2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT APPEARS TO HAVE COME LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR FROM THE LEFT SIDE. *TR

MY PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I WAS TOWING A TRAILER.AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF TRAVELING ON AN EXPRESSWAY AT HIGH SPEED 50 TO 55 MPH, I WOULD NOTICE A DRASTIC LOSS OF POWER. I WOULD BE IN THE PASSING LANE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE AND I WOULD LOSE POWER TO THE POINT I WOULD HAVE TO DECELERATE AND BACK OFF AND GET BACK IN BEHIND THE SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. THIS WOULD CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE FAST MOVING HIGHWAY. I WOULD HAVE TO THEN PULL OVER AND STOP TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL AND I COULD THEN CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR OR SO. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA AND CLEARWATER FLORIDA BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO DIAGNOSE MY PROBLEM. I SOLD MY TRAILER TO AVOID THE DANGER OF TOWING. ...THEN MORE RECENTLY I STARTED EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER...WHEN ENCOUNTERING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON AN EXPRESSWAY MY MURANO WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL FOR ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD ALL AT ONCE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IF I AM NOT CAREFUL I COULD REAREND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AS THE PREVIOUS PROBLEM IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY CANT FIX IT UNLESS IT IS DOING IT. I AM PERPLEXED BY THIS WHEN I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND ALL THE PEOPLE WITH 03 MURANOS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I AM. THERE IS NO SINGLE DATE OF INCIDENT THIS IS AN ONGOING THING. *TR

I HAVE A NISSAN MURANO 2003. ON JULY 3,2009 AFTER I STOPPED ON A RED LIGHT THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING, IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. AFTER COUPLE TRIES THE CAR WHEN BACK INTO GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK HOME AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT THE CAR DID NO SHOW ANY SIGN OF DEFECT,THERE WERE NO LIGHT OR WARNING ON THE DASH BOARD AND EVEN AS IT STOPPED THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND EVERYTHING IN THE CAR WAS WORKING (AIR CONDITIONER, LIGHTS, RADIO,ETC) I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AT A TIME WERE TRAFFIC WAS NO SO BUSY. AT THE TIME OFF THIS INCIDENT MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME. IF WOULD BEEN IN A HIGHWAY A SUDDEN STOP COULD HAVE CAUSE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES FOR MY FAMILY AND I. AT THIS TIME I AM LOOKING AT A 6,000 REPAIR BILL, AND NO ANSWER FROM NISSAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS FAILED TO MAINTAIN SPEED OR ACCELERATE PAST ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 40 MPH EVEN WHEN FLOORING PEDAL. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE WITH CHILDREN IN CAR! TOOK TO NISSAN REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE COMPUTER OVER $700. 1 WEEK LATER IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. PROBLEM STARTED AT ABOUT 67K MILES ON CAR. TOOK TO DEALER A WEEK OR TWO AFTER IT ORIGINALLY HAPPENED. *TR

SUN VISOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE FALLS DOWN AND WILL NOT STAY UP. BLOCKS VIEW OF THE ROAD AND IS A HAZARD. *TR

ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO OVER SUDDEN DRIVER'S SEAT WENT BACK AND TO THE LEFT WITH POPPING NOISE, NOW THE SEAT FEELS LIKE A ROCKING CHAIN, I LOOKED UNDER AND SAW A STEEL BRACKET WAS BROKEN RIGHT AT THE BENT. SAFETY ISSUE - NO DOUBT!!! *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS A LOUD "WREEEE" SOUND UPON CRANKING IT UP; HOWEVER WITHIN ABOUT 10 MIN. OF DRIVING IT QUIETS DOWN. WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND YOU BEGIN TO ACCELERATE THE CAR HAS A 3-5 SEC STALL AND THEN LEAPS FORWARD. WHEN I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION MY CAR DID THIS AND THREW ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR SWERVED IN TIME TO MISS ME, BUT IT WAS A VERY CLOSE CALL. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO SUN VISOR FALLS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY AND BLOCKS VISIBILITY ON BOTH DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEALS FAILED AND CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3,100 FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000. UPDATED 07/14/09. *LJ THE INNER SEALS WERE LEAKING. UPDATED 07/15/09.*JB

DRIVER SEAT OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. DEALER SAYS THE LIFTER LINK IS BROKEN. *TR