2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

ALTERNATOR SEIZED UP, ENGINE LOST POWER, AND VEHICLE STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. ALTERNATOR WAS THE NISSAN REPLACED FOR A RECALL IN 2005. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BAD ALTERNATOR WAS A RE-CONDITIONED ALTERNATOR THAT NISSAN HAD INSTALLED AS PART OF THE RECALL. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO FRONT DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. NOW ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE WHILE MY WIFE {160 POUNDS} WAS DRIVING. SEAT LEANED HARSHLY TO THE LEFT. THE SEAT BRACKET MUST NOW BE REPLACED - $1200 REPAIR BILL. *TR

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, PARTICULARLY AROUND CURVES. THIS WEEK, THE LEFT BACK SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. THE LEFT BACK SIDE OF THE SEAT IS NO LONGER STATIONARY. IT MOVES UP AND DOWN WITH ANY TURN OR BUMP. THE SEAT IS NO LONGER LEVEL OR PROPERLY SUPPORTIVE. I WENT TO A NISSAN FORUM AND REALIZED THAT THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHER NISSAN MURANO OWNERS HAVE HAD. THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PROBLEM ARE IDENTICAL TO WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I DO NOT HAVE THE $900. THAT EVERYONE IS REPORTING IS QUOTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FRAME HAS BROKEN CAUSING THE SEAT TO OVER LEFT TO RIGHT AND FRONTWARD AND BACKWARD FREELY, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IN A CRASH WITH A SEAT FRAME BROKEN YOU CHANCES OF BEING SERIOUSLY HURT BY THE SEAT COMING LOOSE ARE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. TALKED TO THE NISSAN REPS AND THEY TOLD US TO TAKE IT TO A NISSAN MECHANIC TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND THEN THEY "MAY" BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LOOKING AT OTHER POSTS ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT FOR THE CAR OWNER. *TR

WHEN DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP, THERE IS A HESITATION WHEN THE AS PEDAL IS PRESSED. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS EVERYDAY WHEN PICKING UP OUR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL. TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $6500 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO, CAR WILL DRIVE AND THEN WHEN STOP AT LIGHT OR TRAFFIC CAR WILL NOT MOVE, THE CAR WILL STALL CAUSING TO PUT ME AND MY CHILD IN DANGER. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND IT HAPPENED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO AND RECENTLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DOOR LOCKS. THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY SINGLE TIME. THE DRIVER DOOR WON'T LOCK UNLESS I LOCK IT MANUALLY AND WON'T UNLOCK UNLESS DONE MANUALLY. THE PASSENGER DOOR AND REAR LEFT DOOR ARE MORE SPORADIC. SOMETIMES THEY LOCK SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SOMETIMES THEY LOCK HALFWAY AND THEN WON'T OPEN AND THERE IS NO KEYLOCK TO OPEN THE REAR AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS SO I HAVE TO OPEN THE DRIVERS DOOR TO THEN TRY AND OPEN THE OTHER DOORS. I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THAT NEW DOOR ACTUATORS ARE REQUIRED. I WAS LUCKY AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY PAID FOR MY DRIVER'S DOOR REPAIR BUT REFUSED THE OTHER TWO DOORS. *TR

2003 MURANO DRIVER SEAT ASSEMBLY HAS BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN DIFFERENT LOCATION. FIRST TIME WAS UNDER THE FRONT PART OF THE SEAT STEEL SUPPORT ROD WAS DISLODGED FROM STEEL SEAT SUPPORT ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND I HAD TO HAVE IT WELDED BACK TOGETHER. NOW THE BACK STEEL SUPPORT HAS BROKEN. NISSAN DEALERS SAY IT IS NOT COVERED IN ANY WARRANTY THEY HAVE AND IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY 1000.00 FOR THEM TO ORDER A NEW SEAT AND INSTALL IT. I'VE READ MULTIPLE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY SAME ISSUE AND THIS IS VERY CONCERNING AS THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NISSAN CHOOSES TO IGNORE. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AFTER DRIVING A COUPLE OF HOURS ON HIGHWAY, IT WILL NOT PULL UP A HILL, PASS A VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR HARD, IT JERKS, SLOWS DOWN AND ALMOST STOPS. IT ONLY DOES THIS WHEN WARM/HOT. IT WON'T DO IT WHEN COLD, SO THE NISSAN DEALER CAN NOT SEE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE WITH AGE. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. I DARE NOT LET ANYONE DRIVE IT IN THE FAMILY EXCEPT ME. NISSAN SHOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A COMMON DEFECT FROM WHAT I READ ON THE INTERNET. *TR