2003 Nissan Murano

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED SHE LOOSES POWER WHEN YOU SHE IS SITTING STILL. WHEN SHE ACCELERATES THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT MOVE. THE SUDDENLY IT SURGES AND TAKES OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE FAILURE OCCURRED FROM A NEW VALVE PROBLEM WHICH RELATES TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE VALVE. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS FAILURE FOR OVER A YEAR. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED THAT HER VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE IS NO RECALL THAT INCLUDES HER VIN NUMBER. THAT FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,700. BL

2003 NISSAN MURANO. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. I'VE HAD MY MURANO FOR ABOUT 2.5 YEARS, AND FOR THE PAST 1.5 YEARS HAVE HAD ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. AFTER PUSHING ON THE GAS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THE ENGINE DOESN'T RESPOND, BUT THEN IT SURGES FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE I'VE BEEN SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND THE ENGINE WILL STALL, CAUSING ME TO BE STUCK WITH THE ENGINE NOT RESPONDING - EVEN THOUGH I'M PUSHING ON THE GAS. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS, INCLUDING 2 NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, AND NONE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THERE SEEM TO BE CERTAIN THINGS THAT FIX IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN IT RETURNS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER. I'VE READ ONLINE AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT AN ANOMALY. MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. FORTUNATELY, I AM SELLING MY CAR, BUT LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIR AND DIAGNOSTIC TIME BECAUSE NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS LEMON. LESS THAN 5000 MILES AGO, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND I TOOK IT TO A PRIVATE BODY SHOP, THEY FLUSHED THE TRANNY FLUID, AND IT SEEMED TO DRIVE FINE FOR THE NEXT 5000 MILES. NOW, I AM HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. SINCE IT IS A SPECIAL TRANNY (CVT), IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN $5000-6500 TO REPLACE IT, WHICH IS MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH. BESIDES THAT, I'VE READ ON BLOGS THAT SOME PEOPLE GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED, AND THEN THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM! FORTUNATELY, I AM SELLING MY MURANO DUE TO A BIG MOVE, BUT I HAD TO TAKE A LOSS ON IT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN NEEDS TO OWN THIS ISSUE. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO (2 WD) HESITATES WITH NO RESPONSE TO THE THROTTLE AT LOW SPEED. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR IN TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 SECONDS, THE CAR LURCHES VIOLENTLY FORWARD. PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE PAST YEAR. CAUSES DIFFICULT AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION IN GOOD OR BAD WEATHER (WHEELS WILL SPIN VIOLENTLY WHEN THERE IS SNOW ON THE ROAD AS THE CAR FINALLY RESPONDS TO THE THROTTLE INPUT AFTER 3 OR 4 SECONDS). FINALLY HAD ENOUGH AFTER DRIVING IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC IN NYC YESTERDAY AND ALMOST REAR-ENDING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SEVERAL TIMES! *TR

THE SOLENOID PRESSURE VALVE IN MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO FAILED AT 81,100 MILES. IT RUNS FINE ON THE HIGHWAY BUT WHEN YOU TRANSITION TO CITY DRIVING AT EACH STOP IT WILL LOOSE POWER AND THE CAR WILL BARELY COAST THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THEN IT WILL CATCH AND ACCELERATE VERY QUICKLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING SINCE THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I TOOK IT TO 2 OTHER AUTO REPAIR PLACES WHO WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION STORED ON THE COMPUTER, WHICH STATED IT WAS THE SOLENOID PRESSURE VALVE (THE LIGHT WAS STILL NOT ON AT THIS POINT). I LEARNED FROM SEVERAL MECHANIC SHOPS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE THE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, THEY ONLY SELL A "VALVE BODY KIT" AND QUOTED ME $2000 FOR THIS REPAIR. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A 25-50% CHANCE THAT THIS REPAIR WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE AND I WOULD THEN HAVE TO FULLY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR AN ADDITIONAL $5000+. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT ONLY REQUIRES AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX IT. I MADE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN NISSAN BASED ON THEIR REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY AND HAVE BEEN GREATLY LET DOWN. *TR

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

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

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

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

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