2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

LIKE THE MANY, MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE AS WELL AS OTHER INTERNET SITES, I TOO HAVE A FAULTY TRANSFER CASE ON MY AWD. I TOOK MINE IN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I WAS EXPERIENCING A BURNING OIL SMELL. THE REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE SEAL AT A COST OF $1700, IT DIDN'T WORK, STILL LEAKED OIL. THEY REPLACED IT AGAIN SINCE THE FIRST SEAL WAS "UNDER WARRANTY" ABOUT A MONTH LATER, STILL DID NOT WORK. NOW, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, I AM TOLD THE WHOLE TRANSFER CASE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY HAVE OFFERED TO DO SO FOR ANOTHER $800+ DOLLARS WITH NO LABOR CHARGE BUT THEY ALSO SEEM VERY RELUCTANT TO DO SO. I AM GUESSING THERE IS MORE WRONG THEN WHAT THEY ARE TELLING ME AND THEY KNOW THEY WILL JUST SEE ME BACK IN THERE IN A FEW MORE MONTHS FOR MORE REPAIRS. I HAVE SPENT $4,000 ON REPAIRS IN THE PAST 8 MONTHS AND MY 2003 MURANO HAS BECOME A MONEY PIT. I STILL OWE ON IT, SO I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET RID OF IT, NOT THAT ANYONE WOULD BUY IT. I AM DONE WITH THE DEALERSHIP WHICH EVERYONE ADVISED ME NOT TO GO TO BUT I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING A GOOD DECISIONS SINCE THEY ARE NISSAN, STUPID CHOICE ON MY PART. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND THE REALLY SAD THING, THE VEHICLE AND A STURDY, GOOD HANDLING VEHICLE. NISSAN IS LOSING A LOT OF CUSTOMERS IN THIS PROCESS BY NOT OWNING UP TO THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT. I GUESS WHEN YOU MAKE ENOUGH MONEY, IT'S NO BIG DEAL TO LOSE A FEW HUNDRED OF US IN THE PROCESS! *TR

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO IS UNSAFE DUE TO THE FACT YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND IT DOES NOT MOVE, THEN YOU PRESS AGAIN TO THE FLOOR AND IT LUNGES FORWARD. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL COMPLAINTS. IT IS VERY UNSAFE. I WILL NOT DRIVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *TR

WHILE GAS PEDAL APPLIED CAR STOPPED GOING--ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING--PULLED TO SIDE OF FREEWAY--STILL IN DRIVE -CAR WOULD JUST IDLE WHEN GAS PEDAL APPLIED--PUT IN PARK TURNED OFF-RESTARTED CAR PUT IN DRIVE AND GAS PEDAL WORKED-TOOK TO DEALER-SAID COME BACK IF HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO. DRIVER'S SEAT SQUEAKED FROM TIME TO TIME SINCE 2005. IT HAS BEEN SEEN AT A DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT ALWAYS REFERRED AS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. SOME ADDED LUBRICATION TO STOP IT FROM MAKING NOISE AND IT STOPPED FOR A TIME. IN AUGUST OF 2009 I MOVED TO VIRGINIA FROM FLORIDA. THE ROADS IN VA HAVE FAR MORE CURVES AND HILLS THAN THOSE IN FL. TODAY THE SEAT BACK FELL BACKWARDS AS I WAS DRIVING. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE LOWER SUPPORT BRACKET, JUST ABOVE THE SEAT TRACK, FOR THE SEAT HAD SPLIT IN HALF. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD I HAD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO LOOK IT OVER. ONLINE I WAS QUICKLY ABLE TO FIND MANY WEBSITES SPEAKING OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND SOME HAD THE EXACT OUTCOME AS THAT OF MY SEAT. I ALSO NOTED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE08065. I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN MY CAR, WHICH UPTO THIS POINT I HAD FULL CONFIDENCE IN. I DON'T THINK I WILL BE RECOMMENDING THIS CAR OR ANY OTHER NISSAN FOR THAT MATTER. *TR

I PURCHASED A NISSAN MURANO NEW IN 2003. SINCE NEW IT HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE RESPONSE LAG. I WILL BE IN TRAFFIC OR SITTING AT A LIGHT AND WHEN I PRESS THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE THE CAR RESPONDS VERY SLOWLY. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT AT INTERSECTIONS WHERE I AM TURNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AT MY EXPENSE . THIS WAS NO HELP. THE DEALER THEN WANTED TO REPLACE A VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION AT MY EXPENSE( $2600). I ASKED IF OTHER OWNERS HAD REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS TO NISSAN AND THE ANSWER FROM THE DEALER WAS THAT NO ONE HAD EVER REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NISSAN SEEMS TO IGNORE THE OWNER COMPLAINTS. I GUESS SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET KILLED TO GET THEIR ATTENTION. THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY AND REPEATEDLY SINCE NEW IN 2003. IT'S STILL HAPPENING TODAY, IN 2010. *TR

II HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO AND THE DOORS LOCK AND NISSAN SAYS IT DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY DEFECTS,TO REPAIR THIS I HAVE READ OVER 300 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ,CAN YOU DO ANYTHING TO HAVE A RECALL AND HAVE THIS TAKEN CARE OF,I WAS STRANDED ON THE N.J.TURN PIKE WITH MY 4 GRAND CHILDREN FOR 6HRS TO GET HELP ? *TR

I DRIVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2005, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP (WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY) THAT THE CAR WAS ALMOST STALLING OUT ON ME WHILE IN DRIVE. NISSAN TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND SO NOTHING WAS REPAIRED. IN ON DECEMBER 3, 2009 I WAS LEAVING MY PARKING GARAGE AT WORK AND MY CAR STALLED OUT COMPLETELY; IT THEN TOOK 15 MINUTES BEFORE IT WOULD RE-START. AFTER THAT, I DROVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT AND ASSUMED THAT IT WAS JUST BAD GAS OR SOMETHING. TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH WHEN MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 7 YEAR-OLD IN THE CAR WITH ME. AFTER THAT, MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. I THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC ON 1/21, WHERE HE RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND THAT MY CRANK POSITION SENSOR AND CAM POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MY MECHANIC ALSO FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE 2003 MURANO FOR THAT REASON, AND HE TOLD ME TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO NISSAN SINCE I HAD REPORTED ISSUES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE WAS A KNOW RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I TOWED MY CAR TO NISSAN THAT DAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE I WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD REPORTED IT PRIOR TO EXPIRATION, THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I ALSO ADVISED THEM THAT I WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE RECALL. THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT MY VIN WAS OFF BY THE LAST FOUR DIGITS AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AGAIN, THEY WERE NOT OBLIGATED TO FIX IT UNDER THE RECALL OR WARRANTY. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE REPAIR COMPLETED WITH MY MECHANIC, BUT ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE JUST HAD THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPEN WITH HER 2008 NISSAN (WHICH THEY ALSO REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER HER WARRANTY). I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT NISSAN DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF IT'S DRIVERS SINCE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, BUT A SAFETY ONE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO SO THAT INNOCENT PEOPLE DO NOT DIE. *TR

TAILGATE, PASSENGER AND BACK DOOR LOCKS STICKING. OCCURS ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME WHEN TRYING TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. THIS PROBLEMS STOPS ME FROM GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE CAR. VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS EFFECTING MY SAFETY IN THE VEHICLE. DOOR CLICKS LIKE IT IS UNLOCKING BUT IT JUST STICKS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS - REPAIRS ARE VERY COSTLY. *TR

IN JAN 2010 WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH THE ENGINE OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO SUDDENLY DIED LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. IT WAS TERRIFYING, BUT LUCKILY, I MANAGED TO GET TO SHOULDER WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. CAR ENGINE RESTARTED WITHOUT HESITATION. AFTER WAITING 5 MINUTES WITH ENGINE IDLING SMOOTHLY WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEM, I EXITED TO FRONTAGE ROAD AT NEXT EXIT AND, 3 MILES LATER, AT 30 MPH THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED AGAIN. RESTARTED AND PULLED INTO NEARBY PARKING LOT. CAR AGAIN RESTARTED WITHOUT PROBLEM. AFTER 10 MINUTES OF IDLING SMOOTHLY, ENGINE DIED WHILE PARKED. HAD CAR TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER. NISSAN SHOP REPORTED THAT THE "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED." I FOUND THAT THERE WAS RECALL ISSUED IN 2003 FOR 2003 MODEL YEAR NISSAN MURANO FOR EXACTLY THIS ISSUE, BUT BOTH DEALER AND NISSAN USA, WHEN CONTACTED BY ME, SAID THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY VIN # (EVEN THOUGH NHTSA INDICATED RECALL AFFECTED 600,000 VEHICLES). I BELIEVE THE FAILURE OF MY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAULTY SOLDER JOINTS IN THE CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AS DESCRIBED IN THIS RECALL. I BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL 2003 MODEL YEAR NISSAN MURANO VEHICLES: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000, NISSAN RECALL #: R3022). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THE BRAKE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CRANK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A SIMILAR RECALL ON OTHER NISSAN MODELS REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING (CRANK SHAFT SENSOR) BUT THE 2003 MURANO WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THERE WAS NO RELATED RECALL FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.