2018 Nissan Murano

I RENTED THIS VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE AND WHILE DRIVING ON OLD COUNTRY ROAD IN WESTBURY, NEW YORK, ALL OF A SUDDEN SMOKE FILLED THE CAR AND MY FOOT FELT REALLY HOT LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE. THIS OCCURRED SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS, CAUSING ME TO LOSE VISIBILITY AND CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND ULTIMATELY A TREE. I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. *TR

WHETHER IT BE A FEW SECONDS AFTER DRIVING, OR A MINUTE OR TWO, THE WARNING 'UNAVAILABLE FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION' APPEARS ON THE DASH BOARD. THIS INDICATES THAT THE AUTOMATIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DISABLED. THIS IS THE RADAR SYSTEM THAT MONITORS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND ANY OBJECT IN FRONT OF IT, THAT FIRST ALERTS THE DRIVER IF THEY ARE APPROACHING AN OBJECT AHEAD RAPIDLY AND IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN ON THE DRIVERS PART, WILL THEN TRY TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN BY APPLYING THE BRAKES TO HELP AVOID OR MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF A COLLISION. THIS SYSTEM IS NOT SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICALLY TURN ITSELF OFF. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME THE VEHICLE IS USED AND SEEMS TO BE A WELL DOCUMENTED PHENOMENON BY MURANO OWNERS, THROUGH UNOFFICIAL NISSAN MURANO FORUMS, AS WELL AS HERE ON DIGITAL TRENDS 'HTTPS://WWW.DIGITALTRENDS.COM/CARS/FAULTY-RADARS-COMPROMISING-NISSAN-EMERGENCY-BRAKING-SYSTEM/?AMP' WITH THE 2015-2018 NISSAN MURANO AND OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES.

I OWN A 2018 NISSAN MURANO SL. THERE IS A FRONT SENOR ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, IN NOVEMBER 12, 2019. EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, WITHOUT FAIL. SEEMINGLY RANDOM, I GET AN ERROR MESSAGE: "FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTED" WARNING APPEARS ON PANEL. THE "COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM INACTIVE" ICON LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE WARNING MESSAGE GOES OFF; THE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM LIGHT GOES OFF. THIS ERROR CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AGAIN ALMOST EVERY TEN MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL ERROR MESSAGE FOR THE DURATION OF MY CAR TRIP. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF I'M TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY OR COUNTRY ROAD.... OR EVEN AT A COMPLETE STOP....IT STILL HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT, AS LONG AS THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON.

PURCHASED 2018 NISSAN MORANO SL SUV ON 12/14/2019. DRIVING FROM DEALER ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY, APPROX. 3 MI., DASHBOARD DISPLAYED 'UNAVAILABLE FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION'. IT HAS RANDOMLY DISPLAYED THIS EVER SINCE. NISSAN DEALER STATED THEY HAVE BEEN 'DESENSITIZING' THE RADAR AS A REMEDY BUT DENIED HAVING ANY PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DEFECT.

WHEN DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY FLASH A SIGNAL STATING "FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION, UNAVAILABLE" WHICH DISENGAGES THE BRAKING SYSTEM WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL, . THIS ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE RADAR FAILED TO ALERT AND AUTOMATICALL SLOW CAR DOWN. THIS ALSO CAUSES A HAZARD WHEN DRIVING ON REGULAR STREETS AS ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SIGNAL FLASHES INEXPLICABLY AND UNPREDICTABLY WHICH CAUSES A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING.

"UNAVAILABLE FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION" POPS UP RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN OR HIGHWAYS, FREEWAYS OR ANYPLACE. IT IS FAULTY, CAUSING THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM TO NOT WORK. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT WORK, NEITHER WILL USING CRUISE CONTROL - A BASIC ACCESSORY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES! THE EBS HAS BEEN GOING OFF AND ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I FIGURED I'D HAVE IT CHECKED AT THE NEXT MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT (1 WEEK AGO). THEY FOUND IT TO BE FAULTY AND REPLACED A DISTANCE SENSORY UNIT. WITHIN ABOUT 20 MILES THE EBS QUIT WORKING AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR MOST OF THE WEEK BUT I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT IN DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS. TODAY I HAD TO DRIVE OVER 100 MILES AND WAS UNABLE TO USE CRUISE CONTROL BECAUSE THE EBS SYSTEM DID NOT WORK THE ENTIRE TIME. THE CRASH LIGHT COMES ON,