2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

TRAVELING AROUND CURVE IN ROAD. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKE. ALMOST CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR. IN RESEARCHING, I FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THE DESIGN OF THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS SINCE CHANGED. *TR

A WELL MAINTAINED NISSAN MURANO OF 7 YEARS STARTED MAKING LOUD THUMPING NOISES AFTER LESS THAN 78K MILES. OUR MECHANIC SUSPECTED TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES, WHICH OCCUR FREQUENTLY ON MURANO AND ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. NISSAN MECHANICS PINPOINTED A FAULTY TRANSFER CASE TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. FURTHERMORE NISSAN INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED COMPLETELY DURING DRIVING, IT WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO COME TO AN IMMEDIATE HALT, WHICH IF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS HAZARD. SINCE THE TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WAS IMMINENT, IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2650. FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET INDICATES THAT TRANSFER CASE FAILURE IN MURANO IS COMMON, HOWEVER NISSAN HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IT MAY CAUSE.

2003 NISSAN MURANO VISOR FALLS DOWN WHILE DRIVING BLOCKING VISION. WE HAD THE VISOR REPLACED IN 2005, AND THE SECOND ONE IS DOING THE SAME THING IT FALLS DOWN AT THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO - DRIVERS SEAT FRAME BROKE WHILE DRIVING, TURN A CORNER - ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

NISSAN 2003 MURANO-DRIVER SEAT IS ROCKING SIDE TO SIDE WHEN DRIVING. SEAT IS MAKING LOUD CREAKING SOUND WHEN DRIVING. ESPECIALLY NOISY WHEN MAKING TURNS OR COMING TO A STOP. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO CAMSHAFT SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY. OCCURS REGULARLY WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES VEHICLE STALLS AND CATCHES ITSELF; OTHER TIMES, IT STALLS AND HAS POWER FAILURE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO NISSAN MURANO DEALER (SANTA MONICA) AND TOLD THAT 2003 RECALL FOR EXACT PROBLEM DOES NOT APPLY TO AWD MODELS. ASKING $600 FOR REPAIRS. *TR

FAULTY DOOR ACTUATOR IN 2003 NISSAN MURANO. DOORS WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITH FOB. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. AT APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES I NOTICED A BURNING OIL SMELL AFTER DRIVING. I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND THE TRANSFER CASE WAS OUT OF OIL. THE SERVICE DEPT. RESEALED THE TRANSFER CASE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. AT ABOUT 96,000 MILES I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT BEFORE END OF WARRANTY AND AGAIN THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKED OUT THE OIL AND I HAD SERVICE ON TRANSFER CASE. THE SEALS HAD TO BE REDONE, ALSO UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE THE CAR IN NOW FOR ROUTINE SERVICE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH AND FILL AND BECAUSE I AM GETTING A STRANGE TICKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. NOTIFIED THAT CVT FLUID LEAKING ONTO OUTSIDE OF TRANSFER CASE. NEEDS TRANSMISSION SEAL REDONE. OVER $2000. I AM GETTING THE SEAL REDONE UNDER TRANSMISSION 120,000 WARRANTY FROM NISSAN. DEALERSHIP SAYS I SHOULD GET THE TRANSFER CASE SEALS REDONE BUT THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE CLOSE TO $2000 EXTRA THIS WOULD COST. SEEMS THAT THE SEALS SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 8,000 MILES AS THEY SEEMED TOO AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE NEW AND NOT REPLACING THEM UNTIL AFTER 50,000 MILES. AFTER READING MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT A PRESSURE VALVE AND OTHER TRANSMISSION ISSUES I BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT JUST REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FORWARD SEAL(?) WILL NOT CORRECT THE LEAKING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL "GO OUT" AFTER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSFER CASE/TRANSMISSION IN THIS YEAR/MODEL OF VEHICLE AND THAT NISSAN KNOWS THIS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT TILTED TOWARDS THE LEFT WHENEVER THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DETECTED THAT THE METAL SUPPORT BAR UNDERNEATH THE SEAT BROKE IN HALF. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED HIM THAT THE SUPPORT BAR COULD NOT BE WELDED TOGETHER; AND THE SEAT FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO AWD SL I SUDDENLY LOOSE ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE WILL NOT REV AND THE RPM INDICATOR IS 0, THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING, THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE ACCELERATOR WILL RE-ENGAGE AND THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NO CODES ISSUED. I HAVE REPLACED IN THE PAST 3 YEARS THE TRANSMISSION IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS THE FUEL PUMP, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THE O2 SENSORS HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS NOT A PROBLEM THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE...SOUND LIKE THEY ARE NOT BEING EXACTLY FORTHCOMING ON THIS ISSUE. *TR