2012 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

SUNROOF GLASS BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER 2015; CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE SUN, FOLLOWED BY A THUNDERSTORM. WE DISCOVERED WATER COMING IN AROUND THE SLIDING INTERIOR SUNROOF PANEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER THE GLASS COVERAGE OF OUR INSURANCE. RECENT STORY OF OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AT HTTP://WWW.WSFA.COM/STORY/28945992/DANGER-AHEAD-EXPLODING-SUNROOFS-A-SURPRISINGLY-COMMON-PROBLEM

I WAS CHANGING LANES AS I WAS APPROACHING A CITY STREET INTERSECTION AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND BEGAN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO STOP. I NOTICED THAT I WAS HAVING TO PUSH MUCH HARDER ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE CAR AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RACING AT A HIGH RPM. I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP AND THEN PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. AT THAT POINT WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE RACING STOPPED AND FELL BACK TO IDLE. I WAS THEN ABLE TO PROCEED AS NORMAL ALTHOUGH I WAS SOMEWHAT SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE. I DID HAVE THE CAR EVAUATED BY MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP BUT NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE HIGHWAY I HEARD A LOUD BANG OVERHEAD. WHEN I COULD GET TO AN AREA TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED, IT WAS THE SUN ROOF GLASS THAT HAD SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. IT WAS A BIG HOLE DEAD CENTER OF THE FORWARD GLASS. THE GLASS BROKE INTO A MILLION PIECES WITH PORTIONS OF IT STILL ABLE TO FLY AWAY.

I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY, SUN WAS IN MY EYES SO I LOWERED THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR. IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME FLOPPY AND I COULDN'T GET IT TO RAISE BACK UP. I HAD TO HOLD THE VISOR UP WITH OTHER HAND WHILE SLOWING AND NAVIGATING SAFELY TO PULL OFF OF HIGHWAY. WITH FOCUSED CONCENTRATION, I CAN GET THE VISOR TO GO BACK UP INTO PLACE AND STAY BUT CANNOT SAFELY USE. IT APPEARS TO BE THE "PIN"? THAT ATTACHES UP INSIDE THE VISOR ATTACHMENT TO THE CAR ROOF. ?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MURANO. WHEN THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SHIFT OUT OF ALL WHEEL DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 6/25/15*CN UPDATED 10/17/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 700. UPDATED 7/1/15*CN

DRIVING ON A CLEAR DAY (50DEGREES) ON SATURDAY APRIL 25TH, MY 2012 NISSAN MURANO'S SUNROOF EXPLODED. THE GLASS WAS PROTRUDING OUTWARD, AS IF IT EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THERE WAS SHARDS OF GLASS EVERYWHERE AND LUCKILY THERE WERE NO ONCOMING CARS BECAUSE THE SOUND IT MADE INSIDE THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED CAUSED ME TO SWERVE A LITTLE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BOOM. I LOOKED AROUND AND DISCOVERED THAT THE MOONROOF HAD SHATTERED. IT WAS A SUNNY DAY AND THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AROUND. THE GLASS IS BROKEN AROUND THE EDGES OF THE GLASS. THERE IS NO SIGN OF IMPACT ANYWHERE ON THE GLASS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK WOULD FREEZE IN ANY TEMPERATURES UNDER 40 DEGREES. THE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WARMED THE VEHICLE UP AND THE DOOR OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS 3,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

AT SPORADIC TIMES, MY 2012 NISSAN MURANO WILL HESITATE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 5-10 SECONDS IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTIONS. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (WHILE UNDER WARRANTY) I NOTIFIED NISSAN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME I CONTACTED CHILDREN NISSAN WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ADVISED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN WHEN THE PROBLEM COULD BE REPLICATED OR WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. ON 3-15-14, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO AUTONATION NISSAN IN MARIETTA, GA TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND SERVICED. I DISCUSSED THE ACCELERATION ISSUE WITH AUTONATION, BUT WAS TOLD TO COME BACK WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS PRESENT OR IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THREE SEPARATE TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS HAVE DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH A FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED CASES OF THE NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSIONS FAILING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME SO PREVALENT THAT NISSAN DESIGNED A SPECIAL 120K-MILE WARRANTY FOR THE CVT IN THE 2003-2010 NISSAN MURANO VEHICLES. THE PROBLEMS WITH MY 2012 MURANO ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE WHO HAD ISSUES WITH THE 2003-2010 MURANO. DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, I AM UNWILLING TO PLACE MY FAMILY IN DANGER BY DRIVING MY MURANO. DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOW BEING OUT OF WARRANTY, NISSAN HAS REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH THE PROBLEM. *DT