2011 Nissan Murano

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,499.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT LIGHT, WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BREAK TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND CAR WILL NOT STOP. AFTER PUMPING THE BREAK SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND OTHER CAR SHOPS AND THEY SEE NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL. I'M AT A LOSS AND MY WIFE AND MYSELF ARE TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE.

I HAVE A 2011 NISSAN MURANO SL 2WD AND AM STARTING TO HAVE ACCELERATING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SPECIALLY DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.THE SYMPTOMS ARE WHEN THE VEHICLE WARMS UP AND AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT JUST REFUSES TO MOVE FIR ABOUT 3-4 SECONDS THE RPM WILL NOT INCREASE AND THE VEHICLE WILL BARELY MOVE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SEEMS TO ENGAGE AND LURCH FORWARD.ONE TIME I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO SURFACE STREET TRAFFIC FROM A FREEWAY EXIT .I HAD AMPLE SPACE BETWEEN ME ANOTHER VEHICLE AS I TRIED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC BUT MY VEHICLE WAS JUST CRAWLING SLOWLY FORWARD BY WHICH TIME THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS ALMOST ON TOP OF ME HONKING AND I WAS BEING CUSSED AT AND ALL FOR A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE DECIDED TO MOVE AND I HAD TO SWERVE RIGHT ON THE SIDE WALK TO PREVENT GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND.I TALKED TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS THE CVT TRANSMISSION BUT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL BUT EARLIER MODELS HAVE A RECALL WITH SAME ISSUES BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE SPECIALLY IF THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL START ACTING UP .I HAVE REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH SENSOR AND CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP.

WITHOUT WARNING, BRAKES BEGIN TO FEEL SPONGY, HAVE TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST TO FLOOR BEFORE RESPONSE. SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS NOW AS A RESULT OF INTERMITTENT CHANGED BRAKING PERFORMANCE. AS A RESULT, HAD BRAKES CHECKED, FLUID DRAINED, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, BRAKE LINES DRAINED, NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE. NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING CAR, FEELS UNSAFE.

MY VEHICLE'S DOOR LOCK WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY. IF THE AUTO LOCKS STOP WORKING THIS SHOULDN'T STOP ME FROM UNLOCKING MY VEHICLE MANUALLY. MY ORIGINAL INCIDENT WITH THIS ISSUE WAS WITH ME IN THE VEHICLE. I WAS STUCK IN MY TRUCK. I HAD TO CLIMB OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND GET OUT THAT WAY. MY SECOND INCIDENT WITH THIS WAS ALL OF MY LOCKS DIDN'T WORK WITH THE FOB OR WITH MY KEY (MANNUALLY). THANKFULLY, I WAS NOT INSIDE THIS TIME. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. DURING ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS, MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND PRODUCE VERY LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EVASIVE ACTION HAD TO BE TAKEN TO AVOID COLLISION. HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AS WELL AS ON A HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO CORRECT ITS SELF AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR SERVICE INDICATOR LIGHTS/ CODES PRESENT. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SPORADICALLY ABSENT OF ANY FORE WARNING AND PRESENTS THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENTAL COLLISION. THIS SAME CONDITION HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SAME MODEL OVER SEVERAL MANUFACTURE YEARS AND ALTHOUGH INDICATIONS ARE THE THE SAME ABS CONTROL MODULE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE AT ISSUE ONLY THE 2009 YEAR WAS ISSUED A SERVICE RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO SWERVE AROUND THE OTHER VEHICLE TO AVOID A CRASH. WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY, THE CONTACT QUICKLY TURNED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO PARK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CARDINALE NISSAN (1661 DEL MONTE BLVD, SEASIDE, CA 93955, (831) 322-4115) TO BE TEST DRIVEN AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,167.

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED USING MY BRAKES I CONTINUALLY HAD TO DEPRESS MY BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THEM TO START WORKING. ONCE I REACHED STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY I CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE TAPPING OR USING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS NORMAL DID NOT SLOW MY CAR DOWN AND I HAD TO KEEP PUSHING IT TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM RUNNING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I BROUGHT THIS TO MY NORMAL MECHANIC WHO DRAINED BRAKE FLUID, CHECKED PADS, AND TESTED ALL CALIPERS WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY FELT IT WAS THE ABS ACTUATOR THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED I GO TO A DEALERSHIP. AT THE DEALERSHIP I RELAYED THIS INFORMATION AND THEY BEGAN LOOKING AT THE CAR. THEIR DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE ACTUATOR ALLOWED AIR IN THE BRAKE LINE AND THAT AIR KEPT MY BRAKES FROM WORKING. SEEMS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG NISSAN MURANO'S.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP FROM AN APPROXIMATE 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED, THE BRAKE PETAL TRAVELLED NEARLY ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE VEHICLE DID EVENTUALLY SLOW TO A STOP BUT NOT UNTIL I NEARLY STRUCK THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THAT, THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND DETERMINED THE THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE ABS CONTROL MODULE. I HAVE SEEN RECALLS FOR DEFECTIVE ABS ON MURANO MODEL YEARS UP TO 2009 AND THEN AGAIN AFTER 2015. HOWEVER, MY 2011 MODEL YEAR FALLS IN THE "RECALL GAP" AND IS NOT COVERED. ALTHOUGH ABS PROBLEMS FOR THE 2011 MURANO ARE DOCUMENTED ON MULTIPLE INTERNET WEBSITES, NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED AN ADDITIONAL RECALL COVERING THE OTHER MODEL YEARS SUCH AS MINE. SO THE EXPENSIVE REPAIR COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES FALL UPON THE UNSUSPECTING OWNERS OF THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. NISSAN SHOULD IMMEDIATELY ISSUE A RECALL AND GET THE DANGEROUS CONDITION REPAIRED BEFORE OTHERS FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SAFELY STOP THEIR CARS.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE I HEARD A LOUD SOUND LIKE A GUNSHOT. THERE WEREN'T ANY CARS IN FRONT OF ME AND I DIDN'T JUST GO UNDER AN OVERPASS. UPON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THAT MY SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED AND NO FOREIGN OBJECTS WERE VISIBLE THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED IT. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.