2009 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

JUST PURCHASED THIS MURANO USED. WAS SOLD TO ME 'AS-IS'. I AM A MECHANIC AND EXPECTED A FEW ISSUES TO FIX. BUT COME TO FIND OUT, THE REAR SUBFRAME IS COMPLETLY ROTTED APPART IN TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS AND UNDRIVABLE. WILL COST ME THOUSANDS TO FIX. ABSOLUTLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A HIGHER END VEHICLE ONLY 9 YEARS OLD. NISSAN WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN.

BRAKES TRAVEL TO FAR MAKING BRAKING QUESTIONABLE. SEVERAL TIMES WRECKS HAVE ALMOST OCCURRED. VEHICLE IS SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER TO BRAKE SAFELY WHEN TRYING TO STOP FROM HIGHER RATES OF SPEED. BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS LITERALLY TO THE FLOOR BOARD.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE DASH IS FLASHING. INDICATING THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM MAYBE FAULTY NISSAN WANTS $120. FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF THE SYSTEM. THIS CAR IS A 2009 MURANO AND ONLY 47,000. MILES NO ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING TO CAUSE THE LIGHT TO GO ON. IN ALL MY YEARS AND CARS I HAVE NEVER HAD A AIRBAG LIGHT GO ON FOR NO REASON.

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL RANDOMLY LOSE PRESSURE AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIREWALL WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP WHICH RESULTS IN THE VEHICLE FAILING TO STOP. IT APPEARS TO ONLY BE HAPPENING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH OR LESS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 30-45 DAYS NOW ARE IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT NOW OCCURRING AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 3-4 DAYS. WHEN THIS 1ST STARTED I WAS ADVISED THAT IT MAY BE DUE TO LOW BRAKE PADS AND UNDER SPEC ROTORS SO WE REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL 4 WHEELS AND BLEED THE BRAKES TO ENSURE THERE WAS NO AIR TRAPPED IN THE LINES HOWEVER THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THERE IS NO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. WE ARE THE 2ND OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE AND PURCHASED IT WITH ABOUT 30K MILES ON IT IN 2012 AND IT NOW HAS 70K MILES ON IT. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND DRIVES MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN AROUND IN IT AND WE NO LONGER FEEL SAFE USING IT AS YESTERDAY SHE COULD NOT STOP THE CAR TRYING TO TURN INTO THE YMCA PARKING LOT AND SHE COULDN'T STOP! LUCKILY THERE WAS NO-ONE IN FRONT OF HER AS SHE WOULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO THEM. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SELLING OR TRADING THE CAR SINCE THIS IS APPARENTLY AN ISSUE THAT MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT DEALERS CAN'T FIGURE OUT AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PASSING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THE ISSUE IS WHEN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE ENGAGED. AFTER THEY ARE ENGAGED THE BREAK PRESSURE IMMEDIATELY GOES SOFT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BREAKS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS AND THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE EFFECT AND THAT THEY ARE FINE. IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN ITS COLD. I HAVE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND RESTART AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO RESET THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. IVE NOTICED THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON AND WANTED TO REPORT WHAT I HAVE FOUND AS WELL. THE LATEST HAPPENED WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN AND HIT AN ICY PATCH WHICH THEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKE RUMBLED ENGAGING IT. AFTER I FINALLY STOPPED HALF WAY INTO THE INTERSECTION THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKE PRESSURE WHAT SO EVER....I GUIDED THE CAR TO THE SIDE AND SAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED THE CAR BEFORE BRAKES CAME BACK.

TAKATA RECALL LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY MURANO WHICH SOUNDED PRETTY BAD WHEN YOU WENT OVER ANY BUMPS. ACTUALLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THEY FOUND SO MUCH RUST AND CORROSION ON THE SUBFRAME. REAR PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME HAS A CRACK IN IT AND UNTIL THEY TAKE IT APART THEY DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF THERE IS MORE CRACKS, ETC SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH CORROSION. CAR ONLY HAS 112,000 MILES AND IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION OTHERWISE THAT IT LOOKS 4 YEARS OLD INSTEAD OF 9 YEARS OLD. NISSAN TECHNICIAN SAID IT ISN'T UNUSUAL IN THAT YEAR MURANO AS THEY MADE THE FRAME WITH THESE SMALL HOLES THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN WHICH IN THE NORTHEAST ALL THE WATER AND SALT GETS INTO AND SETTLES IN THERE WHICH THEN CORRODES AWAY AT THE FRAME. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE NOW IF YOU STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLE IT SLIGHTLY LEANING TO THE RIGHT AND THE REAR TIRE BOWING OUT. 4K TO FIX CAR WHICH IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND NOT WORTH IT FOR A 9 YEAR OLD CAR. THIS POOR DESIGN OF THE SUBFRAME BY NISSAN SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AS IT IS TOTALLY UNSAFE, AND I AM OUT THOUSANDS.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THIS MORNING MY BRAKES WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE I COULD STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. (SOFT BRAKE PEDAL). I WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT BY A CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 110,000 PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HAVING TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY AND FIND THE PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. NISSAN HAS TO KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. DOES IT TAKE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY GETTING HURT OR DYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THIS ISSUE? THIS ISSUE IS CONSIDERED A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. WHO DO WE GO TO? DEALERS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT AND NISSAN DENIES THIS IS HAPPENING.

BRAKE PEDAL NEEDS TO GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. I WAS DRIVING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET APPLIED BRAKES AHEAD OF A STOP SIGN BEFORE ENTERING A 2 LANE GEORGETOWN RD. HIGHWAY. ZIP 28469 TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. WHEN APPROACHING NEXT LIGHT 1 MILE AWAY I WAS AFRAID THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL. . BRAKES WENT BACK TO NORMAL NOW. STILL DO NOT TRUST CAR. YESTERDAY, APRIL 16, 2018AS CHECKED BY CAR REPAIR BUSINESS AND SAID THE ABS COMPUTER ACTIVATOR WAS NOT WORKING. NISSSAN WOULD NOT LET HIM ACCESS ABS COMPUTER T0O RESET NUMBERS. THIS IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. READ THIS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED SINCE MAY 2017. IS THERE A RECALL ON 2009 NISSAN MURANO YET? PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION RESULTS.

I LOSE ABS BREAKING WHEN I RUN OVER A POTHOLE OR SLIDE ON ICE/SNOW. IT OCCURRED TWICE THIS WEEK. ONCE I WAS DRIVING AND I WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN B/C I COULDN'T COME TO A STOP WITH THE BRAKES PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. A SECOND OCCURRENCE TOOK PLACE FOR MY WIFE WHEN SHE HIT A POTHOLE AND IT TOOK A SIGNIFICANT STOPPING DISTANCE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONLY BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE DOES THE ABS SYSTEM AND THEREFORE THE BREAKS WORK AGAIN. THIS HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS AND WE HAVE HAD A FULL INSPECTION ON MY BRAKE LINING, ABS SYSTEM, FLUID PRESSURE, ETC AND EVERYTHING PASSES. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE?

CAR ACCELERATE BY ITSELF WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE I CANNOT CONTROL IT MOSTLY