2003 Nissan Murano

WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN PRESS THE ACCELERATOR DOWN THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE INITIALLY. IF YOU HOLD THE ACCELERATOR DOWN AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR WILL START TO MOVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 MONTHS AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 20 MINS. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN WARNER ROBINS, GA BUT NO ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT...I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE JAN 2011, THEY HAD TO PUT IN A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION A WEEK AFTER I PURCHASED IT BUT I WAS TOLD MONTHS LATER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND THIS PARTICULAR MURANO WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL FOR CVT. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE ALL THE POSTS I'VE READ REGARDING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM RECEIVED SOME FORM OF MAIL REGARDING A RECALL OF SOME SORT. TODAY 3/25/12 MY CAR HESITATES TO START. *TR

AS I AM DRIVING, OUR VEHICLE WILL AUTO BRAKE, BOW UP AND LOSE ACCELERATION CAUSING TRAFFIC FOLLOWING BEHIND ME TO EITHER BRAKE OR GET INTO THE OTHER LANE TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME. THIS HAPPENS AT LOW LEVELS OF SPEED AND AT HIGH LEVELS OF SPEED. THIS WILL ALSO HAPPEN SHOULD I BE TRYING TO CROSS TRAFFIC AS WELL. I AM IN FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND KIDS AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD FOR THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET STOPPED IN TIME. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHICH WILL OR COULD BE THE CAUSE OF 1 OR MORE FATALITIES. *TR

THE MURANO SEAT FRAMES ARE KNOWN TO HAVE A WEAK SPOT WHERE THE WELD WILL BREAK -CAUSING YOUR DRIVERS SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH - OR LEAN BADLY TO ONE SIDE. THIS CAUSE SOMETIME AN UNINTENTIONAL SUDDEN MOVE WHICH CAUSE CHANGING THE STEERING WHEEL DIRECTION. THAT MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN SOME CASES. ANOTHER MAJOR PROBLEM. IS THE CAR GET INTO SUDDEN POWER LOSS AFTER A WHILE OF DRIVING AFTER MAKING A FULL STOP. FOR EXAMPLE ON TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IT WILL TAKE VERY VERY SLOW TAKING OFF AND THEN WILL GET THE POWER BACK AFTER FEW SECONDS. THIS DELAY MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN EXAMPLE OF MAKING LEFT TURN ON A TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY POWER TO MOVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 2-4 SECONDS . THANKS *TR

SECOND OWNER, PURCHASED WITH 63000 MILES. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A SHORT DISTANCE (45MIN) STARTED TO NOTICE THE SPEED PULSING ON FLAT STRETCHES OF ROAD WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL BEING SET AT 60 MPH. I WOULD MANUALLY TAKE OVER THE GAS PEDAL JUST TO HAVE TO CONSTANTLY GIVE IT MORE GAS THEN LESS GAS TO MAINTAIN 60 ON FLAT GROUND. TO THE POINT OF NAILING IT TO MAINTAIN 60 THEN OUT OF NO WHERE IT WOULD START TO GO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY UP AND I WOULD LET OFF THE GAS TO STAY @ 60MPH AND HOLD THE PEDAL THERE FOR ABOUT 20 SECS JUST TO LOSE POWER ON FLAT GROUND AGAIN AND WOULD JUST REPEAT OVER AND OVER. WHEN I GOT OFF THE EXIT RAMP IT WAS SPUTTERING REALLY BAD AND HAD A HARD TIME JUST GETTING IT HOME W/O HURTING MYSELF OR OTHERS. NEXT DAY NOTHING. THEN OVER TIME (1 MONTH) IT HAPPENED 4 OTHER TIMES BUT IS SEEMING TO GET WORSE. THEN TODAY I STOPPED IN TOWN AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GO THE CARE JUS SAT THERE AND THE RPM GAUGE MOVED UP BUT THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY PUT ON HAZARDS, PUT CAR IN PARK, SHUT IT OFF, THEN RESTARTED IT TO LUCKILY BE ABLE TO PULL OFF. WENT ON HIGHWAY HOME GOING 60MPH AND THE SURGING BACK AND FORTH WITH POWER TO WEAKNESS TO SUDDEN POWER WAS THE WORST ITS EVER BEEN. CAR ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO BEING 2ND OWNER BUT COME ON NISSAN REALLY? I'M A STUDENT/NEW FATHER AND THE $ IS CRUNCHED LIKE MOST FAMILIES NOW IN THIS ECONOMY. I BOUGHT A NISSAN B/C ITS REPUTATION OF QUALITY AND ENDURANCE/RESILIENCE. I WOULD BE SICK IF THIS INJURED MY BABY B/C THIS CAR WASN'T IN THE "ORIGINAL RECALL RANGE". IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO BOTH MY TIRES LOCKING UP ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 60 OR EVEN FASTER LEAVING NOT ONLY US IN JEOPARDY BUT EVERYONE AROUND ME ON THE ROAD ALSO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MURANO LOST ACCELERATION, GAS PEDAL WASN'T WORKING AT ALL. SOME HOW I PULLED OVER AND TURN IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WORKED FINE. NOW WHEN IS A STOP AND GO SITUATION IT DOES THE SAME THING WON'T ACCELERATE UNTIL LIKE 5 SECONDS LATER AND IN A VERY DANGEROUS WAY. I HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND IT'S LIFE TREATING SITUATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ABNORMALLY. WHILE AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

WHEN THE CAR FIRST STARTED ACTING UP I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY TO WORK. IT ALL OF A SUDDED STARTED STALLING. I HAD TO PRESS THE DRIVING PEDDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THEN IT WOULD TAKE OFF WITH A VERY HARD JOLT. THIS WOULD HAPPEN OFF AND ON ESPECIALLY IF I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR CAME TO A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD STALL BEFORE TAKING OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DELEARSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. THIS IS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY UP TO 120,000 MILES. THEY SAID THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO DO IT WHILE IN THER SHOP OR THEY COULD DO NOTHING. I JUST FOUND IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE CAR SHOWED NO SIGNES OF DOING ANYTHING THAT I DESCRIBED WHILE THEY HAD IT AND DROVE IT FOR THREE DAYS. WELL OF COURSE I GOT THE CAR BACK AND IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THE REPAIR ON IT ALONE WAS GOING TO COST ME 3600.00 ALL BY ITSELF. THE CAR WAS DOING THE VERY SAME THING WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THEM THE FIRST TIME BUT SURPRISINGLY AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS OFF THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN FOUND THE PROBLEM. SOMEBODY REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND GET THESE SITUATIONS UNDER WARRANTY SO THAT THESE CARS CAN BE FIXED PROPERLY. ITS NOT FAIR TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY TO TAKE IT BACK TO THEM FOR THE EXACT SAME THING AND THEY TELL YOU THAT THE REPAIR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND YOU NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

HAD HAD THIS VEHICLE LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH WHEN NOTICED HAVING ACCELARATION HESITATION PROBLEM ONCE YOU SLOW DOWN OR STOP TO MAKE TURNS OR AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. NEVER INVOLVED IN A COLLISION BUT HAVE HAD TOO MANY CLOSE CALLS ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AGAINST ON-COMING TRAFFIC OR WITH A CAR BEHIND ME; CAR JUST WONT GO AND WHEN IT DOES, IT IS FAST ENOUGH TO KNOCK YOUR HEAD OFF. TOOK IT BACK TO NISSAN DEALERSHIPS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WITHOUT A RESOLUTION; THEY SAY THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. DID EVERYTHING THEY ASKED INCLUDING USING A HIGH GRADE GAS CONSISTENTLY AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS TO THIS DAY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.

FIRST INCIDENT: "SLIP", "VDC OFF", AND "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHTS ALL CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY AS CAR JERKED/HESITATED IN HOV LANE OF WESTBOUND I-66. CAR REMAINED RUNNING WITH "SLIP", "VDC OFF", AND "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHTS REMAINING ON THE REST OF THE TRIP HOME. SECOND INCIDENT (01/30/2011): "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ALREADY ON. AS STOP LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE FROM COMPLETE STOP, "SLIP" AND "VDC OFF" LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAR STALLED IN THE ROAD WAY. WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR WITH SOME DIFFICULTY IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND CONTINUED ON. THIRD INCIDENT: "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ALREADY ON. CAR STALLED TURNING INTO OWNER DRIVEWAY, WITH "SLIP" AND "VDC OFF" LIGHTS COMING ON. WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR WITH SOME DIFFICULTY AND PULL INTO DRIVEWAY. NISSAN DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND CODE P0340: "B1 CAM SENSOR FAILURE". FP-NUMBER: 23731-69J0B. SENSOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED 02/03/2011. 2ND CODE P1564: "REPLACE CRUISE CONTROL"

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GIVEN GAS. YOU CAN HOLD THE PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR ROLLS FORWARD FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN KICKS IN. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO TURN OR CROSSING A STREET. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND NISSAN KEEPS TELLING ME DIFFERENT THINGS. IT SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FROM POSTS I HAVE FOUND ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS. *TR