2003 Nissan Murano

CVT TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ACCELERATE AFTER DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS...IE LIKE THRU A PARKING AREA OR WHILE IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THAN WHILE PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC WILL NOT NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL WHILE PRESSING DOWN THAN IT WILL SUDDENLY SURGE AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. I CAN NOT SAFELY SEND MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER OUT IN THIS CAR. HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES THE TRANSFER CASE FOR THE AWD WAS REPLACED SOME TIME BACK WHEN IT CRACKED. BUT THE CVT ACTED UP OCCASIONALLY LONG BEFORE THAT.!! THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL TO REPAIR THESE TRANSMISSIONS.

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO SE. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY HOUSE AND WHILE STILL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CAR CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT (LOUD NOISE). I WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TRIED PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN AND THE CAR REFUSED TO MOVE BUT MADE ANOTHER VERY LOUD SOUND. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN THAT WERE FORTUNATELY NOT IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. ALSO FORTUNATE WAS THAT I HAD NOT TURNED INTO A HIGH SPEED MAIN ROAD THAT WAS JUST COMING UP. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED IT AS A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM AND QUOTED $3300 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PART. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, MY HUSBAND AND I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A STANDARD PROBLEM IN THE EARLIER NISSAN MURANO MODELS - HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ONLINE AND IT HAPPENS AT ROUGHLY THE SAME MILEAGE IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON NISSAN'S PART AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. WE CONTACTED NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AFTER WAITING 10 DAYS, WE WERE BASICALLY TOLD THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT GIVEN HOW OLD THE VEHICLE WAS AND THAT THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, EVEN AFTER I EXPLAINED THE RESULTS OF MY RESEARCH. I TOLD THEM THAT EVEN IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, A TRANSFER CASE SHOULD NOT GIVE WAY BETWEEN 80-90,000 MILES - IT IS SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE. I AM EXTREMELY IRRITATED AT HOW NISSAN HANDLED THIS PROBLEM AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WHO MAY END UP IN THE SAME SITUATION BUT NOT BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ESCAPE BODILY HARM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

SUN VISOR RANDOMLY DROPS DOWN FROM HEADLINER OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW. NISSAN WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT NO COST IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NISSAN SHOULD REPAIR THIS DEFECT REGARDLESS OF YEAR OR MILEAGE. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIPS, PREVENTING CERTAIN OWNERS FROM HAVING THE VISOR PROPERLY REPLACED/REPAIRED . VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I CONTINUE TO HAVE EPISODIC LOSS OF POWER WITH MY 03 MURANO. ALL INSTANCES OCCUR AFTER DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEED FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AT A RATE OF BETWEEN 65 -80 MPH DURING TIMES OF HIGH HEAT (100 DEGREES+). THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN JUNE 2010 WHILE DRIVING FROM PHOENIX TO FLAGSTAFF. GOING UP A LONG INCLINE, I NOTICED THAT MY SPEED WAS DECLINING (I WAS USING CRUISE CONTROL). PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR - NO RESPONSE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO DECELERATE ON IT'S OWN AS I STRUGGLED TO BOTH CHANGE LINES TO GET TO THE NONEXISTENT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND AVOID GETTING HIT BY THE SEMITRUCKS. TURNED OFF THE CAR FOR 30 MINUTES AND WAITED. TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE CAR RAN. I HAVE SINCE NOT USED CRUISE CONTROL. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG; CAR DID SAME THING IMMEDIATELY AFTER, DROVE IT BACK TO THE SHOP - THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE IT! JUNE 2011 - DRIVING FROM LA TO PHOENIX, 105 DEGREES AND 2 HOURS IN TO THE TRIP, THE CAR DOES THE SAME THING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD, WAITED. TRIED AGAIN; COULD GO 10 MILES BEFORE THE CAR BEGAN LOSING POWER. TOWED TO A DEALER - WHO COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE INCIDENT. APRIL 2012 - DRIVING FROM TUCSON TO PHOENIX; 105 DEGREES AND 72 MILES INTO THE TRIP. LOSS OF POWER ON THE INTERSTATE; 1 HR OF WAITING, AND POWER RETURNS, BUT I DID NOT TRUST THIS CAR TO GET ME HOME (NOR DID I WANT TO BE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AZ DESERT WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK.) TOWED TO A DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALER. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN AND HAD MANY THINGS DONE AND REPLACED - THE CAM SENSOR, TRANSMISSION FLUID, ETC. NO ONE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT AND MORE FRUSTRATING IS THAT NOT ONE MECHANIC CAN REPLICATE THIS LOSS OF POWER/LACK OF RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS DEFECTIVE AND SHIFTED POSITIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO INSPECTED THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND TIGHTENED THE BOLTS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE FOR A SECOND TIME AND STATED THAT THE RETRACTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 61,300. UPDATED 05/15/12 * BF UPDATED 05/23/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE THEN JERKED, HESITATED, AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SPEED SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

I HEARD A LOUD "POP" PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SEAT BEGAN TO ROCK. AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE, I LOOK UNDER THE SEAT TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN WHERE THE SOUND I HEARD ORIGINATED. IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE, SO SEEING NOTHING AMISS IT WASN'T UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING THAT DISCOVERED THAT THE SEAT WAS ROCKING AND BOUNCING 4-6 INCHES UNDER WEIGHT. I DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A BROKEN WELD UNDER THE SEAT. FROM ITS APPEARANCE, SEEMS THAT SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO FIX... (SIGHS) IF ONLY THAT WERE TRUE. I PURCHASED NISSAN FOR THE REPUTATION IT ONCE HAD, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE AND NO MOVE BY NISSAN CORP TO RECALL OR REINFORCE THESE SHODDY WELDS. I AM CURRENTLY RIDING WITH THIS SEAT PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY ROCK BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IS QUOTING A $4000 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CHAIR. EVEN TRIED A SALVAGE YARD, TO NO AVAIL. I AM IN CONSTANT DISTRESS ABOUT DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, BUT HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO CONTINUE; I FEEL AT THE RISK OF LIFE AND LIMB SHOULD THE REMAINING SUPPORT BREAK, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO PUT MY KIDS IN THE CAR, BUT AGAIN... I HAVE NO CHOICE! IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS ISSUE PUTS BLOOD ON NISSAN'S HANDS. *TR

MY NISSAN MURANO WAS A BRAND NEW 2003 IT IS NOW 8 YEARS OLD WITH 46015 MILES. THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN NH CARED FOR MY VEHICLE REGULARLY; MY FIRST PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED SENDING OUT BLACK SMOKE, I FOUGHT FOR NISSAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE, THEY DID; IT TOOK SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO GET THE OIL SMELL FLUSHED OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. I UNDERSTAND WEAR AND TEAR BUT, MAJOR ENGINE FAULTS HAPPENING SO SOON; NISSAN CLAIMS BEING THE TOP VEHICLE MANUFACTURES. ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I BOUGHT THEIR BRAND. I DID EVERYTHING THEY SAID TO KEEP MY VEHICLE FUNCTIONING; THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN; THE REAR POWERTRAIN REACHED ITS END, AND OIL LEAKING IN THE ENGINE, THE PISTON BALL BEARINGS IS BROKEN; AND NOW THE OIL IS LEAKING OUT. THE AVERAGE MILES DRIVEN PER YEAR IS 12000; MY VEHICLE AVERAGE 1500-MILES YEARLY. I CANNOT NOR WILL I BATTLE OVER THE 60 MONTHS/100,000 MILES WARRANTY CONTRACT; I AM APPEALING TO NISSAN CORPORATION SAYING, LOOK AND SEE IN MY CASE MY VEHICLES? PROBLEMS ARE UNIQUE; SEE THE ODDNESS OF AN ENGINE WITH ONLY 46015 MILES HAVING SUCH MAJOR PROBLEMS. SEE MY MAINTENANCE RECORDS, IT WAS NOT DUE TO NEGLECT, LOOK AT THE FIRST TIME I HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE VERY EARLY IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNING IT. THE ENGINE AND COMPONENTS ARE FAULTY; I JUST GOT A BAD MAKE. A FEEDBACK CARD CAME IN MY MAIL IT SAYS, ?AS A VALUED NISSAN CUSTOMER, YOUR SATISFACTION THROUGHOUT YOUR OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCE IS OUR COMPANY?S HIGHEST PRIORITY?? SO, THEN WHY HIDE BEHIND THE EXPIRED WARRANTY? I WAS TOLD, EVEN IF THE NHTSA FORCE A RECALL AND NISSAN FOUND I AM THE CAUSE, THE NISSAN BOARD WOULD WILLFULLY RECALL VEHICLES FROM 2004 UP, TO SPITE ME OR, SINGLE OUT THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS I NOW HAVE REPAIR THEM IGNORING THE VEHICLE?S YOUNG ENGINE IS COMPLETELY FAULTY. *TR

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