2006 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

THE AIR DUCT (PIPE) COMING FROM THE AIR FILTER UNATTACHED ITSELF CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE CAR WAS MOVING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE LOSS. *TR

DRIVING ON I95 AND HEAR A POP AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT SHIFTED ABOUT 5 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND THE BACK LEFT CORNER DROPPED. WHEN I TURNED TO THE RIGHT, IT FELT LIKE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT WOULD RAISE UP THEN DROP BACK DOWN AS I COMPLETED THE TURN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE BEL AIR (MD) NISSAN DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. THEY FOUND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BOTTOM WELD HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE SEAT FAME TO BEND AND SLIT. THEY INSTALLED GUSSET AND WELDED. COST $757.08. I CONTACTED NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE TELLING NISSAN I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE SEAT FRAME ON AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN 81,000 MILES SHOULD NOT BREAK UNLESS IT WAS UNDER DESIGNED OR WAS DEFECTIVELY MADE. NISSAN ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER OF 16837975 AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. THEY GOT BACK TO ME ON 12/17/2014 STATING NISSAN WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THE COST AND NISSAN WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE INFREQUENT OF OCCURRENCE BUT WOULD NOT TELL ME THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES. *TR

I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET A KEY MADE FOR IT, SINCE I HAD LOST THE KEY. THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION UP TO DATE. AFTER GETTING A KEY MADE BY THE DEALERSHIP, THE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION FOR IT IS LOCKED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT I NOW NEED TO PURCHASE A STEERING LOCK TO GET IT FIXED. THE MURANO I PURCHASED WAS FROM A USED DEALERSHIP AND I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY RECALLS AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTER TO DATE FOR THE RECALL ON THE STEERING LOCK SINCE I HAVE HAD IT. THERE WAS A RECALL DONE ON THE NISSAN MURANO'S IN THE 2006 DATE RANGE FOR THIS SAME REASON. I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE FIXED FREE OF CHARGE SINCE I DID NOT BREAK IT TO BEGIN WITH. *TR

MY SEAT HAS DISLODGED FROM THE BASE IN THE BACK LEFT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT JUST AS MANY OTHERS HAVE AS WELL. I NOTICED IT WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN WHEN THE SEAT ROCKED OUT OF PLACE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THEY SAID IT WAS A FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE WELDED ($500) OR THE SEAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT ($1500). I ASKED IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THEY RESPONDED NO. SINCE IT SEEMED SO FAR BEYOND A NORMAL ISSUE WITH A VEHICLE, I DECIDED TO CONTACT NISSAN NORTH AMERICA TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO HELP. AFTER A WEEK LONG INVESTIGATION, NISSAN OFFERED NO HELP. THEY WERE VAGUE AS TO MY INQUIRIES IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MAKE. AFTER SOME FURTHER RESEARCH I CAME ACROSS SAFECAR.ORG, AND FOUND IT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. MOREOVER, TO FIND THAT AN INVESTIGATION TOOK PLACE ALREADY ON THE ISSUE AND WAS CLOSED WITH NO ACTION IS RIDICULOUS AND NEGLIGENT. DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A MAJOR ACCIDENT FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? I HOPE THE CASE GETS REOPENED AND THE ISSUE IS PREVENTED GOING FORWARD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, I HEARD A POP COME FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED TO THE LEFT REAR. I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS THE SEAT FRAME ISSUE THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MURANO OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE HAD RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WILE DRIVING CASUALLY, THE SEAT FELT LIKE DISLOCATING OFF IT'S TRACK AND LEANED FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT. I PULLED OVER WHEN POSSIBLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE SEAT IS LOOSE ON ITS REAR LEFT SIDE AND ROCKS FREELY TOWARDS THE FRONT. ELECTRICALLY IT FUNCTIONED AS USUAL. MY GARAGE MECHANIC (NOT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP!) CHECKED IT AND FOUND OUT THE METAL FRAME OF THE SEAT IS BROKEN. HE WARNED ME OF KEEPING DRIVING IT AND SAID HE COULD NOT FIX IT BUT WILL LOOK FOR A BODY SHOP OR SOME ONE WHO WILL. I WENT ONLINE TO RESEARCH IT AND LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON WELL-KNOWN SAFETY VIOLATION BY THE MANUFACTURE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, OR IN A UNEXPLAINED OTHER REASON, WAS NEVER RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL SAFETY RECALL. I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE SO IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OFF. BEFORE MORE PEOPLE WILL BE HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

I STARTED NOTICING THE DRIVER'S SEAT SEEMED LOOSE WHEN I WOULD SIT DOWN ON IT. IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. IT SEEMS THAT THE REAR BRACKET IS BROKEN. IN RESEARCHING THIS PRIOR TO TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I JUST HOPE I'M NOT IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE I CAN GET THIS REPAIRED. I'D HATE TO SEE WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME IF I GET REAR ENDED. *TR

WIFE WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKE AFTER DOING RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE FOR YEARS NOT SURE WHY IT IS NOT A RECALL YET. I KNOW 2 OTHER PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO. I'M HAPPY NOTHING HAPPEN TO WIFE OR SON. GO TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE $800 TO $1500 TO FIX I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL NOT SURE IF THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE TO MAKE IT A RECALL. INFO ON THIS MATTER IS ALL OVER THE WEB IF YOU OWN A NISSAN MURANO 2003 TO 2007 THIS WILL HAPPEN IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. THIS SEAT FRAME WAS POORLY ENGINEERED AND NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF. *TR