIGHT THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING, IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. AFTER COUPLE TRIES THE CAR WHEN BACK INTO GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK HOME AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT THE CAR DID NO SHOW ANY SIGN OF DEFECT,THERE WERE NO LIGHT OR WARNING ON THE DASH BOARD AND EVEN AS IT STOPPED THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND EVERYTHING IN THE CAR WAS WORKING (AIR CONDITIONER, LIGHTS, RADIO,ETC) I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AT A TIME WERE TRAFFIC WAS NO SO BUSY. AT THE TIME OFF THIS INCIDENT MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME. IF WOULD BEEN IN A HIGHWAY A SUDDEN STOP COULD HAVE CAUSE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES FOR MY FAMILY AND I. AT THIS TIME I AM LOOKING AT A 6,000 REPAIR BILL, AND NO ANSWER FROM NISSAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275362June 30, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS FAILED TO MAINTAIN SPEED OR ACCELERATE PAST ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 40 MPH EVEN WHEN FLOORING PEDAL. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE WITH CHILDREN IN CAR! TOOK TO NISSAN REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE COMPUTER OVER $700. 1 WEEK LATER IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. PROBLEM STARTED AT ABOUT 67K MILES ON CAR. TOOK TO DEALER A WEEK OR TWO AFTER IT ORIGINALLY HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275255June 29, 2009
VISIBILITY
SUN VISOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE FALLS DOWN AND WILL NOT STAY UP. BLOCKS VIEW OF THE ROAD AND IS A HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10274846June 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10274446June 21, 2009
SEATS
ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO OVER SUDDEN DRIVER'S SEAT WENT BACK AND TO THE LEFT WITH POPPING NOISE, NOW THE SEAT FEELS LIKE A ROCKING CHAIN, I LOOKED UNDER AND SAW A STEEL BRACKET WAS BROKEN RIGHT AT THE BENT. SAFETY ISSUE - NO DOUBT!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273990June 16, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS A LOUD "WREEEE" SOUND UPON CRANKING IT UP; HOWEVER WITHIN ABOUT 10 MIN. OF DRIVING IT QUIETS DOWN. WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND YOU BEGIN TO ACCELERATE THE CAR HAS A 3-5 SEC STALL AND THEN LEAPS FORWARD. WHEN I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION MY CAR DID THIS AND THREW ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR SWERVED IN TIME TO MISS ME, BUT IT WAS A VERY CLOSE CALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273279June 9, 2009
VISIBILITY
2003 NISSAN MURANO SUN VISOR FALLS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY AND BLOCKS VISIBILITY ON BOTH DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273073June 8, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEALS FAILED AND CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3,100 FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000. UPDATED 07/14/09. *LJ THE INNER SEALS WERE LEAKING. UPDATED 07/15/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10272907June 4, 2009
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. DEALER SAYS THE LIFTER LINK IS BROKEN. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269951May 26, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. THERE WERE NO CLEAR INDICATIONS OF THE EVENT OR NO WARNINGS OR INDICATOR LIGHTS. 2. THE 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 84K MILES LOSES ALL POWER AND ACCELERATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. I FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY IN MAKING A LEFT TURN AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND THEN TURNED IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC THAT WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO MAKE THE TURN. HOWEVER SINCE THE CAR WOULD ONLY MOVE AT NO RECORDABLE VELOCITY I WAS A SITTING DUCK FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 3. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS AND COULDN'T FIX IT. THEY THEN TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 1800$ PLUS LABOR. THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND THEY CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THIS PART WITHOUT ME SIGNING A WAIVER WASHING THERE HANDS IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR AGAIN. BASICALLY NOT WARRANTING THEIR WORK OR THE PART. THEY ALSO COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD HAPPEN TO GO OUT AGAIN AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILES. SO AT THE DEALER THE CAR SITS. 4. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR AND PUT MYSELF, MY FAMILY OR OTHER MOTORISTS AT RISK. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE ALOT OF THESE CARS ON THE ROAD. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269375May 19, 2009
SEATS
I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 70K MILES. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BEGUN TO ROCK SIDE TO SIDE AND EVEN ROLLS FORWARD AND BACK (ON IT'S OWN) SLIGHTLY WHEN I STOP AND START. THIS IS QUOTED AS ABOUT $1200 TO FIX. SEEING THE LIST OF ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, AND GETTING NO HELP FROM NISSAN, I FEEL A RECALL NEEDS TO ORDERED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269024May 18, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THIS NISSAN IS NOT FIT FOR THE ROAD IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF THE RECALLS LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT FIX THE DEFECTS. THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY AND IT LUNGES FORWARD AND COULD BE SERIOUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268869May 15, 2009
SEATS
WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO AROUND A LEFT TURN, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY LIFTED UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. IT FELT AS IF THE SEAT HAD BECOME UNBOLTED FROM THE CAR. I WAS OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT AT THE TIME AND THERE WERE NO OUT OF THE ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, THERE IS A METAL BAR ACROSS THE BACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT THAT HAS BROKEN. I CONSIDER THE SEAT TO NOW BE UNSAFE AND I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED DURING AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PART DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THERE IS ALREADY A AN NHTSA INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY. CASE ID PE08065 . PLEASE ADD MY COMPLAINT, DAVID KERR *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268743May 14, 2009
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT LOOSE DO TO POWERSEAT FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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