2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

2003 NISSAN MURANO (2 WD) HESITATES WITH NO RESPONSE TO THE THROTTLE AT LOW SPEED. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR IN TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 SECONDS, THE CAR LURCHES VIOLENTLY FORWARD. PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE PAST YEAR. CAUSES DIFFICULT AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION IN GOOD OR BAD WEATHER (WHEELS WILL SPIN VIOLENTLY WHEN THERE IS SNOW ON THE ROAD AS THE CAR FINALLY RESPONDS TO THE THROTTLE INPUT AFTER 3 OR 4 SECONDS). FINALLY HAD ENOUGH AFTER DRIVING IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC IN NYC YESTERDAY AND ALMOST REAR-ENDING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SEVERAL TIMES! *TR

2003 MURANO - DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR SUDDENLY BECAME "SPRUNG", AND WILL NO LONGER STAY IN THE UP OR DOWN POSITION. VISOR JUST DANGLES, CAUSING OBSTRUCTED VISION.. *TR

THE SOLENOID PRESSURE VALVE IN MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO FAILED AT 81,100 MILES. IT RUNS FINE ON THE HIGHWAY BUT WHEN YOU TRANSITION TO CITY DRIVING AT EACH STOP IT WILL LOOSE POWER AND THE CAR WILL BARELY COAST THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THEN IT WILL CATCH AND ACCELERATE VERY QUICKLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING SINCE THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I TOOK IT TO 2 OTHER AUTO REPAIR PLACES WHO WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION STORED ON THE COMPUTER, WHICH STATED IT WAS THE SOLENOID PRESSURE VALVE (THE LIGHT WAS STILL NOT ON AT THIS POINT). I LEARNED FROM SEVERAL MECHANIC SHOPS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE THE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, THEY ONLY SELL A "VALVE BODY KIT" AND QUOTED ME $2000 FOR THIS REPAIR. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A 25-50% CHANCE THAT THIS REPAIR WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE AND I WOULD THEN HAVE TO FULLY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR AN ADDITIONAL $5000+. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT ONLY REQUIRES AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX IT. I MADE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN NISSAN BASED ON THEIR REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY AND HAVE BEEN GREATLY LET DOWN. *TR

CAN STALLS ON HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. CAR WILL NOT START--ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER AFTER THIS OCCURS. NO ACCIDENT BUT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. REPAIRMAN INITIALLY STATED IT WAS A LOOSE GAS CAP--TIGHTENED AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WENT AWAY. BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY AND I STALLED OUT AT A LIGHT. CAR WOULD NOT START RIGHT AWAY. EVENTUALLY DID START. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE WAS VERY INCONSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO BEGAN DRIVING FUNNY. IT SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR WHEN I ACCELERATED. THE DAY BEFORE WE WERE SCHEDULED TO BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. WE FIRST TOWED THE CAR TO FIRESTONE, NOT KNOWING IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. FIRESTONE WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE CAR, AND THE CAR WAS SENT TO NISSAN, WHERE WE WERE TOLD THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAD ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT, AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE FAILED. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2003-2004 TRANSMISSIONS FAILING IN THE MURANO. WE ARE NOW STUCK WITH A $5500 BILL WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY. *TR UPDATED 08/20/09.*JB

I OWN 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH AROUND 111000 MILES ON IT. AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY 2009 MY CAR ALL OF SUDDEN LOST ALL POWER WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT AROUND 40 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITHOUT ANY CRASH. I TOOK THE CAR TO PEP BOYS AUTO REPAIR CHAIN. I WAS TOLD THE FAILURE HAPPENED DUE TO A FAULTY CRANK POSITION SENSOR. I HAD THE REPAIR MADE AND THE CAR IS RUNNING FINE NOW. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR DATABASE I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED TO ME. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER FOR THAT RECALL WAS 03V455000. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD MY CAR DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL AS IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN A DIFFERENT PLANT THAN RECALLED VEHICLES. ANY WAY I WANT TO REPORT THIS ISSUE AS I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER THE ENGINE SEIZED DRIVING AT 40 MPH I AM GLAD I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR (THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND WHICH HELPED) THIS IS THE INFORMATION FROM RECALL 03V455000, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR: THIS COULD CAUSE THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON, CREATE A NO START CONDITION, CAUSE REDUCED ENGINE POWER, OR CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR KEEPS FALLING WHILE TRIED TO USE IT TO AVOID SUN GLARE. SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER NISSAN MURANO OWNERS ON NISSANFORUMS. *TR

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS BEEN STALLING WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFOREHAND. LAST WEEK, THE NISSAN DEALER TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY WHICH COST ME $189. THIS WEEK, MY MURANO IS STILL STALLING. NOW, THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW AIR FLOW METER AND SPARK PLUGS WHICH WILL COST ME $821.64. THAT'S MORE THAN $1,000 IN TWO WEEKS ON A CAR THAT'S 6 YEARS OLD WITH 80,000 MILES! NOT TO MENTION THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT AROUND $60,000... AND NUMEROUS OTHER REPAIRS. NISSAN IS A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCT....AND I'M ABSOLUTELY FED UP WITH IT. *TR

CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IN 2003 NISSAN MURANO. CAR WILL NOT MOVE WHEN STEP ON ACCELERATOR, THEN SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD AT MUCH HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED SPEED, ESPECIALLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THIS IS DANGEROUS, AS I HAVE NEARLY RUN INTO SEVERAL CARS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN REQUIRES REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FOR $5,000 AT CAR OWNER'S EXPENSE - THIS IS AN UNAFFORDABLE REQUIREMENT FOR SAFETY. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THE CARS AND FIX THIS SAFETY HAZARD!!! *TR