2009 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT. SOMETIMES IF I BRAKE ON A BUMPY ROAD THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE POWER IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. NOBODY CAN TELL ME WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I'VE HAD THE FLUID SYSTEM FLUSHED AND THE BRAKES CHECKED. NOT EVEN NISSAN'S DEALERSHIP UNDERSTANDS. PLEASE DO SOMETHING.

BRAKES ARE SPONGY AND WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED HARD THEY ALMOST GO TO THE FLOOR AND JUST BARELY STOP THE VEHICLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE 3 TIMES AND SCARED HER TO DEATH.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ROUTINELY IN TOWN, SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY SOFT AND BRAKING ABILITY WAS SEVERELY IMPAIRED. PEDAL TRAVEL WAS VERY HIGH, WITH PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE BRAKING COULD BE OBTAINED, AND BRAKING POWER WAS VERY LOW. VEHICLE WAS SUCCESSFULLY STOPPED, AND TURNED OFF. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF, AND BRAKE PRESSURE RETURNED. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND BRAKING SYSTEM APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF BRAKING PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. SEE REPORT 1072367 FOR DETAILS OF A PRIOR BRAKING FAILURE APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR EARLIER.

IN THE SPRING OF 2017 I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A RAINY DAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER THE ABS SYSTEM. THIS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE LIMITED BRAKING ACTION COULD BE OBTAINED. THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WAS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOLLOWING A HARD BRAKE APPLICATION ON LOOSE GRAVEL, SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER THE ABS SYSTEM AGAIN. DATE LISTED FOR THIS PROBLEM IS APPROXIMATE.

THE BRAKES IN MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. THE BRAKE FAILURE, WHICH BEGAN TO OCCUR SOMETIME ON OR AFTER MID-2017, CAUSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO LOSE PRESSURE, BECOMING 'SPONGY' MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP. WHEN THE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ABS LIGHTS LIGHT UP AND NO ERROR CODES ARE SET. THE CONDITION MAY LAST ANYWHERE FROM A FEW MINUTES TO A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN RETURNS NORMAL. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AT LEAST TWICE, HOWEVER THE SHOP CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. AS A PRECAUTION, I HAD THE BRAKE SYSTEM FLUSHED AND BLEEDED AND REPLACED ALL 4 BRAKE PADS, HOWEVER, THE BRAKE FAILURE CONTINUES TO OCCUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE FAILED. THE DEALER (KEN GARFF NISSAN SALT LAKE, 777 S W TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101) WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY REPAIRED UNTIL THE CONTACT COULD TAKE IT TO COULTER NISSAN (13301 N AUTOSHOW AVE, SURPRISE, AZ 85388) WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR OTHER MURANOS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FUCCILLO NISSAN (3893 STATE ROUTE 31, LIVERPOOL, NY 13090) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT SEARCHED ONLINE AND BELIEVED THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

THE ABS ACTUATOR IN MY CAR BEGAN TO FAIL AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY NISSAN. WHEN TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT CONTINUED TO HAVE PRESSURE AND PROPERLY SLOW THE CAR. HOWEVER, WHEN APPROACHING STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, OR OTHERWISE BRAKING HARD (ANYTHING REQUIRING ME TO APPLY MORE STEADY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES), THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR REQUIRING ME TO INCREASE MY STOPPING DISTANCE. I WAS IN A NEAR-ACCIDENT INCIDENT WHEN SOMEONE WHO WAS STOPPED IN THE ADJACENT LANE QUICKLY PULLED OVER INTO MY LANE, REQUIRING ME TO APPLY RAPID BRAKE PRESSURE. THIS SITUATION WAS MADE WORSE BY ICY ROADS AND LEFT ME PANICKED AND CONCERNED. THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $2,500.

ON 1/15/18, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A SNOWY DAY. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TAKE A LEFT ONTO AN ON RAMP WHEN MY ABS KICKED IN. I CONTINUED TO SLIDE FORWARD AND NEARLY MISSED THE ON RAMP. FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN "SOFT." I HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN AT LEAST HALFWAY BEFORE ANY BRAKING OCCURS AND TYPICALLY HAVE TO PUSH IT TO THE FLOOR TO FULLY STOP. I JUST GOT NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS IN DECEMBER, SO THESE COMPONENTS ARE FINE. I TOOK IT IN TO NISSAN SERVICING, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE ABS ACTUATOR IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE A COST OF ~$2700 FOR PARTS AND LABOR.

AFTER HAVING MY 35 LB DOG SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTS FLASHING I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND RESET SEVERAL TIMES. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE THE CAR NOT IMMEDIATELY. I WAS ADVISED THAT IT IS THE OCS SENSORS AND IF IT HAPPEN AGAIN IT SHOULD BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $4,000. THE DEALER CHECKED FOR A RECALL NOTICE AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NONE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR ANY PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE. EVERYTHING IS FUNCTIONING FOR NOW, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A NISSAN RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE ONLY 54,500 MILES ON THIS CAR.