2003 Nissan Murano complaints

THE FRAMEWORK ON THE DRIVERS SEAT OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO CRACKED AND BROKE. THE SEAT WOBBLES. REPLACEMENT IS $900 FOR A BROKEN WELD. *TR

THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS FAILED (135,000 MILES) AND THE DEALER (NORRIS NISSAN OF ELLICOTT CITY, MD) SAYS THE REPAIR WILL COST OVER $6,000. I HAVE READ ON THE EDMONDS CAR CHAT SITE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS WELL AS AN EXPENSIVE ONE. *TR

NISSAN MURANO 2003 AWD, HESITATE IN TRAFFIC, AFTER ENGINE GETS HOT, CAR DOES NOT WANT GO FORWARD AT RED LIGHTS, ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, TOOK TO THE DEALER, SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR. *TR

WE DRIVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO AWD. AFTER STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE WILL "STALL" IN TRAFFIC (RPMS DROP TO IDLE, AND THE CAR STOPS MOVING) WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED. WITHIN 2-5 SECONDS THE ENGINE WILL REV UP (PRESUMABLE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT WE TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL BY THEN), AND THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD AND DRIVE NORMALLY UNTIL WE STOP AGAIN. BY THE NATURE OF CITY DRIVING THIS OFTEN HAPPENS IN INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER LIKE DANGEROUS PLACES. I'VE ASKED MY WIFE NOT TO DRIVE IT IN TRAFFIC ANYMORE AS I THINK THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY NOW AT 66K MILES. WE'VE TAKEN THIS TO TWO DEALERS WHO HAVE RECOMMENDED EVERYTHING FROM REPLACING THE VALVE BODY TO REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SEAT BRACKET BROKE AT 42,000, REPAIRED BY DEALER FOR $850, " NOT COVERED" THEY CLAIMED. BROKE AGAIN AT 105,000, BUT I SUSPECT IT BROKE AROUND 90,000, NOT SURE SINCE I'M ONLY REGULAR DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. SAME PROBLEM WITH THE IDENTICAL LOCATION ON BRACKET DEALER DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM WITH DESIGN OF PART. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FROM DAY ONE. I HAVE KEPT UP REGULAR SERVICE AT IT HAS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. IT IS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 109K MILES ON IT. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO 80,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPAIR BILL OF $4,000. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT IN MARCH OF 2004. AFTER THE PURCHASED I TOOK IT TO A DEALER FOR THE 100 POINT INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BY THE END OF THAT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME MY CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT SINCE IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AND WENT AND GOT THE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED. NEXT BY THE SUMMER OF 2005 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID YOU NEED YOUR FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED. I GOT THEM CLEANED AND IT WENT AWAY AGAIN BUT EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE IT WOULD SLOW DOWN DURING ACCELERATION. I MADE IT TO 2006 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER SAID I NEED TO CHANGE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER BANK 1. HE SHOWED ME WHICH ONE AND REPLACE IT. A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN(CHECK ENGINE LIGHT). I WAS TOLD THE WRONG CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE OTHER ONE AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR A WHILE. THEN THE SLOW ACCELERATION GOT EVEN WORSE. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT WASN'T A DEALER AND HE SHOWED ME A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ABOUT SLOW ACCELERATION. I BROUGHT IT TO NISSAN'S ATTENTION AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. THE TOLD ME I NEED TO REPLACED THE VALVE BODY. I BOUGHT IT AND THEY PUT IT ON WITH EVEN WORSE RESULTS. NOW THEY SAID I NEED A TRANSMISSION. I ASKED HOW COME THEY DIDN'T CHECK THIS OUT IF IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEMS. THEY SAID WE NEED THE LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM. T

NISSAN MURANO 2003 AWD AUTOMOBILE HAS A FAULTY TRANSFER CASE. THE MILEAGE IS 95,000. NOTHING LED TO FAILURE. THE PARTS ARE NOT YET REPAIRED BECAUSE THE ESTIMATE IS VERY HIGH $3000. THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE IS VERY GOOD. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH (NORMAL SPEED FOR INTERSTATE TRAVEL IN MONTANA) WHEN OUR MURANO STARTED RUN AT 4000 RPM ABNORMALLY. IT RAN AT THIS RATE FOR AWHILE THEN IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOOSING POWER AND I HAD TO TAKE IT OFF CRUISE CONTROL BECAUSE IT COULDN'T KEEP UP AND MAINTAIN CONSTANT SPEED. VEHICLE START TO JUMP IN SPEED AND THEN LOOSE POWER AND CONTINUED TO DO THIS UNTIL I PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I HAD STOPPED I TRIED ACCELERATING TO GET BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO SUCCESS. I HAD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND HAD NO POWER. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF/ON AND HAD SLIGHT ACCELERATION ENOUGH TO PULL BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY BUT ALMOST GOT HIT BECAUSE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND FAST ENOUGH. TOOK MURANO BACK TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT ENGINE/TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID AFTER CONDUCTING DIAGNOSTIC IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I SAID THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS AROUND 65,000 MILES I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A 5 YEAR OLD CAR NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHAT'S WORSE THEY SAID IS THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM NISSAN AND COST $4200! TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR WOULD BE $5600!!! THIS IS NO SMALL REPAIR PROBLEM! A 2003 VEHICLE WITH ONLY 65K MILES ON IT SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION!!! NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUCH A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO KILL MY FAMILY ON THAT HIGHWAY IF ALL POWER HAD BEEN LOST SUDDENLY CRUISING AT 75MPH IN TRAFFIC!!!!! *TR

THE METAL FRAME UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE IN TWO PLACES ALLOWING THE SEAT TO ROCK SIDE TO SIDE. ITS THE FRAME DIRECTLY UNDER THE SEAT AND NOT THE ASSEMBLY BOLTED TO FLOOR. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY DEFECT BECAUSE THE CAR HAS NOT HAD ANY ROUGH USE AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO, POWER DRIVER'S SEAT FAILURE, UNABLE TO ADJUST, BROKEN DRIVE GEAR, HAPPENED AS SEAT AUTOMATICALLY MOVED TO PRESET DRIVING POSITION WHEN KEY WAS INSERTED INTO IGNITION SWITCH, UNABLE TO ADJUST SEAT TO SAFE DRIVING POSITION. *TR

THE FRAME IN THE DRIVERS SEAT CRACKED, CAUSING THE SEAT TO ROCK FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON TURNS. SPECIFICALLY THE FRAME CRACKED ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, SO WHEN I TOOK LEFT TURNS, THE SEAT WOULD TILT TO THE RIGHT. VERY DANGEROUS FEELING. MY VEHICLE WAS PAST THE 36K WARRANTY (I HAD 50K ON A 5 YEAR OLD MURANO) SO THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY NISSAN. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SAFETY RECALL SINCE THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON ISSUE ON MURANOS. *TR

THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR THAT SEEM TO KEEP HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BROKEN BOOT STRUTS, BUT THE MAJOR IS WITH THE ACCELERATION/CVT SYSTEM. IT ALL OF A SUDDEN GIVES NO GAS WHEN YOU PUSH AND THEN SURGES FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED WHICH IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS- AFTER READING MANY OTHERS POSTS IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 03' MURANO, FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAS A LITTLE OVER 65,000 MILES JUST HAD THE MAJOR 60K SERVICE DONE AND HAS HAD ALL REGULAR SERVICE VISITS BY DEALER AND I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THIS DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE A RECALL PROBLEM- REPLACED CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSORS, SENSOR ASM, CAMSHAFT, GASKET SILL RING RUBB, O RINGS, ETC. *TR

MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 03 NISSAN MURANO TO SCHOOL WHEN SHE STOPPED TO PAY A TOLL. WHEN SHE TRIED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. ONCE THE CAR GOT TO 4000 RPM'S IT TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE PROBLEM STOPPED OCCURRING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AFTER THAT IT STARTED TO HAPPEN FREQUENTLY. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CODES WERE COMING UP. EVENTUALLY I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO GET A WHOLE NEW CVT TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY UNSAFE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED MY CHILD TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED HER , HER LIFE. THE OLD TRANSMISSION IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP I BROUGHT IT TO TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPAIR IT AND RE SELL IT! I THINK THAT GIVING THE TRANSMISSION TO ANYONE IS A VERY DANGEROUS IDEA. *TR

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 30 MIN OR SO EVERY TIME I STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR IS DELAYED IN MOVING. IN ADDITION EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR I LOSE POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR SLOWS TO A CRAWL AND STOPS. I WILL THEN HAVE TO COAST THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WAIT A FEW MIN AND THEN RESTART. THIS IS VERY SCARY EVERY TIME I TRY TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS. OTHER TIMES I AM DRIVING IT JUST WILL NOT MOVE FOR A LONG 5 TO 8 SEC DELAY. CARS COMING AT ME IN AT ANY SPEED HAVE ALMOST HIT ME. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR THE STALLING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. I READ THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL# 03V455000. THE THROTTLE BODY 3 TIMES, TRANSMISSION 2 TIMES. MOTOR MOUNTS AND A HOST OF OTHER PARTS. LET'S SEE OH YEAH THE TCM TWICE. VALVE BODY REPLACED. MILES AT 105,000. I HAVE SPENT OVER $900.00 PLUS. THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM WON'T TAKE IT BACK. AT THIS POINT I JUST WANT OUT OF THIS CAR. COULD ANYONE HELP ME? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. HE HAD NOT NOTICED ANY ISSUES, SUCH AS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE INNER SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO STARTED A CASE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK TO HIM WITH THE RESOLUTION. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,700 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000. UPDATED 11/12/08 *BF UPDATED 11/13/08. *JB

I OWN A 2003 MURANO AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION THAT THE DEALER LIED TO ME ABOUT. AS I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR JERKED AFTER PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND JUMPED IN THE ROAD WHICH PROVED TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND NISSAN SHOULD RECALL IT. I SPENT OVER $4500.00 TO REPAIR THIS. IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT NEVER WAS ADDRESSED. THE POOR CONSUMER THINKING THEY ARE BUYING A DECENT CAR AT OVER 36K DOLLARS IS BUYING A PIECE OF CRAP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE COMPANY OR THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT GOVERNS THE QUALITY OF A PRODUCT BEING SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY. *TR

WHEN IN TRAFFIC UNDER APPX 10 MPH, YOU ACCELERATE AND IT DOES NOTHING, THEN SUDDENLY TAKES OFF. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT IS VERY RANDOM AND ONCE IT STARTS DOING IT, IT KEEPS DOING IT UNTIL YOU STOP THE ENGINE AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE TO PULL OUT ON A BUSY STREET IN THE AFTERNOON, AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND ALL THEY DO IS SAY IT IS A VACUUM LINE. THEY SAID I NEEDED NEW MOTOR MOUNTS TO KEEP THE ENGINE STABLE SO THAT THEY WON'T GET LOOSE. I HAD THEM REPLACED AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT THROW AN ERROR CODE, SO NO ONE, INCLUDING A VERY REPUTABLE AUTO REPAIR GARAGE, CAN FIX IT. WE HAVE EVEN STARTED GUESSING WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE, IE, FUEL INJECTORS - HAD THEM CLEANED - NO CHANGE. I HAVE NOW SPENT ALMOST $3K AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NISSAN TELLS ME THAT THERE IS A RECALL,BUT NOT FOR MY SERIAL NUMBER. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE ABOUT MAY. *TR

MY 2003 MURANO IS NOW CLOCKING 133,000 MILES. I NOTICE A PROBLEM WITHIN THE LAST 20,000 MILES WHENEVER I GET STUCK IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN FOR A FEW SECONDS AND SUDDENLY IT TAKES OFF. I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKE TO PREVENT SMACKING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ORDEAL. MY DEALER INFORMED ME THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED A TRANSMISSION SERVICE. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED BUT ALWAYS AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR A WHILE OR WHEN I AM IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE DEALER THAT IT IS A PRESSURE SENSOR PROBLEM THAT IS TYPICAL FOR MODEL THAT I HAVE. THE PROBLEM IS THE COST REPAIR IS HALF OF THE VALUE OF THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 39,893 MILES. SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SEAT NEVER FELT SECURE, TIME PASSED AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, THE DEALER ADVISED I WOULD NEED A NEW SEAT FRAME. I REQUESTED A GOODWILL ADJUSTMENT BUT NISSAN CORP. DENIED MY REQUEST. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE A TODDLER AND SHE SITS IN THE BACKSEAT AND IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT FRAME BROKE DURING IMPACT IT WOULD CERTAINLY CAUSE INJURY TO MY TODDLER AND MYSELF. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2003 NISSAN MURANOS. VERY WIDESPREAD. CAR NEEDS NEW VALVE BODY AND POSSIBLY NEW TRANSMISSION. UP TO $7000 TO FIX CARS THAT MAY ONLY BE WORTH TWICE THAT. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO-STALLING OUT AND BARELY GOING-TOOK TO LOCAL MEC. AND HE REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR @ APPROXIMATE 83,227MILES. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AFTER THE MURANO WAS IN THE GRAY DANIELS NISSAN SHOP HERE IN JACKSON,MS FOR AIR FILTER AND BRAKE WORK. NO HELP FROM THEM ; JUST MY PROBLEM. WELL I WILL VOICE MY THOUGHTS TO EVERYONE ON NOT BUYING A NISSAN. EDMONDS HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM . JUST ANOTHER TAKE YOUR MONEY WITH NO SERVICE. WKP *TR

DURING ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND THE MOTOR WILL REV TO AROUND 3 TO 4000 RPM. THEN INSTANTLY GRAB AND JUMP DOWN THE ROAD. IT DOES THIS EVERY FEW WEEKS FOR A EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME... RECENTLY TOOK A 100 MILE TRIP, HALF WAY THROUGH THE TRIP THE PROBLEM STARTED AND CONTINUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. ON THE WAY BACK THE SAME DAY IT NO LONGER HAD THE PROBLEM. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO IS FAILING AT 70,000 MILES. THE CAR IS JOLTING WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS APPARENTLY IS HAPPENING TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MURANO OWNERS AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE. IT IS A WONDER THAT NISSAN ENDS THE WARRANTY AT 60,000 MILES. THEY ARE NEGLECTING THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLING THEIR PRODUCT! *TR

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 30 MIN. EVERYTIME I STEP ON THE GAS THERE IS A 4 TO 6 SECOND DELAY ON ACCELERATION. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE DEALER AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO THEIR REPAIR SHOP AND AT 1ST IT GOES AWAY ( AFTER I GET THE CAR BACK) ONLY TO COME BACK. I HAVE STOPPED TRYING TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS, JUST CAUSE IT IS SO DANGEROUS. THE SHOP THAT I WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE THE CAR TO( BY THE DEALERSHIP) FROM TIME TO TIME WOULD TELL ME THAT HE WOULD NOT FIX THE CAR OR THAT I NEEDED TO GET A DIFFERENT CAR. HE WOULD SAY THAT THE CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK OR THAT HE WOULD NOT FIX IT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER ONE YEAR. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR WILL FALL (VISOR GOES TO DOWN POSITION) UNEXPECTEDLY AND SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL SOMETIMES WILL STAY UP WHEN PUSHED BACK UP. HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT STAY IN ANY POSITION BETWEEN UP AND DOWN NOW. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE VISOR BAR CLIP. IT APPEARS TO BE WITHIN THE VISOR INTERNALS. *TR

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT, KEPT WELL MAINTAINED, DROVE 90% HIGHWAY MILES MOSTLY COMMUTING TO CARE FOR ELDERLY PERSON. FRONT STRUTS LEAKED AND FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AT APPROX 60,000 MILES, THEN HAD LOSS OF POWER, TRANSMISSION/DRIVESHAFT BEGAN "HOWLING NOISE" AND WE COULD SMELL FAINT OIL SMELL, TOOK TO DEALER WERE TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WHICH THEY FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, THAT THEY COULD DETECT NO OIL SMELL OR SOURCE FOR SAME, AND THAT CVT HOWL WAS JUST THE NORMAL SOUNDS OF THAT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION. WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED WHETHER THERE ARE ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS OR FAILURES WITH DRIVETRAIN ASSEMBLE COMPONENTS, BECAUSE WE HEARD OF MANY OTHER STRUT FAILURES BY MURANO OWNERS AFTER OUR STRUTS FAILED PREMATURELY. WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY TROUBLE, NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THE HOWL NEVER WENT AWAY, AND THE OIL SMELL CAME AND WENT. SEPT. 4, WE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY DROVE ABOUT 50 YARDS DOWN THE STREET AND HEAR A HORRIBLE THUMPING NOISE, LIKE A FLAT DRIVE, WE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND CHECKED, NO FLAT TIRE. WE STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND DROVE A FEW FEET, SAME NOISE. WE PARKED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. WE ARE TOLD THE TRANSFER CASE "GRENADED" THAT WE MUST HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT HARD (WE WERE GOING ABOUT 10 MPH), THAT IT WOULD BE $4000 TO REPAIR! THE TECH ASKED IF WE HAD BEEN HEARING ANY UNUSUAL NOISES BEFORE THE FAILURE, WE TOLD HIM WE HAD, AND WE HAD REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THEY REFUSED TO HELP WI

MY MURANO HAS A LOSS OF POWER AFTER SITTING IN TRAFFIC. AFTER STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE FOR ABOUT 6 OR 7 SECONDS. THEN IT TAKES OFF QUICKLY. THIS DANGEROUS BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY HIT ME FROM BEHIND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND THE MURANO DOESN'T GO. NISSAN DEALER SAYS THE CAR DOESN'T SHOW ANY FAILURE CODES, BUT THINKS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. 84,000 MILES. *TR

FAILURE INVOLVES LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER CAR IS WARMED UP AND THEN PUT IN A STOP AND GO DRIVING ENVIRONMENT (HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC). CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD, BUT ONLY AFTER PEDAL IS DEPRESSED CLOSE TO THE HALF WAY POINT. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I HAVE SO FAR AVOIDED ACCIDENT BY ALLOWING DISTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE CAR IN FRONT. PROBLEM OCCURS 70-80% OF TIME AFOREMENTIONED CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PRESENT. NISSAN DEALER SAYS PROBLEM WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE BECAUSE NO WARNING LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A VAPOR LEAK AND A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY ROAD, BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAR LOST POWER (THOUGH IT DID NOT STALL). WHEN GIVING IT THROTTLE, THE ENGINE REFUSED TO SPEED UP. IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A "FAIL SAFE" MODE, LIKE WHEN SPEED SENSORS GO OUT. COULD NOT SAFELY PULL OVER OR DRIVE...MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CALL FOR A TOW. NISSAN DEALER SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR UNDER A RECALL. *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SEAT WAS LOSE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, DEALER LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR $1100. I CALLED NISSAN AS THE CAR WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND NISSAN WOULD NOT COVERED SEAT REPLACEMENT. RECENTLY THE ENTIRE SEAT FRAME IS DAMAGED/CRACKED. THUS CAUSING THE SEAT TO SIT INCORRECTLY. THIS FINALLY CRACKED FULLY WHILE DRIVING. WHICH STARTLED ME INITIALLY AS THE CAR WAS MOVING AND IT FELT AS IF I FELL OUT OF MY SEAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. HE WAITED 30 MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. HE DROVE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. PREVIOUSLY, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CVT VALVE DUE TO THE STALLING FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

AT ABOUT 61,000 MILES, MY 2003 MURANO (BOUGHT NEW IN 2004) BEGAN HESITATING WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP IN TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURS EVERYTIME I'M IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS, THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER SURGES. IT'S VERY SCARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO TURN LEFT IN TRAFFIC. VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE SEEN MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I HAVE NOT YET BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 69,000 MILES ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO. FORTUNATELY FAILURE OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT. *TR

ENGINE PERIODICALLY HESITATES, SOMETIMES SEVERELY, UPON ACCELERATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP. USUALLY WHEN ENGINE IS WARM, AFTER STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. HAD IT INTO DEALER WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, PROBLEM IS WORSE. NOW THEY SAY IT IS VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY OF NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSION. COST IS $2100 FOR REPAIR. *TR

THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT FRAME ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO. ALTHOUGH THIS FAILURE DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD CERTAINLY COULD HAVE CAUSED ONE. THE LEFT REAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE ON THE LOWER SEAT FRAME GAVE WAY SUDDENLY CAUSING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT TO DROP ABOUT 8 INCHES. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE SUDDEN SHIFT IN POSITION AND LOSS OF BALANCE COULD HAVE LED TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2003 MURANO HAS BEEN SLOWING TO 35 - 40 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $5,500. MY CAR HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS VEHICLE. RATHER THAN PAY THIS, I AM FORCED TO TRADE IT IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WILL PUT ME UPSIDE DOWN. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS WHEN TURNING, BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. THE SEAT WAS CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE SEAT ROD IS CRACKED FROM METAL FATIGUE. I AM READING THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THE 2003 MURANO. *TR

NISSAN MURANO TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 92,000. *TR

WHEN DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, CAR WILL HESITATE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATE SLOWLY FORWARD. THIS INCREASE THE RISK OF GETTING HIT FROM THE VEHICLE BEHIND BECAUSE THE MURANO SIMPLY WOULD STAND STILL FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND DRIVER BEHIND ME EXPECT THE CAR TO BE MOVING. CAR HAS ONLY 95K MILES, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES OTHER DRIVERS HAVE THAT NISSAN WOULDN'T ADDRESS OR RECALL. I HOPE NISSAN WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ADDRESS THIS. *TR

THE PROBLEM IM HAVING WITH MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO IS WHEN EVER IM IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, I'LL STEP ON THE GAS AND THE MURANO GOES NOWHERE, THE RPMS DON'T GO UP EITHER AND ABOUT AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS THE VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD VIOLENTLY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU RUN THE RISK OF SMASHING THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. PLEASE HELP. *TR

FAULTY TRANSFER CASE. *TR

2003 MURANO HAS FAULTY TRANSFER CASE, LEAKS FLUID AND HAS BURNING OIL SMELL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON RT 80 AND MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO, THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" WENT ON, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER MY CAR STARTED LOSING POWER. AS I ACCELERATED, THE CAR WOULD NOT REGAIN SPEED AND STARTED BUCKING. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN, PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. I RESTARTED IT A FEW MINS LATER AND THE POWER RETURNED. I TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN TO INVESTIGATE AND ENDED UP NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD (I PURCHASED IT NEW IN AUGUST 2004) AND HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT. I FILED A CLAIM WITH NISSAN AND THEY INFORMED ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I HAD TO REPLACE IT AT MY COST. IN SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I HAVE DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR CASES TO MINE AS WELL AS OTHER COMPLAINTS TO THE NHTSA. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CHRONIC ISSUE WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL CAR I OWN AND I THINK NISSAN NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS IM GUESSING THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF RECALL FOR THIS. IF IT WAS WORSE, I COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *TR

ON FRIDAY AUGUST 1, 2008 I WAS INVOLVED IN A THREE-CAR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. MY CAR WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. MY VEHICLE SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A STOPPED SMALL TRUCK THAT WAS AHEAD OF ME. THERE WAS FRONT HEAD-ON COLLISION AS WELL AS REAR VEHICLE DAMAGE. MY VEHICLE WAS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL IN MY MURANO WAS MYSELF. THE UNOCCUPIED PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT MY DRIVER-SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS FAILURE FOR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IS WHAT I AM REPORTING NOW. THE VEHICLE IS UNUSABLE AND HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A TOW YARD. *TR

I HAVE A NISSAN MURANO. EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IT IS USED, I HAVE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT. THE PLACE I GOT IT FROM REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE NEW ONE IS SLIPPING EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT BECAME LOOSE. POWER ADJUST APPEARS TO HAVE COME OFF TRACKS, BROKEN A GEAR, OR SOME OTHER MECHANICAL FAILURE. HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALERSHIP AS OF YET, BUT QUICK INTERNET SEARCHES REVEAL THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, YET NISSAN WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY. WIFE CAN NO LONGER USE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE SEAT IS ONLY SAFE WHEN FULLY BACK AND DOWN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS HE EXPERIENCED HESITATION WHICH AS A CONSEQUENCE HINDERS ACCELERATION. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN WHICH TECHNICIANS REPEATEDLY ADVISED HIM THAT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. EVENTUALLY, A DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION AT AN EXPENSE OF $1800.00 BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE EXCEEDED ITS WARRANTY. HE HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.