2009 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

2009 NISSAN MURANO LE. DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA, TRAVELING AT ROUGHLY 25 MPH. ROAD WAS DRY, SKY WAS CLEAR, VEHICLE WAS WARM AND HAD BEEN DRIVEN EARLIER IN DAY WITH NO ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED AND ONLY HAS 74000 MILES ON IT AND HAD JUST BEEN DEALER INSPECTED 2 WEEKS PRIOR. APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, BEGAN NORMAL BRAKING. THERE WAS A SMALL POT HOLE OR REALLY JUST A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD I DROVE THROUGH WHILE BRAKING, AND LOST ALL BRAKE PRESSURE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BUT WAS NOT ENGAGING THE BRAKES OR STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I BEGAN PUMPING THE BRAKES AND WAS THANKFULLY ABLE TO STOP, BUT NOT BEFORE I WAS WELL PAST THE STOP SIGN AND INTO THE INTERSECTION. THANKFULLY NO OTHER CARS WERE THERE. DRIVING STRAIGHT HOME FROM THERE THE PEDAL WAS STILL VERY SOFT, OR SPONGY AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEY REQUIRED PUMPING OR VARIED PRESSURE TO ENGAGE, AND THEN WOULD NOT PROVIDE PEDAL PRESSURE OR FEED BACK. IF PUSHED SLOW TO NORMALLY, YOU COULD PUSH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR STILL WHILE TRYING TO STOP. HUSBAND INSPECTED ALL BRAKE FLUIDS AND VACUUM LINES AND FOUND NO LEAKS, OR LOSS OF FLUID. WITH THE VEHICLE OFF PUMPING BRAKES NOT BUILDING PRESSURE. A SIMPLE SEARCH FOR "2009 MURANO SPONGY BRAKES" RETURNED MANY PEOPLE THROUGH MANY FORUMS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, THAT SEEMS TO BE BASED ON BRAKING ON A BUMPY ROAD AND THE ABS SYSTEM. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND A ABS SOLENOID IS STUCK FROM THE ABS ENGAGING ON A BUMPY ROAD, OR UNEVEN SURFACE. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND I WOULD NOT DOUBT HAS CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS. THERE IS ALSO NO WARNING SIGNS AS THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP 2 WEEKS PRIOR. VERY SCARY, AND HAD A VEHICLE BEEN IN THE INTERSECTION, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY TO AVOID A ACCIDENT.

I EXPERIENCED FOR THE THIRD TIME A BRAKE MALFUNCTION THURSDAY NIGHT 2/2/17. I WAS CAREFULLY DRIVING HOME ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD AND I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO MAKE A TURN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THE FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED UNDER A HARD BRAKING SITUATION ON WET ROADS. IN THE PAST THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN PERIODIC BUT THE CONDITION HAS NOW EXISTED CONTINUALLY FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK. THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES NEARLY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE BRAKING BEGINS AND THERE IS NO ABS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEY PERFORMED A BRAKE FLUSH AND REFILL. THE VERY NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES START ACTING NORMALLY AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT THE DANGEROUS CONDITION ALWAYS RETURNS SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM UNDER MULTIPLE ROAD CONDITIONS AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 NEAR MISS COLLISIONS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ABS ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN REPAIR CENTER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

ON TWO OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST WEEK MY VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY SOFT / SPONGY AND WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY OFFRAMP. I WAS EXITING AT ABOUT 40-45 MPH, THE OFFRAMP IS CURVED & WAS BUMPY WITH A COUPLE OF POTHOLES. BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY UNTIL VEHICLE HIT A BUMP, THEN PEDAL GRADUALLY WENT DOWN FURTHER TO FLOORBOARD. BRAKING STILL POSSIBLE BUT TOOK POWER SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AND DISTANCE INCREASED. I PUMPED THE BRAKES A FEW TIMES AND ALL SEEMED TO RETURN TO NORMAL. ON THE FIRST OCCASION I GOT OUT TO CHECK BRAKE FLUID LEVEL; STILL FILLLED TO MAX LEAVING LINE IN RESERVOIR. I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY DRIVE HOME. ALL BRAKE PADS ARE NEW, CHANGED IN MARCH 2017. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE; EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR DRIVER AND OTHER MOTORISTS / PEDESTRIANS.

THE BRAKES ARE FAILING TO STOP IN A SAFE DISTANCE DUE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. PROBLEM IS IT COMES AND GOES AND USUALLY STARTS TO HAPPEN AFTER A HARD BREAKING ACTION. THERE IS CURRENTLY AN INVESTIGATION ALREADY OPEN INTO THIS PROBLEM BUT WANTED TO ADD IT TO THE GROWING LIST.

LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY GET DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE SHEEHY NISSAN DEALER IN WALDORF, MARYLAND HAD FIXED IT FOR TWO WEEKS BUT CANNOT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. IN NISSAN FORUM, MANY NISSAN OWNERS HAVE THE IDENTICAL PROBLEMS LIKE THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL AND DRIVE SLOWLY TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (NORTH STRAND NISSAN (2502 HIGHWAY 9 E, LITTLE RIVER, SC 29556) BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 29027847. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY GOT SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I EXITED THE HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BUT BRAKES REMAIN THE SAME WITH BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. AFTER RESEARCHING ON LINE IT APPEARS THAT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE IS TO BLAME BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BY NISSAN !

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES AS IT TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OCCUPANT SENSOR UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO A DEALER (TONY NISSAN, 94-1299 KA UKA BLVD, WAIPAHU, HI 96797, (808) 680-7150) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 08V521000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 08V066000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME RAPIDLY SLOWED, CAUSING ME TO NEED TO BRAKE RAPIDLY AS WELL. UPON APPLYING MY BRAKES, THEY ENGAGED AND THEN INSTANTLY RELEASED AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHERE THE BRAKES FINALLY REENGAGED, ALLOWING ME TO SLOW. HAD I NOT BEEN SEVERAL CAR LENGTHS BACK, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP. ONCE THIS OCCURRED, EACH TIME I HAD TO BRAKE, THE BRAKES WOULD PERFORM A LITTLE BETTER, BUT REMAINED SPONGY. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP, I PUMPED THE BRAKES A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY WORKED PROPERLY FROM THAT POINT ON. UPON CHECKING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKES WERE ALL IN GOOD SHAPE AND THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE EXPLANATION FOR THE PROBLEM. BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH, HOWEVER, THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PROBLEM THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED.