Nissan Murano

Which Nissan Murano years should you avoid?

Going by 5,966 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Nissan Murano years to avoid are 2005, 2006, 2003, 2004 and 2007.

• 2005987 complaints, 6.7× a typical Murano year, most often about the seats.
• 2006803 complaints, 5.4× a typical Murano year, most often about the seats.
• 2003800 complaints, 5.4× a typical Murano year, most often about the transmission.
• 2004678 complaints, 4.6× a typical Murano year, most often about the transmission.
• 2007676 complaints, 4.6× a typical Murano year, most often about the seats.

2 more years cleared the same bar; they are marked in the table below.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2019, 2020 and 2013 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →