2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

AFTER EXTENDED IDLE, THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO FUEL FEED. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THERE IS A HESITATION (2-5 SECONDS) AND THEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD. THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY GOES AWAY WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. *TR

CAR MADE HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE; STOPPED WORKING. TOWED TO POK NISSAN AND UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY REPLACED TRANSFER CASE AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL. NOW HERE IT IS BARELY ONE YEAR LATER AND JUST OVER 12000 MILES AND THE TRANSFER CASE IS LEAKING AGAIN. WAS TOLD BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THAT NISSAN SHOULD MAKE GOOD. HAVING REVIEWED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTSA OF SAME PROBLEMS I FOUND IT UNBELIEVABLE THAT NISSA FAILS TO CONSIDER THIS AS A RECALL OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. *TT

WHEN THE CAR FIRST STARTED ACTING UP I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY TO WORK. IT ALL OF A SUDDED STARTED STALLING. I HAD TO PRESS THE DRIVING PEDDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THEN IT WOULD TAKE OFF WITH A VERY HARD JOLT. THIS WOULD HAPPEN OFF AND ON ESPECIALLY IF I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR CAME TO A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD STALL BEFORE TAKING OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DELEARSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. THIS IS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY UP TO 120,000 MILES. THEY SAID THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO DO IT WHILE IN THER SHOP OR THEY COULD DO NOTHING. I JUST FOUND IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE CAR SHOWED NO SIGNES OF DOING ANYTHING THAT I DESCRIBED WHILE THEY HAD IT AND DROVE IT FOR THREE DAYS. WELL OF COURSE I GOT THE CAR BACK AND IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THE REPAIR ON IT ALONE WAS GOING TO COST ME 3600.00 ALL BY ITSELF. THE CAR WAS DOING THE VERY SAME THING WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THEM THE FIRST TIME BUT SURPRISINGLY AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS OFF THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN FOUND THE PROBLEM. SOMEBODY REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND GET THESE SITUATIONS UNDER WARRANTY SO THAT THESE CARS CAN BE FIXED PROPERLY. ITS NOT FAIR TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY TO TAKE IT BACK TO THEM FOR THE EXACT SAME THING AND THEY TELL YOU THAT THE REPAIR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND YOU NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

THE TRANSFER CASE BLEW UP, BROKEN TEETH, WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. COST OF REPAIR WAS $3500. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL, DESPITE THIS BEING A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN MURANOS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. ONCE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, IT ACCELERATED AT A VERY SLOW RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AFTER REACHING 2000 RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V169000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). IN ADDITION, THE OXYGEN SENSOR WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO REQUIRED THE CVT TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED TWICE DUE TO FAILURE, AT 55K AND 95K MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR POWER DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK INDEPENDENTLY. THE DEALER WAS CALLED WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LOCKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD OFFER A $250 DISCOUNT FROM THE $700 COST OF REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,200.

I HAVE A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT WHEN I AM IN TRAFFIC AND I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, THERE IS NO RESPONSE AND THEN THE CAR SURGES FORWARD. I WAS CHANGING LANES AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE VALVE BODY AND GASKET. THEY SAID THE EXTENDED 120,000 WARRANTY ON THE CVT TRANSMISSON WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. I CALLED NISSAN CUSTOMER SUPPORT, AND AFTER INVESTIGATING THEY AGREED THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I HAVE HEARD SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM THAT I JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I WAS TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY HAZARD. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM , THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT THIS MILEAGE. I ALSO HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED AND ALSO THE FUEL PUMP, JUST AFTER IT TURNED 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FURTHER, BUT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHTS ALSO BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND RECCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS ON THREE OCCASIONS. AFTER THE FINAL FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.