2009 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

VEHICLE IN FORWARD MOTION...SLOW, LEAVING GARAGE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. DID NOT "PUMP UP" AS WITH AIR IN LINES DURING DRIVE THROUGH AN ALLEYWAY. DEALERSHIP VERIFIED MY CONCERN AND FOUND ABS ACTUATOR FAILED INTERNALLY. OF NOTE: THE SERVICE ATTENDANT SUSPECTED WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED IN THE SHOP. "HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE." WHY WAS MY 2009 MODEL NOT INCLUDED IN A LATER RECALL? I BELIEVE THE PART FAILURE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN.

RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) ACTUATOR PUMP ON MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO. THE VEHICLE STARTED UP FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO ISSUE AT ALL. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT SO THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT ALL AND WE WERE TRAVELING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON CRUISE CONTROL (NO NEED TO BRAKE) UNTIL WE NEEDED TO EXIT. WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED THERE WAS NOW A VERY LOW PEDAL, I HAD TO PUT THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR NOTIFICATION OF A FAILURE. WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ABS ACTUATOR PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY RECENTLY HAVE BEEN REPLACING SEVERAL OF THESE ACTUATOR PUMPS ON THE MURANOS.

SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES. MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND ABS ACTUATOR MODULE FAILED INTERNALLY. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 45 MPH ON A HIGHWAY.

1) AIRBAG LIGHT ALARM FOR PASSENGER SEAT GOES ON SUDDENTLY AFTER 80,000 MILES. AFTER DEALER INSPECTION, SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) VARISTOR LOCATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION, AS MENTIONED IN YOUR NTB08-095 NOVEMBER 4, 2008 RECALL CAMPAIGN. FOUND IT STRANGE MY VEHICULE VIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED TO THIS COMPLAINT, BUT I HAVE THE PROBLEM. 2) ALTERNATOR SUDDENTLY DIED AFTER 80,000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TIME TO PULL ON THE SIDE, BUT SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN DRAMATIC. SUDDENTLY VEHICULE REDUCED SPEED AND WENT FROM 60MPH TO 10MPH, THEN NO MORE BATTERY, SO COULD NOT LIGHT THE WARNING LIGHTS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PROBLEM HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR MANY MURANO DIFFERENT YEARS, RECALLS WERE DONE FOR 2005 OR 2008 MURANO BUT NONE FOR 2009. A $1300 BILL AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. 3) PS: GOT AIRBAG LIGHT ALARM FOR PASSENGER SEAT RIGHT AFTER ALTERNATOR PROBLEM

WHEN BRAKING THE PEDAL HAS LITTLE EFFECT UPON STOPPING. IT SLOWS THE CAR SOME AT TOP OF STROKE THEN HALF STROKE STOPS BETTER THEN SINKS TO FLOOR. WHEN STOPPING ON A ROUGH ROAD THE ABS DOES NOT WORK PROPER AND THE PEDAL WILL SINK TO FLOOR AND TIRES WILL LOCK AND NOT RELEASE CAUSING A SKID. WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED CAN BUILD PRESSURE IN SYSTEM BUT WHEN STARTED AND THEN MOVE AND COME TO STOP THE CAR WILL SLOW AND PEDAL WILL SLOWLY SINK TOWARDS THE FLOOR AND LOCK THE BRAKES WHEN ALMOST AT BOTTOM. THIS JUST HAPPENED ON 1-4-2018. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE HAVE FOUND A LOT OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON DIFFERENT SITES.

TWO TIMES MY 2009 NISSAN MURANO HAS HAD BRAKE ISSUES AFTER THE ABS WAS ENGAGED. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A CORNER. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. MY ABS ENGAGED AND THEN I COULDN'T STOP AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AND REALIZED THAT THE ONLY WAY I COULD STOP MY VEHICLE WAS TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. NEVER BEFORE HAD I BEEN ABLE TO DEPRESS IT THAT FAR. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND SHUT IT OFF. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL 3 TIMES IT FELT LIKE NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING STRUCTURALLY WRONG WITH OUR BRAKES. 2 WEEKS LATER MY HUSBAND WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A CORNER WHEN IT WAS THE SNOWING AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. HE PULLED IT OVER, SHUT DOWN THE CAR, PUMPED THE PEDAL AND IT CAME BACK TO NORMAL. WHEN I GOT HOME I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND SAW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NEITHER NISSAN OR THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ANYTHING YET. ARE THEY WAITING FOR A FATALITY?

I WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND WENT TO STOP AT LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SPONGY AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUMP IT BACK UP BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN 3 TIMES THAT TRIP. I WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE IT. BUT AM TERRIFIED I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THAT WOULD BE AWFUL ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED/INJURED.

BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR. AS I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD MASTER CYLINDER. NO WARNING LIGHTS AT ALL. CHANGED MASTER CYLINDER AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED IT AS A BAD ABS ACTUATOR. WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GLADLY FIX IT FOR 2200.00. LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HAVE BEEN TOLD BT LOCAL MECHANICS THEY SEE THIS PROBLEM ALL OF THE TIME AND NISSAN HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP.

UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL VERY SOFT. BRAKES DONE WORK PROPERLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER VEHICLE IS MOVING OR NOT. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. PADS ARE NEW. SYSTEM HAS NO LEAKS OR AIR BUBBLES.

I HAVE LESS THAN 57,000 MILES ON MY 2009 MURANO. AT 46,000 MILES, I HAD TO HAVE MY FAILED TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND I'M HAVING ISSUES AGAIN WITH IT SLIPPING INTO LOW GEAR. THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE ISSUE, SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS IT. I HAD TO TAKE MY MURANO IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN BECAUSE I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN MY BRAKES DIDN'T WORK AT 30 MPH AND I HAD TO QUICKLY CHANGE LANES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THERE WASN'T ANY BRAKE PRESSURE AND I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT STOPPED.