2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

I BOUGHT MY 2003 MURANO IN JANUARY OF 2008. EVERY TIME I HAD AN OIL CHANGE DONE I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A VERY LOW AMOUNT. THE LOW AMOUNT WAS NEVER LOOKED AT AS A PROBLEM. WHEN I WAS GETTING A RECALL COMPLETED I WAS TELLING THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE ABOUT MY LOW OIL LEVEL WHEN I TOOK MY CAR EVERY 3,000 MILES. HE ASKED IF I HAD ANY OIL LEAKS THAT WERE LEFT ON THE GROUND WHEN I MOVED MY CAR. I LET HIM KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN OIL ON THE GROUND. I ALSO LET HIM KNOW THAT I HEAR A RATTLING NOISE SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND SOMETIMES MY CAR GETS STUCK WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WILL ZOOM FORWARD. I HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED AROUND 6 CARS. I TRY TO LET CARS GET A LITTLE WAYS IN FRONT OF ME IF IT GETS STUCK SO I DO NOT REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS. HE SAID THAT THE RECALL OF THE ALTERNATOR WOULD FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE CAR GETTING STUCK AND THEY WOULD CHECK THE ENGINE. I STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM TODAY WITH THE CAR GETTING STUCK. I HAD AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST DONE EVERY 1,000 MILES AND BY TIME I MADE IT TO THE 2,000 MILES MY OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. SO THEY NEVER DID A THIRD OIL CONSUMPTION TEST LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THE ENGINES THAT WERE PLACED IN THE 2003 NISSAN MURANOS WERE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND I HAVE A 14 MONTH OLD SON IN MY CAR WITH ME 90% OF THE TIME. THEREFORE NOT ONLY IS MY LIFE AND OTHERS IN CARS AROUND ME IN JEOPARDY SO IS MY SON'S LIFE. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. THERE IS ONE OTHER ISSUE I HAD WHERE I HAD UNLOCKED MY DOORS AND PUT MY CHILD IN THE CAR. WHEN I WENT TO GET IN THE CAR HAD LOCKED ON IT'S OWN. LUCKILY WE WERE AT THE HOUSE AND HAD A SPARE KEY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS ISSUE COMMON. *CN

DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR IS LOOSE AND RANDOMLY FALLS DOWN CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING AND BLOCKS MY VISION. *TR

THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR IN MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR WILL SUDDENLY DROP AND BLOCK VISIBILITY WHENEVER THE CAR DRIVES OVER BUMPY SPOTS ON THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM (SEE: WWW.NISSANFORUMS.COM; TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM;WWW.NISSANMURANO.ORG ) NISSAN REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL, AND IS REQUIRING THE CONSUMER TO BEAR THE COST FOR THIS RECURRING FAILURE. A NISSAN TECHNICIAN, HIMSELF, HAS POSTED THIS ON THE TOPIC: "NISSAN TECH HERE! YOUR GOLD PREFERRED WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER THE SUN VISOR. THIS ISSUE YOUR HAVING IS COMMON ON THESE MURANOS AND I'VE REPLACED QUITE A FEW VISORS!" *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO, WHEN ALL AT ONCE MY DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKET BROKE FROM UNDERNEATH. NOW I HAVE A ROCKING CHAIR DRIVERS SEAT - NO CONTROL. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AND NISSAN ( I HAD ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON THE CAR) 1000.00 -2,000.00 REPLACEMENT SEAT THEY WILL NOT REPAIR DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. OK NOW THE PROBLEM SEEM TO BE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE SEAT. WILL YOU HELP ME? *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION FROM THE START. IT HESITATED TO SPEED UP, MY FOOT IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AFTER A WHILE THE CAR WOULD LAUNCH. IF I TURN MY ENGINE OFF (WHILE MOVING) AND RESTART SYMPTOM WILL GO AWAY. SOMETIME IT COMES AND NEED TO RESTART DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. CONSTANT WORRIES DURING RUSH HOURS. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD DRIVER POWER SEAT PROBLEM. IT ONLY MOVES ONE SIDE. RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT MOVES WHILE LEFT SIDE REMAINS STILL. FAILURE IN MOVING FWD AND BACK ON LEFT SIDE TRACK OR RAIL. *TR

NISSAN MURANO 2003 TRANSMISSION OR TRANSFER CASE. LEAKING, JERKS ON STOP AND GO INCIDENT. WENT TO NISSAN DEALER AND STATED THAT TRANSFERCASE SEAL NEEDS REPLACEMENT . I SHOWED THEM EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER FROM NISSAN COMPANY ON ALL CVT TRANSMISSION AND DEALER SAYS THAT IT DOESN'T COVER TRANSFERCASE SEAL REPAIR AND THAT I NEED TO PAY 1,300 DOLLARS FOR THIS. I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY? *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SIDE VISOR FAILURE. THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR WILL DROP SUDDENLY WHENEVER THE CARS RUNS THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN OR A SPEED BUMP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT BLOCKS THE DRIVERS VISION. THIS ONLY HAPPENS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR. THERE IS A LONG LIST OF FAILURES WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO DO A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE LINK HTTP://WWW.NISSANFORUMS.COM/TRUCK-SUV/113557-MURANO-SUN-VISOR-FAILURE.HTML *TR

I WAS OUT COMPLETING LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WHEN MY CAR STARTING MAKING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE THEN STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD NOR IN REVERSE. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH HAD IT TOWED TO NISSAN WHICH INFORMED ME I WOULD NEED A NEW CVT, WHICH IRRITATES ME MORE BECAUSE I HAD JUST GOTTEN MY CAR SERVICED ON 18 DECEMBER 09 AND EVERYTHING WAS SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD TO GO. I FEEL COMPLETELY HELPLESS BECAUSE THE CAR AT MOST IS WORTH ONLY 8 TO 9,000. BY THE LOOKS OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS A NEW TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO RUN ME 3-5,000. I ENSURED I SERVICED MY MURANO ONLY BY NISSAN AT TIMES PRESCRIBED AND I'M FORCED TO SHELL OUT MORE MONEY ON A $32,000 VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL, AND THE LIGHTS WOULD FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL NUMBER 03V45500 ( ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.