2005 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

BROKEN ELECTRIC SEAT, WILL NOT MOVE. SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. HARD TO BE COMFORTABLE. PRICE OF REPAIR IS WAY TO EXPENSIVE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO AND JUST EXITED OFF THE FREEWAY. WHILE TURNING ON THE EXIT RAMP I FELT THE DRIVER SEAT FEEL LIKE IT SHIFTED UP AND AWAY FROM THE REAR LEFT. ABOUT A MILE LATER THERE WAS A LOUD CRACK AND THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT DROPPED DOWN. WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I APPEARS THE BRACKET THAT CONNECTS THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE FLOOR BRACKET HAS BROKEN. I SPENT SOME TIME TODAY SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS IS A QUITE COMMON PROBLEM. I EVEN FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM NISSAN ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IF IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THE BRACKET WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL UNDER FATIGUE WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL OR A SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT? *TR

WHILE DRIVING, MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE DRIVER'S SEAT, LEFT REAR "DROPPED" VERY QUICKLY CAUSING ME TO VEER TO THE LEFT NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BY GOING PARTIALLY INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE HOME AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE LEFT REAR SEAT BRACKET BROKEN. FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM UPON CHECKING "EDMONDS.COM NISSAN MURANO" FORUM. VERY SHAKEN UP! *TR

THE DRIVER SEAT IS LOOSE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THIS ALLOWS THE SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH, UP AND DOWN, AND SIDE TO SIDE. *TR

SUN VISOR - FALLS DOWN BLOCKING THE DRIVERS VIEW WHILE DRIVING. WEAK SPRING IN THE UNIT I WAS TOLD. NEW REPLACEMENT PART IS $500. *TR

SEAT FRAME ASSEMBLY ON DRIVERS SIDE BROKE CAUSING THE DRIVERS SEAT TO LEAN TO THE LEFT. VERY UNSTABLE AND IT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WELDED THE PART, SAYING NOT SURE IT WILL HOLD. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN APRIL 20 AND ONCE AGAIN THE DEALER WELDED THE PART SAYING THE METAL IS VERY THIN. A NEW PART INSTALLED IS APPROX. $700. THE PART IS A IMPROVED PART THAT IS STRONGER NOW. *TR

DRIVER SEAT FRAME,THE LEFT SIDE REAR BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO DROP DOWN 6'' AND BECOME UNSTABLE. *TR

2005 MURANO SL DRIVER'S SEAT LEFT SIDE SUDDENLY DROPPED IN THE LOWER BACK. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT BRACKET BROKE. DEALER SAYS THERE IS A BULLETIN ON REPAIR BUT NOT A RECALL SINCE NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. DRIVER IS JUMBLED IF A BUMP IS HIT & SEAT LEANS TO TOWARD WHICHEVER SIDE WEIGHT IS APPLIED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO, I HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND UNDER MY SEAT, AND SUDDENLY THE BACK LEFT SIDE OF MY SEAT COLLAPSED AND I WAS TOSSED TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE THE ONLY CAR DRIVING ON THE STREET AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT CAUSED ME TO TEMPORARILY LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING TO A DRIVER ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *TR

DOOR LOCKS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WILL NOT LOCK/UNLOCK FROM FOB OR INTERIOR SWITCH ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE OR IT MAY PREVENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO EASILY GAIN ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE. IT IS ALSO A CONCERN BECAUSE IT CAN POTENTIALLY LEAVE THE VEHICLE VULNERABLE TO POTENTIAL THEFT OF ITEMS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THEY DON'T RELIABLY LOCK. *JS