2005 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

BOTH SUN VISORS ON MY NISSAN MURANO STARTED FLOPPING VERTICALLY DOWN. THEY DO NOT STAY UP, NOR TILTED DOWNWARDS AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD. AS A RESULT MY VIEW GETS DISTURBED WHILE STARTLING ME. HAVE CHECKED WITH THE DEALER WHEN GETTING ANOTHER REPAIR. THEY SAY THAT IT COSTS $300-$500 EACH TO REPLACE THEM. NO USED SUN VISORS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AFTER MARKET AS ALL SUN VISORS TEND TO GO BAD. THIS IS A 100% COMMON SAFETY ISSUE WITH ALL MURANO'S AND VERY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT WHERE THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I AM 51 YEARS OLD AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS WITH ANY CARS I HAVE EVER HAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUN VISORS WOULD NOT REMAIN IN THE UPWARD POSITION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SUN VISORS FALL DOWN AND CREATE A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED BOTH SUN VISORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPLACE THE SUN VISORS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

THE DOOR LOCKS ON MY VEHICLE WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITH THE KEYLESS REMOTE AND THE PASSENGERS FRONT DOOR LOCK WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK UNLESS MANUALLY LOCKED AND ALSO THE BACKSEAT BEHIND THE PASSENGER THAT DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITH THE KEYLESS REMOTE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY YOUNG CHILDREN RIDING IN MY CAR. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH THESE DOOR LOCKS AS TO WHAT I HAVE SEEN WITH THE COMPLAINTS POSTED. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET THESE LOCKS FIXED BEFORE YOUNG CHILDREN GET KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WELD ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WAS BROKEN. THE CONTACT COULD SIT IN THE SEAT BUT THE SEAT WOULD ROCK BACK AND FOURTH. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH, THE SEAT COULD POSSIBLY BE USED AS A PROJECTILE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO SE. AS I WAS GOING 60 MPH IN THE FAST LANE DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE SEAT SNAPPED ,TILTED TO THE LEFT THEN LURCHED BACKWARD BECOMING UNSTABLE. I ALMOST LOSS CONTROL OF THE CAR AND INJURED MY BACK. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE BAR THAT IS IN THE LOWER BOTTOM OF THE SEAT BRACKET BROKE OFF AND THE SCREW THAT ANCHORS THE SEAT TO THE FLOOR BECAME UNSTABLE. I HAD TO FIND A WAY TO SECURE THE SEAT TO RIDE HOME AND LUCKY ME HAD SOME PATIO BRICKS IN THE BACK WHICH ARE NOW HOLDING THIS SEAT UP OTHERWISE IT WILL COLLAPSE. I CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME AND THEY DO NOT CARE. THE DEALER WANTS $1,800 TO FIX WHICH I COULD PUT DOWN FOR ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. ALSO , THE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKE ,THE DIFFERENTIAL AND A LONG LIST OF MANY THINGS WITH THIS CAR. I TAKE CARE OF MY CAR BUT THIS MODEL IS A NIGHTMARE. THEY COULD OFFER SOMETHING OF A DISCOUNT BUT TOO GREEDY. I COULD OF LOSS MY LIFE WITH THIS CAR BUT I AM LUCKY TO BE AN OLDER DRIVER AND EXPERIENCED. THE SEAT HAS NO SUPPORT AND WILL FALL OVER BACKWARD. THERE SHOULD BE A SOLUTION THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SUPPORT BAR IS THINNER THAN A DIME AND IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS COULD OF HAPPENED AT ANY TIME DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF HIGHWAY YOU TRAVEL NO MATTER THE MILEAGE OR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT LIKE THE PASSENGER SEAT. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE BEGAN BEHAVING ERRATICALLY. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL IMMEDIATELY AND SEEMED TO WORK VERY HARD TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR WAS THEN ACCOMPANIED BY WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A PLANE LANDING THEN A LOUD BANG. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO FRACTURE. (THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MY MECHANIC AND AGAIN BY THE NISSAN DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT). NISSAN HAS RECOGNIZED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN A NUMBER OF ITS MODELS INCLUDING THE 2005 MURANO. AS A RESULT, NISSAN VEHICLES RANGING IN YEARS FROM 2003-2010 EQUIPPED WITH A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) HAVE RECEIVED A 10-YEAR /120,000 MILE CVT LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION. UNFORTUNATELY THIS EXTENSION'' ONLY COVERS THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF AND NOT THE PARTS AROUND IT. I AM STUCK PAYING THE $3,400 TO REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE OR BE FORCED TO SELL THE CAR. NISSAN IS LEAVING THE ORIGINAL CVT IN MY MURANO AND I WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE IN THE SHOP PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR ANOTHER BREAKAGE THAT COULD BE AVOIDED BY A RECALL. I RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH NISSAN CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND WAS PROMPTLY TOLD THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED CVT WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT BE ASSISTING FINANCIALLY. THEY DID HOWEVER OFFER ME A $150 VOUCHER OFF OF THE INVOICED PRICE OF NEW NISSAN VEHICLE. THIS RESPONSE IS LAUGHABLE AND VERY INSULTING. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN BECOMING INVOLVED IN ANY LEGAL ACTIONS THAT WILL HASTEN A RECALL SO THAT OTHERS WILL NOT BE BURDENED BY THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND FINANCIALLY FLEECED BY NISSAN CORPORATION AMIDST AN ECONOMIC RECESSION. ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM WITH NISSAN AND THE MURANO IN PARTICULAR, I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE AND PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND I WILL MOST CERTAINLY NOT BE THE LAST. *TT

DRIVERS SEAT BRACKET BROKE MAKING SEAT UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN, AS NEWER MODEL MURANO'S HAVE A REINFORCED BRACKET. NISSAN REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, OR ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

THE SUN VISOR IN MY NISSAN MURANO FLIPS DOWN AND DOES NOT STAY UP WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT SUDDENLY DROPS DOWN ON SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS AND BLOCKS THE VISIBILITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT NOTICED ONE OF THE TWO FUEL TANK PROTECTORS PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED IN 2006 FOR A RECALL RELATED TO THE SIMILAR DEFECT UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V003000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY). THE REMEDY REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED REGARDING THE MOST RECENT FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 10/31/11 *BF UPDATED 11/07/11

AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING, BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCKS QUIT WORKING AT THE SAME TIME ALONG WITH THE HATCH LOCK THAT GETS STUCK, NOW THE SUN VISOR ON DRIVERS SIDE IS FALLING DOWN. *TR