2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

MY NISSAN MURANO 03 I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND WHEN I TOOK IT OUT MY DRIVER SEAT WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD OR BACK IT WASN'T THAT WAY WHEN IT WENT IN AND THE DEALER SAID IT IS A GEAR ON THE RAIL COST $700.00 ALSO AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS SOME ROCKING IN MY SEAT THEY SAID ITS A BEGINNER OF A CRACK RAIL , THE COST TO REPLACE $1200.00 SOUNDS DANGEROUS AND WOULD THINK NISSAN TO RECALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE SEATS WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS IF STOPPING SUDDENLY THEY SHOULD RECALL AND GO AFTER THE SUPPLIER OF THE STEEL . WHY MAKE THE CITIZENS PAID FOR THERE MISTAKES. *TR

I AM ONE OF PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF NISSAN MURANO OWNERS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I DRIVE A CONGESTED FREEWAY AND AT LEAST TWICE, SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A WEEK, IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE CAR STARTS TO HESITATE WHEN I STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR. I ACTUALLY HAVE FOUND THAT "FEATHERING" IT HELPS FROM HAVING IT JERK FORWARD AS I STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT IT IS STILL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS IS CONTINUOUS WHEN I COME TO A STOP OR ALMOST TO A STOP UNTIL, AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF. DIFFICULT TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. IT GOES AWAY FOR A WHILE AFTER I TURN IT OFF, BUT IF THE DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE THE SAME, IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS A SENSOR INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX IT. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT, AS THERE ARE NO RE-BUILDS AVAILABLE AND NISSAN DOES NOT HAVE PARTS FOR THIS TRANSMISSION AVAILABLE FOR RE-BUILDS. THE QUOTE FOR REPLACEMENT IS OVER $8,000. I BELIEVE THIS IS APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT SOMEONE WILL BE INJURED OR WORSE AS A RESULT OF IT, IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY HAPPENED. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO FRONT SEAT FRAME BROKEN RIGHT REAR BACK SIDE. CAR HAS 74K MILES, THIS IS SECOND TIME. FIRST TIME AT ABOUT 10 OR 15K MILES. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS MISSING AS IT WAS DRIVEN. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE #1 CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION. THIS IS WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. IT ENDED UP NEEDED A VALVE JOB - $3,200. WHEN THEY TOOK OFF THAT PART OF THE ENGINE TO HAVE IT MACHINED, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AND THE FRONT ONE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. IN THE CASE OF THE CYLINDER ISSUE AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUE I WAS ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE AND CONFIRM WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEY SAID THAT THE PIECES OF THE FAILED REAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER MORE THAN LIKELY GOT SUCKED BACK INTO THE CYLINDER, SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF IT AND CAUSING THE COMPRESSION LOSS. SINCE THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND IT WAS UNDER THE 8YEAR/80,000 LIMIT I CALLED NISSAN LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON AT LEAST THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS COST. THEY SAID THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 2011, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS, BUT THAT IT WASN'T COVERED BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY BE COVERED IF THERE WAS A RECALL. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE EPA FACT SHEET EPA420-F-96-020 SAYS. I WILL TRY TO CONTACT ANOTHER NISAN LOCATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME OR TRANSFER ME TO ANYONE ELSE. SO I NEEDED A VALVE JOB AND TWO NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BECAUSE OF THIS. AT THIS POINT, THE OLD CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS BROKEN. IT WOBBLES AND LEANS FORWARD AND TO THE LEFT. AFTER SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION ON-LINE, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. NISSAN WILL NOT FIX IT. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO - THE SUNVISOR ASSEMBLY COMES LOSE AND IMPAIRS VISION FROM BEING ABLE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT WILL NOT SET BACK INTO PLACE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MANUFACTURER BUILT. *TR

DURING A ROUTINE SERVICE OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO, WHICH HAS 33,293 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING FROM A HOSE THAT IS LOCATED BEHIND A FAN-BELT TENSION PULLEY. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRACKET ON WHICH THE PULLEY IS MOUNTED HAD FAILED CAUSING THE PULLEY TO BE PUSHED OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGING THE HOSE AND BELT, RESULTING IN A REPAIR COST OF $450.27. THE REPAIR CONSISTED OF REPLACING ALL THE EFFECTED COMPONENTS AT MY EXPENSE. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE "DEFECTIVE BRACKET" WAS REPLACED WITH AN IDENTICAL ITEM SHARING THE SAME DEFECTIVE QUALITIES. NISSAN WILL NOT DIVULGE THE REASON FOR THE BRACKETS FAILURE. MY CONCERN IS: IF THIS "PULLEY DEVISE" HAD BROKEN OFF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE BRACKET WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED, IT WOULD HAVE DONE INCALCULABLE DAMAGE ,POSSIBLY CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, PROBABLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER WHAT CAUSED THE BRACKET TO FAIL, HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THAT I SHOULD CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE THAT HE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WHEN HE DID. APPARENTLY, OTHER OWNERS WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE, THEIR CARS HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE DAMAGE WAS MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED I ASKED TO BE GIVEN THE DEFECTIVE AND DAMAGED PARTS AND NOW HAVE THEM IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

A 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED A FLOPPY SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IS ABOUT TO ACQUIRE A FLOPPY VISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO, THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE MAINLY DUE TO THE DISTRACTION. THE DEALERS WANT AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT FOR THIS PART (300-400DOLLAR RANGE) WHEN THE ONLY THING A CUSTOMER HAS DONE IS BUY THE CAR (25,000-30,000). *TR

I OWN A 2003 NISSAN MURANO, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME I BROUGHT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WAS WRONG. ON SATURDAY SEPT 26, 2009 AT 4:00 PM I WAS DRIVING MY NISSAN MURANO AND WITHOUT WARNING OR ANYTHING THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY, EVERYTHING STOPPED WORKING INCLUDING THE BREAKS. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS APPEARS SOME 2003 NISSAN MURANO'S WERE RECALLED BY NHTSA, BUT WHEN I WENT TO NISSAN THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL? I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL ( 03V455000) IS INDICATING. I DON'T BELIEVE NISSAN RECALLED ALL THE CARS THEY SHOULD HAVE WITH THIS PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY SINCE I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN NEED TO RECALL MY 2003 NISSAN AND ALL OTHERS ITS FAILED TO INCLUDE EITHER BY ERROR OR ON PURPOSE? I TRIED TO WORK WITH NISSAN NORTH AMERICA NO HELP AT ALL. I NEED SOMEONE TO REVIEW THIS CASE AND HOPEFULLY SAVE LIVES BY HAVING NISSAN DO A COMPLETE RECALL ON THE CARS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR

THE SUN VISOR ON MY 2003 MURANO FALLS DOWN FROM THE UP POSITION, TO RIGHT IN MY LINE OF SIGHT EVERYTIME I GO OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE DEALER WANTS $500 PER VISOR & I HAVE NOTICED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THE MURANO.ORG BULLETIN BOARD. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AFTER THE SUV REACHES 4-5 YEARS AFTER BEING BUILT. *TR