WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL RANDOMLY LOSE PRESSURE AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIREWALL WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP WHICH RESULTS IN THE VEHICLE FAILING TO STOP. IT APPEARS TO ONLY BE HAPPENING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH OR LESS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 30-45 DAYS NOW ARE IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT NOW OCCURRING AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 3-4 DAYS. WHEN THIS 1ST STARTED I WAS ADVISED THAT IT MAY BE DUE TO LOW BRAKE PADS AND UNDER SPEC ROTORS SO WE REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL 4 WHEELS AND BLEED THE BRAKES TO ENSURE THERE WAS NO AIR TRAPPED IN THE LINES HOWEVER THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THERE IS NO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. WE ARE THE 2ND OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE AND PURCHASED IT WITH ABOUT 30K MILES ON IT IN 2012 AND IT NOW HAS 70K MILES ON IT. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND DRIVES MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN AROUND IN IT AND WE NO LONGER FEEL SAFE USING IT AS YESTERDAY SHE COULD NOT STOP THE CAR TRYING TO TURN INTO THE YMCA PARKING LOT AND SHE COULDN'T STOP! LUCKILY THERE WAS NO-ONE IN FRONT OF HER AS SHE WOULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO THEM. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SELLING OR TRADING THE CAR SINCE THIS IS APPARENTLY AN ISSUE THAT MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT DEALERS CAN'T FIGURE OUT AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PASSING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.
2009 Nissan Murano complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2009 record →
TAKATA RECALL LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY MURANO WHICH SOUNDED PRETTY BAD WHEN YOU WENT OVER ANY BUMPS. ACTUALLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THEY FOUND SO MUCH RUST AND CORROSION ON THE SUBFRAME. REAR PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME HAS A CRACK IN IT AND UNTIL THEY TAKE IT APART THEY DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF THERE IS MORE CRACKS, ETC SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH CORROSION. CAR ONLY HAS 112,000 MILES AND IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION OTHERWISE THAT IT LOOKS 4 YEARS OLD INSTEAD OF 9 YEARS OLD. NISSAN TECHNICIAN SAID IT ISN'T UNUSUAL IN THAT YEAR MURANO AS THEY MADE THE FRAME WITH THESE SMALL HOLES THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN WHICH IN THE NORTHEAST ALL THE WATER AND SALT GETS INTO AND SETTLES IN THERE WHICH THEN CORRODES AWAY AT THE FRAME. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE NOW IF YOU STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLE IT SLIGHTLY LEANING TO THE RIGHT AND THE REAR TIRE BOWING OUT. 4K TO FIX CAR WHICH IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND NOT WORTH IT FOR A 9 YEAR OLD CAR. THIS POOR DESIGN OF THE SUBFRAME BY NISSAN SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AS IT IS TOTALLY UNSAFE, AND I AM OUT THOUSANDS.
THE ISSUE IS WHEN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE ENGAGED. AFTER THEY ARE ENGAGED THE BREAK PRESSURE IMMEDIATELY GOES SOFT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BREAKS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS AND THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE EFFECT AND THAT THEY ARE FINE. IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN ITS COLD. I HAVE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND RESTART AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO RESET THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. IVE NOTICED THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON AND WANTED TO REPORT WHAT I HAVE FOUND AS WELL. THE LATEST HAPPENED WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN AND HIT AN ICY PATCH WHICH THEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKE RUMBLED ENGAGING IT. AFTER I FINALLY STOPPED HALF WAY INTO THE INTERSECTION THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKE PRESSURE WHAT SO EVER....I GUIDED THE CAR TO THE SIDE AND SAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED THE CAR BEFORE BRAKES CAME BACK.
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THIS MORNING MY BRAKES WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE I COULD STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. (SOFT BRAKE PEDAL). I WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT BY A CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 110,000 PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HAVING TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY AND FIND THE PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. NISSAN HAS TO KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. DOES IT TAKE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY GETTING HURT OR DYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THIS ISSUE? THIS ISSUE IS CONSIDERED A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. WHO DO WE GO TO? DEALERS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT AND NISSAN DENIES THIS IS HAPPENING.
BRAKE PEDAL NEEDS TO GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. I WAS DRIVING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET APPLIED BRAKES AHEAD OF A STOP SIGN BEFORE ENTERING A 2 LANE GEORGETOWN RD. HIGHWAY. ZIP 28469 TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. WHEN APPROACHING NEXT LIGHT 1 MILE AWAY I WAS AFRAID THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL. . BRAKES WENT BACK TO NORMAL NOW. STILL DO NOT TRUST CAR. YESTERDAY, APRIL 16, 2018AS CHECKED BY CAR REPAIR BUSINESS AND SAID THE ABS COMPUTER ACTIVATOR WAS NOT WORKING. NISSSAN WOULD NOT LET HIM ACCESS ABS COMPUTER T0O RESET NUMBERS. THIS IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. READ THIS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED SINCE MAY 2017. IS THERE A RECALL ON 2009 NISSAN MURANO YET? PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION RESULTS.
I LOSE ABS BREAKING WHEN I RUN OVER A POTHOLE OR SLIDE ON ICE/SNOW. IT OCCURRED TWICE THIS WEEK. ONCE I WAS DRIVING AND I WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN B/C I COULDN'T COME TO A STOP WITH THE BRAKES PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. A SECOND OCCURRENCE TOOK PLACE FOR MY WIFE WHEN SHE HIT A POTHOLE AND IT TOOK A SIGNIFICANT STOPPING DISTANCE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONLY BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE DOES THE ABS SYSTEM AND THEREFORE THE BREAKS WORK AGAIN. THIS HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS AND WE HAVE HAD A FULL INSPECTION ON MY BRAKE LINING, ABS SYSTEM, FLUID PRESSURE, ETC AND EVERYTHING PASSES. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE?
CAR ACCELERATE BY ITSELF WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE I CANNOT CONTROL IT MOSTLY
FUEL GAUGE SAYS EMPTY WHEN 100 MILES ARE ON THE GAS TANK. MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, ELHART, TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE ME 5 HOURS OF LABOR TO REMOVE THE GAS TANK TO "DIAGNOSE" THE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THE FUEL GUAGE SENSORS ARE ACCESSIBLE UNDER THE REAR SEAT FOR REPLACEMENT. ALSO,THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL NISSANS - QUESTS DO HAVE A RECALL ON IT, BUT NO OTHER NISSAN, EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL USE THE SAME FAULTY GAS GUAGE. IT CAUSES PANIC TO THE DRIVER TO SEE THE "EMPTY" LIGHT ON, & THEY CALL FOR HELP, SWERVE OFF THE ROAD, WHEN THEY ARE REALLY NOT EMPTY AT ALL. ALL NISSANS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE FAULTY GAS GAUGES SO THAT NISSAN DISCONTINUES USING THEM.
ON 02/07/2018 I WAS DRIVING AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. BRAKES WERE IMMEDIATELY MALFUNCTIONING & PETAL WENT TO FLOOR. I PUMPED BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES TO STOP. DROVE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED. 03/16/2018 DROVE TO LOCAL SEARS (ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES). HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AND MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED IN ADDITION TO BLEEDING BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM WITH BRAKES WAS NOT RESOLVED. WAS ADVISED TO TAKE TO DEALER BECAUSE ABS WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. VERY DANGEROUS!!! IT APPEARS MANY HAS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS & NHTSA IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE A PRETTY COSTLY REPAIR.
WHILE DRIVING DOWNTOWN, SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS INEFFECTIVE EXCEPT WHEN PRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ONLY AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER, WHO IDENTIFIED LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM, FIRST REPLACING THE MASTER CYLINDER WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT, THEN DIAGNOSING ISSUES WITH ABS. CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND OTHER WEBSITES LIST THIS AS AN ITEM UNDER GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION FOR 2009 MURANOS. THE CAR IS AT APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES. ATTACHED IS THE INITIAL DIAGNOSTICS FROM THE DEALER. SUBSEQUENT TO MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER REPLACEMENT, DEALER ASSERTED THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AND ARE NOW WORKING ON ABS.
DRIVING TO DROP MY KIDS OFF AT WORK, CAR SLID DURING SNOW DRIVING ABS CAME ON. AFTER THAT I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. NO LIGHTS CAME ON NOW MY BRAKES DON'T WORK EXCEPT THE LAST 20%. LOOKED ON LINE AND MANY SAY THE SAME THING, ABS ACTIVATED, THEN NO BRAKES,NO WARNING LIGHT NO CODES.
CVT TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING. CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHILCE. IT IS BROKEN DOWN MORE THAN I DRIVE IT. ONLY 109,000 MILEAGE
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN ABS ACTIVATES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE TURNED 50K MILES. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING AND HITTING A BUMP AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE BRAKE PEDAL USUALLY RECOVERS AFTER A FEW DAYS. THE VEHICLE WILL STOP DURING BRAKE FAILURE BUT THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT WILL STOP WHICH IS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. I GUESS SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS FACTORY DEFECT BEFORE A RECALL HAPPENS. MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO WAS BOUGHT NEW AND HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED. IT HAS LESS THAN 60K MILES ON IT NOW. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BRAKE MALFUNCTION BEFORE A DEATH OCCURS FROM IT.
AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING MY BRAKE PEDAL LOSES PRESSURE AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD RESULTING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP.
AT 67000 MILES THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING . TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, PAID $100 FOR INSPECTION AND THEY FOUND CODE B1018 FOR AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE FAILURE AND QUOTED 1449.32 +TAX TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SPOKE WITH NISSAN CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS ASSIGNED CASE NO. 29877528 ON 2-17-2018. ON 2-20-2018 WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I KNOW THERE WERE RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST, BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE MOSTLY OCCURRED ON SLICK ROADWAYS OR AFTER TRAVELING OVER A BUMP. AT TIMES, IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WILLIAMS WOODY NISSAN (3600 S LIMIT AVE, SEDALIA, MO 65301, (660) 827-1403), BUT NO FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND AND THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER TO DRIVE TO ANY DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHEN THE FAILURE RECURRED. WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, NO FAILURE CODES WOULD BE DETECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
AIR DUCT ISSUE SAME AS DESCRIBED IN THE 2007 NISSAN MURANO RECALL. THIS IS CAUSING MY ENGINE TO STALL.
MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT. SOMETIMES IF I BRAKE ON A BUMPY ROAD THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE POWER IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. NOBODY CAN TELL ME WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I'VE HAD THE FLUID SYSTEM FLUSHED AND THE BRAKES CHECKED. NOT EVEN NISSAN'S DEALERSHIP UNDERSTANDS. PLEASE DO SOMETHING.
BRAKES ARE SPONGY AND WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED HARD THEY ALMOST GO TO THE FLOOR AND JUST BARELY STOP THE VEHICLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE 3 TIMES AND SCARED HER TO DEATH.
IN THE SPRING OF 2017 I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A RAINY DAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER THE ABS SYSTEM. THIS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE LIMITED BRAKING ACTION COULD BE OBTAINED. THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WAS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOLLOWING A HARD BRAKE APPLICATION ON LOOSE GRAVEL, SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER THE ABS SYSTEM AGAIN. DATE LISTED FOR THIS PROBLEM IS APPROXIMATE.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ROUTINELY IN TOWN, SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY SOFT AND BRAKING ABILITY WAS SEVERELY IMPAIRED. PEDAL TRAVEL WAS VERY HIGH, WITH PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE BRAKING COULD BE OBTAINED, AND BRAKING POWER WAS VERY LOW. VEHICLE WAS SUCCESSFULLY STOPPED, AND TURNED OFF. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF, AND BRAKE PRESSURE RETURNED. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND BRAKING SYSTEM APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF BRAKING PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. SEE REPORT 1072367 FOR DETAILS OF A PRIOR BRAKING FAILURE APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR EARLIER.
THE BRAKES IN MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. THE BRAKE FAILURE, WHICH BEGAN TO OCCUR SOMETIME ON OR AFTER MID-2017, CAUSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO LOSE PRESSURE, BECOMING 'SPONGY' MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP. WHEN THE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ABS LIGHTS LIGHT UP AND NO ERROR CODES ARE SET. THE CONDITION MAY LAST ANYWHERE FROM A FEW MINUTES TO A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN RETURNS NORMAL. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AT LEAST TWICE, HOWEVER THE SHOP CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. AS A PRECAUTION, I HAD THE BRAKE SYSTEM FLUSHED AND BLEEDED AND REPLACED ALL 4 BRAKE PADS, HOWEVER, THE BRAKE FAILURE CONTINUES TO OCCUR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE FAILED. THE DEALER (KEN GARFF NISSAN SALT LAKE, 777 S W TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101) WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY REPAIRED UNTIL THE CONTACT COULD TAKE IT TO COULTER NISSAN (13301 N AUTOSHOW AVE, SURPRISE, AZ 85388) WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR OTHER MURANOS. *JS
THE ABS ACTUATOR IN MY CAR BEGAN TO FAIL AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY NISSAN. WHEN TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT CONTINUED TO HAVE PRESSURE AND PROPERLY SLOW THE CAR. HOWEVER, WHEN APPROACHING STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, OR OTHERWISE BRAKING HARD (ANYTHING REQUIRING ME TO APPLY MORE STEADY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES), THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR REQUIRING ME TO INCREASE MY STOPPING DISTANCE. I WAS IN A NEAR-ACCIDENT INCIDENT WHEN SOMEONE WHO WAS STOPPED IN THE ADJACENT LANE QUICKLY PULLED OVER INTO MY LANE, REQUIRING ME TO APPLY RAPID BRAKE PRESSURE. THIS SITUATION WAS MADE WORSE BY ICY ROADS AND LEFT ME PANICKED AND CONCERNED. THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $2,500.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FUCCILLO NISSAN (3893 STATE ROUTE 31, LIVERPOOL, NY 13090) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT SEARCHED ONLINE AND BELIEVED THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.
ON 1/15/18, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A SNOWY DAY. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TAKE A LEFT ONTO AN ON RAMP WHEN MY ABS KICKED IN. I CONTINUED TO SLIDE FORWARD AND NEARLY MISSED THE ON RAMP. FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN "SOFT." I HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN AT LEAST HALFWAY BEFORE ANY BRAKING OCCURS AND TYPICALLY HAVE TO PUSH IT TO THE FLOOR TO FULLY STOP. I JUST GOT NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS IN DECEMBER, SO THESE COMPONENTS ARE FINE. I TOOK IT IN TO NISSAN SERVICING, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE ABS ACTUATOR IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE A COST OF ~$2700 FOR PARTS AND LABOR.
AFTER HAVING MY 35 LB DOG SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTS FLASHING I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND RESET SEVERAL TIMES. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE THE CAR NOT IMMEDIATELY. I WAS ADVISED THAT IT IS THE OCS SENSORS AND IF IT HAPPEN AGAIN IT SHOULD BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $4,000. THE DEALER CHECKED FOR A RECALL NOTICE AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NONE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR ANY PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE. EVERYTHING IS FUNCTIONING FOR NOW, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A NISSAN RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE ONLY 54,500 MILES ON THIS CAR.
ON JANUARY 7, 2018 I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND THE STREET WAS A BIT ICY SO WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE ABS KICKED IN AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITH NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AGAIN A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE SLOWLY STOPPED. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED THE REST OF THE DRIVE HOME, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PUMPING THE BRAKES SEEMED TO HELP SOME AND THERE WAS RESISTANCE FROM THE PEDAL, BUT WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE PEDAL AGAIN WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS CONTINUED FOR A COUPLE DAYS. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I DISCOVERED THIS WAS A COMMON COMPLAINT FOR 2009 NISSAN MURANOS. I FOUND SEVERAL ONLINE FORUMS THAT DESCRIBED THE SAME PROBLEM, THE SOFT SPONGY BRAKE PEDAL, EITHER AFTER AN ABS STOP OR USING THE BRAKES FOR A BUMP OR POTHOLE. AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE MOST COMMON SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM WAS TO REPLACE THE ABS ACTUATOR AT A COST OF APPROX. $2500. NOT WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. I TOOK MY NISSAN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY VERIFIED THAT THIS INDEED WAS THE PROBLEM SO WITHOUT MUCH OTHER CHOICE WE HAD THE ACTUATOR REPLACED FOR $2450 - INVOICE ATTACHED. FROM WHAT I COULD TELL, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A NUMBER OF DRIVERS TO THE NHTSA BEGINNING IN 2012. THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION ONGOING (STARTED IN 2014) BUT SO FAR NO RECALL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP BEFORE SOMEONE'S BRAKES FAIL COMPLETELY AND THEY ARE
BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING A VERY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN I SKID SLIGHTLY WHILE STOPPING LIKE ON SAND ON THE ROAD AND IT CAUSES THE ABS TO KICK IN BUT IT WILL NOT DISENGAGE. TOO TO MECHANIC TO HAVE IT CHECKED, TURNED IT OFF AND LATER WHEN THEY WENT TO CHECK IT THE PEDAL HAD RETURNED
THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL OF A SUDDEN TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THIS EXCESSIVE TRAVEL HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET. THE BRAKES DID FINALLY SLOWED MY VEHICLE BUT VERY CLOSE TO CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR ESTIMATE AND REPAIR. ESTIMATE THE NEXT DAY WAS REPLACE ABS CONTROL MODULE, FLUSHING FLUID, ETC. OF $3400. THE 2009 MURANO IS ONLY 84,000 MILES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC BRACING SYSTEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM!!! WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL?
MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN AND NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN WITH THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM TO RESOLVE IT. THE HARD PART IS THIS IS TOTALLY RANDOM. DRIVING THIS CAR IS LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE. BOTH TIMES MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING, APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS AROUND. BOTH INCIDENTS THEY KEPT PUMPING THE BRAKES UNTIL THEY STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE POSSIBLE RECALL UP TO THE SERVICE TECH AND HE ASKED FOR THE VIN AND SAID THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS AT THIS MOMENT. SO ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND HOPE THE BRAKES DO NOT FAIL? THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND WE ARE AT THE POINT OF TRADING IN THE VEHICLE AND NEVER BUYING A NISSAN AGAIN IF THAT'S HOW THEY TREAT THE SAFETY OF THEIR NISSAN OWNERS. BY THE LOOKS OF THESE REPORTS, MORE AND MORE DRIVERS ARE STARTING TO COMPLAIN. WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO ANNOUNCE RECALL WHEN THE LACK OF DOING SO COULD POSSIBLY TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE?
SOFT BRAKE PEDAL AFTER HITTING A BUMP. NOVEMBER 2016 I WAS GOING INTO A PARKING LOT, AS I WAS COMING OFF OF THE PAVEMENT GOING ONTO THE GRAVEL MY ABS ENGAGED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I CALLED MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY FELT THAT WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF, ALL SYSTEMS SHOULD RESET. WHEN I DID THAT, SYSTEMS DID RESET AND MY BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES SINCE, THE LAST TIME WAS IN OCTOBER 2017 AND THE SYSTEM OR ABS AND THE SOFT BRAKE ISSUES HAS NOT RESET. TO THIS POINT, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD SOME BRAKES, THOUGH THE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR EACH TIME USED. MY WIFE, AND DAUGHTER, WHEN THEY DRIVE THE CAR, FEEL THERE ARE NO BRAKES. I GUESS I HAVE GOTTEN SOMEWHAT USED TO THEM. I AM CONVINCED THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, BUT I AM READING THAT IT MAY COST BETWEEN $1500, AND $2400 TO REPAIR. THE ISSUE IS VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE I HAVE READ THAT SOME BRAKES HAVE FAILED AND CAUSED ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN INJURED. I FEEL A RECALL BY NISSAN SHOULD TAKE PLACE, TO HELP GET THESE ISSUES RESOLVED. THE ISSUE IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR US AS OWNERS TO FIX ON OUR OWN ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE IS SO LOW. WOULD LIKE TO TRADE VEHICLE OFF, BUT BEING HONEST WOULD BE HARD TO PASS ISSUE ONTO THE NEXT OWNER. CURRENTLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL STILL REMAINS SOFT AND ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE VEHICLE.
AS I APPROACHED A STOP,WANTING TO MAKE A TURN , THERE WAS A LIGHT PATCH OF ICE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES NORMALLY & PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR & I ALMOST CRASHED, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS IN MY PATH. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I AM A COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVER & HAD NEVER HEARD OF LOSING BRAKES TO THIS ISSUE BEFORE. I PROPERLY MAINTAIN MY CARS.TOOK MY 09 MURANO TO A MECHANIC. & TOLD ME IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE ABS MODULE $2000 JUST THE PART ,OR THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER $150 JUST THE PART. REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. & STILL NOT FIXED . PROBLEM WAS THE ABS MODULE. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED DO TO THIS. EVEN THOUGH THE MAIN FOCUS IS SADLY ON QUARTERLY NUMBERS GAINS/LOSSES. I HAD REACHED OUT TO NISSAN & DIDNT HEAR BACK FROM THEM. GUESS IT WOULDVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF I HAD SAID I WAS LOOKING TO BUY A CAR.
BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED DURING MODERATE SUSPENSION TRAVEL (UP/DOWN) FROM BUMPS IN ROADWAY - SIMILAR TO TRAVELLING ACROSS SMALL SPEED BUMP. MUST PUMP BRAKE REPEATEDLY TO STOP VEHICLE. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT MOST ANY SPEED INCLUDING HIGHWAY TRAVEL. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE BUT DID REPLACE THE MASTER BRAKE ASSEMBLY HOWEVER IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP WHEN IT FAILED TO MOVE AFTER SHIFTING INTO GEAR. PROBLEM TRACED TO BRAKE BOOSTER FAILURE. LOCAL MECHANIC COMPLETED THE REPAIR WHICH HAS RESOLVED BOTH PROBLEMS - BRAKE ISSUES HAVE NOT OCCURRED SINCE THIS REPAIR.
THE BRAKE PEDAL LOSES PRESSURE AND GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY A PROFESSIONAL SHOP AND THEY BELIEVE IT MAY BE RELATED TO THE ABS ACTUATOR/CONTROLLER SINCE THE OTHER BRAKING COMPONENTS APPEARED TO BE OK. THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE BRAKING/DELAYED STOPPING BEHAVIOR. TAKING TO NISSAN DEALER TOMORROW FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. LIKELY RELATED TO INVESTIGATION UNDER PE 17-002.
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH A SMALL ANIMAL RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND CAUSED ME TO BRAKE HARD CAUSING THE ABS TO ACTIVATE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HARD STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND I HAVE NO BRAKING ABILITY. BRAKE FLUID IS FINE AND UPON VISUAL INSPECTION NOTHING APPEARS DAMAGED ON THE PADS OR CALIPERS.
VEHICLE IN FORWARD MOTION...SLOW, LEAVING GARAGE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. DID NOT "PUMP UP" AS WITH AIR IN LINES DURING DRIVE THROUGH AN ALLEYWAY. DEALERSHIP VERIFIED MY CONCERN AND FOUND ABS ACTUATOR FAILED INTERNALLY. OF NOTE: THE SERVICE ATTENDANT SUSPECTED WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED IN THE SHOP. "HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE." WHY WAS MY 2009 MODEL NOT INCLUDED IN A LATER RECALL? I BELIEVE THE PART FAILURE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN.
BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. I NOTICE ONLINE THAT A LOT OF CUSTOMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND VEHICLE MODEL. I HAVE READ HOW THEY HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON PARTS AND LABOR BECAUSE THE MECHANICS COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM, SO THEY STARTED DURING POWER OF ELIMINATION. I HAD MY MECHANIC TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND HE TRIED REPLACING MASTER CYLINDER WHICH COST ME SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND THE PROBLEM REMAINED. I THEN TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WHICH WOULD COST ME $3000 DOLLARS PARTS AND LABOR, THE PART A LONE COST $1900 DOLLARS. DURING MY INVESTIGATION MANY MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS SAID THAT A RECALL MAY BE BEING LOOKED AT. CONSUMERS ARE GETTING IN TO CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM AND IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE WILL ADDRESS UNTIL SOMEONE DIES. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE ABS SYSTEM NOR DOES THE DEALERSHIP KNOWS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.TO CHARGE THIS MUCH FOR A PART IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS!!! FEEL FREE TO CALL ME AT ANYTIME FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS ISSUE [XXX] DENVER COLORADO CONSUMER. I MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTIONS IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT ADDRESS, AT THE END OF THE DAY IT SHOULD BE SAFETY FIRST!!! NOT MAKING QUOTAS AND PAYING INVESTORS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES. MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND ABS ACTUATOR MODULE FAILED INTERNALLY. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 45 MPH ON A HIGHWAY.
RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) ACTUATOR PUMP ON MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO. THE VEHICLE STARTED UP FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO ISSUE AT ALL. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT SO THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT ALL AND WE WERE TRAVELING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON CRUISE CONTROL (NO NEED TO BRAKE) UNTIL WE NEEDED TO EXIT. WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED THERE WAS NOW A VERY LOW PEDAL, I HAD TO PUT THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR NOTIFICATION OF A FAILURE. WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ABS ACTUATOR PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY RECENTLY HAVE BEEN REPLACING SEVERAL OF THESE ACTUATOR PUMPS ON THE MURANOS.
1) AIRBAG LIGHT ALARM FOR PASSENGER SEAT GOES ON SUDDENTLY AFTER 80,000 MILES. AFTER DEALER INSPECTION, SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) VARISTOR LOCATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION, AS MENTIONED IN YOUR NTB08-095 NOVEMBER 4, 2008 RECALL CAMPAIGN. FOUND IT STRANGE MY VEHICULE VIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED TO THIS COMPLAINT, BUT I HAVE THE PROBLEM. 2) ALTERNATOR SUDDENTLY DIED AFTER 80,000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TIME TO PULL ON THE SIDE, BUT SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN DRAMATIC. SUDDENTLY VEHICULE REDUCED SPEED AND WENT FROM 60MPH TO 10MPH, THEN NO MORE BATTERY, SO COULD NOT LIGHT THE WARNING LIGHTS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PROBLEM HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR MANY MURANO DIFFERENT YEARS, RECALLS WERE DONE FOR 2005 OR 2008 MURANO BUT NONE FOR 2009. A $1300 BILL AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. 3) PS: GOT AIRBAG LIGHT ALARM FOR PASSENGER SEAT RIGHT AFTER ALTERNATOR PROBLEM
WHEN BRAKING THE PEDAL HAS LITTLE EFFECT UPON STOPPING. IT SLOWS THE CAR SOME AT TOP OF STROKE THEN HALF STROKE STOPS BETTER THEN SINKS TO FLOOR. WHEN STOPPING ON A ROUGH ROAD THE ABS DOES NOT WORK PROPER AND THE PEDAL WILL SINK TO FLOOR AND TIRES WILL LOCK AND NOT RELEASE CAUSING A SKID. WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED CAN BUILD PRESSURE IN SYSTEM BUT WHEN STARTED AND THEN MOVE AND COME TO STOP THE CAR WILL SLOW AND PEDAL WILL SLOWLY SINK TOWARDS THE FLOOR AND LOCK THE BRAKES WHEN ALMOST AT BOTTOM. THIS JUST HAPPENED ON 1-4-2018. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE HAVE FOUND A LOT OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON DIFFERENT SITES.
TWO TIMES MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO HAS HAD BRAKE ISSUES AFTER THE ABS WAS ENGAGED. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A CORNER. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. MY ABS ENGAGED AND THEN I COULDN'T STOP AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AND REALIZED THAT THE ONLY WAY I COULD STOP MY VEHICLE WAS TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. NEVER BEFORE HAD I BEEN ABLE TO DEPRESS IT THAT FAR. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND SHUT IT OFF. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL 3 TIMES IT FELT LIKE NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING STRUCTURALLY WRONG WITH OUR BRAKES. 2 WEEKS LATER MY HUSBAND WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A CORNER WHEN IT WAS THE SNOWING AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. HE PULLED IT OVER, SHUT DOWN THE CAR, PUMPED THE PEDAL AND IT CAME BACK TO NORMAL. WHEN I GOT HOME I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND SAW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NEITHER NISSAN OR THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ANYTHING YET. ARE THEY WAITING FOR A FATALITY?
I WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND WENT TO STOP AT LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SPONGY AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUMP IT BACK UP BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN 3 TIMES THAT TRIP. I WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE IT. BUT AM TERRIFIED I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THAT WOULD BE AWFUL ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED/INJURED.
BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR. AS I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD MASTER CYLINDER. NO WARNING LIGHTS AT ALL. CHANGED MASTER CYLINDER AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED IT AS A BAD ABS ACTUATOR. WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GLADLY FIX IT FOR 2200.00. LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HAVE BEEN TOLD BT LOCAL MECHANICS THEY SEE THIS PROBLEM ALL OF THE TIME AND NISSAN HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP.
UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL VERY SOFT. BRAKES DONE WORK PROPERLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER VEHICLE IS MOVING OR NOT. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. PADS ARE NEW. SYSTEM HAS NO LEAKS OR AIR BUBBLES.
I HAVE LESS THAN 57,000 MILES ON MY 2009 MURANO. AT 46,000 MILES, I HAD TO HAVE MY FAILED TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND I'M HAVING ISSUES AGAIN WITH IT SLIPPING INTO LOW GEAR. THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE ISSUE, SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS IT. I HAD TO TAKE MY MURANO IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN BECAUSE I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN MY BRAKES DIDN'T WORK AT 30 MPH AND I HAD TO QUICKLY CHANGE LANES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THERE WASN'T ANY BRAKE PRESSURE AND I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT STOPPED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OVER A BUMP OR GRAVEL PAVEMENT, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVE SMITH NISSAN (6901 E SPRAGUE AVE, SPOKANE, WA 99212, (509) 924-6242) SEVERAL TIMES WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AIR IN THE BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH NHTSA PER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE17002 (SERVICE BRAKES, AIR. SERVICE BRAKES). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 117,000.
MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 84,400 MILES IT AND IS WELL MANTAINED ALSO. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE PETAL IS BEING PUSHED TO THE FLOOR TO STOP. IT IS TAKING A LONG TIME FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP, A LOT OF TIMES I AM PUMPING MY BRAKES. I RECENTLY HAD MY BRAKES CHECK, ASSUMING THAT THEIR WAS A PROBLEM OR IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GET BRAKES AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WERE FINE.
ON 11/15/17 THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ON OUR 2009 NISSAN MURANO WHEN STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO GO TO THE FLOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON WITH SAME RESULT. TOWED TO OUR LOCAL MECHANICS WHO FOUND NOTHING WRONG MECHANICALLY BUT FOUND CODES IN THE ABS SYSTEM. BRAKE PEDAL RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION ON ITS OWN. MECHANICS LEFT CODES AND RECOMMENDED TO TAKE TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 11/27/17. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ONLY CODES FOUND IN ABS SYSTEM WERE OLD AND DID NOT INDICATE BRAKE PROBLEM. NO DEFECTS FOUND. DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED TO BRING BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, THIS TIME IN OUR DRIVEWAY WITH SNOW. TOWED THE MURANO TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 12/13/17. DESCRIPTION FROM DEALERSHIP READ, "FOUND BRAKE PEDAL VERY SOFT AND LOW. NO LEAKS FOUND IN BRAKE SYSTEM, NO CODES FOUND IN ABS ECU. BRAKE PRESSURE DOES NOT PUMP UP. NO AIR IN SYSTEM AND BACK OF MASTER CYLINDER IS DRY. BRAKE BOOSTER PASSES ALL TESTING, ALSO PEDAL IS LOW WHEN CAR IS OFF, SO BOOSTER NOT FAULT. INTERNAL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FAILURE IN EITHER THE MASTER CYLINDER OR ABS ACTUATOR. CANNOT TEST EITHER COMPONENT SEPARATE. NO BULLETINS, BUT MANY REPORTS IN DATABASE SEARCH OF ABS ACTUATOR/S CAUSING THIS EXACT PROBLEM." COST $2,481.53 TO REPLACE ACTUATOR. JUST PICKED UP TODAY AND WILL BE VERY CAUTIOUS WITH VEHICLE HAVING LOST CONFIDENCE IN IT. IT IS VERY CONCERNING THAT THERE
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